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Women Charged With Slayings to Face Grand JuryTwo women, both accused ofkilling their reported lovers, were bound over to the Marion County Grand Jury Friday upon appearing in Municipal Court 5.Mrs. Katherine Spaulding, charged in the death of 63-year-old Ahomed Shamson, a native of Arabia, South Asia, was bound over on a murder charge by Judge John C. Christ.Also bound over, but on a manslaughter charge in the death of her alleged Negro boyfriend, was Mrs. Elnora Maguire, white, 1839 N. King. She remained free on $2,500 bond.The 54-year-old Mrs. Spaulding reportedly admitted shooting Shamson in the head with a .25 caliber pistol as the result of an argument at the Shamson home, 1145 W. 33rd, Jan. 20.She said she fired the fatal shot cs the victim grabbed at her.Mrs. Maguire was arrested one day after the Jan. 2 slaying of Arthur McKinney, 25, who was found shot in her home.She at first told police that the victim had shot himself, but police arrested the woman after extensive questioning.
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Indianapolis Recorder
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Feb 02, 1963
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