The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-10
MADALYNNE
PALE AS SHE
IS 6R|LLED
Is Cross-E s-Examined on
Story of Love for
Kennedy

los ANGELES, March l0.--Mrs.
Madalynnc Conner Dbcnchain, pale
and somewhat nervous. took the
stand today to face cross cNamiEu.
tion by the stnte 4 on her story
of yesterday uf her iuy" Tor j
Bolton Kennedy and his death hS
shooting in her trul on chars,
~ numbering him Shn assumed
position in the witness .tHui
so thpt she couid face the jury
That Il was len the cdsc %; Ken
ncdy love az first sight was lHll-
Gated by Mrs. Obcu,hain m hor
responses 10 the initial questions
pf the cross-oNamination hy NsH
l<cy"s. deputy district attorney
She testified she first met krn-
ncdy az her mothers home hrr,
in 1871. when ne was showing
property TO a rcmtINc. They mot
several times soon thereafter and
'hc second or third time ho Wcn-
toned low 90 her. she testified
Bolton said that he cared for
me hu' was under obligations Co
another rirl" she testified u
was tho summer Of 1918 tnut KEN
needy fret asked her 20 marry him.
she said She guvc her consent on
August 81. 1918
Tho engagement continued 1.-Two
months she snid. Ralph Dhru-
! ,hnin former school chun. arrived
IN Los Angeles on bocc'uber "a.
.'1N The dav follnw nr Christ
I mas che tcisphoned to Kennedy
/ and hrok, tho engagement wec,
[ before her marriage to pbouDhaIn.
Tho reason fnr brc1fInr the cu-
I garam,nt with konrcdy. #hr HHI
I was ih1t in hnr opinion tho homo
. conditions OF krunedy mad. WJ.
! rinEo iWuoss.h bic ShU 1il trHt
/ during the cncugpmpnt tho rc'u-
/ tions between her family and thr
] family of kennedy were friendly
Explains lcttcrs
/ Ihrua"H ~ two love letters from
] Mrs ObenChulp 90 Kennedy were
] rnHi hy the deputy district attor-
Ir,y ThcHr lo,tsri wore dnfsl
. February Z and o.. 1879.
NJ iu"" my lfo Or you're ~
wsu't %, long before . can com,
tO you was read ls ON" NJ hsI
phrase, iu thn letters Tho prose.
yutnr asked what De- meant boz
writing that
4 mean, that Bcltor had To-,
luced mo Co lo1yc Ralph Nrs
1 ubenchain replied.
In response to quest our She s0 Id
thar she had been iu love with
Kennedy at the time she married
| Oacuchnin.
Discussions of separation from
! Dhcnchain were held with Ken,
ncdy shor ly after her marriage O.
Ohvnchain. she testified. In Juno
1913, kennedy suggested that shs
] obtain ara Annulmout She WI.
hcHitaut ln hcT answers to-day. iu
striking comparison with the com,
posurc and facility with which m,
responded Ia her attorney ycaicr
day
ono of the February letters WA
signed by Mrs ObenchaIn. "Youl
sweetheart Whfe Tho prosecution
asked hcr what she meant hy th,
lphrarc She answered that u wa
meant as an endearinE term; tina
she had never been married q,
kennedy
Mrr Obcnchnln. ON tho Waut
late yesterday told her story o
tho staying Two shots were fire,
no him from the dark In front -
his summer cottages in lonely Hcy
sriy Glen she said Then ;wo per
rons she could not identity nltfs'
past her aud disappeared 81,
ana Kennedy went to- the cntiag
at the hiters Eugrc ion, sh
rworc
This was In direct contradiction
~ the states theory of tho cas'
that Mrs. Ohenchain pcrsuHde'
Kennedy TO 20 60 tho glen. an
that. hy arrangement with hcr, Ar
thur g Burch co-defondant 10 IN
cu q Law IA wait ~ thcy np
preached
between the shots. according q
Mrr ohonchaln. konuedy cried
Good nigh Mazxlyn." and tha
after the second explosion IN
found him lying lifel-sss on a flirh
of steps IN front ~ the cottage
Tho story % tho shooting wa
the climax " an all-day eNamina
; tlon ~ MIS- ohenrhain
She denied that Kennedy re-
fused 20 marry her us claimed D.
the pruscrutiOu assert nr tha
Kennedy imporiuned her TO con
sent To secret marriage, whic
she refused to do
shortly before tho tragedy. IN
witness assorted Kennedy threat
cnod 10 XIII her u she would no
marry him
She admitted she asked Burc
10 come 10 Loa AnEclcs last Iuis
that she met him NJ the rnilroa
station when he arrived and tina
she consulted him concerning he
troubles with Kennedy
! when Burch loft the train IN
| aid. they waited a. the station IA
a time 20 act a taXicah and the
he excused himself and was ahsen
during that wait for three or fou