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Woman Slain:(Cti*m r *.« O-.)Aulatant Count? Attorney Arthur (fhapman laid a woman's handbag found near tha victim'* body wax thoroughly */*t*r soakedIndicating it had been there during a haavy rain The la*t heavy rain hero wm Sunday night Police Chief *gJd that hewm going on the assumption that Mr% Coolen i body had lain In the garden ilnce Iite Saturday night or early Honda? morning A celluloid letter opener the blade of which h a dt Inch rule with a reading gU.es lens In tho handle found a short distance from the body Official.* declined to say whether the Item held any significanceThe jpo* where the body w711 j fnuud wo* »hr iJaikrn# and nvwst seeiuded part of 'he spacious garden and ’hr nn/v ar^a run pletely hidden fr* 1 r»\ view of the stTWt- It Is only a short, dlitiiinr ffrom Maine Street a:/i the he»rtj of the lining wick hutinen.'i rlli tr\r’Ajm latent County Attorney Ar thur ( hipnmn Pnr' and said the rvx]y would he taker. to Portland for an autopsy Aiding In tha Investigation with local police werfl State Police Capt J Edward Mark* Philip W Whaciar aperlal Investigate for the attorney general Medical Examiner Wilbur y [.elghton of Pirrtland inl [yr Franklin F Ftr-guaon pathologist at 'he Maine General Hospital PortlandPolice roped off the Park How area a* nearly jqlt;) curious im#d rlt;| around Fire department spot lights Illuminated live area as of flrlals took photofrapha and meal-urrments af the death »« eneThe slaying marked the se/or.d violent death under mv*trrli»i;srlr umstanre* in this town in 1311 I^ruelot footer 10 Hath tron Wrks rmploye was foundbludgeoned flt; death in the bedmom of I I*, apsrtnent ; uuurv 17 His wife Mrs Fvangelyn 8 lt;'’■oper iA 1* being held on a charga of flr't degree murder and wl‘1 face trial June 11 In ( umber I ind County Superior ( ourt
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Portland Press Herald
Portland, Maine, US
Wed, May 30, 1951
Page 12
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