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...crowded Boston courtroom, the thin, drawn defendant spoke haltingly in accented English to the twelve men who would decide his fate. "I have committed the sin of adultery with Mrs. Lynn Kauffman, and my wife has forgiven me of punishment," said Dutch Radio Operator Willem Van Rie, 31, accused of killing the Chicago divorcee and throwing her battered body into Boston harbor after a torrid, 44-day passage from Singapore aboard the freighter Utrecht (TIME, Oct. 12). "But I never kicked, or hit, or beat Mrs. Kauffman," said Van Rie, his voice shaky. "As God is my witness...
While the jury weighed his words and the evidence last week, Defendant Van Rie and his faithful, matronly wife, Nella, 31, sat in a bare detention room holding hands and reciting the rosary. Finally, after deliberating through 20 ballots and almost 16 hours, the jurors reached their verdict: not guilty...
Lynn was good company at sea. She cheerfully pressed the uniforms for some of the ship's officers, and Van Rie's coat was later found in her cabin. Some passengers thought that Juanita Spector had seemed annoyed at Lynn's behavior, heard rumors that Juanita no longer welcomed her in the Spector household...
Suspect. For 20 hours, New York and Boston police grilled Radio Officer Van Rie. He admitted-later repudiating his statement-that he had gone to Lynn's cabin at 7 p.m. She was crying. Van Rie is reported to have said jokingly: "What's the matter? Are you pregnant?" Then, "She got excited and came at me." Police said Van Rie admitted, then denied, that "I beat her unmercifully. I beat her with my left. I beat her with my right. She fell to the floor. I picked her up and shook her. I threw her into...
With the case awaiting grand jury action in Boston, police tightened the lid on their evidence, except to hint about a batch of love letters (presumably from someone other than Van Rie) and Lynn's diary. On that basis the murder trial-if it comes to that-should be one of the most sensational in a long while...