Show J. J ELCH C CONVICTED Of HACK ATTACK ON IFE t I orney King Declares Th i Was Not Involved n Domestic Wrangle i J joge ge go William McCrea gave Earl Velch until 2 o'clock March 19 lake ke full payment of temporary lony y alleged due his wife an Welch r when ho appeared in inI I Friday afternoon to show Sc 58 why he should not be pun pun- d or contempt of court for fail fail- to to pay The co court rt said that unha un un- U ha 8 paid by that date he could act ct no no consideration elch l h appeared in in court and andied ide l d that he ho had no money to toie the he ie alimony as stipulated by court nT m broke but I expect to go to oil stock for the West West- lOil Oil company and get some ley ey he said rs Welchs Welch's counsel asked that be sentenced to jail for con con- pt but the court declared it had er et sent a man to jail for that rise nse l h is defendant in a suit for form m filed by his wife and when r case ase was taken into court re- re order was signed 19 directing 1 Welch to pay his temporary alimony Mrs chinas informed the court that Ich has failed to make the payam pay- pay t t. t ar an am J. J Welch charged with asIt asit as- as It nil nd battery upon his wife m Janu January ry 13 1926 was b by Judge John H. H Mor- Mor criminal division of ot the urt ourt Friday morning Next ext was set as the date for Counsel for Welch 1 tice that an appeal to the Jc court would be taken and edl that time for lor passing sene sen- sen e e continued to permit him to tc tofe f fe t Proceedings on appeal Attorney Samuel A. A King Kinga a wit wit- sti In behalf of the ded de- de d dant t was on the stand Friday and the taking of ot his teson teson tes- tes on ony concluded the he case I if told the the court that on onate onte date ate te In question n Mr Welch an of the Coal com- com l came to his home knowing the t witness had Just returned m ew York where he had bad been beens s self r some ome bonds of ot the coal com com- 1 Or certain holders of ot these nd started to drive him to WH ce down town where h he had Appointment to meet certain F. F RED PROTEST King said that while on I w y to the office early In the tle then n Mr Welch saw his wife rg a Midvale car and re- re that he thought she had hada oary a on and he wanted to go goI 1 I see who she was going to et Mr Ir King ICing said Welch started to fo follow tow low the car Mr King ICing def der dered de- de r red f d he protested against going ng but Welch kept on driving ing jg they would only be a few lutes 1 u ea ir King related how Welch had hadyen ven yen to the end of ot the Midvale l ind d later had followed the auto Mrs Welch was riding n h L Lee e Tuft and Helen G. G Wil- Wil ns two friends Mr Ir King ICing said t dissuaded Welch elch from stop- stop g he car once but again Welch Velch sp spite te of ot the protests of ot Mr II King ed the Tuft Tutt car to the street car cark k on the state road and forced to toP Mr Ir King said sard he ad- ad Velch that he had no right to cee as he did but that Welch ead anyhow Witness said out of ot Welchs Welch's car and i Ik JI a across ross the street because I not ot want to have anything t to I the affair and only came cam k kUo 0 the cars to warn varn them that ad better get the Tuft Tutt car off ott LL tracks for tor fear of ot an accident UNOPENED Ir rJ King said that Welch and ft were pulling at Mrs Welchs Welch's and he offered to hold the hue the car was was pushed off 3 ft tracks racks and that he had it In J hands not more than two or WI ness said that the purse was wast il t ened ed by anyone and he did didt t e Welch attempt to pull pun Mrs Elch out of ot the automobile or U h er in any way r he had been examined on examination and the state that there was wag no nou u examination Attorney King d the court he desired to make a Continued on page 3 3 WELCH CONVICTED 1 Continued from front page 1 J statement in view of certain pub 4 accounts of ot the affair I I 1 want wane to state that I was not attorney attorney attorney at- at torney for Mr fir Welch am not now and never have been I knew nothIng noth- noth noth-J noth Ing lag about his domestic relations relations and had no connection with the affair at- at af 4 fair fall whatever if e Mr Ir King declared that he was waa 1 mErel merely an Innocent victim of circumstances cir clr- clr 4 and that the whole pro pro- pro V which he was unwillingly forced to witness was against hi his his' r 3 2 J r |