The Sea Cinderella

True Crime Historian

Richard O Jones

True Crime, Documentary, Arts, Society & Culture, Performing Arts

4.4 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2024

⏱️ 109 minutes

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The Case Against Professor Kane

Episode 249 digs into the case of a college professor accused of drowning his wife for the love of another woman, but the prosecution first has trouble identifying her, then tracking her down, then getting the court to allow her testimony and love letters as evidence. I love a good fall from grace story, but what I really like about this case is the devotion shown by the professors father, a renown surgeon who lives in a small Pennsylvania town founded by his father. Stick around after the credits for a little bonus story about him. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.

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0:00.0	Popular.com
0:03.0	Hampton, Virginia, September 15, 1931.
0:20.0	Mrs. Jenny Graham Kane was drowned at Grandview about 11 o'clock last Friday morning.
0:26.6	Her husband, Dr. Elisha Kent, came, told the authorities at the Dixie Hospital that she was
0:32.6	overcome in the water and that he swam to her after hearing her cries for assistance.
0:38.3	He said that Mrs. Kane was learning to dive.
0:42.3	He had swum probably 300 yards from her when she called to him to watch her dive.
0:49.3	In a few seconds he heard her scream for help.
0:53.3	He swam rapidly to her, but Mrs. Kane was exhausted when he reached her side.
1:00.0	Dr. Kane said he screamed for help, and then carried Mrs. Kane to the beach, where he
1:06.0	attempted to resuscitate her, but finding that he could not do so, placed her in his automobile and rushed her to the Dixie
1:12.8	Hospital a distance of about five or six miles. Efforts at the hospital failed to revive Mrs. Kane,
1:21.4	although the pull motor was resorted to by the hospital attendance. Dr. Vanderslice then permitted the body of Mrs. Kane to be moved
1:30.0	to her parents' home in Hilton Village with a verdict of accidental drowning. He said he never
1:36.9	signed a death certificate. Dr. van der Slice said that at the time he saw Mrs. Kane in the hospital, her face showed some redness,
1:46.6	but this was explained as being due to the restoratives used upon her in the hospital in attempting to
1:52.4	revive her. The funeral of Mrs. Kane was held Sunday, and the body was brought to Hampton and interred in
1:59.7	St. John's Cemetery.
2:02.3	Dr. vanterslice said he did not think it will be necessary to exhume the body for further investigation as to marks of violence.
2:12.8	The arrest of Dr. Elisha Kent Cain took place Sunday afternoon in Hilton Village, a short distance from the home of Mr. Mrs. W. C. Graham, parents of Mrs. Kane.
2:26.3	Deputy Sheriff Bickford Curtis went to the Graham home and quietly informed Dr. Kane that he desired to talk with him as the officers were told that Mrs. Graham was ill from the shock of the tragic death of her daughter.
2:40.0	After getting about 100 yards from the house,
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