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Society Blamed for Girl's Tragic LifeBy CHUCK CHEATHAMChildren arc not naturally bad •—but when they find themselves denied the love and affection they should receive at home they areShe was adopted from this homeby the Meyer family and brought to Long Beach.The investigation disclosed, from talking to teachers and------------Edward F, (the Duke) Wellington was questioned last night by Los Angeles homicide tquftd officer* and Burbank police In connection with the killing of Elizabeth Short, the ‘'Black Dahlia at Long Beach. Hie “Duke” admitted living with Miss Martin in a Ventura boulevard motel.neighbors, that the chfld was in “great need of care by some quiet and understanding person “Mother Is increasingly nervous jft T*and(Acme Telephoto)LYNN MARTINquite apt to get themselves, and many others, into a sordid and tragic predicament, searching for that love.”This was the opinion yesterday of Joseph M. (Joe) Kenniek, head of the city’s juvenile bureau, after reading the juvenile record of Lynn Martin, 16, friend of the slain “Black Dahlia.”Lynn, or Norma Lee Meyer, was well known to local juvenile authorities and has a record of Seven arrests in this city.At the present time she is being held by Los Angeles Juvenile authorities and officials are preparing to start court action j against 10 male adults with whom; the girl told police she had been1 intimate. . . , . j“TTiis poor, unfortunate girl is; just another sad example of a j child who never had a chance,” Kenniek stated. “Read the record yourself and you won't be able to blame the child. You can blame many persons for her ruined life —ruined at 16 when most girls are still going to school—you mayj even blame yourself. You and ij and society as a whole .are to blame. Not the girl. ILynn Martin, as the girl l*?r-1 self prefers to be known, first canie to the attention of juvenile j authorities in . July 1943, when I neighbors reported that she was the victim of an unfit home.” j A Bad Start The thorough investigation; made by the department dis- j closed the girl’s earliest recollections were of living with a half sister in Minnesota. The half sister was living with a drunken common-law husband. She believes she was 4 years of age then.Her half sister was continually crying, upset and nervous. On many occasions she attempted to commit suicide. Lynn was rescued from thus while still 4 by a j maternal aunt. jAt the aunt’s home on a farm, j shA told officials, she was happy, j She was welt treated and the aunt! had a son near her age with whom '■ She played. JAfter three years of living a; hnpnv and normal life on 1 ho farm j in Washington she was placed In'a detention iionin in the somestale by her itunt because the | family was unable to supjwrt her any ioiiRer. iUnreasonable with (Continued on Pase 9)child.’'IFokeC(Why do peoji police and conjfet, did not commit?(Last week t\ confeued” to t \ng of Eliza b » Black Dahlia { flreles. Police qui that none of thei rtection the(international asked Dr* Donald noted psychologist give his opinion these fake confe hi* explanation.)Br DR. DONATNoted PsychL.'osist i Inman B (Written EspcciThere is an intANNOUNCIIHer* Is a aturns . . , b startling Tl ness, naiun Is exactly * One roll ofTRI-VISION VIEWER, sfreamlit in richly grained, walnut finish obi* I«mm which focus to HnCARRYING CASE of toj for Tri-Vision Camera. Lo strop.camera snarITltK
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Long Beach Independent
Long Beach, California, US
Mon, Feb 03, 1947
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