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Show Eternal Triangle Forms Base in Nine Tragedies Murders Stand Out as Dramatic Features in the News From Six Sections of the Couniry; Five Women Are Defendants CHICAGO. Oct 24 (By A. P.) Nina tragedies atand out aa dramatic spectacles spec-tacles In tha newa of America-today, and all of them present woman In the leading- rolea. They have their setting In six. sections of tha country. Six murder eases, five with women aa defendants, are In various etagea of ' 'rial. Another woman, Tuiy" Beal, won her freedom from a Jury In Kan-sae Kan-sae City last night, and n aeventh. Madelynna Ohenrhaln, awt.:t her third trial In I-os Angeles. Moat of tha taaes present tha "eternal "eter-nal triangle" with variations. Briefly the nine rases appear aa follows: I - Kaasa. Oily Hit ol-ayayii Baal 1 atapped out to freedom, acquitted laat . night after a short trial on a charge of murdering her lover. Frank Warren Anderaon. Los Anvelea Arthur Burch of Evan-ton. Evan-ton. III., fare hla third trial on a oh ante of killing J. Balton Kennedy. Kight women and four men constitute the Jury, with two women aa alternate Jurors. Madelynna Obenchaln awalta her third trial on tha same charge. Los Angeles The Jury to try Mra. Clara Phillips, accuaed of heating Alberta Al-berta Meadow to death with a hammer, ham-mer, waa tentatively competed. Mra Meadowa waa the allege. rival for tha love of Mra. rhllllpa' husband. PJinadelpJiljMraCa t herl ne Boaler. arrueed of kllllnc her husband. Oarar Roaler. and hla stenographer. Mildred Oeraldlna Heckltt, faced trial for tha muTder of Mtaa Reckltt. Harkenaack. N. J. George Cllne. motion picture director: Alice Thornton Thorn-ton and Charlea rtcullton. brother-in-law of Cllne. were on Joint trial for the murder of John Bergen, motion picture actor. Tha defenao began Ita teatlmony today. Cleveland Mra. Mabel Champion. 22, la on trial- charged with the murder mur-der of Thomaa O'Connell, carnival promoter. Three of four Jurora selected se-lected are women. White Cloud, Mich. Mra. Meda Hodell, on trial for killing her father-in-law. David Hodell, with polaon. ra-rudiaied ra-rudiaied tier atraviuus confession to police, po-lice, declared the confeeelon waa obtained ob-tained by threats of being haunted by the spirits of her father-in-law and her husband. Romle Hodell. New Brunawlck. N. J. State officials offi-cials took over the task of attempting to solve the murder of the Bev. Edward Ed-ward W. Hall and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Mills. Fresno. Cal. Oeorge T. Barlow, acquitted ac-quitted by a coroner's Jury after he clubbed his wife to death, will be tried for manalaughter, according to Die trlct Attorney Dalley. H. C. Blanoh-ard. Blanoh-ard. It. who Harlow found In hla home with Mrs. Harlow, was sentenced to ninety days In Jail fur disorderly con-d con-d urt. |