The Paducah sun., 1906-03-23
Understood He Was Looking
for Witness Who Saw Body.
One Important Question In Mangrum
Case Is That of Juris-
diction.
SOME OF THE LATE RUMOIiS

W. e. Irwin, the Nashville detec-
tive, who came here two days ago
on professional business, left yester-
day afternoon late for home, after
finishing his business in Paducah.
Detective Irwin's visit to Paducah
is said to have been connected with
the Mangrum murder mystery at
Nashville. 1t was stated this morning
that Irwin got what he wanted here,
but other than this no information
would be given out.
A Nashville dispatch about the
now-noted case is as follows:
/ Nashville, March 23.-The investi-
cation by the grand jury of the case
of DR.. ]. Herman Feist, whose arrest
occurred on last Friday morning in
connection with the mysterious death
of Mrs. Rosa Mangrum, is Sc
cret and some of the most inn
portant proof in behalf of the state
will in all probability not be known
until there is a trial. There will be
many witnesses in the case, as II Is
understood that the most important
facts that will be presented are cir
cumstantial, and there will probably
be some witnesses from other states.
One of the most important discov-
cries i'm connection with the mysteri-
Gus case yet made is believed to have
recently come to light in the location
of the diamond ring believed to be
one of those which belonged to Mrs.
Mangrum.
It is thought that the state may
proceed on the theory that the body
of Mrs. Mangrum was thrown in the
river at Nashville, or near this city.
The ferryman at Clee's Ferry, X will
be remembered, saw what he beNev-
ed to be the body of a woman float
ing in the river, as did his wife, and
fragments believed to have come
from Mrs. Mangrums hat have been
found.
1t is also stated that the analysis
of the stomach OF Mrs. Mangrum by
chemists has resulted in the disoov-
ery that death was caused by poison,
thereby establishing a corpus deficit,
or body of the crime.
1t is tipped that the. latest devel-
opment in the Mangrum case is the
location of at least two additional
persons who are said to have seel
the body of a woman afloat in the
Cumberland river at about the time
of the disappearance OF Mrs. Man
grum. One of the persons is said to
live at Paducah, near the junction Of
the Cumberland and Ohio rivers. The
other is said to be riverman living
about 100 miles below Nashville.
In connection with this 1t is said
that Detective Irwin hft Nashville
Tuesday telling,a friend that his des-
tination was Paducah. The witnesses
will serve to strengthen the case of
the state in proving the jurisdiction
of the courts of this county. The
Jurisdiction and the corpus deficit are
important points to be proven and
1.-THE detectives say that at the begin
ming of the case more. .difhculty was
Experienced as TO these than any
other point. Leaving out whatever
the prosecution may or may nothave
bearing directly upon-the guilt OF
anyone, the Jurisdiction Is at present
said to be the point most in doubt.
There is, however, in support OF It the
lining from the dead woman's hat.
lfound on tree branch near the
state prison and the circumstance OF
several persons seeing a floating on
iect believed to be the body Of wo-
man.