The Paducah sun., 1906-02-02
In Regard to the Mangrum MUIR
der Mystery.
Her Trunk Found in Chicago But
Nashville Detectives Seem to
BE Totally at Sea.
no ARRESTS ARE YET MADE

hVhtS are uhtdIAHtu III tue uON Ntie-
brated Mangrum murder case. The
trunk of the murdered woman, ex-
pressed from Chicago, has arrived.
A key was made to fit It and officers
were at once engaged in searching its
contents which is probable that let
ters, etc, contained in the trunk may
furnish additional clues as TO the
secrets of Mrs. Mangrum and may
throw some light on the question of
her murder. Today a new story OF
a highly sensational nature is in the
air. 1t is along a new line, and
tends to the theory that the murder
was committed in Nashville. Ii is
as follows:
On the night OF December Ia,
when Mrs. Mangrum was last seen in
Nashville. a hack drove up to the
mouth of certain alley. II had
been dark several hours. A light
was burning near the mouth of the
alley and young man living nearby
saw white man and a negro. Th>
hack stayed there for half an hour
or more. Presently the light went
out, and then the lamps in the hack
were put out, Voices could be heard.
man or men could be seen at a
manhole in the mouth Of the alley.
using an electric pocket searchlight.
The young man went to call his
father. but the latter did not go out.
The hack finally drove of. The
next morning the young man ex-
amined the mouth of the manhole
and found that dirt had been scraped
from around the iron top that fits in
its circular resting place.
This is the story that is going the
rounds. The young man remembers
the night as being December IA. as
it was the day before his fathers
birthday. and they had been discuss
ing the latter event that night.
II is the theory of some that the
body was thrown into the manhole
by some one. and that 1t washed into
the river by the force of the water
accumulating in the sewer from the
heavy rains. II is stated further
that the river rose thereafter and
the body might have washed over
the dam below the city.
There is another story to the ef-
feet that the physicians in making
their autopsy over the dead body, did
not take out the stomach OF the
young woman TO examine it for
poison. and that the body is to be
exhumed at Jackson and the contents
of the stomach analyzed., II Is stated
that from the post mortem examina-
ton made by the doctors no marks
of violence were found on the body
and that it has not thus far been es-
tablished how Mrs. Mangrum met
her death. tt.s.
1t Is believed by some that Mrs.
Mangrum was leaving Nashville for
good on the night she was last seen.
It is argued that she intended TAX
ing such step by reason of the fact
that she drew all her money out OF
the bank. took all her jewelry, etc,
and that her trunk contained all the
clothes it could hold.
The trunk was located In a rail
road station in Chicago and it was
an easy matter to Identify It after It
had been reported that II was in Chi
cago, for her name in large black
letters was stamped on one end of
trunk. leaving no doubt as to whom
1t belonged.
1t was opened and search through
1t instituted, but after a thorough
search Chief Sidebottom announced
that nothing of an important nature
had been discovered.
Mrs. Mangrum had the trunk heav
lily laden with a quantity of fine
wearing apparel and other articles.
There was a package of letters.
the contents of which were examined
but the officers appeared to think
that little of importance was attached
to them.
A call was made by a reporter at
Mrs. Mangrum's boarding house.
The proprietor said that Mrs. Man
grum Travelled extensively in the in
terest of religious organization.
These trips took her over large
portion of the country, and she was
absent at times for two or threc
weeks. Mrs. Mangrum came back
from trip to Chicago about three
weeks before her disappearance from
this city. At the time she was sick.
so sick in fact that she had to be al
most carried to her room. Mrs.
Mangrum was confined TO her room
several days before regaining her
usual health.
On the night OF December IA,
when she left the house, her brother,
Jacob Mason, and Mr.. Mangrum were