The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-07-22
EXHUME BODY OF
WOMAN IN FARM
MYSTERY
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detected certain odors at different
times causing her TO believe that Ger
tain persons had been buried In the
vicinity of the house. or In the Gel
lar.
Among some OF the older residents
OF Fenton. with whom the officers
talked recently, the story is told
that the trip from down east" to
Michigan made Ia years ago by old
Geo. MARBLE, his daughter Ella, James
Blanchard, and Leila Crosselman, was
not the first for at least two of them.
The two referred TO are Blanchard and
Ella MARBLE. II Is claimed that the
pair ran away from the MARBLE homo
FL years ago. came to Fenton with sew.
eral thousand dollars, and stayed here
several weeks. A sister Of the Mar
pie woman died back east and they re-.
turned. When they came again 1t was
seven years later and they brought
old man MARBLE with them and Leila
Crosselman. This much Of the story
Fenton people. than old man MARBLE
himself.
Four Mysterious Deaths.
The deaths and disappearance OF at
least four persons in the Blanchard
house are now The subjects of gossip.
Geo. MARBLE died eight years
ago. supposedly from strangling on q
grape seed. MARBLE did not exhaust
his means when he paid 81 900 for the
, farm and what he did with the re.
mainder OF the money the officers
would like TO know. Blanchard says
his body was shipped back east for
burial. The daughter disappeared and
when the Crosselman woman and
Blanchard were questioned by the of.
fcers as to her whereabouts. they
said she had gone away several
months ago. They said she was last
about a death in their home last May
they declared the decedent was a wo-
man named White whom they had
taken in while sick and cared for the
best they could Blanchard says she
came here from Marion, o. After tell
ing this story Blanchard produced q
photograph which he said was the
White woman, but one OF the officers
identified IL as Ella MARBLE and con-
fronted the couple with the statement
and. II is said. that they admitted that
Ella MARBLE and the White woman
were one and the same person.
There are stories afloat that two
children in the Blanchard home are
gone and cannot be accounted for but
this assertion Is yet without founda.
ton In fact.
Officers to Go to New York.
1t Is claimed that Ella MARBLE once
returned to New York shortly after
the purchase OF the Fenton property
and received another sum of money
which was given over to Blanchard 8
possession. No accounting of this
money has ever been made and so
far as the records show. no settlement
Of her estate was made in the probate
courts of this state. or New York.
Officers will go TO New York and
attempt to learn what they can OF
Blanchard's past record and deter
mine IL possible how Blanchard came
into possession OF the money II Is
very likely In view OF present circum-
stances that the New York heirs OF
Miss MARBLE may bring a suit In
Michigan courts asking that an &C
counting of the money be made and
that the deed to the Fenton property
be set aside In the ground that II was
secured under undue influence.
The body Of Ella MARBLE was buried
under the name OF Ellen White. The
officers will exhume her body today
and send her stomach TO State
Chemist Holm for examination.
The girl Annie Crosselman. who
originally said she had been decoyed
to Blanchard's home, told the Of
ficers she had seen blood on the
floor in one of the forbidden rooms,
by peeking through the keyhole. A
strong odor of carbolic acid prevailed
the house at the time of the arrest OF
Blanchard and Leila Crosselman and
newspaper clippings descriptive OF
various murders were found.