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Show POLICE BELiEVE GIRL WAS MURDERED : ABILENE. KAN.. Aug. 18 Testimony Testi-mony given b Rueben Fair, a clerk, before the coroner's Jury today has caused police here, to gie more heed to the theory that Bertha Benlgus v as murdered by u jealous and unsuccessful un-successful suitor in her home her Sunday night. Fair said that while hi- was going past the Benlgus resilience resi-lience Sunday at midnight, he noticed a light burning In the girls room. He also saw a man standing under a tree in the front yard. Fair further testified that when he approached the uan ran. Several persons testified that the girls father was In bad shape financially. Others said Ihe girl was contented and not inclined to be morose. |