The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-22
CROWN ATTEMPTS
TO LINK MURDER
WITH De MARICNY
Handsome Defendant Said
t. Have Been Near
Death House

re,1- Bahamas, Oct. 2'.-F)
tic first direct move to link
...o5 de Marigny with the muir
A Il Sir Harry cakes, the crowns
w. .,,tor brought out testimony to-
P' - Mace the handsome defend
day n ~ his father-in-law's estate
al. 1nlv about the time the mill
las' was beaten and burned to
death. aa+;vo constable be
1 l'ood \ statement that de Ma
pTo"'' onneared. a few hours later,
rsn :,r excited and mad and with
l00 "~jid look" in his eyes.
a r,,+ while de Marigny smiled and
p 3,as in the barred prisoners
no1"er .bere he must stay during the
t'7, in the Bahamas supreme court,
tFl@' a II, scored points in the
n l!i,s...snd.take of an interesting ses-
sion, E,;o uol1inon
| his cards carefully to drive
pIa' ,. N the jury the significance OF
his disclosures.
M s,irst he drew from Nassau's cor
nr L. W. Fitzmaurice, the
U. .nate that Cakes was attacked
' slain at Westbourne, his sea.
al estate, between 1870 and $3.50 a.
' Y.four to six hours after the
aor,nIetion of his last meal"
nh rbon from the pretty wife of an
Dtr fIier, he brought out testimony
- mt de Marigny had left her and
,' friend at their homes, two doors
+ror Westbourne, shortly after 1
a. N.
and Mrs. Jean Ainslee were among
.hp II guests of de Marigny at din
rsr the night of July 7, and that lie
i-ove them to the cottage they
share.
Cross.examining Mrs. Clark.
risf Defense Counsel Godfrey
g,gs sought to explain burned
4.rs which Investigators told OF
hiding on de Marigny's hands ana
arms after the Staying. The prose
o,-ion has contended that anyone
in the room at the time OF the at
tack would have singed hairs.
De Marigny stood, mis- arms rest
ing atop the cage, while HlgSs ask
ed Mrs. Clark whether he had eXhib
tied and lighted hurricane lamps
during the dinner party. Yes, she
replied.
Did the accused light the candle
through the top this way?' and
Hggs demonstrated with one Of the
lamps.
Yes"
'Were there more than one of
these glass chimneys..''
Yes"
Did you hear the accused COM
plain of burned hand when light
ing one Of them?"
Yes"
Under Higgs' questioning, Mrs:
Clark said she had been summoned
to Westbourne during the investi-
cation July 9, and there had seen
de Marigny taken upstairs between
II a. m. and noon by an Ameri-
c.n detective She did not indicate
whether detective was E. W. Mel
or whether he was James o.
re-r The two Miami police cap
ta-hs We're called in by the Duke of
" windsor, governor of the Bahamas,
to help solve the crime.
Prosecuting witnesses have testi-
1Ied that a fingerprint found on a
screen in the death room was an
impression of de Marigny' little
niger and the crown has attempt
eu 10 Show that he could not have
'ouched the screen after the crime
was discovered
1t was Constable Wendell Park
eF Who told of a visit by de Marig.
ny to the police station about 1880
a m, July s.
was struck by his appear
@Aee' the tall, uniformed witness
Iela'ed' He seemed excited and
what struck you about his ap-
psafahce, asked Special Prosecutor
A T. Adderley.
H.. ilN eyes appeared wild, and his
% a pfo'ruded," Parker replied, adj.
uns that de Marigny inquired about
Tor insnectiop 1ii q u uch