Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1937 — Page 14

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES PAGE 13

FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 1937

- POLICE BELIEVE

MOVIE WRITER SHOT HIMSELF

Eager to Question Wife on Circumstances of Death.

PALM SPRINGS. Cal. Feb. 26. — | Police authorities were convinced today that Humphrev W. Pearson. screen writer, took his own life. They were anxious. however, to question his widow about the cir- | cumstances, Mrs. Pearson, hysterical and suffering from shock. is in Riverside | Hospital and it may be a day or | two before she can be questioned. Lloyd Boller, Chief of Police, be-! Jieves she tried to wrest the gun from Mr. Pearson when she real-| ized he intended to end his life. | The gun was found in a bureau | drawer in Mrs. Pearson's dressing room. It had been fired twice. One bullet passed through Mr. Pearson's chest. The other went wild. Charles Morrison, friend of the Pearsons, told Chief Boller that Mr. Pearson previously had tried to kill | himself and that Mrs. Pearson had | forcibly prevented him. Mr. Pearson came here seven vears ago after doing advertising work in Columbus, O.. and New York City The shooting occurred, Chief Boller said, after the Pearsons returned home from a cocktail bar they had | visited with Leonard Mitchell and | Miss Catherine Henderson. Fred | Blackman, Negro butler, was aroused by Mrs. Pearson's screams earl) vesterday. He found her {(rying to use the phone. Mr. Pearson's: body was lying across his bed Ben White, Coroner, said paraffin tests failed to reveal powder marks on the hands of either Mr. Pearson | or his wife. Funeral arrangements been made,

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Humphrey Pearson, 43, right, prominent Hollywood screen writer, found fatally wounded in his Palm Springs, Cal, home with his wife, left, weeping hysterically over his body, apparently committed

QUEZON, ROOSEVELT T0 DISCUSS TRADE

Philippine President Seeks Modification of Act.

Bul niled Press WASHINGTON. Frh. Manuel L. Quezon. who first came here in 1909 as a vouthful and eager advocate of his country's liberty, returns

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{ for the eleventh time today as Pres-

A reception and preview of the Dutch exhibit of oid masterpieces collected by Wilbur Peat, John Herron Art Museum director. is to be held tonight The 75 paintings many private collections and dealers, have a value, Mr. Peat said, $2.000,000. They will be on view to the public beginning tomorrow for six weeks. Included in the paintings is one bv Rembrandt, the best known of the old Dutch masters.

ARTIST-DRAFTSMAN SHOWS HIS PAINTINGS

Vernon Kniptash, 1402 Comer Ave, a draftsman with an Indianapolis architectural firm for 23 years, has his first exhibition paintings currently man Brothers’ Fireplace gallery. The exhibit and 21 water colors. Mr. Kniptash says he is self-taught in weilding brush and color, and that he does his sketching from nature as he sits in his auto.

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ident of the Philippine Commonwealth. His strenuous career of three decades has witnessed complete reversal of Washington policy from one of determined imperialism to an enacted pledge Philippine independence in 1946. President Roosevelt, long acquainted with the Filipino ieader. | will receive him at the White House. The two Presidents will lunch to- | gether and later Mr. Roosevelt will | his visitor to the Cabinet. Mr. Quezon iz here to seek a | foundation for the future evolution of Philippine-American trade relations, which unless the present | law is amended will be on the basis | of independent foreign nations after | 1946. The Philippines also would |

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