The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-17
WOMAN
KILLS FOR
MONEY
CONTINUES from Paoe oneJ

Inc coroner assistants and Qetec-
tNes from the Fillmore street sta.
zion under Captain Baer disclosed
that there We're number OF deaths
that followed each other closely in
The Lindlof family in the last few
Years and that unexplained circum-
stances attended each case.
Five Deaths Under Suspicion
The other deaths which are now
Itelns investigated by the authori-
.jes are.
lulias Graunke first husband OF
Mrs l-indiOn, died suddenly August
D 1908, AT Milwaukee Wis, where The
family lived at thar time Carried i'm
isurance OF $4,000. Death supposedly
due 20 suustroke
William Lindlon. second husband of
Mrs. lindion, died Aug 3. 1910. SUP
posedly OF heart trouble Carried
lnsorunee of $I6oO.
Fr.eda Graunke. rs wears old. died
january H. l90S, supposedly OF Nv
phoid fever Carried insurance OF
$3.50.
( Lima Graunke. died August 4. 1911,
/ supposedly from heart disease. Car
lfled insurance Of $500
Arthur GlaunAe, who was employed |
~ IN" Commonwealth Edison com
any was insured for $1,375. Like the |
Others he became suddenly nl and |
dled after short sickness Thursday I
.atte,noon
Dr Joseph l. Miller and Or A. |
Warner. We're called to attend him
and he was believed 10 have been I
suherne from an affection of the /
bancreas. His condition became grad /
Eally worse and ON the day he died /
ne was removed to the University hos |
lataL Death occurred within eight H
ours after his arrival there and Dr. 4
iohn Berger OF the institution mott i
lied the coroner
Employers Interested
ne removal TO the hospital is said 4
10 have been brought about by the
im by which he was employed. The
corporation is said to have become in L
tefested IN the youth and desiring |
mat ne have better care had him TAX II
cn to the hospital
Coroner Hoffman learned of the 9th
'F deaths aud planned To make
PERSONA Investigation He visited
aptain Baer and through their in
curry theN learned of the other cases
oroneI Honman went TO the Lindlou (
nome where he found all arrange |
lnent5 being made for The funeral. He |
ordered Dr. lie Count to make posi- |
mortem examination and take pos |
LESSON OF the youths Internal organs. |
several bottles containing supposed |
medicine were seized by the coroner. |
one Of the bottles. Coroner Hoffman
sad, contained pills and was marked ;
Poison.
Rough On Rats Found
CAPTAIN Raer, with Detectives King
Jillon Alcock and McSWiegen. sear.n-
q the Ljndloh home and one aottl le {
containing a white powder believed TO a
arsenic and quantity OF rough on y
ats We're found in closet.
On being taken 10 the captains 4
NICE aud questioned, Mrs Lindlon, +
no Is years Old denied that she :
ad gwen the boy poison She also q
Fhled mat she was responsible for i
ae olher deaths in her family Il
hnoa seemed surprised when u- =
lheu that the woman was suspected =.
having poisoned her son her hus !,
ahds and her Two DAUGHTERS NE
ud that ne became acquainted with
some tam" ago when She vas 2it- 50
eIsctrlc treatments, after. he said q
le had been compelled to stop her re
leratOns as a medium th
ne Insured Recently de
lh nqlirin9 into the death OF inc ed
'aHHke boy, Coroner Hoffman learn C}
that when he obtained his iusur co
zee policy recently ID had been rep ba
scented man tne boy was rs. but uo fla.
as only ) years Old WI
After the pOst no tenn examination IN
'roner HOFFMAN set thc mauosf for rm
ne -, 3y which time i'd Is expected M,
r. chemical examination Wiu ha1a{ H.
eh completed II,
Il thc chemical aualysis disclose IN.
poison w.li have the other bodies ~
dHmed said Coroner Hoffman last m,
1hj What evidence We have al. ~.
idE collected makes me- believe
II Ne have unearfhcd a big case. ,lt
g facts .n all of fhe deaths seem
7blclous.. ! don't think Kuba was
Owed ana he probably was "a viz w.
ot his liking tor Mrs. I.ndlon ."'
lh denied an guilt" lhe
jr Warner, the family phl iciau o''
d ihe police that he had attended 'ai
liam I-.ndlOn Tine second husband. ina
Anna and Arthur. TWO oi tho three ln
ldren oi the woman 5y her nrst ms
l1lase. In the three cases he said the
was suspicious ot the possrall.t,. {
poisoning huf not enough 10 call. th,
tne police ua
- tor