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Show WOMAN PHYSICAN IS STRANGELY SLAIN Dr. Helene Knabc Found Dead in Her Apartments with Head Almost Al-most Severed. Indianapolis, Oct. 24. How L)r. Helene He-lene Knabc, former state bacteriologist, bacteriolo-gist, found In bed today with her head almost severed by tho slash of a knife, came to her death, remained tonight a mystur. .leffwbon Hnynes, tho negro Junl- tor of the apartment In the house I win re Dr. Knaho lived was detained ' mi suspicion that he know something 'of the circumstances of her death, hut tonight the detectives lot him go after ho had withstood for hours 'their attemjits to draw"" lucilmlnatin;; information from him. The theorj of suicide, put asldo earlier In the day, was rovlvod tonight, to-night, but the iollco declined tho evidence ev-idence to Indicate murder. The knife with which Dr. Knabe was killed tins not been round and the coroner and the police were of tho opinion that if t,ho herself gashed gash-ed bur throat, bIio would not have had strength to hno hidden tho knife and then returned to her bed. Haynes, tho Janitor, who hod known Dr. Knabe for years, told tho police that ho went to bed In the basement of tho house at 11 o'clock last night. Dr. Knabo's apartment was Just above. Ho was awakened in the night, ho snld, by threo screams, apparently In Dr. Knabo's flat, but ho went to sleep again without Investigating. In-vestigating. At C o'clock this mornlg, ho heard footatejis In tho room above him. It was 8:15 o'clock this morning wnon Katherlno McPhorson, Dr. Knabejs nHHlKtnnt. found her dead. The cor- onor stated that he could find no evidence that sho had been assaulted. assault-ed. Dr. Knabe was thirty-five years of ago, and of strikingly nttractlvo ap-jiearanco. ap-jiearanco. Sho had never married. Sho was n member of the American medical association's committee on thu education of woman In hyglone, and tho pathology of childbirth and was devoted to physical culture iro-gress iro-gress among women. She wns born In Oormnny, tho daughter of .a civil engineer In tho Ciormnn army. Coming to this country coun-try us a girl, by hor own efforts sho liald tho oxponscs of hor cducntlon. |
