The Washington times., 1930-03-24
ARTIST To TELL
Of L|LA'S LOVE
FOR HIM
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN

and sculptor of international re-
nown, steeled himself today for
the ordeal he must 60 through
when he is summoned to the
stand this week at the trial of
Lila Emerson, his dark-eyed In
dian paramour, who is charged
with the murder of his wife.
The gray-haired, distinguished
looking painter of Indian pic.
lures will be "key" witness in
this strange case. He will be
called chiefly for the purpose of
establishing the motive of the
crime. And inasmuch as suSpi-
cion has been pointed at him, his
testimony will be closely scrutin.
ized.
District Attorney Guy B. Moore
asserts that Lila plotted the slay-
ing of Mrs. Clothilde Marchand,
the artists wife, because she be.
LeVed that Marchand, who had
made love to her when she posed
for him, would some day marry
her. Mrs. Marchand was beaten
to death in her home by Nancy
Bowen, SuperStitiouS 66-year-old
indian woman, on March 8,
under circumstances still Shrouded
IN mystery. Nancy was a friend
Of Lila's and was taken to the
Marchand home by Lila. She
was Lila's dupe, according to the
State. 0
Marchand, when he takes the
stand, probably will be asked:
l. Did you have any knowl.
edge that Miss Emerson and
Nancy Bowen had been plotting
Tor weeks to kill your wife?
2. Did you ever suggest to
Lila that you would marry her
II you were free to do so?
8. What was the nature of the
conversation you had with Lila
when you were automobile riding
with her Immediately after YOUR
wife was slain?
Marchand, who is fretting his
time away in a cell in the jsil
directly across the street from
the white mans courtroom in
which his Indian Eight O. love"
is being tried. declares he is
:, eager to take the stand to
clear his name"
He processes to have only the
deepest contempt for Lila and
that he is crushed by the death
OF his wife with whom he lived
FOR 80 years. He insists he knew
nothing of any conspiracy to kill
Mrs. Marchand. He declares he
never intimated to Lila he would
marry her some day.
Rode With Lila
Marchand does not deny that
on the day of the murder he had
been automobile riding with Lila.
She telephoned him on the alter
noon of March 6, just about the
time his wife was slain, Or
short time afterward. He was
at work at the Buffalo Museum
of Natural Sciences.
"She acted rather peculiarly
that afternoon" Marchand said
in an interview. "She said she
was cold. I wanted her to go
to drug store and get some
thing hot but she said she did
not want to-"
Marchand parked the car and
talked with Lila. Finally he
drove her to the bus terminal
and she returned to the reserva-
ton.
The District Attorney is laying
special emphasis on his statement
that Lila bought the hammer that
was used by Ma" Bowen to kill
Mrs. Marchand. It was purchased
at store near the Marchand
nome. Helen Fisher, a clerk in
the department store of j. j..
Newberry, is quoted as having
SAID she sold the hammer to
Lila.
Dislike Marchand
"A visit by International News
Service to the Gattaraugus Reserya-
ton where Lila lived revealed
That there exists there a great
deal OF sympathy for Lila and
Nancy Bowen and considerable ill
1eellng against Marchand.
The sentiment on Cattaraug1s
reservation, as expressed by Miss
Pearl Shongo, a relative of Lila's,
Is this: ~
The Indian people feel that
Marchand should have STAYED
away from this reservation. They
nearly all are sympathetic toward
Al4a ana feel sorry for the plight
OF Mrs. Bowen. If Marchand had
SCayed away from Lila she never
would have been in trouble she
az elo si noG go out of the reservation
70 lind him. He came here"
The old Indian woman Mrs
Bowen killed Mrs. Marchand he.
cause she was told the artists
Wl1e was a white witch" accord.
ing to the State. Lila is aIIeood
10 have implanted this idea IN
MRS. Bowen's mind. Lila is ac.
cuSed OF having convinced the
eioeriy Indian woman that Mrs
Marchand was responsible for tho
death of Mrs. Bowen's husband
SaSSafras Charlie" Lila ard
MRS. Bowen had been communin9
together over a ouija hoard onS
nao been lin touch with the
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