Smyrna times., 1939-07-13
nIIY TERM OF
COUNTY COURT
,.,heIIa Donovan, IS, Goes To
Trial For Death of
Her Suitor
EMAIL DIVORCE CASES

Isabella DoAO'dn'
wIfOrd girl charged with the fatal
.aoting Of Vaughn G. Webb, 19
rrc NC worker, March IS, went on
.1i.l in the Kent County Court OF
orsr and Terminer Monday. Dep
NV Atty.-Gen. William J. Storey
IN n the girl will be tried on q
rsnslaughter charge. She was In
aeted bv the grand jury in April
i charge Of first degree murder
snt the state later abandoned first
nd second degree murder charges
Webb. the girls sweetheart, was
stally shot while the two sat IL
i automobile in a Lovers Lane
rssr Milford. Miss Donovan, first
,sd without bail, has been releas-
j ~ $4,000 bail. Sheriff Grier
Winner has been ordered to sum-
nors about 100 witnesses for the
rjal. about evenly divided between
no prosecution and defnese, which
will be presided over by Chief JUS
fee Daniel ]. Layton, Judge Char
Is L. Terry, Jr., and Judge Char
u s. Richards. Two descriptions
# the love scene between Isabella
DOpoyan and Vaughn Webb on
tbe night Webb was shot to death
in parked car were presented tc
The jury at the girls trial on man
Slaughter charges in the Court OF
Over and Terminer Tuesday. The
6rst was in her confession, later
repudiated, which was read to the
ury by Dep. Atty.-Gen. William ]
Storey and the second was given
BY Isabella herself from the wit
less stand. The repudiated con-
tession was climaxed by the state
ment: Il took the gun away from
him and meant to shoot past him
but be must have grabbed it." On
the witness stand the girl, who
claims she will always love Webb
said He hurt my feelings and
vas crying ! thought he thought
Twas cheap and common. He had
gun in his hand and he said: oh
/ God. what shall I do?' He made
! n sudden movement and l turned
around just in time to see the
sparks" Earlier she had told of
how Vaughn had threatened sui
eide on other occasions. The jury
impanelled is hearing the case. In
the Kent County Court of General
Sessions, Alvin Wiley, who plead
ed guilty to an indictment of pos
session Of alcoholic liquors with in
tent to sell, was fined $500, and
N default of payment was commit
ted to the Kent County Jail for a
term of four months. Wiley had
previous record in Maryland
franklin Booth, pleading guilty to
embezzlement of S425 from an en-
ployer, was given six months in
hent County jail. DEGREES nisi
we're granted in five Of the fifteen
olVorce cases listed for argument
Al the opening of the July term.
Slgnt Of the cases were continued
until the next term of court while
another case was discontinued and
decision was reserved in still an
Olner case. Final decree of divorce
vas granted in five cases. The
case that was discontinued was
'lat OF James McClements VS.. Jen-
ne N. McClements. Decision was
Mlhheld in the case of Paul Ralph
'sneka vs.. Thelma Elizabeth jan
ca The five cases in which de-
tee nlsi was granted are George
EdWard Knowles VS.. Julia Mitchell
anoWles; Leila NJ. Cannon vs..
nOy Cannon; Anna Kobza vs.Steve
Aooza; John Henry Lorenzen VS..
Hdlth $. Lorenzen; Rebecca Ger
aude Hutson vs.. James Hutson.
SaSes that were continued are
s, Sunn A. Williams VS.. Willie Easin
nalams; Agnes Hilda Phillips VS..
I'm Henry Phillips; Mary Lang
-eA Brown VS.. Wilbur Preston
brown; Annie Bailey Houston vs..
Sdstelle Houston; Marvin w. Cole
! y Nettie N. Cole; John Draper
7, n ina 2. Draper; Ruth Marie
: mood Foster VS.. Robert Kenneth
rVslef! :, Doretha Smith vs.. Wilbert
nayes Smith. Final decree of di-
,o.'es was granted in the follow
4 IS cases; Letha M. Saxton VS..
aeOrge Glider Saxton; Helen Dill
n ~ roy Dill; Ellenor Collins VS..
f.eston !. Collins; Raymond F.
- aspef VS.. Hilda Reed Topper; Ern-
y.r ~ = Martindale VS.. Mary Emma