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Charged with instigating the crime was Lila ("Red Lilac") Jimerson, 39, a Seneca Indian, sallow, flat-chested, scraggle-haired, toothless, a consumptive whom doctors have given two years to live. She had been Marchand's model for Indian pictures for the museum. He had seduced her, continued his relations with her. She loved him. She had told Nancy Bowen on the reservation that Mrs. Marchand was a witch, that she was responsible for the death of Charley ("Sassafras") Bowen, Nancy's husband. Nancy Bowen went to the Marchand house, committed the crime which Lila Jimerson thought would give...
...running this court. Motion denied." Thereafter Mr. Templeton took a very minor part in the Jimerson defense. His presence in the state court was largely due to Kaw-blooded Vice President Charles Curtis, who asked the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs to look after Red Lilac's rights. When asked to explain his interest in the case, Mr. Curtis declared it was "only casual...
...Singing Fool (records all over); Show People ($33,000, Loew's State, Los Angeles, with Hearst boosting); Lilac Time ($18,000, Saenger, New Orleans); Wings ($15,000, Eckel, Syracuse...
...Fisk had the fun. As Prince of Erie he gloried in running the notorious railroad. Then he built the Fall River Line of boats, painted the cabins a delicate green with pearl trimmings; the cornices and arches, lilac, pink, and pearl; and as admiral laden with gold braid he stood gloriously on the bridge issuing resonant (though meaningless) nautical orders. His twinkling justification: "If Vanderbilt's a commodore, I guess I ought to rank as admiral." But colonel he actually was-the ninth division, short of men and funds, had gladly elected him, and he paraded with pomp...
...Singing Fool (records everywhere), Wings ($7,000, Valencia, Baltimore), Two Lovers ($24,000, Loew's State, Providence), Lilac Time ($11,000, Metropolitan, Washington...