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Show MURDER TRACE FOUND ON OODY Authorities Probe Death of Woman Supposed to Have Died in Fire BLOOMINGTON, Ills, Aug. 28. Tho skull of Miss Edna Skimmer, Bloomlngton school teacher, who, It was at first believed, died In the explosion ex-plosion of a Rasollno stove at the home of a rclatlvo In Greeley. Colo , has been fractured, local authorities said after exhumation of tho young woman's wom-an's body at Leroy, Ills. Albert Lowe, her brother-in-law, Is held at Greeley on a murder charge The authorities paid that In addition to tho fracture, which they contend could not have been en live, r R fall several cuts were found on the bod The stove they said, did not burst In the explosion. Police at Greeley. hae reported the discovery of two Insurance policies one for $2,600 and the other for 12,000 carried by Miss Skinner, and naming iow n beneficiary. Tho autopsy was conducted by District Dis-trict Attorney Louis B. Reed, of Greeley, and t F Hamilton, special Investigator from the district attorney's at-torney's office Two brothers of Lowe appeared at the autopsy demanding to be present. Their request was granted FATHER PRESENT, The body was ezhutned Sunday and examined at a local undertaking parlor. par-lor. J. .T. SKtnner. father of the girl, was present for a while, but was kept at a distance. As soon as the body reached tho undertaking parlor, Wllmer Lowe, a brother of Albert, appeared upon the' scene, demanding to be present nt the autopsy loiter another brother, tiren apponred and remained throughout the examination After the examination was made by the authorities the two asked that the Stomach he OenAit Thin nil rlnnn but nothing unusual was found. PICTURES TARKX, The sktill fracture was caused by a terrific blow above the car. presumably pre-sumably by n LI ii nt instrument is there was not cut. j nr ruts were found on tho lop of her head, left j side and on tho bj.ck. but neither of .these penetrated the skull. It la be- lioved by tho authorities that a i hatchet was used. Fifteen pictures were taken of the w. mnds by the special Investigator. Five of these were "flash-' and th other time exposures. The fractured part of the skull was cut and will ; ' 'duccd at i he t rla ' The Colorado authorities will leave the city as soon ae the photographs "u iu. iisirict Attorney Kced stated that an effort will be made to have the defendant brought to trial In September. The body will be returned re-turned to the gravo today no |