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Show DOCTOR AND HIS COMPANION SHOT Providence, R I.. Sept. 1. Dr. C Franklin Mohr of thlB city and Newport, New-port, who with Miss Emily Burger of this city, was mysteriously shot while seated in his automobile on a dark road in Barrington last nigh died at a hospital today. Miss Burger was reported hotter and it was believed be-lieved that hor wounds would not . GeorgeW. Healls. Dr. Moor's chaf-feur chaf-feur Is hold by the Barrington. polico who are not. satisfied with his decla-, decla-, ration that ho saw no other automo- bile at the time Dr. Mohr and Miss Burger wore Bhot MIbb Burger said anotier-car- ap proached theirs from the rear and as It camo alongside several shots were fired at Dr. Mohr and herself Both were wounded in the head and shoulder. shoul-der. Miss Burger could give no explanation ex-planation for the assault. Dr. Mohr was a graduate of Johns Hopkins university and was 42 years old. He was married 12 years ago, but his wife had sued him' for separation sepa-ration and he entered a counter suit Miss Burger had been employed by Dr. Mohr as an office assistant for about three years. The polico started an Inquiry Into a report that there was a conspiracy against tho physician and his companion. com-panion. They questioned Florence Ormsby, a maid employed in Mohr's office, and later it was said that she had given them a clue upon which to work. It was announced that Mrs, Mohr, the widow, also would be questioned. |