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Las Vegas Age
Las Vegas, Clark County, Lincoln County, Nevada
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In Los Angeles court, 19-year-old Frank Newland is on trial for attempting to murder his 17-year-old sweetheart Lois Wade by beating her and throwing her into an abandoned well after she urged him to divorce his wife Ione. Newland admits beating her but denies intent to kill. Testimony completed May 7.
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Boy 'Liked' One Girl, 'Loved' Another; Couldn't Decide
ADMITS BEATING
Youth Says He Lost His Head; Did Not Try To Kill Girl
LOS ANGELES, May 7. (U.P.)-A Los Angeles jury early next week will be asked to settle the fate of Frank Newland, 19, accused of attempting to murder his 17-year-old sweetheart, Lois Wade, under circumstances similar in many details to the plot of Dreiser's "An American Tragedy."
TESTIMONY COMPLETE
Testimony in the strange case had been completed today. Miss Wade, a pretty, blonde Pomona high school girl, told the jury of her love for Newland, married and the father of a small child.
The girl testified that she was Newland's sweetheart before he married his wife, Ione. She further alleged that she was infatuated with Newland after his marriage and that her efforts to persuade him to divorce his wife and marry her when she thought she was to become a mother led the youth to beat her and throw her into an abandoned well.
Newland was visibly confused and embarrassed as he was questioned regarding his relations with his wife and the high school girl. At times he was forced to admit that he thought "he loved them both." Other times he declared he "liked" Lois and "loved" Ione.
The district attorney produced damaging evidence against Newland when he produced a letter the youth wrote to Miss Wade after his marriage in which he wrote "I love you and you only."
BEAT HER
Miss Wade declared as a witness that when she begged Newland to save her name he took her to an abandoned well near a country club, beat her and threw her into the water.
She said that Newland pushed her under water with a railroad tie and that she escaped from the well when she heard him drive away in his automobile.
During his testimony, Newland admitted he beat the girl near the well when "I lost my head." He would not admit that he intended to kill Lois although the state confronted him with a purported confession which he made shortly after he was arrested last March.
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Los Angeles
Event Date
May 7
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lois wade beaten and thrown into abandoned well but escaped; newland arrested last march, trial ongoing with testimony completed
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Frank Newland accused of attempting to murder Lois Wade after she urged him to divorce his wife Ione; he beat her near a country club well, threw her in, and pushed her under water with a railroad tie; she escaped after he left; Newland admits beating but denies intent to kill