The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-02-21
The Police of Nashville are Still
in the Dark.
No Trace of the Woman Up to the
Finding of the Body, Dis
covered.
STILL WORKING ON STOMACH

1
new facts concerning the mysterious
disappearance and murder of Mrs.
Rosa Mangrum are constantly being
brought to light, officers say they are
no nearer the actual solution of the
matter than they were at first.
In two months time casual recol-
| lection of what was thought to be
trivial matter becomes so dimmed
that it is almost impossible TO tell
whether a thing occurred or not.
Had any person seen Mrs. Mangrum
on the night of December IA, barely
knowing her by sight, it is doubtful
whether they would remember the
fact or not. 1t seems evident that
no one who was intimate with her or
knew her personally saw her, and il
they did they have studiously kept
quiet about it.
So much has been written about
the unfortunate woman that the ru-
mors concerning her are almost end
less. The fact that no one has been
found who saw her on that night ex-
cept at the Union Station gives rise
to the belief that she was spirited
away in such a manner that no one
could see her. II she got into or was
forced into a closed carriage and the
curtains were drawn down, there
would have been no chance to see
her, and she could have been carried
away, or, for that matter, through
the heart of THE city and no one save
the person or persons occupying the
carriage with her knowing of it.
While nothing is known, there
have been many opinions as to the
manner in which she met her unfor-
tunate end. One is that she might
have been taken from the Union Sta
ton and carried to a room some
where in the city. Once in secret
place, with no prying eyes to look
on, her life could have been taken,
possibly by means of drug admins
tered without her knowledge. Again,
she could have been killed by slight
blow on certain vital portions of her
body. Japanese experts and others
make claims that they can take hui
man life and leave no marks on the
body to indicate that violence has
been done.
Again, she could have been taken
away from the city some distance.
There is a rumor going the rounds
that she was taken to room, and
that on the morning of December
Is. the day afterward, a trunk check
corresponding to that on her trunk
was found in the room. There Is an
other rumor that an express wagon
drove up to the place after a time
and a sack was deposited in it, an6
the wagon was then driven rapidly
away
There is another theory that she
might have been taken for some dis
Il is rumored also that a gasolin,
launch was chartered here and wa
taken down the river, where 1t re
manned for several days. Detective
Irwin and Dowd on last Sunday sc
cured launch and went down tn
river for a distance of about eigh
miles and made a careful searcl
: along the river banks in the hope o
finding some clue that would tell o
her disappearance. They state, how
ever, that they learned nothing o
any importance.
Drs. Louis Leroy and w. A. Brya
are still engaged in conducting
!. chemical analysis of Mrs. Mangrum'
stomach. They have been workin
for two weeks or more, but are nc
1 more than half through the worl
DR.. Leroy said that there are som
: poisons which decompose shortly al
!. ter reaching the stomach, leaving n
trace behind. Others, he said, coul
be ascertained a hundred years afte
a person died.
The murderer seems to have bee
favored by good fortune in GOVERN
up traces of his deed. as it is one {
the most battling cases known
criminal history, and one which,
worked out successfully, will pro,
clever piece of detective worl
I Whether the murderer did the dee
\ single-handed. leaving no room fo
/ an accomplice to betray his dark S,
/ cret. is another puzzle. 1t is poss
BILE that he had an accomplce VIII
+ aided in Turing Mrs. Mangrum ava
I from the Union Station to her deatf