Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-01 | Page 2 | Pair Confess Killing Woman

PAIR CONFESS KILLING WOMAN I I BAYONNE N. N J. J Aug 1 UP UP- UP Two young lovers capt captured red because they stopped on a race to Canada Canad to kiss and pet on a a. dark roa road 1 confessed today that they killed th the e girls girl's mother with a hatchet to elimInate eliminate elim elim- L- L mate a barrier to free love lovo The girl Gladys MacKnight 1 17 admitted after attempting for hours hour to pin all guilt on her boy friend 1 that she wielded the hatchet while le he held her mothers mother's arms She was almost flippant Police e Chief Cornelius J. J ONeill O'Neill said aid e except except ex ex- for a few minutes during a hour four interrogation when sh she sheran e ran out of c garets and in desperation despera despera- L- L I tion over her widely varying stories stone 5 police brought her face to face wit wither with h her sweetheart Then she sho cried a 1 bit and con cor Her boy friend Donald Wightman Wight- Wight man a a. handsome eyed dark-eyed 18 IB- year-old year radio singer sobbed with her herBut But I never loved Donald like I Idid Idid Idid did my mother Gladys added to her confession I uI never intended to marry him I just wanted to date him and mother interfered At first we were going to Canada to live but wed we'd almost changed our minds when the police found us The girl and Wightman were held without bail for the grand jury when they pleaded not guilty at arraignment arraignment arraign arraign- arraignment ment on a first-degree first murder charge