Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1929, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C, MONDAY JU. ACTRES IS SLA SUIDE PACT SEEN Margaret Lawrence and Louis Bennison Found-Shot in Her Apartment. By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK. June 10.—Margaret Tawrence, stage star and widow of Wal- lace Eddinger, was shot to death in her Fast Pifty-first street penthouse apart- ment yesterday Sprawled beside the bed on which her body was found was the body of Louis Bennison, stage and screen actor Both had been shot through the left breast. On the bed was a heavy-caliber pistol Police said Bennison evidently had shot Miss Lawrence then killed himself. A suicide agreement was hin‘ed in twg notes found in the apartment. One note pinned on a door said: “The sunset has a heart. Look for us there.” The hand- writing of this note was identified as that of Miss Lawrence. It was signed “Tianna." The other note was on one of the twin beds in the room where the bodies were found. It was unsigned and read: “Please notify Mr. Mussen at the Lambs® Club at once.” The bodies were found by Mrs. Ger- trude Chalair, a friend of Miss Law- tence, who let herself into the apart- ment’ after no one responded to her ring. Miss Lawrence was in_a night gown. Except for bare feet, Bennison was fully clothed | Empty liquor bottles and glasses were strewn about the attractively furnished apartment. Pistol That of Bennison. Bennett Mussen, author and actor, fdentified the pistol as one belonging to Bennison by the initials “L. B." on the handle. He said the actor was subject to a suicide mania affer periods of drinknig. Mrs, Chalalr said she had called at the penthouse last Wednesday and while she was visiting with Miss Law- rence, Bennison came out of another room waving a pistol. “This will finish us both,” Mrs. Cha- lair quoted the actor as saying. She | said Miss Lawrence remonstrated with him and he put the pistol in his pocket. Miss_Lawrence was in her fortieth year. Her stage career was marked by quick and impressive success, although by professional and domestic difficulties. | Ensemble Sketched 5 MARGARET LAWRENCE. B 0 —Assoclated Press Photos. Her first professional appearance was in a stock company in Philadelphia be- fore she was 18 years old. | A bulletin issued by his physicians | She scored a_great success in 1911 | this morning said: “His majesty the Cover | King s making progress, Tne abscess | DVAVA u Bl d SO P ¢ its last months were stormy, marred | night,” the beginning of her stardom. at the incision in the lung is diminish- | In 1913 she married Orson D. Munn, ' ing in size. His general health is good.” in a Broadway production of She returned to the stage in 1918 in | “Tea for Three,’ and Again Won Ac- Transcontinental Race claim. The next year she played with Wallace Eddinger in “Wedding Bells,” and later appeared in “Transplanting Jean.” | | patent lawyer, and retired from the | Two Found Stain | | Boeor'ih; S5, "ia Sin, o | 36 WOMEN TO TAKE . zabet d ise, | e e i | JINUNRTIBNALAIR In Other Productions. . | By the Associated Press. After engagements in_‘“Lawful Tar-| CLEVELAND, Ohio, June PART | DERBY | i to Start i From Santa Monica and End | at Cleveland Field. i | 10.—Ap- | ceny” and “The Endless Chain” she ap- | proximately 35 women will participate | peared during the season of 1923 in|jn the transcontinental air “Secrets,” e . In 1932 she was divorced from Munn | Women during the national derby for air races | and in 1927 marriéd Wallace Eddinger, | here this Fall, it was announced Sat- Her last important appearance was in | po oo vye paoee “Possession,” in_which she was being | "'} 4 v i be 2200 miles fro | widely known comedian, in Los Angeles. | urday night by Floyd J. Logan, chair- \ | starred by Edgar Selwyn. She dropped 3 out of the cast, and last November | (g, rielch Sanis Monica, Calif., will cover was suspended by the Actors’ EQUity a period of eight days ending Aug: Assoclation for six weeks and fined| 5" The women will fly over 10 Sta {wo months' salary. The charges filed | * ‘Two classes of planes will be used, | by Selwyn were not made public, but | thoge of 110 horsepower or less, and | in her reply Miss Lawrence said she had ' those of from 110 to 200 horsepower. been forced to give up her part because | Each woman will be required to care | of injuries in a taxicab accident. for her own plane and must have ha Later in the same month she filed suit at Jeast 100 hours of flying cxperience, for divorce, The suit was pending when ' according to Logan. Eddinger died January 8 last in Pitts- : burgh. Pa., where he was acting. Miss Lawrence’s mother - inf law Free Book Will Help You brought suit to have the actress removed as executrix of her husband's $25.000 ““40 Ways to California” ou | t Plan Your California Trip itlines the | estate. The elder Mrs. Eddinger accused | most attractive railroad routes * from | | her daughter-in-law of “drunkenness Chicago and contains fares and other | |and improvidence.” Surrogate Foley | information valuable to travelers. Write | | ruled that the charges.had not been | C. N. W. Ry, 201 Franklin Trust . & sustained, and upheld Miss Lawrence's | Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa.—Advertisement. | | right to administer the estate. i Mrs. Eva Lawrence, the actress’ mother, came from the family home in Philadelphia when she learned of her || PPALM BEACH S daughter’s death. Bennison was 45 vears old. He came from Northern California, $1 6 50 where he worked as a cowboy, training N i which he later capitalized in his stage and screen career, He played with Mrs, e seans of Marslands ana inter was || EISEMAN'S, 7th & F in stock in San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Oakland. He was Miss Law- rence’s leading man in “The Heaven | Tappers.” Made by Police said they learned he had a wife | marers famous and child in San Francisco. A brother, | Lucky Tiger | Andrew Bennison, is connected with a Hair Tonic. film studio in Los Angeles. - | KING STILL IMPROVING. i Lung Affection Diminishing, Sn_v.-i Look Be“er_l;eelnne k your Barber for a Whyte-Fox Mas- Bulletin at Windsor. i | WINDSOR, England, June 10 (#).— —it's_great. Whyte-Fox The condition of King George once more N | is showing a marked improvement. Piles in about 3 weeks. 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