Bisbee daily review., 1922-06-18
Scorned Woman Declares She Is
 Her Own Victim
I Denied My Hearts Desire,' Are lmpassioned Words
 in Jail Interview
eY JACK JUNcmEYEe

 nied my hearts desirei"
 In these impassioned, self-reproach- ing words, uttered in the course of a jail Interview, Madalynne Obenchain, once campus belle at Northwestern University, went to the root of the TO- mantle tragedy behind the Beverly Glen staying.
 Those who follow the testimony in this case learn anew that true love will not be cheated" she added.
 For the second time Madalynne is being tried on charges of having con- nived with Arthur Burch, her "pla- tonic friend.' in killing J. Belton Kennedy, Los Angeles broker and her former fiance
 Shot From Ambush
 Kennedy was shot from ambush on the night of August ,, 1921. at his summer cottage where he and Mada- lynne had gone on sentimental pill grimage.
 Madalynne. divorced from Ralph Obenchain, Chicago lawyer, and Burch, who at her request had hurried here from Evanston, H.. a few days pre- viously, were arrested the next day. Evidence against them was wholly circumstantial and both stoutly have maintained their innocence.
 yuries twice have disagreed in Burch's case and once in Madalynne's.
 The state has pictured Madalynne as "the woman scorned" and Burch as the chivalrous instrument of her wrath who killed Kennedy because of his failure to marry her after Oben- chain had divorced her so she could become Kennedy's wife.
 Victim of Own Mistakes
 ''I am the victim of my own dread ful, impulsive mistakes" Madalynne says. No one can blame me more for these than I do myself
 '"rhey have brought this train of horror with it's terrible effects on four lives.
 It all started when, through a re- grettable whim, l married the man I didn't love- without ceasing to love the man I didn't marry!
 And If 1 am convicted it will be because of this-not because of an act I couldn't have even contemplated, much less committed. Reverenced Ideal Love
 ''I don't believe any girl ever revc-- enced ideal love more than l. It was inconceivable then that I ever could marry for less. And yet circum- stances prompted me to do just that.
 Under no condition would ever do that again. I shall not make the same mistake twice"
 Thus inferentially Madalynne de- nied the report that she would re- marry Obenchain if acquitted Thus also she proclaimed that under the ashes of tragedy the embers of her affection for Kennedy still shoulder.
 Though nearing 30, Madalynne's complexion is fresh as a schoolmaid's. Her gray eyes sparkle. She smiles often Her manner is frank. And her exquisite care of person and clothes bespeak deep native pride.
 Observers say of her: "She either is innocent or a consummate actress"
 Three things" Madalynne says. have made bearable this long jail ordeal pending a verdict They are my abiding faith in divine power, the firm new friends 1 have made as a result of my predicament. and seclu- sion from the world while readjusted my inner life.
 'T feel. despite this second trial crisis and the danger indicated by previous jury disagreement, that I have come to placid waters after an emotional shipwreck At first I wanted to die; now I want to live"
 Madalynne promises to reveal on the witness stand hitherto concealed episodes in her relations with Ken nedy.
 At the first trial" she volunteers, q left unsaid things thought might reflect discreditably on Belton, not here to explain. didn't deem them essential.
 But I feel now they may be vital to my defense and I believe I have found a way to reveal them without injury to the dead.
 "If acquitted-and the truth will free mel want to go away alone. preferably on a remote farm where can finish healing my heart. Then shall go to work. have paid all my trial expenses and shall have little left for a period of rest"
 The Beverly Glen murder entwined again the lives of Kennedy, Burch. Obenchain, vivid, coquettish beauty lives first entangled through college associations at Northwestern.
 The men had been rival suitors. Obenchain married Madalvnne in tho course of an estrangement between her and Kennedy-"her one true love"
 After a few months of married life she pleaded for a divorce that she misht wed Kennedy.
 The latter. whose parents bitterly objected. kept postponing the union until, shortly before the ambush kill ing. Madalynne's faith was shat tered"
 Burch. silently devoted. rushed west to her call and was arrested on a train speeding east the day after Kennedy was slain by two ragged strangers" as Madalynne maintains.