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March 11, 1922
Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
What is this article about?
In Los Angeles court, Madalynne Obenchain, witness to John Belton Kennedy's murder at Beverly Glen, claims memory confusion from external influences during questioning by prosecutor Asa B. Keyes on March 11. Trial resumes Monday.
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CAN'T REMEMBER MADALYNNE DECLARES
United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, March 11.--There have been so many versions of what happened at Beverly Glen on the night John Belton Kennedy was killed that the one woman who witnessed the murder--Madalynne Obenchain--can not, according to her own testimony, remember exactly what happened.
"My mind is so bemuddled," she said. "People have talked to me and I have read things--so I don't know now just what I really remembered and what I have been told or read."
This statement was the biggest surprise that Deputy Prosecutor Asa B. Keyes received yesterday when he questioned the defendant, held to answer for alleged complicity in the slaying of Kennedy.
"What?" Keyes demanded acidly.
Then he seemed bewildered when she proffered the time-honored explanation of a woman:
"Because."
There was to be no session of superior court today. The trial will be resumed Monday.
United Press Leased Wire
LOS ANGELES, March 11.--There have been so many versions of what happened at Beverly Glen on the night John Belton Kennedy was killed that the one woman who witnessed the murder--Madalynne Obenchain--can not, according to her own testimony, remember exactly what happened.
"My mind is so bemuddled," she said. "People have talked to me and I have read things--so I don't know now just what I really remembered and what I have been told or read."
This statement was the biggest surprise that Deputy Prosecutor Asa B. Keyes received yesterday when he questioned the defendant, held to answer for alleged complicity in the slaying of Kennedy.
"What?" Keyes demanded acidly.
Then he seemed bewildered when she proffered the time-honored explanation of a woman:
"Because."
There was to be no session of superior court today. The trial will be resumed Monday.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Murder Trial
Witness Testimony
Amnesia Claim
Court Questioning
What entities or persons were involved?
Madalynne Obenchain
John Belton Kennedy
Asa B. Keyes
Where did it happen?
Los Angeles, Beverly Glen
Story Details
Key Persons
Madalynne Obenchain
John Belton Kennedy
Asa B. Keyes
Location
Los Angeles, Beverly Glen
Event Date
March 11
Story Details
Madalynne Obenchain testifies she cannot remember details of John Belton Kennedy's murder due to confusion from others' accounts, surprising prosecutor Asa B. Keyes during questioning for her alleged complicity.