Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 18 | Slayer Known; Police Promise Speedy Arest

SLAYER KNOWN PROMISE I SPEEDY ARREST Identity of Killer Kiler of I Weal Wealthy thy Insurance Broker Brok Brol- er r Discovered Coast Authorities Authorities Au Au- Announce I ILOS ILOS ANGELES I LOS ANGELES 6 Aug Arthur Arthur Arhur C. C Burch of Evanston IlL II was taken into custody at Las Vegas Nov Nev tonight tonight to to- toI I night in connection with wih the murder of John C. C Kennedy Burch was taken from from an eastbound train for fop return to Los Angeles i ILOS I LOS IOS ANGELES S. S Au Aug 6 Formal Formal announcement announcement an- an I that the identity of or the slayer of or John B. B Kennedy wealthy wealth Insurance Ill In- nM 1 I broker had been established and arid that lInt he hc would be under arrest arest be before before he- he fore morning was ma made macic e tonight by county count officers working o oi on the the ca case erho e. e The rho officers announced that the slayer was a boyhood friend c of or Mrs Madalynne Madalynne Mada- Mada lynne Conner held hel as a material material materm ma ma- term witness In the case and that lInt his connection with the case was as 1 i iI wIh I through a torn telegram found In in I Ia a hotel r room om and which the fugitive had hEcl apparently attempted to d destroy Ii i i It I was stated slated that the developments In iii no way link Mrs Irs with wih the shooting II J I SHOT FROM AMBUSH I Kennedy was shot from Crom ambush last list I night as he was about to enter his sum summer cr cottage n in Beverly Glen where he had hai been accompanied b by Mrs Ob- Ob i a young oun divorcee j I I Mrs screamed the alarm when Kenne Kennedy fell teU and was taken talce to toI I the police poUce office orfice in Beverly erly HI Hills where I she tol told tola of ot the shooting I II I She was then taken to the thc Los Ios Ls Angeles Angelos Ange- Ange I lIes los les count county Jail jai where Rh she made a brief brier signed statement ment and and was held hele as a a aI I mat material witness Toen Today at nt her own request she was as taken again a aln to t the scene of or the shooting She told the sheriff she thought she he might throw more l light ht on tile the affair if she could go over the ground round I SHELLS FOUND T Two o exploded gauge 12 e shotgun shells still sti smutted with burned powder were found in the brush wh where whre re the assassin Is sold said to lo have havo stood b by a 1 r reporter for tor a Los Angeles Angeles An n. geles newspaper Two shots were fired 1 at Kennedy Kenned according to lo Mrs story but on only I one took effect that striking ing him In the tho back of or orthe the hea head 1 A resident near Kennedys Kennedy's bungalow bungalow- told the newspaper reporter he saw sawan sawan an automobile A with lights dimmed parked off oCt the roadway near the Kennedy home about 9 o'clock last night or shortly shorty before the shooting Volunteer witnesses s brought various stories s of or Kennedys Kennedy's recent life tte to the authorities and these thes were were being in investigated Ia- Ia althou although gli rec received l ed with I lit little it t tle he hope that they vo would ld lead to a so SOM so- SOMAn lution An inquest over the Ithe bod body of ot Kennedy will wJ be held It was was vas announced but the I inary date will wi Inquiries await completion of preliminary prelim