The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 27, 1921, Page 1

“Lyda Is a Sweet Girl and Wonderful Wife,” Says Southard RY RORERT A, DONALDSON , 1 convines even those fourth husband, Edward brotherindaw by poisoning “Meyer had given payment for t against the company to c ; t re the best friends (Copyright, 1921, by the United Press) pai tin a. ee hem the premium, but the policy had leet the insura . wher fir t i ecaune they want to be just im TWIN FALI 8 c uthard believer firmly tn his Since he arrived Jn ‘Twin Falls not yet been delivered when he ft comes right down to it, she In inclined to ? f a ng the case and writing 87.—“Lydin ts 0 y was the statement made — o¢ nnocence of the charge ® number of weeks ago, having died entitled to, because shé ts absc i tha murder which hast obtained leave from the navy, he “Doon that look like Lyda was hw innocent and ant tow 1 will remain with his giri and has beer wo rf © the Unite Press today by brought against her in cone has been active in Investigating gullty of killing Meyer for hin in would like to say that most paper men wif ruout the trial, It ts wife. Anye who k . Vincent Southard, petty tion with the death of Meyer the care and in doing all that surance-——when Meyer hadn't of the ne ern 1 have seen, “Hut the r have t vident that she trusts him im knows that these charges of al officer and fifth husband and of the other charges of the he could to ald in her defense even recetved his policy from the wave a apleuoun few, have wi them ‘ eve Nelty and is depending upon murder against her must be Mra. iyda Southard, who te state that she also bt wht Mra. Southard has never ob company? played very fair and have found out tl t ' support to ald her in main false, and | know the evidence on trial in the district court on about the deaths of her three tained the $10,000 polley on Our atter « Mr. Guthrie mighty fine to Mrs. Bout more than anxic ing her strength and vitality that will be brought out in the © charge of murdering her previous husbands and her Meyer's life,” Southard declared and Mr. Mills, have already filed sinve her return from Hono fair and that th e ruout the trial On the Issue e of Am mericanism There Can Be No Compromise Ee The Star's Phone ial The Se attle star oi) Entered as Second Class Matter May 8, 1899, at the Postoffice at Seattle, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, 1879. Per Year, by Mail, $5 to $9 SE ATTL E, »W ASH., TU ESDAY, SEPTEMBE R 37, 1921, Pia _TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE YS (Where's Your “| Am G Good” 1 | BATTLE IN Pres sin tk HIS See rel Goi al MAHONEY 1S Mr. Caldwell? Have all the cops deserted f ? red Queen Anno hill? dq . . i i A woman wanted to know, She 6 called The Star today. ” “I wish you'd ask the mayor Bese f : Seas what he's done with the cop q Prosecutor, Watching Mrs.|| ‘mst weet to be on te BL") Coo otional Story of Fatal, she said Southard, Draws Ire Fg ae gy srg ago Party Is Told in of Her Lawyers Sor bese eaty at evening. Court ITitters at Judge as Trial Drags; But TWIN FALLS, Taho, Sept. 27—!|] There are houses close to us on _ BY M. D. TRACY ‘The second day of the trial of Mrs.|| both sides. He had a fashilght i esc aie gy BOO, pin ery Iuyéa Southard, alleged “female || and seemed in no hurry. He was ley Pyvron, pretty show © ; ." charged with murder of | a bold one. He knew he was hurled serious charges against her fourth husband, Edward F. || safe. 1 queen Roscoe Arbuckle when Sdn Springs Coup; “Mystery Man”™ Cleared Up by’ Tennant Meyer, was marked by 0 clash be | “1 agree with him 1 haven't || Med today in Arbuckle’s tween attorneys. seen @ policeman on the hill for inary hearing for the alleged | 5 4 By Hal Armstrong igs: thtleager ental | Helen cia her Cecthaa of Atmabiee , " James E. Mahoney and his little neice Margaret got | | Collins, prosecuting attorney of Bull 8 lives on 10th ave. W., . - ” . * rs watchit ngs, Mont., who arrived here to at-|| netween Crockett and Howe sts , pleasant “kick” out of the trial this morning, i the trial, that he intends to re- . : f Judge J. T, Ronald, clad in his black robe, slowly pacing h Southard and eas Dee | — ; ; | §- Y j|bench with his hands behind him. to } The little girl and the alleged murderer watched Lappe ler = VAST CROP | “Phat will make her come to.” . | judge, nudged each other, conversed in whispers wer in 19 BY R. A. DONALDSON es) MALL het ection s ; | Smile Quickly Fades When Sta | i te ai 19 and who died She charged that Arbuckle threat- | laughed. later, should Mrs. ened i ber tel her out, because | ae ‘ Meanwhile, Defense Counsel Lee Johnston cross-exan no's too nosy. { |L. S. May, state’s hagéwriting expert, who was the fi ed here, * = |S tans oN 4 7 2 \ 'E] | witness called to the stand this morning. Mra. Lyda South- She described Miss Rappe es lying | a : Johnston's questions failed to shake the testimony gi was “passed for ota tec oe i wa , 1 5 by May earlier in the trial as to the forged docum prosecution and . “I'm dying! I'm dying! He hurt | j i j the case. | mes affier the alleged ‘gannan. (fi ’ i When Johnston saw the fruitlessness of attempts to IN ho Soon goede ay war | a | fuse the witness, he resorted to long drawn out q i buckle had been In the room with I 4 and “stalling” tactics and what seemed to be an effort | her about an hour. i i r ; | befuddle the jury. “Mrs, Delmont had kicked on the : | A young man in the spectators’ benches was ejected fr jurors, with lo y erted, “ to peremptory Sars at the ~ | 16,000 Carloads From per ana Oe tae to oben ta wee] } |the court room for laughing. a See Wenatchee District; For- | sina. , Johnston had just asked May what his fees were for wa | tunes on 10-Acre Tracts yhen Arbuckle opened the door, _ -ff [such as he had done in the ‘ be as, tran buh ro Sv |Mahoney case for the state. “Mrs. Delmont and I ran into the| [i ‘ a eo ea tee liars in the labor- Sidelights room. | atory and a $100 in the court ° | tees ; |room, per day.” | on Tr ial : | A loud guffaw was heard. , : = “Who was that?" Judge Ronald | “Mise Rappe was dressed and her ‘ ? | exclaimed. hair was hanging. She was moan- ‘The young man held up his hand.| women in the courtroom is ing, ‘IT am dying’” vy 5 | pas ¢ th th Bere % pr teatimony was thet Mice , . |, Buliff, escort the gentleman outing. Door guards declare, me Rappe was nude. Miss Pyvron was dressed in blue ple crop in its history—16,000 | suit and and jacket, with hat to carloads. | match. She spoke in a low voles and If the raifread, and there's | picked her words carefully, only cne, shoote two Sdcar | “Arbuckle said, “That will make URGES HIM TO SPEED trains out of Wenatchee every | her come to,’ Miss Pyvron aided, UP EXAMINATION referring to Arbuckle putting a piece | : MOTHER AND THE GIRLS day, it will take until some | Judge Ronald finally urged John S Maple Valley Messenger)| time in March to move the [to on — or A tiga eae] r . zs ston to speed up the examination. crop! said she had not heard Mrs. vt The judge said he did not wish to de | It's a question ot care and trains | Delmont say, “Roscoe, you always | A recent photo portrait of Frankie Kiolet, winner of The Star-Universal Motion Pic- prive Johnston of his own way of ex-/ Judge Ronald hands the pales teal | this year, but the railroad officials | have your little joke.” ture Actress contest. Miss Kiolet’s contract, which calls for a salary of $100 a week, has) amining the witness, but urged him | Putman porter. r| have assured the apple growers that| | Arbuckle's case was called at 11:15 | been renewed by Carl Laemmle, detects of Univ ereal City. to use reasonable despatch. | “The Pullman porter is the . wees re pra gar y “nage Paha ibiiic alee tite bles tence o0| snavetaiinamih Mahoney’s smile faded when j|judge of human nature in : @ Great Northern falls down, | the state called Bert A. North- | world,” Ronald told a group in . wet! lone. " | wait 15 minute hile t Re chcicpers:spoticn -tocon’ cx] 0. 20%e Stowers will loee—but the] Tait 16 Sates, ee es cerns Frankie Kiolet Renews Contract With Universal Co.; rup, a lawyer oecupring part of |corrtor before court the m 000 men are bootleswers, says Chief | oo” judge. johnston’s office, stand, n train : b : ur? we Northrup was called for the |knows whether you're a dead ene Tamora, What are he othe hale ny watery wits ~ a I Likes Her Work, She Tells Star Film Editor Northrup was called for the |knows whether you're POUR INTO VALLEY ba grees _ Mbility, that. Kato Mahoney's see ———— a | “4 pau | She dented he had refused to sign | bit. 8h ms. Sewehae, to ke good—at I t y ih, : | JOSH WISE SAYS | The 16,000 carloads of apples! By Daisy Henry one he seems, make g “At least I'm going to own money is being used to de- While Mahoney was on trial © i & statement regarding the case after have much more confidence in @ ‘Th’ man th’t takes his time is | | will bring into the Wenatchee die |i iing the stor: 4 " try with all my might. T do so fend the husband accused of her for murdering his wife, across y to the district at.) (Star Motion Picture Editor) " " yy hereeit smite: sebpemneey RO ee want all my friends and The Star murder. the hall into Judge John B. always takin’ somebody else's | | trict, which includes Chelan, Oka-|,., fe t“ - time, too. ogan and Douglas counties, about t nian H™ is Frankie Kiclet, win- to make Seattle proud of its pa ra Northrup testified that on May 25,| Wright’s court a couple tripped. | $20,000,000, The wheat, dairy prod. | DENIES SHE HAD ner of The Star-Universal chotce in the recent contest 0 be proud of me. three days after Mahoney's arrest, he| Olaf Ekengren and Gertrude _ ody ¢ ucts and other fruits, will bring| ANYTHING TO DRINK | Motion Picture Actress contest, To quote Miss Kiolet; “I just Miss Kiolet’s sister Dora is her |went with Johnston to the city jail} Anderson, both of Pearson, “{ made eight holes in 42,” #aY8 | another $20,000,000 into the district She denied having discussed the| setting along? Has Miss Kiolet love it down here, Everyone constant companion. The two | to see the prisoner. Wash, were getting eel President Harding, “then I blew.”| ff conditions were normal in the|case after Arbuckle’s arrest with} Worked in any pictures yet? Is treats me e lovely. Tam going to girls are out He said Mahoney turned over to| They were so happy they didn’t No references to the days when be) ast, the Wenatchee apple crop |Alice Blake. she still at Universal City? Johnston deeds to Mrs. Mahoney’s| dream what was going on mext © ass band. r wh : bright and early each morning, wa ; ais # was in the Marion brass would bring enormous prices. Sev-| “I didn’t take a drink,” she said,| ‘To the many persons who have property as well as a mortgage. door. # . leral of the Middie Western states | when asked if she had been drinking} called The Star office in regard and at the end of the day return The properties included the Sophie |—————————___ L. D. [Atidnson ta held incom. x! to their home. No late h 409 I 4 th report complete apple crop failures, |@t the party. to Miss Kfblet I am glad to say ws *. No late hours. /apartments, 409 Denny way, and the municado in tho city jail. His (there is a ready market for the| She declared Alice Blake and Low-| that the young lady 1s “doing | Miss Kiolet is wrapped up in her |New Baker house, on st ave., er hy tsb vey bess variously em incarceration is said to have | Wenatchee apples, but the prices |¢ll Sherman, actor, had entered one| nicely.” In fact, she has made | Work, and ts a firm believer In |where Mahoney's mother and sister | | com fil itt a re re some connection with the Ma J/are not up to the 1919 scale. of the rooms of the suite alone Just} such an impression on the cast: | the old adage, “Early to bed and | were living | Dever. anid. about halt oe 4 Aine honey murder case. Perhaps he The Wenatchee apple growers |before Mise Rappe “sort of skipped”| ing director at Universal City early to rise makes one healthy, | When court reopened this morning, | 0. pa. about "i of it had no fs the guy that found the trunk. (Tarn to Page 7, Column 5) towird the door of the bath room. | that he will not allow her to start wealthy and wise.” | Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas said the | value or ot ce placed a value Bid hed aR. F |_ “Arbuckle followed Mise Rappe| work until he secures just the WAMEINGTON, / Chik” 'STuummeeT, | state had only nine more witnesses 10 | brooch, ine on the diamond star ‘Mahoney Picks Teeth as oa ied : |right in and I got up and went Into| right kind of story for her | ABHINGTON. ined a7: —T wo} Jeall. One of these is Captain of De- | {109 . on a ring and $250 or fal Progresses,” says newspaper, the room where Miss Blake and| <iol ° a ana n xlldlyd ME 2 ice Bie SM popenot STOR tectives Charles 5. Tennant, the man | on the crown and crescent cast our ballot in favor of hang: | Sh and Miss Kiolet completed her ten | near Dolores, Sgturday night, accord ‘ ived the Mat Gani brooch, $150 or $200 on the butterfly 7 e Of oy y ive She A a r on 7 a . : 701 Oo solved ed one: nl od HE man who gives herman were. weeks (called f in hi ©on- fing to advices to the state depart. Hoist southwest storm warn. eo olve ” ahoney trunk My®-| aismond pin and sald her py 4 oe himself wholly to on wine not heard Arbuckle lock| tract) the latter part of August. | ment today. [pe See Ss Ses ee ae Vina “Le D. Atkinson, the “Mystery [Werth only $8 or $10. be On cross-examination, O. L. Miller, : i A ifetily is 3 i The number of handsome “The cross-examination became so | monotonous that for the first time iduring the trial, spectators fell j asleep. at Universal City Pa aa 4 . - - But her contract has n renew The Americans, P. C, Smith, of || Couver Island moving rapidly A od nee a : BABE RUTH an idea is certain to ac- || CAREFULLY ARRANGES ed. As soon asa suitable vehicle | Renita, Okia,, and EH. B. Kilsingbury,|| Southeast. Fresh to strong south with tbe Maisowr ome handwriting expert, admitted he | Records. wrecked while you complish something. The || MS WIFE'S CHAIR ts found tor her she will start | of Los Angeles, wore slain by ban:|| east shifting to southwest gales, Thi adtulnclee, wee made in | thought,he was going to get a pretty: | wait. Pm Star Classified Ads is Arbuckle came into court with his| Wor { se at Lesh Oana) Ox dits, ' yaya tol Judge Ronald's private chambers | 8°04 fee as a witness for the state, ——_; ‘ lass is | wife, Minta Durfee, and earefully ar-}| he will remain at Un wah Learning of the slaying, Consul WEATHER | today by Captain Tennant O. P. Callahan, manager of the ‘aii ¢ ‘low || the faithful working ranged her chair, He paid no atten. I had the pleasure of spending | Ott, at Dolores, conferred with the Tonight and Wednesday, rain; ‘Tennant said Atkinson would |Washington Fertilizer company, ME tion to the audience. a whole day at Universal City | governor of Chihuahua, who at once |} fresh to strong southerly gales. { e ~ Hoge building, testified that he had 001 28 7 | ¥ gales. not be used in the case, however. ding, A meaty, Denrperind, werree | force to back up your ogg Arbuckle was dressed in| with Miss Kiolet last week. She | ordered the Mexican rurales to mart} Temperature Last 24 Hours | (This is the first admission made by |8°!d to Kate Mahoney 10 shares of ing man don for tife insar- idea with results. | Menak, Pe yr a neat black turban,| is the same sweet, unassuming | in pursult of the bandits. Maximum, 65, Minimum, 56. janyone connected with the Mahoney pital stock at $100 & share. mmoticsl examina an ae in red. Her attire was| little girl. Hobnobbing with great The two men were employed by the! ‘Today noon, 62. prosecution that Atkinson was con: TED TO 1. STOCK i wo | (Turn to Last Page, Column 5) movie stars has not changed her Dolores Mining Co. nected with the case. AT BARGAIN RATE ge oP don’t dissipate, do you?’ Prosecutor Douglas has several| After Mahoney returned from St. jetan, he ol a onyonpnd By ag or | 9 times flatly denied it, It was learned|Paul, Callahan said the defen ready ” peg ail sort?” that Sheriff Matt Starwich had not,| wanted to sell this $1,000 worth ea in hesitated s moment, as reported yesterday, received Atkin-|stock for $800. He said Mahoney Jooked en replied, | son at the county jail, Starwich sald’ also negotiating to dispose of @ ra se ose bach aie tl With G t F il: G B I id Y. Offi ial “s, ’ W Li ” H the police had asked him to hold At- 0) mortgage on one of Mi iy sometimes cl ee un. : S. kinson, but that he had refused to|Mahoney’s properties and Mah “ 49 Aig suataga entieman . 08 ails to Get y ntrepi oO 4 6 #t ’ rystem 8 orking, e MAY'S | 50 no, wntit.a, warreas hedbeen ts |had told him he would invest $1, The student officials, 60 in number, ;age was told to step back, wait his; “but I know the rules,” shrugged his shoulders and start- |sued. He intimated that Atkinson;more in stock if Mrs, Mahoney By Wanda von Kettler | 7 "04 with beautiful ttle red| turn, then present his blank Perhups,” suggested one of ed on his little quarter-mile stroll | was arrested without a warrant. | authorized it. : Recorder EB. N. Stone knows by | ribbons reading, “Registration traf. | “But,” he protested, all a-twit- the seven ribbon wearers who around to the west entrance, Douglas says Atkinson is being} The witness said Mahoney experience that his system of | fic,” were notified to this effect be | ter, “I'm the recorder.” had collected to ward off the in- At any rate he knew his system | held as a figutive from Justice, him Mrs. Mahoney was in Cuba registration at the university is | fore the doors opened at 8 a. m. Mon “Can't help that,” replied the truder, “perhaps if you'd go | was working—also the freshmen were | MRS. JOHD |that he had cabled her but that in working order, | day red-ribboned official stationed at around to the west entrance you | well aware of the fact SHOWS INT! CASE had replied she didn’t want to im A PERTICKLER cuss s sa olay | So at 9:15, when @ six-foot, slender,| the door, “Where's your election might get thru—the faculty's in be ede Dolly Johnson exhibited keen in-|any more money. WANTED—Cow (white) in family of| Now, the recorder made a ruling | goateed personage loomed up at the; blank?” charge over there—they MIGH'X "Yeh" one of the latter told mo|terest in the case for the first time! The defense made a strong et Country position the year round. | that absolutely NO ONE was to pass | north doorway of Philosoyhy haf and} “Don't need one” insisted let you by. [Monday afternoon; “'s simplest! since yesterday afternoon when. just | of Callahan's testimony, pointing o Fleterences for honenty. neatneas and thru the registration lines unless he | demanded entrance ahead of the long| Stone, sort of bristling, “I'm the | — So Recorder Stone, adored jug- | thing, All ya hafta do is just get jbefore noon today, W. 1. Dever, a| the apparent discrepancy —"th oO, Bax 5. Ore sev ich Advertisement | possessed that very necessary slip of | line of freshmen, sophomores, junters | fellow who makes gler of grades, tyrant of regisira- yer application approved—thén go to] jeweler, as a witness for the state, | honey was willing to sell the fe Greenwich (Conn.) Press, paper called # “registration blank.” jand sealess behind him, this pervon: | “Sorry,” answered ‘the youth, tion = glared—finally grinned, (Lurn to Page 7, Column 3) inventoried Kate Mahoney's jewelry. (Turn to Last Page, a Postmaster General Will Hays {x just an ordinary human being Hike anybody else; he drove his motor car right into a taxicab the other day at Washingten. 4