The Paducah sun., 1906-01-30
Nashville Excited Over the MUIR
der of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum.
There Does Not Appear TO BE Any
Doubt That She Was Robbed
and Slain.
POLICE WORKING FOR CLUES

Inc HnulnS OF the BODY OF Mrs.
Rosa Mangrum in the river at Cairo.
ILL.,, last week may develop into one
of the biggest murder sensations in
the south. There does not appear
to be any question of her having
been robbed, as the valuables and
money are known to have been on
her person when she was last seen
alive by friends, and the fact that the
stocking that contained her money
and the glove on the hand that con-
tained her valuable rings, had been
partly removed.
Yesterdays Nashville Banner says:
"The mystery surrounding the
murder of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum was
unsolved at a late hour this after
noon, although detectives and officers
are working hard on the case in the
hope that something will be learned
which will eventually put them on
the right track.
Detectives say that the last trace
of her was chat she was seen to go
into the telephone booth at the Union
Station. after going there in hack
and telephoning TO some one. but
who that person was remains a ques,
tlon unknown 10 them. Ii has been
ascertained. however, that she pur-
chased a ticket here in the city TO go
on the Louisville and Nashville rail-
road to ST. Louis. At Evansville
Ind, a lady's purse has been found
containing money. and Is being held
for Identification. This purse was
found about the 26th of December.
and the fact that railroad men are
anxious to find the owner leads to
the belief that II contains a large
sum. and that 1t may be the purse
carried by Mrs. Nangrum. ohlcers
here are working on every clue that
has a possibility of solving the mys-
terry. but so far nothing tangible has
been secured.
AFTER searching investigation,
relatives of the unfortunate woman
ARMY believe that she was murdered
In this city and her body thrown into
the river and floated to Cairo. They
think her body was thrown into the
river to hide evidence of the crime.
The night Of December "A Mrs Man
grum announced that she was going
to visit relatives and a hack was sent
for her at her residence, 302 Sixth
Avenue, North. She was taken TO
the Union Station. II was learned
from the postofiice that she ordered
her mail sent to the Hotel Lorraine.
st. Louis. but no trace of her was
found there. A trunk supposed TO
be Mrs Mangrum's was traced 10 ST.
Louis. and was taken from the bag
gage room there by a negro. who
claimed that the woman he was get
ting II for lived in the country. Ef
forts to locate the trunk have been
vain.
Further and more positive identi-
fication of the remains of the unfor-
tunate woman was made here upon
the body's arrival. Mr.. William d.
Reed. now connected with the Fa-
nous Shoe House, but formerly with
the firm of Kuhn, Cooper & Geary.
positively identified the shoes worn
by the woman as a pair he had sold
her while with Kuhn, Cooper &
Geary Mr.. Reed stated that he had /
identified the shoes positively.
"Mr. j. o. Mangrum. the husband
of the dead woman, is leaving no
stone unturned to ferret out the man
ner of his wife's death and at whose |
door the crime should be laid. He Is |
firm in the belief that his wife was
murdered here. While he did not
want to look on the face of the body |
found in the river, he was thoroughly |
familiar with the garments worn by
his wife when he saw her last, few
moments before she left to catch the |
train on the night of December IA,
and he has clearly identified the |
clothes and the body as those of his
wife
Not only did the clothes on the
dead body tally with those worn by
Mrs. Mangrum that night, he states.
but he further Identified the body by
marks on her foot At Cairo the
bust plates or forms the woman had
worn had been removed by the coro-
ner and undertaken and placed in
drawer. Mr.. Mangrum called for
them and they were produced, and