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the time Of her arrest Prosecuting
attorneys denE-d they wEe in the
trunk. In these letters. sho said.
Kennedy advised her to stay I'm Chi
cago aud wait for him. that he was
planning TO get AWAY from every
thing hero and going abroad until his
parents would become ~reconcilcd TO
the marriage"
Later m the letter. she testified,
Kennedy said he had arranged for
their marriage at San Francisco.
June II. she went TO San Francisco.
she said. and July 6 came to Los
Angeles, where she met Kennedy
every day until July IL. when the
break occurred when Kenredy's
mother visited Mrs. Wilson.
Kennedy telephoned and a~pologined
and said he did not believe no should
see Madaiynne for several days but
would telephone soon, she testified.
He did not telephone untn July II.
when she hung the telephone on him.
believing that he was false. sho said.
II was about this time. she said. that
she made tho entry in her diary.
Mrs. obcnchain then testified that
Kennedy urged her. during the sum-
mer of 1921. to 30 to Santa Ana and
marry him. This was after she had
obtained her divorce. She said she
refused, telling him that she wanted
to talk to his parents. She said that
during this time, early in the sum
me of 1921, she corrcsponded from
Los Angeles with Arthur Burch. III
co-defendant. who was then in Chi
cago.
Mrs. obenchain said she also re
ceived two letters from Burch during
that time and that these letters were,
~ thu best OF her belief, in her trunk
at the Alexandria hotel when she was
arrested after the shooting. She said
she never had seen them since. These
were not offered in evidence by the
state and the defense then began TO
try to provo their contents by Mrs.
Obenchain's evidence.
This attempt precipitated a heated
wrangle between the attorneys, which
Judge Reeve halted by excusing the
jury until 2 o'clock and then letting
tho attorneys discuss the admissiabrl.
ity OF the evidence in the absence of
the jury.
Mrs. obenchain said her letters TO
Burch told him of the "sIanderous'
statements Mrs. Kennedy was report-
ed TO have made about her to Mrs.
Wilson and Mrs. Demond. An effort
10 prove the contents OF these letters
also was being made.
Mrs. Obenchain, In testifyinc on her
correspondence with Burch. said h
was at that time In friendly relations
with the Burch family and with
Burch himself but had never bee,
Burch's sweetheart, or he hers. She
said she knew that Bureh intended
coming to Los Angeles during h
summer OF 1921 but did roe know the
exact date
1t was at this point that the evt-
dence was halted and the iur Az
cused. It WAS expected by counsel
that the court also would rule on the
~admtsSbility Of the first letter the
defense had sought to offer. which had
been left undecided.
The letter, which brought tears TO
Mrs; o%benchain when II was read by
her attorney. was as follows:
Dear Talapsha: How beautifully
you have remembered me. dear MAZDA
lynne. Everything you have over
done for me viii always be cherish
Do not think mo cold. migrate
ful. An 10. it's only that I wander
IN the dark and oh. MAdalynne, I can.
not see the light. I know It lives.
Out h darkness is smotherfng, |
k~nothering me- II only I can lift
Tho black mantle away and up from
my shoulders n step out into the
glorious days.
ron. my MadaIynne. Do not fudge