Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-02-05 | Page 5 | Safe Cracked in Probe of Woman's Death; Body May be Exhumed

Safe Cracked in Probe of I IDeath Death Body May Be Feb 5 Drills AP-Drills explosives an and l now the he grave diggers diggers digger's dig dig- gers ger's spade are are being brought into the roves g n of Mrs 1 Selma BUrnhams BUrnham's death last week week-a death investigators believed may have been influenced Agents ot of the and public administrator used drills and explosive 1 last night to open a large s safe fe at the Burnham Gum Vending Machine company not in quest of assets ot of the million dollar estate Mrs Burnham i is believed to have possessed at one time but for more light on her death After Arter tune safe saCe h had ll been opened opened It was reported that disclosures of ofa ofa a sensational nature had been made to authorities Early today it was Indicated that the body of Sanford A. A Burnham Mrs 1 husband husband hus- hus band who died last July might be exhumed Not only are arc the authorities seek seek- In information that would prove prore helpful in n investigating the womans woman's death but they believe they may find evidence or of ofa a slot machine ring States State's Attorney John A A. A Swanson said he had been advised th that time company was a unit of a slot machine organIzation of oC wide operations Officers said that statements last night of Dr Frank L. L Brown had strengthened the theory that undue influence was brought to bear upon tl-c tl wealthy widow Dr Brown attended at- at tended Burnham shortly before her de death th She Sho svgs is hysterical when I saw her he ha said She would continually continually ally cr cry Ive lost eve home hing fortune business business got it all She said she Had dl drunk unk much liquor I caught odor of liniment in the room and on lier breath She said she had luid been given liniment to drink and that she drank hall half a bottlo I Of it Dr Drown Brown was ordered to appear next Monday l at a a. a probate probate court hearing hearing has grown out of the affair S So too was Edw Edward rd Riley engineer who claIms Mrs l Burnham turned over to hint him 55 per percent percent cent oJ of leer her business inai he said of his manager of oC the company