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SANYA ROSA, Feb. 16—Attor neys appointed by the court were to confer here indy with Allen B. Lembke, 22, Merchant Marine sea man, concerning his plea to charges at murder, rape, and lewd and las civious conduct. Lembke, indicted in the death of Lanie Marvine Sumner, 345, was arraigned in Supering Court yester day and date for pleading set for, February 25. Clarendon 4 ¥, Anderson of Santa Rosa and J. J. Leroy Wely of Healdsburg, were appointed as de fense counsel by Superior Judge Donald Geary after Lembke sul lenly declared that he lacked funds for an attorney. Brought into court from San Quentin Prison, he re mains in Santa Rosa while confer ring With the attorneys, Mrs. Elaine Sumners, mother of the child, will be arraigned Saturd ay on charges of harboring . Lembke, Lembke assertedly attacked the girl and beat her fatally on Febru ary 2—the same day her father, Roy Sumners, a Navy torpedoman, was reported missing in action with an American submarine.
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Oakland Tribune
Oakland, California, US
Wed, Feb 16, 1944
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