Wynekoop Son
Sobered by 2
Court Defeats
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    Chicago, Dec. 1 (AP).--Bereft of his air of jocular self-assurance, Earle Wynekoop, accused with his mother, Dr. Alice Wynekoop, in the death of his wife, Rheta, today was haled into two courts and in each saw his lawyers lose their battles in his behalf.
    In the felony court of Judge Jay A. Schiller, Prosecutor Charles S. Dougherty obtained a continuance until December 12 for arraignment on the warrant charging Earle with being an accessory before the fact of the murder.
    Immediately afterward the scene was changed to the criminal courtroom of Judge Joseph B. David, where a hearing on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus was continued until December 11.
    When the habeas corpus hearing for Dr. Alice Wynekoop was called, Judge David announced that he had been informed the elderly physician was too ill to be moved from her cot in the county jail infirmary. The judge ruled her presence was not necessary.
    Frank Tyrrell, defense attorney, said a defense fund was being collected for Dr. Wynekoop.
    Walter Wynekoop, another son, said that friends of his mother from all parts of the country had announced they would take part in raising the defense fund. He would not say how much already had been received, but elsewhere it was reported to have exceeded $25,000.

Source:

Unknown, "Wynekoop Son Sobered by 2 Court Defeats," The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., Saturday, 2 December, 1933, p. 4.