The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-18
WOMAN IN
CASE ALSO
IN A CELL
Awaiting Trial Herself
In the Kentucky Mur-
der She Denies Act
Ing as a Decoy-Rcads
OF the Trial.

bathers At Santa Monica Beach,
Los Angeles. and turned over BIZ
them to the police.
Mrs. J. M. Warren. wife of Q SANTA
Barbara banker. testified to her CON
vsrsation with Burch on July q ana
- ON the train from Chicago. She
said he told her he was on the way
70 Los Angeles to help out q friend
VINO was in dire trouble. She saiA
he Informed her this friends trou.
Bile revolved about a love affair.
This friend was woman. The
witness went on:
Mr.. Burch made no threats. He
merely declared he would do what
he could for a friend. He said:
She befriended me. I will do any
thing for her. He mentioned NO
names. When heard Of the shoot
ing and learned Mr.. Burch was un-
der suspicion told the police of
our conversation"
JURY SEES SCENE ENACTED.
Perhaps the most Spectacular day
Of the sensational trial came when
Judge Reeve. the Jurors. the defend.
ant and counsel on both sides mo
tored out to the cabin for a first
hand view Of the scene to supple
ment the evidence already p ssented
tn the form Of photographs and sur.
veyor's maps.
In this cabin. Of the bungalow
type. 1t IL said, Kennedy frequently
sAtsrtained wome~ 1t IL ALLEGED
that he was charged with this fact
b. Mrs. Obenchain when she found
him unwilling to marry her.
The States attorneys pointed out
whore they believed Burch crouched
In the underbrush and strolled over
b . side road at which they declared
he had parked his automobile. They
re-enacted what the State believes to
have been the dramatic tragedy In
its entirety.
A man stepped from . car. por.
traying Kennedy stepping toward
the cabin. Another performed the
part Of Mrs. Obenchain. . few feet
behind. This figure struck . match
- the forward actor in the repro
duction thrust q key at the door.
Then came q lurch against the door
Of ~Kennedy's" form. The man
portraytng Kennedy crumpled In q
heap.
Then the Jurors were shown what
the State believes to be the manner
in which Burch drove away after
calling out "Goodby. Mazzlyn" Thoy
were shown where automobile wheel
prints were found. which the state
alleges were made by Burch's rented
car.
READS OF TRIAL IN HER CELL
And that Is as far as the trial to
date has reached. No longer cheer
ful and chatty, Burch sits day by
day, coloriess as clay. watching the
msshes weaving closer and closer
around him.
In q cell sits ''the woman In the
case" at the close Of each session
receiving from counsel a full re
port of the damaging testimony that
was recorded and every day getting
. stenographic report OF the testi
mony Of the preceding day.
She bears up bravely. though the
strain a few weeks ago proved 81
intense she had to be sent to the
hospital She insists Burch was
merely a friend. not a lover. Just a
childhood companion. She denies
she intended to become his wife
She says she would have married
Kennedy.
The lighting Of the match At the
cabin. she says. was not signal to
Burch to shoot and beacon light TO
rude tho shot. II was. she declares.
merely a bit Of help she was trying
to give Kennedy when he was look
ing for the keyhole.
Burch. too. denies he wanted -
marry Mrs Obenchain. He calls the
charge against him ridiculous But
Il u apparent that in their cross-dH-
amina tion.' his lawyers are mailing
desperate efforts to use the Stats's
own evidence to prove that thsaR
client u insane. and WINS out a his
mind at the time Of the shooting.
His constant vigil at the window. h
IL held by the defense, IL evidence q
the obsession that unbalanced De
man. r
TWO STRICKEN FATHERS.
And, there are two other dgwps
that feel the trial with growing btt-
terness. One II tho father a tAs
murdered broker. Twice he be-
been called to the stand. onos b tn
Of his boys career and to tdsnt4fy
photographs. and again to identity
kilograms and letters to and ersm
Mrs. Obenchafn- Every day ~
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