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Show 1 TOO! I DEAD DETROIT! Mich.. Jan. 27. Investigation Investi-gation was being made by the police today into tho death of Mrs. Maude Scott Richards, whose body lying across a bed was found in her room at a downtown hotel this morning. According Ac-cording to physicians, the woman had been dead for three days. The disordered disor-dered condition of the room leads the police to believe Mrs. Richards was murdered. Broken bottles, and desk and drossor drawers were strewn about the floor. Blood covered tho woman's hands and night clothing and the limbs were covered cov-ered with bruises. In ' the room were two bank books showing deposits of upwards of $10.-000 $10.-000 each in a memorandum of Libert bond purchases. Among tho letters and notes strewn about the floor was one signed "H. r D." and dated January 20, which read: "When I come to Detroit I will got to your room if 1 have to break in or bribe a bell boy." Mrs. Richards, about 30 years old, was connected with a Waukesha, Wis., company, manufacturing tablo delicacies. delica-cies. oo |