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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS.
SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1943
Welch Acquitted
Calendar of Events In the Welsh Case
March 8, 1941—Leila Adele Welsh accompanied Richard Funk to the police circus, and the Tropic room of Hotel Phillips, and returned home about 1 o'clock am.
March 9, 1941—Police radio dispatcher received a telephone call at 9:42 a.m. that someone was injured and maybe dead at 6109 Rocknill road. Policemen found Miss Welsh's body on the bed in her bedroom.
Her throat was cut and two wounds appeared on the right side of her head. A blood-soaked shirt was on the floor.
The coroner stated that Miss Welsh had been dead 20 minutes when her throat was cut and a piece of flesh was cut from her right hip. A large hammer was found on the rug at the side of the bed, and a knife could be seen from the window, the blade buried to the hilt in the ground 10 or 12 feet away.
Jan. 29, 1942—Jackson county grand jury returned indictment, formally charging George W. Welsh, Jr., with murder. The grand jury, in its report, sharply criticized Lear B. Reed, police chief, for his manner of directing the investigation. Chief Reed resigned in September, 1941.
This indictment against George Welsh, Jr., was later dismissed. Another grand jury refused to indies him.
May, 1942 - After being held on a warrant, he was given a preliminary hearing before J. J. Dougherty, justice of the peace. The bearing became as dramatic as a trial; crowds of spectators stormed the courtroom and corridors. The justice refused to bind Welsh to the grand jury, and the complaint was dismissed.
The district attorney then filed an information against him.
April 7, 1943-Trial of Welsh began in the Jackson county Circuit court before Judge Albert A. Ridge.
April 15, 1943—Judge Ridge overruled a demurrier, leaving the jury to decide Welsh's fate. April 17, 1943—Welsh was acquitted by the jury.
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Jury Deliberates Four Hours To Bring in Verdict
Kansas City, (INS)—After deliberating four hours and one minute a jury yesterday acquitted George W. Welsh, 29, of the mutilation slaying of his sister, pretty Leila Adele Welsh.
The jury action was greeted with wild applause and cheering of the spectators in the courtroom. Welsh's mother, who was sitting with her son as the jury returned to the box, flushed with relief and then bowed her head, sobbing. Welsh, his face wreathed in smiles, turned and comforted his mother as the spectators continued their cheering.
In a surprise move at his murder trial Friday Welsh had denied the state's charge of murder. Welsh said after he had eaten dinner at home the night preceding the murder he went to the front of the house and fell asleep on a couch.
Welsh Stayed on Couch All Night
Fresh Stayed on Couch All Night He stated he did not remember Miss Welsh leaving the house with her escort. He remained on the couch all night, he said, never seeing his sister return home.
Asked why he went to sleep on the couch, Welsh replied "I had a habit of doing that. After eating I would lie down there and was just too plain lazy to get up and go to bed."
Speaking without a trace of nervousness, Welsh said he left home the following morning, unaware that his sister lay dead and mutilated in a nearby room.
Welsh Sticks To Story
On cross examination by Roy McKittrick, attorney general of Missouri who entered the case at the request of the prosecutor, Welsh stuck to his story that he remained on the couch the entire night.
He said he knew nothing of his sister's murder until after an uncle had left a note at a house he was trying to sell, advising him to return home. Welsh said he was taking his mother to the home of a relative when told of the death. "1 nearly collapsed," he said.
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KANSAN BOARD---
(continued from page one) was named journalism honor man last year.
The Kansan staffs for next year and the new Kansan Board chairman will probably be presented, Conard said, if the board can meet before the banquet for the elections.
CHURCHES PLAN---
(continued from page one) theran church, Wednesday's the Methodist church, Thursday's the Presbyterian church, and Friday's the Congregational church.
A Good Friday convocation in Hoch Auditorium will have Dr. Charles Brown, Chancellor emeritus of Yale University, as the guest speaker.
Easter Sunday, the Student Christain Federation, in cooperation with the Lawrence Ministerial Alliance, will sponsor an open-air sunrise Easter service. The service which will begin at 6:30 will be held on the lawn between Myers Hall and Spooner Thayer Museum, Harris said. Rev. Lawrence Deever, of the United Brethren Church, will be the main speaker.
WOMEN VOTERS----
(continued from page one) Council, while the minority party will fill the office of representative at large.
PWCL stated yesterday that if a majority of its candidates were elected to the Council, it would appoint Peggy Davis president. The WIGS party announced that if it gets a majority on the Council, it will appoint Jill Peck president. Since Miss Peck is already running on the WIGS slate, the vacancy occurring in such a situation would be filled by Betty Lee Kalis, the party said. If the WIGS party is in the minority on the Council, it will appoint Miss Peck representative at large and Miss Kalis will fill her vacancy. The Emergency Measure states that a vacancy occurring on the Council may be filled by the party in which the vacancy occurs.
PWCL candidates are Jean Hollis, College sophomore; June Mack, College junior; Mary Morrill, College freshman; Maxine Jones, College sophomore; Janet Marvin, College junior; Regina Allen, Fine Arts junior; and Mary Martha Hudelson, Business School junior.
oline Baker, College junior, Charlotte Price, College freshman, Martha Dooley, Fine Arts sophomore, Jeanne Haycock, Physical Education junior, Margaret Kreider, College sophomore, and Jill Peck, College junior.
WIGS candidates are Mary Olive Marshall, College sophomore, Car-
ALLIES BOMBS--husband, Lieutenant Butorac, is away from Lawrence taking further training.
(continued from page one) blasting. Bomb bursts were seen all over the hundreds of acres making up the huge plant.
Few changes were reported on the Tunisian front but in Russia heavy fighting on the whole Kuban bridge head was reported, including possession of the key city of Novorossisk.
Air Commander May Be Appointed The London Sunday Dispatch declared that British and American land, sea, and air chiefs were conferring on the appointment of a supreme air commander. He would direct operations in Europe, Africa, and nearer parts of Asia, the Dispatch said, including adjoining seas. No official confirmation of this story came from London or Washington.
The navy announced yesterday the submarines operating in the Pacific had sunk two Jap submarines and damaged two others, including a destroyer. Earlier the navy had revealed 13 dawn to dusk air raids on Kiska on April 15 which caused heavy damage.
ENSIGN BUERCKHOLTZ---
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Smith College January 15, Ensign Buerckholtz received an ensign's grade, and went to Boston to take a specialized course, Disbursing and Supply, in the Navy Supply Corps School at Harvard University. She was graduated with the first class of WAVES trained with the Supply Corps at Harvard on April 2, and reported here the 12th.
Ensign Buerckholtz Attended
Her home is in Whiting, Ind., and she was graduated from Indiana University, majoring in mathematics and commerce. Although she does not have a graduate degree, she took some graduate work at the University of Chicago.
While a student at Indiana University, Ensign Buerckholtz was a members of the Chi Omega sorority. Having made no arrangements before her arrival in Lawrene last Monday, she stayed at the Chi Omega house temporarily. She is now living with Mrs. Frank P. Butorae whose
WAVES Can Use Makeup
To correct misapprehensions. Ensign Buerckholtz explained that WAVES can wear nail polish, make-up, and perfumes. When asked about the selection of clothing, she laughed, "Anything that meets the eye must be regulation. Anything else is personal choice." WAVES may also chose their clothes for active sports-wear.
Before joining the WAVES, Ensign Buerckholtz was a labor market analyst with the US Employment Service in Indianapolis, Ind. Before that, she taught mathematics and commerce in Irving Junior high school in Hammond, Ind.
Has Brother In Army
When asked about brothers or sisters, Ensign Buerckholtz, showing a tinge of pride, replied that she had one brother who is a corporal in the army, stationed at Fort McClellan in Alabama.
Explaining that at Smith College, "We learn to become good navy men," she listed the things she studied while there. Besides drill and exercises, apprentices study naval organization, naval history, naval administration, personnel, and ships and aircraft. Most of the WAVE officers are college graduates.
Likes Nautical Terms
While attending school, the WAVES march to all classes, singing. One favorite is "Waves of the Navy." It was written by one of the first students at Smith College, and both the words and score are original. Ensign Buerckholtz said that the song is usually sung with a humming accompaniment of the melody of "Anchors Aweigh."
Ensign Buerckholtz likes the use of nautical terms. One that especially intrigues her is "break out." As an example she said, "When we had tests, the instructor would say, 'Break out' a sheet of paper."
Some others she mentioned are, "ship" for dormitory, "shove off" for leave, "bunk" for bed, and "pipe down" for be quiet. The last one she said was a favorite while she was an apprentice seaman in indocination training.
Michael F. Mulcahy, Chicago ration chief, said he would attempt to find out why the validation stamps were kept with the ration books in violation of general instructions.
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THINK----VOTE PWCL