The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-04
BRAVES BODY
EXHUMED BY
COURT ORDER
Crowd of 400 at Grave;
Brothers, Sisters of Girl
Are Present.
EXAMINATION is MADE
Action Taken at Request of
Kirkland Lawyers TO
Aid Defense.
By Ttmes Special

VALPARAISO, Ind, March A.
Physicians today examined the body
Of Arlene braves, taken from It's
grave In Reynolds Ind, at the re-
quest of attorneys defending Virgil
Kirkland, charged with her murder.
Around the grave as it was I'M
covered stood almost four hundred
persons, majority Of them country
folk, who tramped through snow
and mud to the cemetery, attracted
by the extension of the Kirkland
case into their community.
Elmer braves, father of the girl,
vas absent from the scene, although
he had sworn to accompany the
encourage. However, the family was
represented by Carol, Kenneth and
Earl, her brothers, and sister
Elsie.
The gray casket was taken in a
hearse to the one-story building
that is Reynolds town hall, and
opened in the presence of Arlene's
sister and three brothers.
An attempt TO exclude towns
people was unsuccessful. One man
came forward and lay a spray of
carmine roses on the coffin.
Valparaiso Is Quiet
Defense attorneys hope their ex-
perts will discover that a cerebral
hemorrhage suffered in fall was
sufficiently grave to have been fatal
within a few hours If untreated
strengthening their contention that
her only chance to have lived was
in discovery of the gravity of her
injury by a 20-year-old boy I'M
skilled In medicine.
For the first time in more thar
a week the streets of Valparaiso to-
day again presented no signs un-
common to the thoroughfares of ar
ordinary Indiana small town. Citi-
zens noted the absence of more than
a hundred newspaper hawkerS, whose
tones proclaim nativity of metro
politan alleys and experiences In
singing headlines TO mobs scurrying
on busy corners.
Ddu NtpOEtcES Az AuSOpSy
Since the trial began they have
lived here, receiving from the Chi
cago papers huge bundles Of extra
editions that found an eager market
among hundreds Of persons unable
to get into the courtroom ano
among townspeople not attending
the trial.
Informed they would be banned
from the autopsy at Reynolds, more
than a score of newspaper men and
women, chiefly from Chicago, found
a day OF leisure.
Kirkland did not accompany the
expedition that sped over Slushy
roads to dig up the body of the girl
he is alleged to have attacked and
slain. He was free for day from
the stares OF crowded courtroom
or the accusations made against him
in the witness chair.
Examination of Miss braves body
vas ordered by Judge Grant Crum-
packer Tuesday on application by
defense attorney Oscar Thiel. The
state offered no objection.
sisters Collapse in Courtroom
Before his bench. Judge Crum-
packer called Miss Carolyn braves,
sister of the dead girl.
Where was Arlene buried?
asked the tudge.
I'm the Lutheran cemetery at
REYNOLDS" the girl replied In fal-
tering voice.
Realizing the shock his infornla-
ton would impart, the judge leaned
forward and whispered gently that
he must order the body removed.
Arlene's sister was almost hysterl-
cal
mo mol" she cried. You
can't do that without my fathers
consent"
In a moment she had collapsed
in the arms of brother. A few
minutes later her elder sister, Mrs.
Lillian Clemens, also tainted.
Resume Trial Thursday
Elmer braves, father of the girl,
argued against elimination, but
later was convinced by attorneys
that the act was for the good of
all concerned in the trial.
Examination of the body will be
made by DR.. Orlando Scott, Dr.,
Joseph B. Stringer, and DR.. Herman
o. Seipel, representing the defense,
and DR.. w. Dodds, Indiana uni
versity schol of medicine pathologist,
for the state.
The trial was adjourned until $3.50
Thursday morning, when the de-
tense will continue its case, putting
on the stand the physicians making
the examination OF the body today.
They will be followed by one or two
other witnesses before Kirkland will
take the stand
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