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Errol Flynn denies assaultMother blames liquor for tragedy of movie aspirant, cutest thing“She’s the cutest little thing that ever walked, beat those movie stars allThat was the emphatic description given by Hansen, 2240 P, of her 17 year old daughter, Betty, victim of an assault by Errol Flynn, movie actor, in Air mansion of Fred McKvoy the night of Sept. 27.Mrs. Hansen, Danish born andShe’dreared, said her daughter had gone to California about two months ago with an older sister and the latter’s husband. Betty was to have returned to Lincoln after a two weeks vacation, but instead had stayed on the coast to work in a drugstore.“She was a little Christian girl,” related the mother. “She must have been doped or something. It must have been a drunken party.” Mrs. Hansen seemed to think Betty had not been placed under close enough surveillance after she went to stay with her sister.“She had never dated tfery much here,“ said the mother.One of a large family whose father has been dead 12 years, Betty attended Teacher’s college high school last year, and worked for a short time at a dairy before going west, said her mother.“My daughter promised «me she would be in good hands,” she added mournfully.Betty had been expected to return to Lincoln with a brother, when her visit with the sister, Mrs. Jack Marsden, was terminated.Stories Trickled Back.Mrs. Hansen, a resident of Lincoln since coming to this country in 1910, said she has been hearing tales concerning Betty for the last three or four weeks. The stories, which obviously rankled very much and to which she attributes a recent illness, came thru her neighbors.“It’s awful to have to live amongst snakes,’ she remarked, with a certain inflection.After Betty left her sister's home, relatives here heard nothing from her for several weeks. Her mother, however, received a letter from Betty about two days ago, in which she said she was all right.See Errol Flynn, Page 2, Col. 1.D. P. EASTERDAY.Don Easterdaydies Saturdayafter illmDonald Philip Easterday, 30, of 2909 So. 26th, assistant vice president of First National bank and prominent civic leader, died early Saturday morning at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phil R.Easterday, 3150 Sheridan. He had been ill for some time.Employed in the bank since he was 14 years old Easterday was a graduate of Lincoln high school and of the University of Nebraska law college, where he took his LL. B. in 1935. In the same year he was admitted to the Nebraska bar.Surviving besides his parents are his wife, the former BettyEverett: a daughter Hrrtfhen!
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Lincoln Evening State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sat, Oct 17, 1942
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