Evening star., 1948-08-25
WidowofH Hotel Bandit
Held on $4,000 Bond
In Earlier D. T.. HoIdup

Mrs. Jean Kenyon Lincoln, 26,
widow Of Edward Lincoln, who was
shot to death during a holdup at
tempt yesterday at the Whitestone
Hotel, was held for the grand jury
today under $4,000 bond charged
with an earlier robbery she report
edly staged here with her husband
Dressed in black. Mrs. Lincoln ap-
peared before Judge Almond w
Scott in Municipal Court. Several
times she was on the verge of tears
and she clutched a handkerchief
during the proceedings.
Mrs. Lincoln was arrested at the
Whitestone, 1101 Sixteenth street
NV, when she ran into the lobby
where her husband had just been
shot by Douglas L. Farr, "a, night
manager. Mr.. Farr was released
yesterday by a coroner's jury, which
found the homicide Justifable.
Police reported Lincoln and his
wife had arrived here after Journey
ing across the country from Cali
fornia, leaving a trail of hotel hold
ups in their wake.
Clerk Identifies Lincoln.
At today's hearing. Walden Hog
wood, night clerk of the Bellevue
Hotel, Is E street NV, declared
that Lincoln was the man who
robbed him at pistol point of $3.50
and his wrist watch last Friday in
the hotel
Mr.. HogWood told the court that
he was present yesterday when Mrs.
Lincoln talked with detectives of
the homicide squad. He said the
woman admitted then that she was
waiting in her husbands parked
car when the Bellevue was held up
and that she and her husband went
to Richmond Immediately after
counting the loot. The witness
quoted her as saying the $3.50 was
"the most money we had got yet on
a job"
An accomplice faces the same
charge as the principal in a robbery.
Assistant United States Attorney
Robert Short, who recommended the
high bond, told the judge that Mrs.
Lincoln faces grand jury action on
an attempted robbery charge grow
ing out of the Whitestone holdup.
He added the woman is wanted "in
other cases in other cities" on similar
charges.
Woman Requests COnsul's Aid.
The defendant spoke only to ask
that the British consul here be
asked to get her a lawyer. Mr.
Short, however, interposed that he
understood the consul has refused
to make any such provision for the
British girl, who married an Amer
ican soldier whom she later divorced
to marry Lincoln.
Defense Counsel Robert j. Har-
land, appointed by the court, was
overruled in his protest that only
circumstantial evidence had been
presented by the Government
Judge Scott declared that he found
sufficient evidence" for a prima
facie case.
Mrs. Lincoln also was to be ques-
toned today by Baltimore detectives
in connection with a recent robbery
In that city, according to 1t, Otto
P Fuss of the Washington police
robbery squad. She will be ques-
toned in other robberies here and
in Baltimore.
Late yesterday Mrs. Lincoln was
excused from testifying at the in
quest at the District Morgue after
offering to waive her constitutional
rights by saying, My husband paid
his debt and 7 might as well pay
mine"
Wife of Manager Testifies.
Mrs. Lincoln told police she had
legged" her husband on. He was
trying to get money to send me back
to England" she said.
Testimony at the inquest by Mr..
Farr and his wife, Mrs. Orma Farr,
bore out the managers story that
the bandit came into the hotel and
demanded money, after arousing
the couple in their bedroom adjoin-
ing the lobby.
Mrs. Farr told how the bandit
came into the bedroom and brand
AcllCu I1lC 6lIl al liCi AoSS'
Il had no idea what he was going
to do" she said, but I knew my
husband was standing only six
inches from a pistol we had under
a chair cushion.
When the bandit left the room
I grabbed the gun and gave it to
my husband later there were
two shots. l didn't know who had
been shot, but a moment later my
husband appeared at the door. He
was holding the gun
Mrs. Farr said she called police
and when they arrived shortly after
ward, Mrs. Lincoln entered the ho-
tel. Mrs. Farr said the woman
asked if a man came in looking for
o room Shown the PROSTATE form,
she screamed, My God, that's my
husband!'