The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-01
WOMAN AND TWO MEN INVOLVED IN EVIDENCE OBTAINED
 BY AUTHORITIES.
HORSE PUT TO THE TEST
Owner Denies That Animal Was Out of Barn on Night Crime Was Com mitted-Danvile Murder
 Mystery Unraveling.

DanVllle, H., Nov. 1.-Three per sons, one of them woman, are sus- pected of being connected with the murder of Mrs. Elsie Cochran, beau tiful wife of an Illinois Central em- ploye, whose mutilated body was found in field southeast of the city Friday evening. All of them, it is al legged, are under surveillance, al though evidence to warrant their ar rest has not been obtained.
 The evidence on which this theory is based was obtained by Sheriff Hel. mick. who drove to the scene of the crime with horse and buggy he be- woman on her fatal midnight ride. The animal was found standing on the street and in the absence of the owner the sheriff took charge of it and went direct to the point where the terrific death struggle took place
 Horse Tested at the Scene.
 One of the shoes was taken off the horse, and this was fitted exactly into the tracks in the mud, near where the body was found. As a further test, the animal was placed in the exact position the authorities believe it oc- cupied when the murder was commit ted and left with the reins hanging loose The sheriff then took up po- ran had lain, and, drawing his re- volver, fired two shots. The horse stood quietly and took no notice of the explosions, although the weapon Sheriff Helmick used was of larger caliber than that employed to kill Mrs. Cochran.
 The theory of the sheriff is that Mrs. Cochran was driven to the scene of her murder and that she then was dragged from the buggy and killed, while the horse stood by quietly un- alarmed by the report of the shooting.
 The authorities have declined to give out the names of the men they suspect or of the woman, who, they by jealousy in her desire for the death of Mrs. Cochran. They believe that this woman and the other man they suspect either were at the scene of the crime as witnesses. or that they knew it was committed
 The horse, which was put through the tests is owned by Fred Garner, member of a well-to-do family and prominent in politics. He t5id the sheriff and the police that the horse was put in the stable at 10:30 o'clock on the night of the murder and that when he saw it in the morning, it bore no evidence of having been taken out. If it was driven during the night. he asserts, it was without his knowledge. He denies that he knew Mrs. Cochran.
 Mrs. Cochran Is Traced.
 It has been ascertained that Mrs Cochran did not enter the buggy in which she rode to her death near her home, as was supposed. Investigation has developed that after leaving a street car near her home, at 11:30 D. m. Thursday, she boarded another car and rode to a point near the home of Garner and A. ]. Brown, both of whom were examined by the police on the theory that they could throw light on the mystery. It is believed by the police that she met some person by appointment in that neighborhood and that this person is responsible for her death.
 Brown is the street car motorman who lost his position a week ago be- cause of his meetings on his car with Mrs. Cochran. Brown denied that he saw Mrs. Cochran Thursday night. The homes of MT. and Mrs. Brown