Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-20 | Page 7 | Woman's Death Hints Murder

WOMANS WOMAN'S DE DEATH A TH HINTS MURDER r r r SPRINGFIELD Ohio Dec 20 P AAn P A PAn An embalmers embalmer's discovery of a ble murder clue in the the death of a year old woman woman pr previously vi sly reported report ed Cd to have died of oC natural causes was studied d by authorities' authorities today while her year old son was held for ques h F F. Coroner Theodore G G. Schaeffer decided decided de de- de the woman Mrs Alice Allce E. E Swartout Swartout Swart Swart- out was killed b by strangulation after the embalmer detected an inch 18 strand of cord wound tightly around her neck It was embedded so deeply it escaped discovery in a previous examination by a physician Sheriff Charles W W. Cartwell said Mrs Swartout's husband Albert 72 teas wis questioned question cd at his home but was unable to throw any light on the mystery f Prosecutor Orville Wear then ordered or or- dered the arrest of the son William Earl Heindel Preliminary investigation tion Wear said revealed that Heindel brought Swartout to Springfield j yesterday yes yes- cs cs- to draw up a new will naming HeindeL as the beneficiary and that thai the son previously had accor accompanied his mother here for the same purpose The physician who first reported the death due to natural causes was told Mrs Swartout was found dead In bed bedat at her farm home near here last as Saturday