The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-07-26
ATTEMPT TO FoREsTALL IN.
CURRY INTO MRS. MAGiLL'S
DEATH SUSPECTED.
GUARD AT GRAVE DOUBLED
Reports Serve to Destroy Sympathy
for Bridal Pair Under Arrest
Precautions Taken Against
a Mob.

Clinton, m.-What is believed to
have been a n attempt to forestall
the state in examining Mrs. Pet
Magill's body was frustrated. Ghouls
prowling about the cemetery
attracted the attention of citi-
zens. They notified the assistant
states attorney, and with deputy Off
GERS the cemetery was hurriedly Wis.,
tied, the grave found intact and the
guard about 1t doubled. The attempt
was made in Woodlawn cemetery
shortly before 2 o'clock Wednesday
morning. Assistant States Attorney
Mitchell had just returned from Chi.
cago, where he arranged to have the
body of Mrs. Magill exhumed and the
digestive organs analysed.
James Mccormick, who lives a short
distance from the cemetery, was de-
tanned downtown. Returning home
late, voices in the cemetery attracted
his attention. He leaped the barrier
and three men, stealthily marking the
ground beside Mrs. MagilI's grave,
fled. 1t was too dark for him to make
complete identification, but McCor-
mick has given the authorities clews
upon which to base search.
Coroner Stands by Verdict.
While the states attorneys office
and the mayor are making energetic
efforts to show that Mrs. Magilrs
death vas at least suspicious and
gathering evidence to present at the
examination of Magill and his bride
when they are brought back from their
honeymoon in California, Coroner
Jones stands by the verdict of suicide
he and his jury returned at the time
Mrs. Magill was found dead.
Mrs. Pet Magill committed sui
eide" said Coroner Jones. "If
Fred Magill had not married so
quickly there would have been no
suspicion. have Investigated the
case, and am convinced Mrs. Magill
died by her own hand"
Coroner Jones says the most ex-
haustive search the states attorney
a make will prove his opinion. The
most interesting portions Cf Jones'
staANment. in effect, are:
MI lNO LIN NdSIl ldlHlly W IL
vestigate the death of Mrs. Pet Magill.
I was impressed by the fact of a first
class family having a sad and mystic
roius happening. My Whole thought
was to discharge my duty as quickly
and as quietly as possible. Something
was handed to me wrapped in a cloth.
IT was a letter addressed to Fred Ma !
gill. In 1t Mrs. Magill wrote that she
had taken her own life, and added,
Your mother caused all the trouble;
1 can't stand it any longer F. C. Da-
wilson read the letter. Fred became
frantic. I don't think l heard another
word. I did not want to disclose the
domestic feuds of a first-class family
in the presence Of outsiders.
Fred feared I would get objection |
able men on the jury. Davidson and
DR.. Blome consented to serve. Fred
said some of them did not like the
family. We selected an unobjection-
able jury.
P%recaution Against Violence.
Since announcement Of the arrest
of Fred Magill and his bride, who was
Faye Graham, in San Diego, CAL.
charged with conspiracy in the death
of Magilrs first wife, there has been
but one topic of discussion In Clinton.
Since the report became current that
Faye Graham was at the Magill home
most Of the night on which Mrs. Ma
gill died, the feeling OF antagonism
against both Magill and his bride has
reached such an acute stage that the
attorneys office has deemed it
wise to adopt every p~recaution against
possible mob violence when the pris-
oners shall arrive in the custody of
the sheriff. The public will not be
cognizant of the arrival hour, and both
will be hurried to Jail and guarded by
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