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Show oc AWFUL MURDER OF TWO WOMEN Heads Are Crushed and Bodies Found in Different Parts of House $3,000 Is Missing. Seattle, Wash., April C Tho bodies of Mrs. Corlnne Wheeler 7G years old, nnd Mrs. Kate B. Swift, aged 153, were found in their home hero early today, 'by H. S. King, their nephew. The heads of both women had been crushed and $3,000, supposed to have been hidden in tho house, was missing, miss-ing, he reporto to the police. Tho murder was said by the police to have 'been thq most shocking committed here In recent years. The bodies of tho women, which were found in different dif-ferent parts of tho disordered house, were fully clothed and Indicated, according ac-cording to the police, that they had been murdered early in the evening.. Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Swift came here about a year ago from Carthage, Mo. King Informed the police that his aunts kept a largo sumo of money in the house, but no trace of it has been found after a search of the premises. Carthage, Mo., April 6. Mrs. Cor-inne Cor-inne Wheeler and her sister, Mrs. Kate Swift who were found murdered In their home at Seattle, Washington, today formerly resided here. Mrs. Wheeler's husband died two years ago, leaving her a largo estate. It is said that both Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Swift own considerable property near Mount Vernon, Mo. A sister, the nearest surviving relative, lives at Mount Vernon. oo |