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The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Fingerprints, Bullet F fragments Turn
Experts From Earlier Suicide Theory

Bloody fingerprints we're found
on the bedroom door leading
from the Reynolds bedroom ad-
joining the sleeping porch.
These fingerprints. examined
by a police expert at Roanoke,
Va, were partly identified as be-
longing to a member of the party
A nurse at the Baptist Hos
pital testified that while Smith
was being operated on she found
Alb and Libby in an embrace in
a room.
The testimony of the various
witnesses called at the inquest
revealed many discrepancies in
the stories told by Libby and
Walker.
The first angle to make the au-
thorities suspect that Smith had
not committed suicide concerned
the position of the bullet hole
made in the window screen in
relationship to the course of the
bullet through the head of the
victim,
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
How Reynolds
Indictment
Reads

WINSTON-S LEM, N. c.,
Aug. 5 GN.SD The text of
the true bill of Indictment re-
turned by a grand jury against
Libby Holman Reynolds, widow
of Zachary Smith Reynolds,
and Alb Walker. charging first
degree murder, read as follows:
THE jurors upon their oath
do present that Libby Holman
Reynolds and Albert Walker,
late of Forsyth county, on the
9th day of July, 1882, with
force and arms at and in
aforesaid county, did unlaw-
fully, wilfully, felOniOusly,
deliberately, prem editatedly,
and of malice afOrethOught did
kill and murder Smith Reynolds
contrary to the form of the
statute made and provided, and
against the peace and dignity
of the State.
CARLISLE HIGGINS,
Solicitor.
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Libby Remembers Nothing SaUe Vision
Of Smith Holding Gun to His Head

The tutor was in a distant part
of the house and was not a mem
ber of the party.
Walker said he had been down
stairs closing up the house when
the shot was fired.
He testified that he saw Smith
and Libby enter Walkers room,
where they talked over something
for 10 or IS minutes.
Gun Found Later
Libby came out first, alone.
Smith came downstairs but didn't
refer to the discussions with his
wife, according to Alb.
Walker said Smith threatened
suicide. gave him his pocketbook,
and said he was going to leave
the house that night.
After Smith died in the hos
pital, authorities found parts of
a pair of feminine pajamas on
the divan in the living room. In
Walkers room they discovered
the sweater and slippers worn by
Libby during the evening.
Three searchers of the sleeping
porch failed to unearth the re-
volver used in the shooting. The
fourth search, conducted after
Libby and Walker had been
brought back to the house from
the hospital. resulted in the gun,
a .38 caliber mauser, being found
in a prominent position on the
floor.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05

There we're only six known per-
sons in "the cottage" when the
shot was fired.
They were the victim, Libby, Alb,
Blanche Yurka, noted tragedienne
of Greek plays; Mrs. Babe"
Vaught, and a young tutor who
had been coaching Smith in mathe-
matics preparatory to his taking
examinations for entrance to the
Guggenheim AeronautiCal School
at New York University.
Libby said she did not remem-
ber a thing that occurred since
the night before the party until
the night afterward. except for a
flash of memory in which she saw
Smith standing beside the bed on
the sleeping porch with a gun
held in his hand.
Held Bleeding Head
Miss Yurka, a friend and men
tor of Libby, said she had been
doing off to sleep in a nearby
room on the upper floor when she
heard the shot. She aided Walker
in carrying the body down to an
automobile, holding the bleeding
head of Smith on the back seat.
Mrs. Vaught, comely young wi
dow, whose husband was recently
burned to death, was asleep in an
other room. Witnesses said she
''had passed out during the party
and did not know what happened
until the next day.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
BLANCHE YURkA
HAS TOLD ALL

NEW YORK, Aug. G.N.SO.-'
Blanche Yurka, actress, expressed
surprise today at the news from
Winston-Salem, N. c.. that Libby
Holman, torch singer, was in
dicted for the murder of her hus-
band, Smith Reynolds, tobacco
heir. She said:
This is terrible. / was under
the impression the grand jury
exOnerated both Libby and Alb
Walker"
Walker. a friend of Reynolds,
who was also indicted, was a
member with Miss Yurka of the
house party at the Reynolds
home on the night of the tragedy.
She said:
IF 1 am summoned to testify
again, l suppose l will have no
choice, although all I know of
that terrible night l told at the
INQUEST"
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because as a Won fAfhN
German staff officer attached
to the Turkish forces in PaleS-
tine in 1917 he is alleged to
have been compelled to beat
such hasty retreat in front
of the advancing British that
he left behind a portfolio con-
tanning secret official docu-
mentS.
"Zaehringen" is the second
nickname. 1t signifies that
Won Paper is being managed
and mysteriously directed by
somebody keeping in the back
ground. for "Zaechringen" is
the name of an old warship
which instead of being junked
is used as floating target for
gun practice Of the German
navy,
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SUICIDE FINDING
IN REMEY CASE
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CONTINUED from Page y
head and she clasped a .45-caliber
revolver in her hand, he told
police.
She was rushed to Emergency
Hospital, where she died an hour
later.
The first bullet, according to
Deputy Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald, inflicted a glancing
wound on the right side of the
head. The second pierced her
temple, causing death.
Mrs. Remey was the widow of
Col. Karl Dancer Klemm, U. S.
A, who committed suicide several
years ago. Before her first mar
rlage, she was Miss Gertrude
Helm, of Kansas City.
The announcement of her en-
gagement and marriage to Mr..
Remey in Paris last year was un-
expected. She had gone to the
French capital as a hostess for
the United States at the French
Colonial Exposition, where rep
lica of Mount Vernon was on
exhibit.
The wedding in Paris was one
of the most brilliant events of
the social season of that year
among Americans in Paris. Am
baSSador Edge was among the
guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Remey returned
to Washington last September,
making their home in the dream
home" constructed by Mr.. Remey
near the Japanese Embassy.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Walker Says Libby Was every Tight"
On Night Young REYNOLDS Met Death

Walker was also in his bath
ing suit.
Other witnesses told how Mrs.
Reynolds was missing from the
party for from two to three
hours.
F. E. Fulcher, the night watch
man on the estate, said Libby re-
turned at 1890 a. M; that
Walker joined her from some
where, and that they walked up
the path toward the house, where
Smith sat on the porch waiting
Libby was walking with short
step and then a long step, accord
ing to the night watchman.
Smith without a word took
Libby by tn. arm and led her
inside the house.
What Really Happened?
Walker timed the incident as
an hour earlier than that given
by the night watchman. The
latter insisted it was 1890 a. m,
because his duties called for
hourly rounds and he noted the
time.
1t was within half an hour
that Fulcher heard shot. He
said he attributed the shot at the
time to his young master and his
friends engaging in a nocturnal
bit of target practice. a habit in
which they frequently indulged.
What happened between 1890
and a. m. has never been salts
factorily explained to authorities.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Missing Gems Found
In Distant Table Leg

WESTERLY, R. l., Aug. 5
G.N.SD An 11.month search by
police for S4,S5O worth of jewelry
stolen from a Watch Hill home
was believed ended today follow
ing word from Cincinnati that
the jeWelry had been found in
the leg of a table in the attic
of a house there. A warrant
for the arrest of Frieda Heinzel-
man, 40, occupant of the Gin
cinnati house. was sent by air
mail. 1t was revealed She dis
appeared from the home Of Mr..
and Mrs Vachel Anderson, of
Watch Hill. at the same time the
jeWelry was discovered missing.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05

Libby said Smith had shot him
self while standing upright be-
side her bed. The bullet showed
a downward course through the
temple.
The hole in the window screen
OF the sleeping porch by which
the bullet apparently left was
made at a height of six and one
half feet from the floor.
The fragments of the bullet
were scattered about the room.
One piece was imbedded in the
head of the bed. indicating that
the gun had been fired close to
that spot. according to ballistic
experts.
A second fragment lay upon
the pillow. A third piece was
almost under the hole in the
screen.
The shell of the bullet, elected
when an automatic revolver is
fired, was found on the opposite
side of the sleeping porch near
an open door.
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sought quiet and solitude some
where in Ohio or Michigan to
await the arrival of a baby was
said to have been obtained by
County Investigator Joseph B.
Schaefer, who made an attempt
last night to arrest her for the
murder of her husband, Smith
Reynolds, heir to the tobacco
millions, following her indictment
yesterday at Winston Salem. N. C..
Although Libby is understood
to have left the fashionable home
of her sister. Mrs. Myron D.
Kahn, in Wyoming, Ohio. on July
10. Schaefer went there yesterday
intending to arrest her.
Libby isn't here. ! won't
tell you where she is.
wouldn't give any information
on a frame-up."
Schaefer was told this by
Libby's father and attorney, Al
bert Holman, Cincinnati lawyer,
From Mrs. Kahn, it was re-
ported. came the information
that Libbys departure from Gin
cinnati was for the purpose of
preparing for the birth of baby.
Overheard by Servant
During the coroner's investiga-
ton a servant recorted overhearing
Mrs. Reynolds tell Alb Walker, the
WinSton-Salem youth with whom
she has been indicted
cab, I'm going to have a
baby"
The latest of a maze of con-
flicting reports about Libby's
The Washington times., 1932-08-05

Alb, in his heSitant testimony
before the Coroner'S jury, which
Scotched an earlier verdiSt Of sui
eide, indicated the confidence and
trust in which he was held by
Smith.
During the night of the hectic
party at the Reynolds home on
July 5, Libby put her arms about
Ab down at the boathouSe,
Walker testified.
Smith doesn't love me-"
Walker said Libby whispered
this into his ear. He added:
"She was very tight"
Young Reynolds saw this scene
and took the matter up with his
Broadway bride.
They came over to Walker.
Libby aksed Walker;
81 didn't kiss you, did T."
81 And Walker said he replied:
I "Of course not"
Then Walker testified his chum
said to him later in the pantry
Git was here the drinking in
gradients were kepD:
Il want you to get it straight
that l wasn't accusing you of
anything"
Libby was in her bathing suit
during the evening. Over the
suit she wore a pajama ensemble
Including a sweater. She wore
slippers.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
VOTERS SWAMP
LEA MACHINE

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Aug 5
1N.SO Political power of the
machine dominated by Col. Luke
Lea, former United States Sena-
tor and publisher, recently con-
victed of fraud in connection with
a North Carolina bank failure.
appeared to have Waned in the
face of returns today in the State
gubernatorial contest.
Malcolm R. Patterson, the can
didate supported by the Lea fac
ton, was showed under by a
2 to l avalanche of votes for
Hill McAlister, State treasurer.
McAlister is supported by the
Shelby county Democratic ma
chine under the helm of Repre-
sentative E. H. Crump. of Mem
phis. He held but scant lead
of a few thousand votes, how
ever, over Lewis S. Pope.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
400 NJ. FINALS
DRAWS CROWD
To OLYMP|CS
Eastman and Carr, U. S.
Hopes in Dash; RampIing,
of England, Contender

LOS ANGELES, Aug. )
GN.S.). - Four hundred
meters of blazing speed and
soul trying courage over
shadowed the Olympic games
today as the athletes Of 80
nations set about their tasks
by land and sea.
The 400" finals were the
lure in the Olympic Stadium.
If form runs true, the race
lies between Ben Eastman and
Bill Carr, of the United States.
and Godfrey Lionel Rampling,
Of England.
The final in the 5000 meters.
the start of the decathlon. the
sword competition in the fencing
arena, Greco-Roman wrestling,
the swimming event of the penta-
thlon. and the opening of yacht
ing competition on the broad Pa
cific were forced into a secondary
position by the glamor of the
400-meter dash.
U. S. Still Far Ahead
The United States continued to
add to its overwhelming total of
unofficial points, with 283l2 but
France edged forward with SO,
and Italy, with 6912, moved into
third place ahead of Germany
and England, both with 59l2.
The onslaught on records was
undiminished. and of 20 track
and field events completed by
both men and women. II new
Olympic records have been Gre
ated, seven of which we're world
marks as we'll and two were ties
with world records.
Beccali Wins 81, 500"
New champions were:
Javelin throw-Matti Jar
vinen. Finland-238 feet 7
inches new Olympic recordD.
Hop, step, and jump-C.
Nambu. Japan-51 feet 7 inches
new Olympic and new worlds
record.
80-meter hurdles, women
Babe" Didrikson. United States,
ILL new Olympic and new
worlds record.
1,500-meter run-Luigi Beccal,
Italy. 3:51.2 new Olympic rec
ord).
Women's foils fencing-Miss
Ellen PreisS, Austria.
100 kilometer road race
italy individual winner, A.
Pavesi. Italy. 2:28:05;6.
Babe" Points Way
1t remained for Babe" Did
rikson, the pride of Texas. burned
the cinders to outlunge Mrs.
Evelyn Hall of the United States.
at the tape and send the Stars
and Stripes up for its only trip
to the victory pole in the track
and field events.
Miss NJ Clark, of South Africa.
was third and Miss Shaller, of
the United States, fourth in the
event, which was the only wom-
ems final on the program.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Drunkenness Keeps
Park Police ACtiUe

Arresting 325 persons during
July, more than one-third of
them for drunkenness. park
police today reported fines and
collateral deposits totaling $2,206.
For drunkenness 1870 persons
were arrested on Government
property. Other arrests were for
the following offenses: Fast auto
mobiles, %; traffic violations, IA;
park regulations, At; diSorderly
conduct. 26, and petit larceny, 7.
Seven children were also turned
over to their parents for correc-
ton.
Your rental worries room house
Rpartmi mt can he solved to-
day through the Rental Columns OF
the Classified Section.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05

whereabouts is that the pretty
young widow has secluded herself
with friends either in Odin,
Mich, or TraverS City, Mich.
Libby's father became angered
when Schaefer went to the Kahn
home yesterday with what he
said was virtually a warrant"
and demanded the right to search
the house.
Holman at first replied heated
ly that it would require "a paper
from the governor" to get Libby
out of Ohio. After considerable
argument, Holman agreed to the
search, but by that time Schaefer
had decided the hunt would be
futile and did not proceed.
Autos Arouse Interest
Two out-of State automobiles
also figured in the country detec-
tive's speculations about Libby's
whereabouts now.
"A large car bearing California
license 3X-8300" stopped at the
Kahn home on July % and "a 16-
cylinder car bearing Delaware
license 5608" parked in front of
the residence on July "a, Schaefer
said.
This information was given to
Sheriff Transou Scott, of Forsyth
county, N. c.. who is conducting
the investigation of Reynolds
death.
Schaefer was assigned to keep
watch on Libby's movements June
20 after Sheriff Scott wired Ham
ilton county authorities that she
might later be wanted.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
WALKER JAILED IN SLAYNG OF YOUNG REYNOLDS
LIBBY HOL MAN NOT FOUND,
BELIEVED IN SECLUS|ON
AWAITING STORK VISIT

she was in a North Carolina
sanitarium, possibly at Asheville
or PinehurSt.
The arrival of Holman this
afternoon will not be officially
recognized by Solicitor Higgins
or Sheriff TranSou Scott until
he personally makes his presence
known to them.
Alb Poses for Pictures
Meanwhile, Alb Walker was
lodged in the county Jail. He and
his attorney, Bailey Liipfert, gave
their permission to newspaper
photographers to take his picture
in his cell.
The only photograph of Walker
which has been available showed
him as a lad III fotball uniform.
Walker is having his meals
sent him from a local hotel. He
appeared in comfortable spirits.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
OLYMP|CS COAL
Of FL|ERS
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me-.
Aug. 5 G.NSD With Athens,
Greece, as his ultimate goal. Roger
@. Williams, transatlantic flier,
was here today with his mono
plane Olympia, in which he in
tends to make the long flight.
Accompanying him was Miss
ElVy Kalep, Esthonian aviatrix.
who will be his co-pilot.
Although the fliers refused to
discuss their plans, it was thought
they would make flight to Los
Angeles to obtain a letter from
officials of the Olympics, return
here, and then set off over the
Atlantic Ocean to deliver the
letter in Athens.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
GOTHAM GREETS
FL|ERS TODAY

NEW YORK. Aug. 5 G.NSO.
James Mattern and Bennett Grit
fin, who failed in their attempt to
break the round-the-world flight
record, were due from Europe to-
day.
They will be greeted by George
Mand, of the mayors committee
for the reception of distinguished
guests, and Clarence Page, of Okla
homa, their manager.
Mayor Walker arranged recep-
ton at City Hall for the aviators
Monday. The next day they plan
to fly to Washington.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
REYNOLDS KIN
KNOWS LIBBY
SLIGHTLY
Richard Reynolds, Jr., Sailing
to U. S., Admits Tragedy Be-
yOnd Understanding

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 5
0N.SD.-Thc married life of
the late Smith Reynolds and
Libby Holman, Broadway torch
singer indicted for his murder,
was a closed book to Richard
Reynolds, jr., elder brother of
the slain millionaire youth.
Surrounded by month-old Amer
ican newspapers giving details of
the tragedy which he had never
read before, Reynolds told Inter
national News Service today that
he had met the husky-voiced
blues singer only once before she
married his brother and went to
live in their palatial family resi-
dence at Winston-Salem, N. C.
He said:
Met Her Once
II suppose know less about
Smiths married life than any
other person in the world.
Il met Libby only once be-
fore their marriage and had
little contact with them after
ward"
Alb Walker, indicted with Miss
Holman, was a great friend" of
his brother, Reynolds said. He
added:
Smith was greatly beloved.
not only by me, but by his
friends.
Il cannot understand this ter
rible thing at all. 1 have been
astOunded by the developments
of the last "a hours. 1t is bad
enough to know that Smith is
dead without this new tragedy
coming on top of it,"
Can't Understand 1t
Reynolds, who arrived here yes
terday after a drastic dash from
the Cape Verde Island. where he
was cruising at the time of his
brothers death, sails for New
York this afternoon aboard the
liner American Legion. The YES
sell is due on August 10.
ct is impossible to say
whether or not l will testify
at the trial. Although l have
read details of the tragedy in
American newspapers, much of
it is still incimprehensible to
me. Perhaps some explanation
may come when 1 reach the
United States, but now it is
more than l can understand"
Reynolds rushed home from a
tramp steamer nearing Africa
when he received word of his
brothers death.
"Walker was one of my
brothers best friends. l can
not get an exact idea of what
happened. / was so far away.
"AS soon as l reach New
York l must find out for my
self just what happened"
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a S tocratic
a PIP e aranCe
and his gen
tlenanly, pol
ished m a n
n e RS, h a S
b e e n given
t w o n lC X
names signi-
fyin g h i S
former a n d
present role
in politics.
He is called
t h e Chan
Cellor W i t h.
out Portfolio"
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hLIHAhhIh the princess,
said the female member of the
party, pointing excitedly.
Jaw, she ART a Princess"
asserted one of the boys. "She's
a girl"
"She is, | tell yer" reaf.
firmed the girl. She is a
Princess"
Whereupon the boy staggered
Cockily over to the railings and
demanded:
Eyer amt Princess, are
yer?"
Princess Elizabeth looked at
him with solemn eyes and an
sWered with great seriousness:
why, yes, am. Have a
sweet?"
The Washington times., 1932-08-05

beth'S first
real contact
with the hol
polloi.
S h e W a s
sitting in her
G a r d e n
m u n C h j n g
cho c o a t e S
and gazing
i n t e restedly
through t h G
ratings at
three b a re =
footed Cock
ney children.
IT h ere s
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Russia Tightens Ban
On Canadian Goods

LONDON, Aug. 5 GN.SD Rus
sia has decided to intensity her
embargo on Canadian trade by
boycotting all goods of Canadian
origin and by refraining from en-
ploying Canadian steamers, ac-
cording to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Riga today.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Shift of Wind Saves
VILLAGE From Flames

SAGOLA. Mich. Aug. 5 G.N.S.)
A shift in the wind today saved
this village from destruction as
fire tore through the yards of the
Sawyer Goodman Lumber Com
pany. destroying 35000,OO0 feet of
lumber, valued at 100000.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
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Holman upon his arrival, the
possibility appeared that Judge
A. M. Stack, of Superior Court,
might hear him informally.
The solicitor indicated that
even though Holman continued
to conceal the whereabouts of
his daughter. no pressure would
be brought to bear upon him to
reverse his stand.
From the contents of the tele-
gram received from Holman
authorities believed he would
reveal when and where his
daughter would surrender to the
sheriff.
With no definite word as to
the whereabouts of Libby, new
reports circulated from hour to
hour as to where she might be
found.
One of these reports held that
The Washington times., 1932-08-05

lieved today that the Broadway
torch singer may be in seclusion
awaiting the stork.
The information that Libby has
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
County Prober Hears Libby Is Secluded
In Ohio Awaiting ArriUaI of Child

CINCINNATI Aug. 5 GN.SJ.
County authorities, rebuffed last
night in their search for attrac-
tive Libby Holman Reynolds, be-
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
CLAUDEL SET TO SAIL

NEW YORK, Aug. G.N.SD-
Paul Claudel. French ambassador
to Washington, was due here to-
day to sail for France.
The Washington times., 1932-08-05

WHO Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
81 am a Princess"
SAYS Elizabeth

LONDON, Aug. S uN.SD.
An amusing st ry is going the
rounds of little Princess Eliza
The Washington times., 1932-08-05
Won Papen Given
Two Nicknames

BERLIN, Aug. S 1.N.S)-
Chancellor Franz Won Papen,
under fire from all sides but
nevertheless respected for his
Imperial Valley press., 1932-07-27
BY HUGH BAILLIE
Executive Vice President, United
Press Associations

Copyright, 1882 in all Countries
BY the United Press, Reproduc- -.
tion in Whole or in Part
Prohibited)
BERLIN, July 81. - The speed
lest road to world recovery of pros
perity is to restore Germany's place
in the sun, Chancellor Franz Won
Papen, said today in an exclusive
interview with the United Press.
The worlds prosperity, he said,
never will be restored until Ger
many resumes her place among the
nations as a normal, political and
economical equal-a buyer, manu-
facturer, and seller of goods and a
big customer in the worlds mar
kets.
MY government" he said, "is
convinced that its primary task is
to recapture the economic and po-
litical place in international life to
which Germany is entitled
"By fulfilling this function, we
would not only enable Europe to
cope effectively with its tremend-
Gus difficulties but would also go
far toward solving the worlds econ
omic crisis.
"Germanys struggle against the