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LeAvBxWowIm. Kas-. Oct 10. Fairly
yesterday morning nro was discovered
in the bedroom Of Mn David 4 Davis
ct ei3 Delaware street BY Harry Crook.
her grandsos. vho slept II . bed on The
aooe in the same room He gave he
alarm and Charles Moesoa. . boarder
Of the house. was sooa 1t his side and
aided In extinguishing the blaze. which
vas evidently incendiary.
While the two zero engaged in
smothcring the Ore David z Davis, the
husband. rushed down stairs and against
the south door Of the bedroom with such
violence as % push the bed In which
lay MrA Davis over the blaHe. The mat
tress caught Ore. but Vas extingutshed
before IL gained hezdway.
Morton then seeing that Hn Davis
waS either unconscious or dead. picked
her up and carried her to the sitting
ROOM. where IL wss found that murder
most foul had been committed-that
the old lady had met her death by vio-
lence j.,st before the fire was started
Tho nearest physician. Dr. McCor
mick. was called and . hurried examine
ton showed that life was extinct
"Wednesday night Mrs Davis went to
bed At ten o'clock. and h e grandson
went TO sleep about that hour On .
feather bed, spread upon the floor. lie
blew out the lamp, which stood on the
bureau. before retiring.
lie had been asleep for some time
when he thought he had a queer dream
Some N was sneaking around in the
room. He could hear the stairs creak-
ing from the weight Of stealthy foot
steps In his dream his grandmother's
voice cried. Help Harry. help" lie
struggled with the nightmare to waken.
and rousing himself he found the carpet
blazing around the broken lamp in the
center Of the floor. The boy Is small
for his age and not strong.
The body "a examined by Acting
Coroner White and taken Ia the parlor.
and . number OF persons summoned As
jurors. where later an autopsy was held
by Drx Goddard. Lane and NJ s. Thorn.
as This revealed three spots OF extra
vasated blood under the scalp and over
tho frontal hone with no evidence Of
violence on the outside. Five or six
bruised spots were found on the right
forearm. each the size OF a .j-cent piece.
A large spot or bru.ss q n the left arm
with q large clot Of blood under the
skin at this point and the skin
chafed, . little bood oozing out
The brain and heart were healthy.
lungs filed with froiby mucus
and also showed some signs OF death
from asphyxia A small abscess was
discovered in left kidney which. the
physicians said, might have been caused
from commissions which might have pro-
duccd sudden death.
The opinions Of physicians appear to
be that the woman was rendered insen-
S Bile by a blow in the forehead. a.
shown in the examination. and then
prevented from breathing by something
held ever the mouth and nostrilA
Mrs Davis had had troublesome times
of late with her husband. . suit for
divorce being now pending in the dis
trict court, in which most &; uel treat
ment was charged against Davis
Wednesday morning Davis, who was
permitted to live in the house, asked his
wife to drop the divorces and give him
$50, saying that he would then leave her
forever. This she refused To do, when
he said she would be sorry for 1t.
Tracks leading to the north window
Of the sitting room were discovered, and
Davis bots fitted them precisely.
Harry Crook claims Davis came through
this window. which is open at nights.
and from there entered his grandmOth-
er's bedchanber.
Mrs Davis had made frequent state
ments to friends and ncighbOrs about
Davis brutal treatment lie is only
forty-five. while she was past seventy
years He is q carriage blacksmith by
trade. When arrested no had the mar
riagc certificate in h $ pocket lie had
been married about ten years