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Show NO CLEW GiVEN ; AT INQUEST TO MOB'SMEMBERS Frank Came to His Death by Hanging Hang-ing at the Hands of Parties Unknown Mnrlotta, dr., Aug 24 Without being nblo to elicit from nnj one of cloven witnesses n single clew as to tho identity of nny person connected with the lynching of Leo M. Trunk near this city last Tuesday morning, n coroner's Jury today returned n er-diet er-diet thnt Krunk enmo to his denth by hnnglug nt tho hands of parties uu-knovv uu-knovv n Cltj and county officials testified that they had endoaored dllllgently to get nt tho facts of the 1 itching, hut so far their efforts had been of no nvail. Tho nearest disclosure as to what happened in tho oak grove nenr the Brej gin enmo when J. A. Benson, n Marlottn merchant, who diovo by tho p'neo soon nfter the hitching party had parked Its automobiles by tho tondsldo and had led Trunk to the tree, whoro death awaited hint Sir Benson said he hnd a pretty good suspicion ns to whnt wns g"lng on but ho did not stop lo sco It and t ho did not recognlre anybody In tho M party. H m H |