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Show WOxMAN'S BODY FOUND BURIED IN QUICKLIME Former Tenant of H-'-use Being Sought by Tolice; Case Compared With Cruger Mystery. LA CROSSE. Wis., Ausr. 7. Finding today to-day of the body of Mrs. Cora Miller, burled in quicklime in the basement of a lonely farmhouse, is being compared by authorities who are investigating her death with the discovery of the body of Ruth Cruger, the New York schoolgirl, whose body was discovered buried in quicklime in the basement of a bicvele shop in New York. It is believed likely that Mrs. Miller may have been he id prisoner for some time in the house before she was murdered. mur-dered. Authorities are searching for El-ma El-ma e Haiiee.( who formerly occupied the hou?e. Mrs. Miller disappeared last. Febmarv. If is thought that she went to the hVise where her body was found to collect rent from Hauge, as she was the owner of the premises. "When she failed to return to her home a search was instituted, but was discontinued discon-tinued when a letter was received, presumably pre-sumably from her and which said thai: she war. doin;; well and would shortly return. re-turn. It was not until some time later when this letter was compared with others oth-ers she had written that a dissimilarity in the handwriting was. notice and suspicion sus-picion again aroused. Search was again beEjun and culminated in the finding of the body. The body was nude from the waist 'town. The head had been beaten in with a hammer, which was found in 'the slave besido it. It has been learned by the police po-lice that on the night Mrs. Miller disappeared disap-peared Hauge's wife and little girl were staying with relatives five miles away and be is said to have been at home alone. ' |