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shouting when they arrived at the
Malone Moran residence on North
Hayenhurst drive.
They reported they rushed to the
home when some one in the vicinity
called the sheriff's Office.
I'm through with him." the officers
quoted Miss Moran as saying. i've
been married to him three years and
after this I'm through with him.
The deputies said that Miss Moran
was clad in a kimono and crying
historically when they arrived.
II recognized her as the actress at
once" said Schottmiller. Malone
however, insisted that her name was
Mrs. Malone, but she identified her.
self at once.
After We took him to the Beverly
Hills police station we asked him if
his name was Mr.. Polly Moran and
he blew up
Schottmiller said Malone offered
considerable resistance before they
subdued him. The struggles occurred
at the entrance to the residence.
Get out of here or I'll FL you full
of holes,'' the officers quoted Malone
as shouting at them.
To Swear Out Complaint.
Schottmiller said the actress told
him she would go later to the office of
Justice Cecil B. Holland in Beverly
Hills and swear out a complaint
against her husband.
The disturbance occurred in the
early hours of the morning.
When the officers drove up in their
automobile they said they could see
Malone silhouetted against an upstairs
window, a pistol in his hand.
Miss Moran at that time was
screaming and trying to break away
from his grasp, they said.
The officers reported Malone point
ed his pistol at them after they
shouted to him to let them in, and in
the confusion Miss Moran slipped
away from him and ran downstairs,
unlatching the door.
Malone followed her, they said,
and a wild scuf11e ensued. Jorgeson
snapped the handouts on Malone.
Was Arranging Benefit.
The officers said she told them she
went out last night to dance hall to
arrange a benefit to raise funds for a
new chemical flre-fighting truck to be
used in forest and brush fires.
While she was talking over details,
Malone slipped away and when he re-
turned she said it was obvious he had
been drinking, the officers said she
told them.
They started to argue as they drove
home, she told the deputies, and the
dispute reached its climax when he
picked up a pistol and started snap
ping the trigger in vain.
Twenty-three years ago Miss Morgan
came to the movies. This was after
she had become known as the most
Travelled vaudeville star in the world,
having crossed the Atlantic IA times.
She was as big hit as a monologuist
in Europe and South Africa as in
America.
Played With De Wolf Hopper.
She appeared in number of De
Wolf Hopper comedies before coming
to Hollywood in 1918. Her first step
in the movies was in Mack Sennett
comedies as Charlie Murray's wife in
"The Janitor."
Then Sennett starred her in a
long series of comedies as the western
character, Sheriff Nell"
The 134-pound, 5-foot-4-inch &C
tress never teamed with any one on
the stage or screen until the movie
duo of Marie Dressler-Polly Moran
was formed several years ago.
Born in Chicago, her real name Is
Pauline Theresa Moran, her father,
Tom Moran, having been q contractor.
Three years ago she married Marvin
Malone, attorney. She has a 14-year-
old son by former marriage.