Evening star., 1932-07-07
'STORY Of REYNOLDS
SHOOTING CHANGED
Report of Libby Hotman'S
Presence in Traqedy
StirS ProberS.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press,
WINSTON SAL EN-. N. c., July l.
The Twin City Sentinel says today it
learns from high authorities that
Smith Reynolds and his bride. the for
n1er Libby Holm an, Broadway revue
star, were lying across a bed together
when the heir to the Reynolds tobacco
millions was fatally shot early yester-
day
The Sentinel says this statement was
made to investigating officers by Mrs.
Reynolds before she collapsed upon
learning CT her young husbands death.
First reports had said Mrs. Reynolds
was in a nearby bsd room at the time
CT the shooting.
Alb. Walker, friend of Reynolds, who
was spending the night in the house.
said he was On the first f1oor closing
windows when he heard a shot, fol-
lowed by Mrs. Reynolds scream.
He said he dashed upstairs to find
Reynolds alone on sleeping porch
with revolver nearby.
Blocked by Collapse.
The Sentinel says officers have been
unable to question Mrs. Reynolds since
her collapse.
r. j. Reynolds, jr.. brother CT the
dead youth, was located by his attorneys
today cruising in yacht of the east
coast Of Africa.
Sheriff Transou Scott said today he
IS up against blank wall in the shoot
ing
Coroner W. N Dalton has officially
recorded the death as suicide, but
Scott said he had no evidence upon
which to base a suicide verdict
I'm every suicide case there is a rea-
son." he said. and l can find none
here. Neither have I any evidence TO
can 1t anything else
Scott said he would return to the
palatial Reynolds estate in the ex-
elusive Reynolda section this afternoon
to talk with relatives Of Reynolds, in
cluding Mrs. Reynolds
Under Doctors Care.
Mrs. Reynolds. who collapsed when
told Of her husbands death. has been
under the care of a physician since
and has been allowed to see no one
except Miss Blanche Yeager of New
York. a friend, who is her house guest
Scott said he also wanted to talk
with Miss Yeager.
Meanwhile, speculation was rife here
as to the disposition of young Reynolds
estate.
Reports were circulated that Mrs.
Reynolds would not share in her Eus-
bands inheritance. but only in his
personal property, the value of which
was not known.
Only Incomes Provided.
The viii of the late TOBACCO manu-
factrer, who dted in 1918, was said to
have provided only for income for his
children, and his wife, who died later.
was believed to have left a similar will.
Under this plan the vast estate, esti-
mated at as high as s100, 900, 900, al
though valued at only about $40 900 900
wien r. J. Reynolds died, was not to
be divided until his children were 20
years cid
Provisions for income for their chill
dren was made, but not for their wives
or husbands. attorneys said today after
cursory examination. which was ex-
pected to be followed by more detailed
study OF the wills of r. j. REYNOLDS.
Mrs. Reynolds and Smith Reynolds.
Smith Reynolds first wife and their
baby daughter relinquished to its
mother following separation and divorce
pate in any OF his estate. the father
already having settled $l0o0,000 on
them.
The shot. heard by his wife and
Walker, marked the close of a sensa-
tional career which in three short years
had encompassed a marriage. father
hord, separation, divorce, an airplane-
boat trip around the world and another
marriage.
In October, 1929, Anne Cannon,
daughter Of the millionaire textile Can
non family, end Reynolds rode to York.
s. c., at M with her father and
hls chauffeur, and were married In
few months they separated. Last year
he took her to Reno by airplane and
left her to secure the divorce
Taking his plane along, he embarked
for Europe, few around the globe 10
Hawaii and there met Libby Holman.
daughter Of a Cincinnati attorney and
six years older than the tobacco heir.
They were married but the wedding
waT kept secret until their arrival In
New York some months later.
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