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^lina; p., March 8.—Suspicion points to a font murder oom nail ted at Chattanooga, Ohio. Dr. Walter, who acted as coroner at the In-quest of the body of Mrs. Emerick, found in a well, has made the folio wng statement: “Th« latestdevelopments in the Emerick oaee is that an examination of the lungs and stomach revealed the fact that there was po water in either, 'which secludes the theory that she committed suicide by drowning herself, or that she was drowned at added to the fact thatit la qnili well known that ahe kept money ia ooneidaijable quantity In her possession, also that she alwayshad a few dollars in change with her for daily use, ang that not a parttofooccI^Wi found upon her person or in thjjk ^oase,: ?jives it quHe a sfc*,ay juppeix/ Soever, there is ne cine wbnldserve to justify silppioion as to the identity of the the criminal. The community is considerably exer-Oised over the affair and a mushroom crop of speculative theories has been grown up in a night and being harvested by the wiseacres with a knowing kind of ‘I could have told you so.* Time may reveal much, but now is the time fear quiet investigation and notancTrigossip,
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Decatur Democrat

Decatur, Indiana, US

Thu, Mar 15, 1906

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