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man named Clark, and wanted him
to come right over and take state
ment from me. Miss Hoey didn't
want him'to do so. They had some
words.
II went into the kitchen and then
to the bath room, and heard Mr..
Rogers and Miss Hoey talking. Miss
Hoey said she was going back to New
York, or was going to call New York,
or something.
Rogers did not want her to call
or go, so he went to the wall and
pulled the telephone wires away.
Then went back to the kitchen.
I stood for a moment in the doorway
of the pantry, looking into the living
room through a window.
Saw Signs of Argument.
Il could see Mr.. Rogers, his friend
(Kelly) and Miss Hoey sitting on the
couch. Mr.. Rogers was waving his
arms in the air, but I could not hear
what he said. Then Miss Hoey got
up and went out of the room.
Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Kelly kept
talking, and suddenly-bango!-I hear
a shot.
Mr.. Rogers jumped off the sofa
and ran out of the room. He came
back a minute later like wild man.
and Mr.. Kelly went out with him. And
then went In and followed them up
stairs and learned the lady was shot"
Batten fixed the time Of the shoot
ing at about $40 p.m., Eastern day
light time. Questioned again about
the whereabouts of Rogers and Kelly
when the shot was heard, he said:
There Is absolutely no question
about it. They were on the sofa"
So far as Battin observed, Rogers
took "only two drinks"
The farmers story was considered
strong substantiation of the stories
told both by Rogers and Kelly that
the girl had committed suicide.
Following the questioning Of Bat
tin and others, Deputy Coroner Har-
vey Cox said Rogers and Kelly would
be released under 81 900 bail pending
the coroner's inquest, set for next
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock.
Said George Yamada, the cook:
"I only work in this house one week.
I see right away it is no kind Of a
house. It is drink, drink, drink all
the time. 1t is untidy. I say I am
going to quit. The lady she say she
give me more money.
THE lady is my boss. tell her
don't want any more money. Last
night I know nothing. I hear no shot.
I'm in kitchen cooking. Then I hear
people yell, yell, yell. run in. and
that is all know, only they say lady
is shot. I see her lying there"
Catano, the chauffeur, was in back
of the house getting the car. he said.
He heard the shooting.
Quarreled, Chauffeur Says.
According to Catano. Miss Hoey had
expressed the desire on several occa-
sions during her weeks stay at the
farm to return to New York, and that
Rogers got slightly angered." The
dispute last night, Catano said, was
the sequel to these previous discus
sions.
The farm house where the tragedy
occurred is one Of many old places
which dot the Chester County coun-
tryside.
Located on a 65-acre estate known
as Indian Run, the house Is two and
half stories high, of stone construc-
ton and thoroughly modernized. Rog-
ers has owned it for five or six years.
The home is not particularly preten-
tious.
A huge garage was recently COM
pleted. replacing barn which burned
down shortly after Rogers acquired
the place. Battin formerly farmed
the place for Rogers, who visits the
farm only occasionally.
Estrangement Denied.
Young Rogers, who was "cut of"
with the annual income from $780,
900 trust fund under the will of his
father last July, recently returned
from Europe, his chauffeur said. He
was married in 1929 to Miss Virginia
Lincoln of Cleveland.
Reports that Rogers and his wife
have been estranged have been heard
frequently, but business acquaint-
ance of Rogers in Cleveland said to-
day there had been no rift in the
domestic relations Of the couple. Mrs.
Rogers was shopping when news Of
the tragedy reached Cleveland and
could not be Immediately located.
The chauffeur, Frank Catano, told
dramatic story. attributing the
tragedy to the dispute about the dogs,
which Battin had mentioned.
He said that Rogers, Miss Hoey and
himself came to the farm by train
last Thursday or Friday"
mo sooner had he arrived" Catano