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Ai •ea PoliceProbe DeathOf WomanUNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An autopsy has revealed that .Mrs. Bridget Sherlock of An-gola. Ind., was beaten to death, Fayette County Coroner Dr. \V. Ralston McGee reported late last night.Dr. iSIcGce said Mrs. Sherlock died of a fractured skull and lacerations of the liver which resulted from heavy blows inflicted by another person.The victim’s* son, John, is being held as authorities continue their investigation into the woman’s death.Oliver Lebtinen, chief county detective, said (he woman had multiple body bruises and apparently was in a coma until she died.A 3B-year-old Indiana man is being held on an open charge in Uniontawn, Pa., in connection with the death of his mother who died of injuries sustained in an unsolved incident in Garrett county.Sheriff James Frantz,- of Oakland, and Col. Robert Henline of the Maryland State Police were in Brownsville, Pa., late last night questioning the suspect. John Sherlock, of Angola, Ind.Victim of the strange case was Mrs. Bridget Sherlock, 58, also of Angola, who died Friday night in the Brownsville Hospital with undetermined injuries which Pennsylvania authorities said were received in an “unknown manner.Pennsylvania authorities last night said the son at first staled he had fought with his mother in a motel in Garrett - county on Thursday afternoon, then changed his story to say she suffered an epileptic fit, had taken some pills and later fell in a bathtub in a motel located on U.S. Route 40 in Garrett county.Woman Died Friday NightThe woman was admitted to the Pennsylvania hospital Thursdaylt;Continued on Price 28)
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Dec 11, 1960
Page 56
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