Show TORN MESSAGE DECLARED FROM BUSINESS MAN Alleged Accomplice of Madalynne Says He Never Saw Murdered Murdered Murdered Mur Mur- dered Man in His Life By fly FRANK H. H BARTHOLOMEW Unit United d Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES Cal Oct 28 Ar Ar Arthur th thur r C C. Burch the tho enigmatic figure figuro in the Kennedy murder case broke his silence today for the first time since the tragedy and told the United Press the tte story he will relate from the witness witness witness wit wit- ness st stand nd next Tuesday when he goes goes floes goeson on trial for his life I Ine er never saw John Belton Kennedy in my m life Burch asserted I r am in Jail and under Indictment for his murder because I threw part of or a torn telegraph blank in a waste wastepaper wastepaper wastepaper paper bas basket et in my room at the ssi l. l L They charge that this tills telegram was from Madalynne telling telling tell tell- ing me to come to Los Angeles from Illinois That is absurd It was wits a message from my business partner I will prove it Why did you ou select the Russell hotel directly across the street from Kennedys Kennedy's offices for your stay in Los Angeles Burch was was asked said Limited finances I guess he ho What trick of fate tate led me there I do donot donot donot not know But I figured it as the cheapest hotel close to the business district Did you know it overlooked Kennedys Kennedy's Kennedys Kennedy's Kennedy's Kennedys Ken Ken- nedy's suite of ot offices he was asked Yes he said At least I found It out after I had moved into the hotel Burch bespectacled cheerful does not appear worried by bythe bythe bythe the fact that on Tuesday he will face facea a Jury charged ed with shooting young Kennedy to to death because both loved lo Madalynne It all happened because I happened to be in Los Angeles because I r happened happened happened hap hap- to be a friend of Madalynne 1 and because I happened to register at the Russell hotel across from Kennedys Kennedy's brokerage offices Just Justa a grim trick of fate I believe Madalynne does not know who the two men were out at Beverly Glen on the night Kennedy was shot I believe she saw two men but their identity is as mysterious as s that of the two who attacked and thrashed Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy several years ago No one ever knew who gave him th that t thrashing No one was wa prose prose- Robbery was not the motive for nothing was was' stolen from Ken Ken- nedy Mad l is a good pure sweet girl She stands head and shoulders above any man or woman I ever met for intelligence She Is ca ca- ca pable pablo of ot m meeting any situation even this Her friendship has been an Inspiration inspiration inspiration ration to me rae but it has been a purely Platonic friendship from the start I Ido Ido Ido do not love e Madalynne 1 Im in love with the girl I married the mother of my baby son son |