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j was the body of the boy.| Mr. Baker summoned help and I the body was removed from the weil-; A large bruise mark was found on j the forehead and a thin rope was : tightly tied around the neck. Coro-' ner Timmins of Bedford was notified 'lt; and with district attorney, Harry G.S James, went to the scene and viewed ; the body. An examination revealed : that the skull was not fractured and ; the distorted features and the : tightly drawn rope indicated that ! the lad had been strangled to death.Coroner Holds InquestCoroner Timmins summoned lt;v-1 jury and conducted an investigation.I After hearing what evidence was at ' hand, the jury returned a verdict in j which they gave the cause of death . as strangulation caused by a rope : drawn tightly about the neck by a ' person or persons unknown.' At first, the state police who in-vo-'tmated the murder suspected the • young man and woman in the auto-: mobile but upon further inquiry 1 found 1.hnt. Jonas Ehersole. who had ' been married to a half sister of the ' Brandt lad, had threatened members ! of the Brandt family ever since he . and his wife parted about a year i ago. the wife going to the Brandt i home. Working on this clue the ; nolice arrested Ebersole Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Hattie Croyle. i where he was working and he was i given a hearing before Justice of the i Peace Bossier at Woodbury Tuesday i oveiling and is said to have confessed | Hater he was brought to Bedford and : locked up in the county jail. Eber-: sole is aged about 33 years and it is■ believed that he may be mentally tm-! sound.Puneral services were conducted ; Wednesday forenoon at the Oster-■ burg Lutheran church the services j being i neharge of Rev. C. F, Gep-hnrt. pastor of the Woodbury Luth-
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Bedford Gazette
Bedford, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Nov 11, 1921
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