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Show mm body AGAIN !N PLACE Strong Evidence Gathered in G-asoline Stove Explosion Case BLOOMINGTON, 111.. Aug. 29 The body of Edna Skinner, which on Sun-, 'day was exhumed for the purpose of , holding an autopsy to determine "Whether or not she hail been slain, was Monday, laid In its blade in the Cemet.ery Albert J. Lowe Is .being I held at Greeley. Colo., In connection with tho case. Louis R. Reed, district attorney of i the judicial district of Colorado, and J. E Hamlin, a special Investigator from the district attorney office, are planning to leave for Colorado tomorrow. to-morrow. Attorney Reed state.s that the fracture frac-ture of the skull tscircuiar In character char-acter ami Indicates that the blow was (struck with a hammer. Ho further I says that he expects to bring the case to trial at the earlb-st possible mo-1 mo-1 ment "Wo have the tank of the gasoline stovo and we can prove conclusively I that there was no explosion." Mr Reed said. "We have the skull of the dead girl to show that she was struck by a blunt Instrument presumably presum-ably o hammer. The nature of the burns and burned portions of tho floor indicate that gasoline was poured o er the body and set afire "We have the letter wrtttcnto Mrs Lowe in an effort to entice her to a lonely spot so as. we believe, to murder mur-der her and collect insnrance." |