Word: peverley
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Loved Wife. There, in that alien atmosphere, Kinsey, of Washington and Lee University, faced a prosecution case that seemed overwhelming. On March 27th, he and his auburn-haired wife Peverley, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, had bicycled to rock-strewn Impala hill, two miles from the village of Maswa. Prosecutor Effiwatt told the hushed court that in that lonely spot, Kinsey had taken an iron bar and beaten the young wife he had met and married in December 1964, during their Peace Corps training in the U.S. The assistant medical officer at the local hospital, who had performed...
Smashed Head. On reaching the hill, he and his wife read and drank beer for a while, Kinsey said. Later they climbed to the top of a higher rock for a better view of the countryside. While he was gazing in a different direction, Peverley apparently slipped and plunged 20 ft. to the spot where they had been sitting earlier. When he scrambled down to his wife, Kinsey said, she got to her feet, even though blood was gushing from her head. He said that she was screaming his name and crying, "Oh, my God!" over and over. Before...
...selection issued to Peace Corps members in Tanzania for their book lockers, and Kinsey testified that he had formed the habit of jotting down excerpts from books while majoring in literature at college. Dr. Gerald C. Dockeray, a pathologist who appeared for the defense, told the court that Peverley's head wounds were so severe that a "colossal force" must have been used. In his opinion, the multiple fractures were far more consistent with a 20-ft. plunge than with blows by a blunt instrument...
...Dennett, ex-wife of the late Raymond Dennett, a former director of the World Peace Foundation, took the stand to give evidence in a quiet voice. While she fought back tears, she identified a letter that her daughter had written on the morning of the day of her death. Peverley had spoken of the planned picnic, chatted about some ducks they had as pets and about beautiful African violets she had found. She added that Bill was applying to graduate schools in preparation for their return home. In Mrs. Dennett's opinion, the marriage was "happy and comfortable...