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Moonshine in Flynn Trialeggy’s Sister, Mother and Father t(Continued rrom Page 1)two very nice answers on the record which took much of the wind out of the state’s rebuttal attempts.Astronomer Takes Stand C. H. CIcminshaw. astronomer and acting director cf the Griffith Park Observatory, was called to the stand by the state.Astronomer Cleminshaw Sent an impressive air to the court as he took the stand He had with him a celestial globe and he came fully prepared to give the proven data of science as to the position of Luna, or the moon, on the night the yacht Sirocco sailed for the mainland from Catalina Island.Of course, everyone knew that the moon must have been making its accustomed rounds in space with its customary perturbations on that significant night and perhaps the moon could tell a lot more about this thing than it admits but you can hardly subpoena the moon as it as long been a part of celestial ethics for the moon to keep particularly mum about what it might see as it goes poking through the sky.Where Was Moon?Where did the moon hang inI the sky on this night or nights? Did Peggy Sat ter lee see it through the porthole as she inferred when * she testified that Flynn used the I device of asking her to see the [ moon through this porthole in his cabin to lure her into an illicit rendezvous?Astronomer CIcminshaw didn'tERROL FLYNN is shown here looking over some trial notes as the sensational case involving him neared presentation to the jury which will decide his guilt or innocence.seem to care whether Peggy’ saw | it or not. The only thing he know and knew well was that on that night the moon hung in the sky at a certain place and it could be in no other place.*‘.\t 10 p.m., August 23, the moon reached its highest point in the sky at 37 degrees or about rme-third of the way to the zenith, said star expert Clemin-shaw.Moon Was ThereThe defense had maintained j earlier that the moon was almost directly overhead and that Peggy couldn’t have seen it through the porthole. The state scenting that [ Cleminshaw would neatly dynamite this point, seemed to be particularly self-satisfied and Deputy District Attorneys John) Hopkins and Tom Cohran nibbed their hands and looked like they j 1 had eaten a dozen canaries. Their I satisfaction, however, was short lived as the imperturable Giesler rose to the occasion and in a most technical exchange of star gazing lore pinned Cleminshaw down to ; this admission:That If the boat in question had been traveling north as the sirocco was on that night the moon would have been directly astern in the Southern aky and in that event would not have been visible through the porthole.Then came the police chemist, Leland B. Jones, and with him I came a door—a* chaste, ivory white door; a door with a reputation: to be specific, none other than the door to the “Blue Bedroom” of Mr. McEvoy’s palatial home.A Mute WitnessThis mute witness was Introduced into evidence and Policeman Jones was asked to tell what | he had discovered about this door and its mechanism. Although love laughs at locksmiths as everybody well knows. Jones was no ordinary locksmith but a scientific sleuth and the state perked up when he went on the stand. Giesler, however, looked as benign as an old Buddha and complacentlyAbove is Mickey June Norris, sister of Peggy Satterlee and Mrs. and Mr. Satterlee, mother and father of the minor girl who claims Flynn misconducted himself wtih her twice.Defense Workers—Your Credit Is GoodPoor sight tires you and impairs your work. For better, easier eyesight . . ,SEE DR. J. M. SOSS, Opt. D.who ha* bren in the tame Long Reach location 1$ years, specializing in eye examination and correctly fitted, comfortable gitsses. Terms available.37 PINE AVE.Hours: Daily, 8:30 to 5:30; Friday Eve. to 8:30 Phone *38 31t OPEN ALL OAV SATURDAYSrubbed his vanishing hair as hei that she was wearing her hair in reclined at ease while the state pigtails again. It was Giesler’s way talked with Mr. Jones on the of runningly calling the jury's at-stand. It was this door that the tent ion to the chameleon changes state claims was locked while of costume of the Satterlee sisters Flynn was allegedly in the bed- in their various appearances in room with Betty Hansen. Three the court: one day as sophisticated defense w itnesses stated it couldn't young ladies and the next as naive be locked. youngsters filled with dewy-Jones testified that when he eed wonder at the so-puzzling removed the door as a trial cx-, w°Hd jn which they lived, hibit last Wednesday, he made j °h- lt;*. I bore was another sci-a microscopic examination after ontist on the stand and he was he found the lock wouldn’t work.! ^ M* Douglas. U. S. weather ob-His examination disclosed what i server. The state called him to he believed to be file marks as substantiate its wind velocity pictures of the lock or as he I testimony but Giesler punctured called them — photomicrographs, ‘bis too when the witness ad-showed scratches and that the nutted that although the wind at 1 shank was one-eighth inch too j San Pedro would be of low veloc-short to connect with the eatch »*’. a mile out in the channel its | on the door jamb. j force might be much greater. The iMetal Fragments v,a,e snuKht to show that F^nnFurthermore, explora.Hm ol the 1hmf « b Wow,«•* tatetul day as the ■«tth the help o( a spatula «nd a „jW Loral yachtsmen ,vacuum cleaner me at (ragmen.. r , hw2e „ ^ .similar to the metal of the lock (hc channrl 11Giesler cross examined the wit- to Jury Soon06*- j Although there were no bets *Jones admitted that he couldn t the case might get to the jury tell how the metal got where it sometime in mid-week, possibly I was or if it had been filed off. Tuesday, but more likely Wednes- I Furt hermmore, when asked by day or Thursday.Giesler if he knew when the lock' Judge Leslie Still, of Long ' had been filed if ever, Jones Beach, who is presiding over the j couldn t state. Giesler then gent- ’ ease, has won the praise of counsel ly threw this at the witness: for both sides for the manner in“And these marks on the bolt; which he has kept things flowing do you think. Mr. Jones, that thry speedily in the cumler*ome case, might have tieen made b me? Iwas out at the house Monday press Judge Still is a “swell guy. night myself and spun that l«k w ho has preserved a happy meel-ahout SO times. mm of stern judicial dignity and [“You might very well have made good humored common sense.Jones obliged. -“And would you say, Mr. Jones, “Big results, small cost, Is theam**.under fjm,lt; umninn ,„ld. sndern.B, I he he.lth-W.rha, he |,c rheumaticITV . f«*'a« np mg 111. ....Ilea ankle*, puffs nndckemlm hr* and dirrtne*%—b|n.| pa* and indue*t i«a.Wbea eferyaot eke falls, trj as. X. matte# shat ail* »« sc raa kelp ,wi. Oar prices pad soke art unentailed.MITTHOROUGHEXAMINATION %%ACHES AND PAINS ARE DANCER SIGNALSCONSULTATIONthat there was tampering with slogan of Independent classified, this lock yesterday or last year Phone your ad now! 6iH»-4t. • or 10 years ago?”“I have no Idea, Jones answered.Again, Messrs. Hopkins and Cochran didn’t look happy over their witness’ testimony.Mickey June BackMickey June, Peggy's pretty brunette sister, was recalled to the stand as a rebuttal witness.It was Buster Wiles, Errol’s pal who asked her to see if she could get a girl friend to go along on a trip to Balboa the following Sunday (the Sunday before the trip to Catalina Island.)She said that Wiles also asked her if she couldn't get her little sister.“I don’t knew said Mickey, “hut 1 can find out.RE-COVERED(Nominal Price*)FREE E*timate* in Your HomelMODERNIZE voi r FI R NTT! WITH SMART COVERS. I’phi GOOD Material* and (TUADAIICUIV DCUAI/1T!
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Sun, Jan 31, 1943
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