, 1921-08-11

II was o planned. District Attor-
ney Wooiwine said. to call Arthur c.
Burch OF Evanston. ILL.,. who is being
held on a charge of suspicion OF muir
der. or Mrs. Madeiynne obenchain.
Rennedy's companion when he was
shot in front OF his cottage at Beverly
Hills last Friday night. The district
attorney said the jury would be ex-
pected to indict, but would not specify
the number OF indictments TO be asked
The witnesses named were: Mrs.
NJ. Louise Wilson. a ~manicurist. said
to have been a confidante OF Mrs
Obenchain.
John d. Kennedy. father Of II
slain man, who testified at the in.
quest Mrs. Oberchain had begged hts
son to marry her.
T. NJ. Haley. manager OF a down
town hotel where Burch occupied a
room for two weeks prior 10 the slay-
ing. the window OF which was nearly
opposite that Of an office the Ken
nedys' occupied as insurance brokers.
4. b. Niles. night clork at the hotel.
who told deputy shcriffs Burch left
tho hotel Friday night with a long
package under his arm n returned
without IL.
aA1A ~ IN0bNAtNVA VI hA aaAON
mobile rental establishment from
which the district attorneys office
alleges Burch rented a ear Friday
night.
Lynn Keith. night manager OF the
Parsons place. from whom the car
was rented.
Deputy Sheriff John Cronin. who
made the first investigation and aues-
toned Mrs. Obenchain at the scene
Of the shooting.
Sheriff deputies Nolan and Bright,
who brought Burch from Las Vegas,
New, where he had been arrested on
| n train bound from Los Angeles to
Chicago last Saturday.
Otis NJ. wiles. reporter. who found
two empty shotgun shells neal the
Kennedy cottage.
William ID. Murphy, an associate of
Kennedy.
DR.. r. Wagner, county autopsy sur
geon.
Mrs. Kennedy. mother OF the slain
man.
Mrs. Emma S. Kirk. mother of Mrs.
Obenchain.
Miss Gienys Smart. sister of Mrs.
Obenchain.
The search for the shotgun with
which II Is cla.suct Kennedy was
Niiio5 continued Today. Failure to find
the weason was described by investi-
gators n the only weak point of
the case"
A feature of late yesterdays deveI-
opments was the p~urported visit to
the district attorneys office OF a
young hardware clerk OF this city. who
was understood to have sold shotgun
shells to a stranger in his store about
10 days ~ 1t was understood an
attempt was mad to identify Burch
us the man to whom the clerk sold
shells corresponding to the two dis
charged ones found in the bushes near
the scene of the killing.
Assistant District Attorney Keyes,
with whom the man was closeted. de-
clined to say who the clerk was or
what information he had contributed
to the is~festigation. Mr.. keyes re-
piled to all questions about the hard
ware clerk with:
II cannot say anything about that"
It was not known whether or not
this man would appear before the
grand jury as a witness.
II is understood that indictments
will be requested OF the grand jury as
| soon as sufficient evidence has been
placed before the Jurors to warrant
the request.
A strict censorship of information
coming from the district attorneys
office bearing on last minute develop
ments was declared by Mr.. Woolwine
last night. He indicated that a crit
ical stage" in the preliminary investi-
/ cation had been reached and at the
same time declared no information ex-
be made public.
w have some good leads" he said.
but they cannot be discussed now"
He promised some action within "a
hours.