Show STRANGELY PENNED MISSIVES I SEEM ONLY OILY CLUE TO DEATH OF CULTURED FARM MATTOON Ills Aug 4 t lAI W Notes of ot warning and nn l Insinuation found round In the cistern with the body of or MIs Anna Saturday on the farm of ot her tr sister Mrs Thomas Seaman near here shed no new light on the mystery sur sur- surrounding surrounding rounding the death of tho the year 48 4 1 old spinster An Inquest probably will be called near the tho end of the week Charles CharlE's Fletcher county attorney entered Into the Investigation In to to- to toda day da He lie said he would bend every overy effort toward clearing up the mys mys- tery ter Miss Silas did not drown was dead before her body was put In the well tho the coroner I declared There were no marks of ot violence on tho the body Tho The I vital organs were removed and will be sent to Chicago or Urbana I for analysis I Some Somo o of r the tho o oOt notes Ot were made public IU by b F. F S S. Chilling iI Coles l I county On an unfolded I envelope printed roughly with a 0 lead pencil was waa the following I message I Look under your our front door for the check So sorry we made madea a 0 goat of ot you ou When R. R saw law you OU crying ho he was sorry Borry too You happened to b bl be the tho goat The day boss eo so we picked ed you ou again Wo We e aro even with Doss Boss LUcy Liley now no but think wo we got at It wrong Wo We thought we could get some money mone Sorry we scared you so much We 0 expected It but wo we weare are now on our way wa to Chicago Four men and two women Sorry Borry wo we made a simp limp out of or you Since Sinco no reward has been offered the first time nor this th time by any of ot your rich people IH FUn FOR MONEY There waa was no signature and the last five words of an Incomplete sentence were unintelligible This note Is believed to refer reCer to writ writ- written written written ten demands for tor money contained In several se notes by b blIss Miss alias These TheRe missives cs havo not been made public A Urge large piece of at cardboard which was found In Mrs airs Seamans Seaman's home after aCter an attack on Miss l last Friday read We e got your sister scared green Read your letter This apparently referred to a aletter aletter letter previously sent to Mrs I Seaman A page 26 letter addresses to I Miss atlas and signed aimed sl ned by sev sev- seven seven en tn members of ot the K K K IC has not been completely deci deci- deciphered deciphered deciphered and will not be made pub pub- public public public lic until that Is completed pend pend- pending pendIng pending ing the return of ot Mr and Mrs rs Seaman from Cincinnati where they took the body of at Miss Stoll Stall Stallman man for burial Schillings Investigation gallon gation will bo be directed toward de de- deciphering decipherIng de- de deciphering ciphering of the other letters Another note read If It you dont don't like tho the school flag say sa so soto soto soto to J. J W W. B. B Tho The I Is ICa saw you youat youat youat at the end of Boss Bos wheat field Stay out This note was also un un- signed Tho The J. J W. W B. B B referred to In the note nole Is believed ed ed to be one of ot the trustees of ot the district school near the Seaman home A third note read You are as common as dirt and a 0 regular snob Impudent when you shop In Humbolt Your horse Is a nuisance and keep him where he belongs ANOTHER NOTE The last lut note noto made public to today to- to today today day read rend as follows Wo We 0 felt sorry when we vve saw you cry and felt we e made a mis mis- mistake mistake mistake take to make a goat of ot you ou oue We e earo aro arc on our way wa to Chicago and want to say any three times some ono one has followed your buggy out of ot tho the corn field This note written on a check of ot the tho First National bank of Humboldt was wu signed John Fred and Pete and two O girls Mr and Mrs Irs Seaman art are among tho the largest land owners owner in Coles county count Ills His farm of ot acres adjoins that of at his wife which contains acres I Miss Silas last Friday said she had bad been attacked by b a man who wh fled led when she hc called co 11 cd for as as- A suit of or overalls later found In to a 0 corn field fIld were identified fled fied as thos thosa which her assailant wore ore The overalls now are aro missing miss- miss missIng missIng Ing although Seaman told the coroner he Jle had bad put them In his wife's house The Tho sister had ha not been dead lead deadmore deadmore more moro than three hours before her body was WOos discovered the tho coroner said Mid The body was found round about by Seaman Ml Miss s Stoll- Stoll man and Seaman had hall spent Friday nigh In Mrs Sirs Seamans Seaman's home Mrs airs Seaman was on a pleasure trip with a 3 party part of or women down th the aJ river HIGHLY Seaman declared that Miss alias had been highly nervous ncr nef oua and had hOod complained of feeling 11 and for tor that reason he stayed staled in inthe Inthe the house with her Missing her herthe herthe the following morning ho he started a search which resulted in finding the body In the cistern c tern Ml Slits Stoll man a 0 graduate Kra of or orthe I the University of or Cincinnati la Is laI IsI 1 I said raid 1 to have havo 0 continued n d her studies e I 1 I II 1 1 particularly 1 1 of Greek and mathe mathe- mathematics malice matics after atter coming com In Into to live here I Neighbors described d rl her er as be being be- be f I be-I tog ing queer r and aloof ot In a 0 diary kept last year car th th lb I following toll owing were found among the entries December 12 12 Row Row Waiting wailing for developments December 13 Yet 13 Yet In quandary as to fate December 14 Great I Great struggle Anxious to have everything In shape December D cember 15 Unsatisfactory IS all night I December 16 16 Still Still In quan quan- quandary dary I December 18 18 Suspense Suspense over over- No sweetness Anger In I ance Great disappointment The Th rest of or the entries for the I month told tol of or preparations the tho tho writer was as making for Christmas The last entry was w as on December I 24 Most of the rest of ot tho the diary i was concerned with trivial events of ot farm tarm life lire I 00 00 |