The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-05
MARICNY PLEADS
FOR HIS LIBERTY
Continued from Page One)

and yawned with don't-care man
ner while he sat in a cage-like
prisoners dock and listened to the
Crown build a web of circumstan-
tial evidence around him.
But when he stood on the wit.
ness stand today and faced all OF
the curious spectators who could
he crammed into the small court.
room, he was a fervent, deadly
serious man begging for belief in
his story.
Prompted by young Chief De-
Tense Counsel Godfrey Higgs, de
Marigny related in his clear,
French-accented voice the details
of his courtship and marriage to
Nancy and of his subsequent trou-
bles with her family after she I'm
derwent an operation for the ter.
mination of pregnancy
Relations with Sir Harry reached
breaking point last March 30,
he said, during 4 am. quarrel
which started when Sir Harry
came to the de Marigny home
yanked his young son Sidney OUT
Of bed and told him to "get the
hell out of this house"
IT never spoke to him again, -
de Marigny declared, while h s
audience listened in a profound
hush.
During an earlier quarrel, he
said, Sir Harry referred to 19-year'
old Nancy as "that girl in you1
house." who has caused trouble
for her mother and me and I don't
want anything to do with her."
HE said as far as he was con-
cerned, Nancy was going to gel
nothing from him, and he spelled
out nothing in a loud voice,
de Marigny added.
De Marigry recalled that he had
threatened to 'knock Sir Harry
ont of the ROOM if the millionaire
bothered Nancy while she was ir
the hospital.
It was when Higgs asked him
to tell about his activities during
the night of the Staying, July 7-8
that de Marigny made his big bic
for freedom.
He looked his questioner straigh
| in the eyes, clasped his hand II
prayer-like gesture and launched
into his account. There was din
ner party at his home July Z, hi
related, and he drove two guest!
IN their homes near Westbourn'
about l m.
81 drove back to the house." HI
straight homer" Higgs asked
Eyes, straight home"
He undressed and went to bed
|he said. being awakened once b.
the noise of a fight between hi
cog and the cat "Grisou," owne'
hv the Marquis George de Visde
lieu. who was living also at tn
Victoria street cottage. He said NJ
asked his friend to take the ca
out of his room.
| De Marigny said he arose earl
the next morning and went to hi
chicken farm. He did not lear
of Sir Harry's death, he added
until he was hailed on a downtown
street by Banker John H. Ande1
son. who broke the news.
care you kidding?'ss he said n
asked Anderson in disbelief.
De Marigny told of driving t
westbourne with Anderson The
stonped at the nearby cottage 9
Mr. and Mrs. Newell Kelly, an
liked about the death.
Although the defense has mad
much Of his Is minute absenc
from the Kelly cottage de mars ri
Nv ~ made no attempt to claim Una
ny, 10y entered the death room at tn IL
inc iT The Crown has based II
case largely on a flngerprlns r -;
c .,arted "1 found on a bedscreen
~ ~ ~ room. and defense attorney
tne , w cross examination nav y,
e sn, that de Marlgny I'm mlg q
baTe touched the screen a1'ef I'll
body was discovered; od his que
4,o ane W.T." hy the Miami police cal ca
tains. E. W. Melchen ana JOHN