The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-01
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Friend Of Helen Knahe Advances
Theory That She Made Enemies
Who Finally Killed Her
) uocial to the Daily Leader.

SloGldI W lHc pdity Lcdutl.
indianapolis, Nov. 1.-That DR., Hell
en- Knabe, whose body was found in
her apartments was deliberately muir
dered by some one who had reason to
fear or hate her as a pathologist to
whom he had barred, through his wife
the secrets of his sin, is the theory of
Dr Mary Ash, one OF Dr. knabes S
friends.
On the other hand, Coroner Durham
Who conducted the autopsy and who is
conducting an official investigation
believes that whoever killed the wom-
an was d medical expert No other
theory, in his belief, could account
for the strange nature Of the crime
and the clever way in which all clews
We're obliterated.
The authorities are unable to locate
any one who was DR.. Knabe's enemy.
While she was regarded as a woman
too plain spoken frequently FOR her
own professional welfMe, no one is
known to have been bitter or vindica-
tive toward her.
No Motive For Suicide.
1-e police have abandoned the the
VI THAT SuC SOblt+ieLtu SQlCldG, bt7
cause they have I6und no motive, and
the circumst.. ..nces indicate that it
would hassvbeen impossible for her to
nave ei4flicred the wound across her
throlt and to have disposed of the
weapon used.
= Women physicians who were friends
Of Dr. knabe are unanimous in the
opinion that she did not end her life
hey insist that IL she had contem-
plated suicide she would have taken
sCme deadly poison that would have
done the work quickly and easily with
out throwing suspicion on any of her
associates
The way DR.. knabe's throat was
cut and the flow of the blood gives
rise to the suspicion that some one
familiar with surgery may have mur-
dered the woman Medical authori-
ties say that when the jugular vein
is cut the blood spurts In a strong,
athletic young woman like Dr. Knabe
it would not have been strange il
there had been a stream of blood that
would have struck the wall or the
furniture near the bed, but there
were no blood spots anywhere except
a pool in the bed near the body and
a few marks on the floor where it
drIpped from the wound
Stop Flow of Blood.
A man skilled in surgery or medi-
cine might have cut the throat and
nave controlled the flow Of blood so
that his clothes would not have been
saturated and the apartment incar
The investigation showed that the
murderer ran small rick Of detection
from any OF the tenants. The apart
ment directly across the hall from DR..
knabe's was vacant he one to the
rear of hers was unoccupied She was
alone on the floor VIXEN death came
to her
Dr. Durham believes DR.. Knabe was
dead six or seven hours before her
body was found by Miss Mcpherson
Aich indicates that the crime was
shortly after II Monday |
night. At that time there were few
people passing on the streets. and the |
residents Of the apartment and neigh.
boring houses were asleep.
Detectives are inclined to the belief |
1T the crime was committed by some I
one whom Dr Knabe knew very well |
An that there was something be.
ween ,4em that caused him to desire /
itr death. They are conducting an
along this line, but it 7
has been unproductiye. In fact, ali /
heolies seem to run into stone wall
rs nothing has been obtainable to
Indicate the iden. ty Of tie murderer.