The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-09
NEWS OF A DAY IN
GEORGIA'S CAPITAL
WAS DROWNED IN THE. LAKE
CORONER'S JURY TELLS WHAT ALI,
KNOW ABOUT MISS KLOECKLER.

Neither Murder Nor Suicide Spelled
by the Finding of the Second Jury
That WrestIed with the Atlanta
Observation-Disclosures Grocers Got
Into a Lively Tilt Over Their OIL
GERS Election - Supreme Cour:
Renders an Important Decision
Touching Life Insurance Con-
tracts.
Atlanta, June S.-The second coro-
ner's jury, empanelled to consider the
| mysterious death of Miss Sophie
Kloeckler who was found in the lake
at Lakewood, after hearing much con-
fiicting evidence to-day. brought in
verdict to the effect that Miss Kloeck-
Ter came to her death by drowning in
the lake at Lakewood, the cause of
said death being unknown to the Jury.
The jury makes it neither murder nor
suicide, but leaves it to the officers
of the law to ferret out the mystery.
There were some we'll known At
lantians, including three prominent
physicians, on the jury.
Father Bazin and Miss Kloeckler's
relatives, as well as many others, still
maintain that she was murdered. The
reward offered for the murderer now
aggregates $1,6OO. The Constitution has
employed an expert detective from
Pinkerton's Philadelphia agency, F. P.
Dimaio, Jr., who is assistant superin-
tendent of the agency. He has been
making thorough study of the case
hn los i L.
yet TO make any statement.
The object now is to prove either
the murder or the suicide theory be-
yond doubt and set the minds of
the public at rest on the subject.
WOmen's Press Club Meets.
The Womens Press Club of Geor-
gia is holding It's thirteenth annual ses-
sion here to-day. The attendance is
smaller than last year. The day was
devoted to the reading of papers and
discussing of various topics. Officers
will be elected tomorrow.
Will Search for His Body.
Members of the family of E. M. May
field, 81 years old who recently dis
appeared mysteriously, believe that he
has been foully dealt with, and a. meet
ing of the friends and relatives of the
lost man has been called tomorrow
morning at Henderson's Crossing, near
the city, with view to searching for
his body. Mayfield has been missing
for more than a week, and the cause
of his disappearance is a deep mys-
terry.
GrOcers in Lively Scrap.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers' As
ISOLATION concluded their convention
here to-day with a lively scrap over
the election of officers. 1t was claimed
that the organization was dominated
by one concern, the Fairbanks soap
people, and the opponents of this al
legged situation put up w. A. Lockett of
| Knoxville for president against Pres
| ident ]. A. Van Hoose of Birmingham,
who was renominated. The result was
the reelection of President Van Hose
| by good majority.
| The other officers elected were:
! First vice president, E. P. Thompson
! of New Orleans; second vice president,
r. p. Woodson of Memphis; treasurer,
| S. w. Lee of Birmingham. secretary,
| e. L. Bridges of Birmingham.
A resolution was adopted indorsing
the action of retail merchants in en-
deaVoring to have a high license put
on trading stamps everywhere, with a
view to doing away with them alto
gether. This matter was brought up
by the New Orleans delegates, as the
retail merchants of that city are now