The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1932, Page 7

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUFSD AY, SEPT. 20, 1932. BARNEY GOOGLE AND SPARK PLUG Socwt ¥ of 0ld South-—F rustrate(l Love-l)es pmr--F orm Baékground M urder Dramd I By RALPH WHEATLEY NATCHEZ, Miss.” Sept. 20—Fold | bac ,Natchez drawing' room would he found one Richard Dana, pianist, fsinger and dreamer, entertaining a llll'oup of charming young womsn, one of whom would be Miss Jane *Merrill, - vivacious daughter of a iprominent lawyer and diplomat, a “fine “cut noblewoman. At the same time to the north| in the adjoining county of Jeffer-| on, Miss Octavia Dockery, daugh- ter of a Confederate General and planter, would be the center of at-| of the young people c\fX —————|to cause the world to pause with! traction Once a Southern scciety girl —in recent years a raiser of goats—and now. charged with the murder of a Natchez, _Miss., spinster—that is the life history of Octavia Dockery, shown about in her youth and at present. Facing charges with her is Richard Dana, one- time musician, also shown above. Yihe community, moving in a soeial cet a little less *brilliant than that of Natchez. Move down these last 40 years and come to a grave in which lies Jane Merrill—slain—and then over to the jail where sit Richard Dana and Octavia Dockery—charged with the crime. The interim holds a panorama of human emotion. It is a story ‘of three characters, 4 Southern blood. ) from their private griefs in a cloistered life on their rural estat { “Glen Burnne” and “Glenwood.” he pages 40 years and in a|; - huery of - the. past. century when born of good| All sought relief | fiance, Duncan Minor. She retreat- [ led to Glen Burnne and nailed al sign on her gate warning visitors | away. Duncan Minor was the only | zuest welcomed there and it was| he, calling to see her, who found | her house disordered and blood- |stained and notified the sheriff. | | About the same time the broken- | hearted Jennie Merrill withdrew |from the life of Natchez, Dick Dana, graduate of an academy, | student at a Southern university and' a conservatory in New York | and a former singer in a New York church, crushed his right hand in a window. He had hoped | {his piano. He looked at his mutil- ated hand and retired to Glen- wood, adjoining Glen Burnne. The story is that he was in love jwith Miss. Dockery of Jetferson | County, sister of Octavia and she went to an early grave trylng to \console the frustrated musician. It is said he promised his sweetheart | on he death bed to care for Octavia for the rest of her life. 0ld Mansion Crumbles Twenty-one years ago Octavia | Dockery appeared at Glenwood as | ihousekceper. At first she tried| ? practical methods for livelihood but | ,as the years wore on, she adopted | the “what’s the use” theory of her masculine partner and let the great ~house crumble over their heads. | In recent years she flung open {the doors of .the mansion and let in the goats, the ducks, the chick- ‘ens and the bees. And when the sheriff arrived, his right to entes By BILLE DE BECK GEORGIA LEE <NOWS JUST THE Thines I LIKE LITTLE JADE TENAKEE CRABS FRESH—LARGE—JUICY 30c¢ Each ELEPHANT FOR 4 LUCK!MR. GOOGLE: - \ T AM CONVINCED THE was challenged by the goats, as ‘t.he ducks waddled down the high- | pitched halls and chickens roosted jon the piano and bees buzzed |through the windows. | Dick Dana wore workman's oyer- | 'alls and Octavia a cheap co'.tonl {dress. There they sat amidst oil \pamtmgs, armque lurnxjxw'e and | Burnne,” where she lived alone. which can be seen a bnggy !the sheriff came to accusé them ol\ |murder and take them to jail. | Together they will face a Judg" (and a jury. | Strange personages these: | | Jane Merrill, daughter of Ayres P. Merrill, member of an old Mas-| sachusetts family. Her father was a graduate of Harvard and Ambas- | sador to Belgium by appointment, of President Grant,, who often vis- ited in the Merrill home. Richard Dana, son of a distin- guished Episcopai rector, claimant to relationship of the late Charles Dana, New York publisher. | Octavia Dockery, daughter of | Gen. Thomas P. Dockery of the Confederate Army, graduate of a New York school, author of maga {zine articles and poetry. From these lofty heights, these Itw@ women and this man came Runs German From Chmr Smgmg to F LI ms ¢ Al they asked was to be left down to the present day to be i alone. They failed dismally in their kijown as “Miss Jennie, eccentric/! - efforts to retreat from society and spinster.” Dick Dana, “wild man,” ended with their private lives be- ,and Octavia Dockery, “goat wom- { ing dissected before the public eye.!an,” and nwood to be known Gave Up Society locally as. ‘goat eastle.” Jane Merrill, “Miss Jennie” as| Officials ¢! Dana and Dock- 4 Natchez knew her, quit her place ery slew, J'mfl& Merril] oyer hatred' , in society after relatives prevent- 'growing ouf of wels over the . ed her marriage with her young goats. ! MME. LEBRUN, FIRST LADY OFI.FRA‘NCE MAKES MODERN HOME IN HUGF PALAGL i 43 By ADELAIDE KERR PARIS, Sept. 20.—The historic old mirrors of the French Presi- dential' 'Palace reflect -the image of a -modern French woman, now | that ‘Mme: Albert [Lebrun has £ stepped into it as first lady of the land. The new hostess of the palace, in which the glamorous Empress Josephine once presided, keeps house by modern methods. She re- fuses to devote her entire day to problems of the menage, for she has kept abreast of affairs singe ,the day she left the National School of Mines, which her father| | dirzcted, to marry the future Presi- ] dent of France. She speaks English and is fond of both British and American lit- erature. She maintains a wide in- terest in archaeology which she|{ 44 studied at the School of Mines.| | She loves music and slips away to] | a concert whenever she has the chance. N - Between times she finds a few hours for charitable undertakings’| . and to keep up with educational affairs. Her 8-months old grandson, Pierre, and 3-year-old granddaugh- | ter, Anna Marie, are “her delight. They spent hours at the Luxem- ¢ fourg Palace when their grand- mother presided there as wife of : the President of the Senate. Friends predict that the youngsters § will be seen frequently in the im- § posing salons of the Elysees Palace. MME. ALBERT LEBRUN Freysee-Linard home is qn' the “left completed by Jean, son of the Chief Executive. He l:nw engineer and mslnu]na a sm: nt near i W A California invVentor's rubber dating stamp carries an ink pad Their mother is Mme. Pierre|on hangsd arms that ¢an be closed Freysse-Linard, daugher of Presi-|over the type to protect as well dent and Mme. Lebrun. Thelas ink it | musical ability are The Presidential {amily, circle. is|s appear Miss Susa tbe German s.r |cities where ' foreign films are |shown, whise beauty ‘as well- as to carry her far in Hol Banky and the glamour of of Mar- lent Dietrich. 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