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IPrtf Meli declares that the blood . bretns on the clothing submitted ^ Whicb were found on the person Ctecientine and in her room, are toman blood and human brains, Fur-ther that the blood and brain tissue«{LmllpwsliP taken froTU tUe cabinfUere the crime was committed are ,k0 game, coining from the same per ** and that the theory advanced by tie oegresi of her blood-stained clothing, tfct it was due to her hysterical ^dltioa at the time, is untenable, 15lie blood is that which flowed from ,oii0ds Of a living body.Clementine testified against her toiler, Raymond Bernubet, who was tried and convicted Inst October or acrdsring a family of negroes—An* his wife and three children— I art February, near the war refinery. j ^abet'a wife, son and daughter tes-, $$against the husband and father isctaing that he had confessed to thM that he had murdered the Air ims family.The Handelt family was killed with m ax, 23 was the Andrus family, and fa similarity of the two crimes caused much speculation, as both •ere#hrouded in complete mystery,Qooentlfie was arrested by Sheriff Lkooite and Chief Chargois entirely 40 mEplcion, hut on investigation the #»dy clothing was found, which now *eeiMtofiJE beyond reasonable doubt tar partidptation in the crime, If she m not the sole perpetrator, which mm most probable.Seriff bacoste feels satisfied he has the right person, and besides the ertoce of Prof, Meta, expects to tare other important proofs against the young Degress, who is in jail and ■ mats the whole matter very lightly, pretesting her innocence and saying *ta bows nothing of the affair. It ia now the general opinion that Clem-tatiae is responsible for the killing of the Andrus family, which she tried j to fteten on her father.
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The Rice Belt Journal
Welsh, Louisiana, US
Fri, Jan 26, 1912
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