Evening star., 1944-07-13
Mrs. Dolmoge Says Stark Terror Of Kent
Kept Her From Admitting She Had Jewels
Describes Gems as
'BoubIes';; Declares
They Were-Gifts

her from admitting she had thu
wealthy bachelors SCI 900 jewel col.
lection at the time she was trieC
I and acquitted of stealing the gems
She maintained throughout ar
interview that Mr.. Kent had giver
her the jewelry over a 15-year pc.
riod. Meantime a District Court
grand jury was meeting to decide
whether to return an indictment oi
perjury against her.
Although given an opportunity to
waive immunity and testify before
the grand jury, Mrs. Dolmage de-
clined to do so. Testifying were 1t
Joseph w. Shimon and James Arm
strong, both of the District Attor-
ney.s office; Mr.. Kent and Marion
Lewis, clerk of District Court.
Returning here yesterday by
plane, from Mexico City, accom-
panied by 1t. Shimon, Mrs. Dolmage
led police to her apartment at 174e
M street NV, where half the COL
lection of gems Mr.. Kent accused
her of stealing were stored.
Police were still looking for the
rest of the jewels, even checking a
laundry where a tenant in the
Dolmage apartment had sent her
soiled clothes after Mrs. Dolmage
visited the apartment yesterday
shortly after her arrival at police
headquarters.
Booked on charge of perjury
and held at the Womens Bureau ir
heu of $4,000 bond, the 3S-year-olc
brunei told her story in a low
voice.
Although MI. Kent had been CIV
Ing her jewels Ito keep for nlm" for
ID years, she said, the bulk of the
gems came into her hands shortly
after his mothers death in 1910.
He told me then he just wanted
to get them out of his sight because
they reminded him of his mother
she said. Il just put them in my
closet, 1t was just question OF
clearing them out of the way"
Denies Gems Were Valuable,
Mrs. Dolmage steadfastly insisted
that the JeWelry was nothing to get
excited about. She never thought of
putting the gems in a safe because
they weren't valuable enough for
that"
They were just broken up bau-
bles. Sometimes, Id string them
and take one over to him." she said.
About February, 1943, she went
on, Mr.. Kent tried to get her out of
town so she wouldn't be subpoenaed
as a witness in a breach of promise
case which, she said, she had been
investigating for him.
Il refused and he has destroyed
me- she declared.
Mrs. Dolmage said that when Mr..
Kent accused her of stealing his
JeWelry, she thought at first he
meant his stick pin collection
which was really valuable
Locates Scene Easily.
When she discovered he meant
the collection of jewelry in her
closet she went to his farm and
buried them, she said. She buried
them near the edge of a quarry,
marking the place by noting
nearby tWo-trunk tree with one of
the trunks sawed off, she said. She
had TO difficulty locating the spot
yesterday when she took 1t. Joseph
Shlmon to the scene.
After the trial, when the Jury
had acquitted her Mrs. Dolmage
said, she dug up the jewelry and
put it back in her apartment.
I've wanted to get rid of it, but
! didn't know just what to do" she
said, Il couldn't give it back to
him tMr. Kent then. l told him
that when ne simmered down and
stopped his monkey business he
could have them
He could have had them any
time. but that wasn't what he
wanted. He wanted to get me out
of town and destroy nv word
Since the trial. she said, Mr.. Kent
had continued to threaten me-"
Left All But Two Pieces.
Mrs Dolmage said she left all but
two pieces of the jeWelry behind
when she went to Mexico She took
with her watch and a string of
little old pink beads-value prob
ably So" Police say the beads are
antique corals)
Mrs. Dolmage said she thought
there was no lack of propriety" in
wearing the beads and the watch
because they had been given to her
by Mr.. Kent more than three years
ago. She said he had given her the
watch when she dropped her own
and broke the stem She was late
keeping an appointment with him
one day. she said, and he gave her
a watch he wasn't using so she
would be more prompt.
Otherwise, she said, she cares
nothing for jeWelry-just wears
string of beads occasionally and her
wedding ring.
I knew all this was frame-up
rom beginning to end--but you see l
knew l never would have been be-
lieTed if l had admitted I had the
levels and he said I'd stolen them"
Mrs. Dolmage asserted. How could
l expect to be believed?'
Summed Up the Case.
More crisply, Mrs. Dolmage
summed up her case.
Il was indicted for entering Mr..
KentS apartment on July %, l943.
l wasn't there. I was indicted for
stealing the jewels. I didn't steal
them. What l did do was deny that
knew anything about them"
Meanwhile. police were checking
the story told by Mrs Betty Miller.
tenant in the third-floor apartment
Of the M street building owned by
Mrs. Dolmage.
Mrs. Miller, who is employed in
Australian War Supplies Procure
ment. told The Star that about $50
am. yesterday Mrs. Dolmage sur
prised her by opening the apartment.
door with her pass key.
It's me- Mrs. Miller quoted
Mrs, Dolmage AS saying. II want to
lock for some things of mine"
Mrs. Miller said she knew Mrs.
Dolmage had stored some things in
the apartment. She said Mrs. DOL
mage rummaged through a closet.