The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-09
Suicide of the
 Youth Reynolds
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 been questioned by the coroner's jury in the room she occupied the night her husband was shot.
 The complete testimony in that investigation was held secret. It probably will be impounded imme- diately after conclusion of the in- vestigation expected to-day. The jury did not plan to resume it ses- sion until II a. m., E. D. T.
 The Broadway star said she had brief mental flash' Wednesday morning-the morning her hus- band was shot-but with that ex- ception knew nothing of what hap pened for hours before and after his death.
 That left Walker, 50 far as is known, the only guest of the lively party at the Reynolds estate that night, who knows what happened before Smith Reynolds left him and went upstairs to Mrs Reynolds.
 Walker, so far as Is known, Is the only members of the house. hold that night who knows just where and when his chum was shot, where Libby Holman. was at the time, where the gun he used was found, and what was done and said prior to the. wounded heirs arrival at the hospital where he died four hours later.
 The fact that Walker was under guard did not become known for some time, and then only by ac- cident. A negro noticed the Rey- holds motor car in front of the "A -..1 members of the Reynolds family sought Walkers removal to the hotel where deputies were placed on guard.
 The strain of the events this week had left Libby Holman grief stricken and nervous wreck, and for that reason, the coroner or dered she be questioned while she remained in bed in her own room. There she was questioned closely by Solicitor Carlisle Higgins and Earl McMichael, assisting Coroner w. N. Dalton.
 Her story, as far as Solicitor Higgins would repeat 1t, was about like this:
 She retired as usual about Il D. clock Monday night, July and from that time until Wednesday some hours after the shooting her mind was a blank-except for the, moment the gun was fired.
 She remembered hearing her husband call her name, she said. Sha remembered the picture of the gun in his hand. She remembered seeing his body fall.
 She had no explanation for her mental condition. Although there had been a party the night before the shooting, and the day before that, there had been little or no drinking, 1t was said.
 Blanche Yurka, another Broad way actress, testified just before the session was adjourned until to- day when other guests at the Tues day night party were expected to tell their stories of what happened that holiday week end.
 Among those expected to testify before the secret inquest is con- cluded were Walker, c. Raymond Dranrer, Flushing, l.. l., Rey- holds flying instructor; c. G. Hill, in whosce honor the Tuesday night party was given; Mrs William Taught, Virginia Dunkley. Charles Norfleet, James Sheppard, all guests; and Lewis McGinnis, man. ager of the local airport.
 Walker, who is only 19, is the son of a local businessman. He has been Smith Reynolds constant companion, distraught since his friends death. He collapsed just after Smith died, and he collapsed again at the funeral yesterday.
 Walker and Reynolds were companions on a gay little party at the local hotel two days before Smith was killed. They were plan ming, it was said, to attend another party the morning the young heir was killed, just before he pre- pared to leave his wife.
 Libby Holman, glamorous figure of the stage, has the advantage of an education in law. And her father. who Is here with her. is a Cincinnati attorney. She testified |concerning her unprecedented coma after accompanying him to funeral services for her husband.
 There at Salem cemetery she had stood in the shade before 500 neighbors, weeping and sobbing-- the girl who sobbed the throaty strains of "Moanin' Low" and Body and Soul' to score hit on Broadway.
 She wore black crepe. sheer gunmetal stockings, high heeled black slippers, a small black tur- ban, large black suede gloves. Miss Yurka who sat beside her at the graveside service, also wore black. Anne Cannon Reynolds. first wife of Smith. Reynolds. and mother of the little girml who will en-