The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-05
REYNOLDS WIDOW
UNDER INDICTMENT
NHUSBAND'SDEATH
Whereabouts Are Held Secret
as Father Charges Poll
ticaI Frame.Up'

Winston Salem. N. c.. Aug. 5.-(P)-
The songbird widow Of young Smith
Reynolds was a technical fugitive
from the law Friday on a charge of
staying him. His boyhood chum was
behind bars on the same charge.
These two-Lbby Holman Rey-
nolds, his bride. and Albert (AB)
Walker, his best friend-were singled
out in the sharp language Of grand
jury indictment Thursday as the par
ties unknown" whom a coroner's jury
previously had held responsible for
his death.
The widows whereabouts remained
unknown.
Her father, speeding here from their
Cincinnati home, declined to surren-
der her to the Ohio authorities.
"At the right time" he said, "she
will meet these charges" He called
the indictments political frame
up"
Albert (AB) Walker, lifelong chum
of Reynolds, Is held incommunicado
save for visits of relatives and coun-
sci. He was arrested Thursday night
at the home of his father, retired
real estate dealer.
The degree Of murder to be charged
lies in the discretion Of the prose-
cutor. The language of the indict-
ment indicated to court officers, how
ever, that the grand jury had first
degree murder in mind, the penalty
Of which is death in the electric chair.
After hearing two witnesses, 1t took
the grand jury but half an hour to
return the murder indictments. The
action came as another climax in the
investigation Of the shooting of the
20-year-old flier at his elaborate
mansion here. following gay liquor
party the night of July S.
Seeks to Arrest Woman
Sheriff TranSou Scott. who was dis
satisfied with a suicide theory, imme-
diately wired Cincinnati and New
York authorities to arrest Libby II they
could find her.
The indictment charges Smiths
widow and his friend. ION or about
the sixth day of July. 1882. with force
and arms at. and in the aforesaid
county, did unlawfully, wilfully. feloni.
ously premeditatedly, of their malice
aforethought. kill and murder Smith
Reynolds. contrary to the form Of the
statute, In such cases made and pro.
vided and against the peace and dig.
nifty Of the state"
A week after the early morning
shooting, Libby Holman Reynolds
near collapse from the tragedy, left
~ Cn1 l>n -
When the case will be brought to
trial is not known. The next regular
term is scheduled to open October 3
Because of a crowded docket, a spe-
cial term before then Is probable.
The two witnesses who testified be-
fore the grand jury Thursday were
Sheriff Scott and Stewart Warnken
manager Of the Reynolds estate.
The grand jury which was dis
charged July IA. 1t was learned, re.
turned a secret presentment. On this
Solicitor Carlisle Higgins, aggressive
mountaineer lawyer who will prose.
cute the two, drew up bills of indict'
ment.
Reynolds and Libby were married
after an ardent courtship, at Monroe
Mich, but 1t was not Immediately an.
nounced. Their marriage took place but
six days after Smiths first wife, Anne
Cannon Reynolds. member of the
wealthy North Carolina towel manu-.
featuring family, secured divorce.
Smith settled 100000 on his first
wife and their baby daughter.
Young Reynolds estate, held II
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