| Show mysterious DEATH OF E 6 joa axi resident ident supposed obed to boshi cide but theory 1 Is saturday morning at about 11 in a room of tile the robison hotel at loa the hotel maid found the body of elza G marshall lying on the floor a bullet hole above the right ear and passing through the head the corresponding hole above the left ear car a 38 caliber gun lying near the body as if fallen down after the man had committed suicide physician and sheriff were called to the scene made an investigation and assuming suicide raised no objection to shipping the body to the richfield undertaking parlors of lindquist and warner for embalming and transporting it to clinton indiana the original residence of mr marshall who ho was 41 years of age born in the state of indiana and a resident of wayne county for the last six years while mr warner was woi boiking king on tile the body with the embalming materials friends of the deceased came to see the remains and seeing no powder marks or burns they them commenced to doubt the suicide theory and insisted on another post mortem they succeeded with their request and an inquest was held wednes wednesday ay morning with dr J J steiner and D dr r R garn blaik as physicians dist district r let attorney sam L page sheriff W S gree greenwood i lwood undertaker W L warnor warner and legrand payne present the resu result it was to the effect that there are many niana reasons that speak against the supposition that marshall committed suicide the skull of the man is fractured near tile the front simply falling down after the shot had been fired would not be cause of a fracture like the one in question aside from the fact that the body was found lying ik burns marks are not visible which I 1 di the ahot hot was tired fired from quite a distance if fired only as far away from the head as the arm would reach there would be at least some powder marks near the deadly wound the gun found next to the body was of a 38 caliber the hole is not wide enough to let a 38 8 caliber bullet pass through for all these reasons it seemed not probable that marshall wa was a suicide and a further invest investigation will be conducted in the meantime the body was shipped to indiana the skull baull however remains here for evidence in c case ase some foul play should be detected ed |
