Show STRANGLED FORMER SWEET HEART hoosier murders woman after she refused to marry him the evidence adduced by coroner carson points almost conclusively to the fact that martha lawrence aged 19 years who was found dead in the house of silas beam at laporte ind was murdered and that her murderer strangled her to death truman beam a son of salts beam has been arrested on suspicion of knowing something of the crime it la Is known he had proposed marriage to miss lawrence but was refused silas beam the father caused a sensation by making public declaration that he believed his son guilty of the murder of miss law rence |