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Buren, county citizens generally, are
anxiously awaiting the arrival here
of Mrs. Sarah Tabor. mother OF the
murdered woman. and her son, Wal
ter. who are charged with Virgo
with the death Of Virgo's fifth wife.
Neither officials nor citizens here
believe the story credited to Mrs.
Virgo at Yreka that Maud Tabor
died in her arms from an overdose
Of chloroform in the summer Of
1916. and that she was placed in
the trunk by her mother alone TO
save the family from disgrace.
Refute Mothers story.
The testimony Of Prof. Alfred S.
Warthin, dean Of the pathological
department Of the University Of
Wednesday, officials say. completely
refute the mothers story. Prof.
Warthin was emphatic In his state
ment that Maud Tabor died from
the effects OF a criminal operation,
and that the body had been either
externally or internally embalmed,
the latter probably by the cavity
process if that method was used.
Prof Warthin, in answer to
question by Special Pros Warner.
said that II would have been i'm
possible for a woman alone to put
the body Of the murdered woman
into the trunk in which 1t was
found. Three persons, Joseph Virgo.
husband of the dead woman; Mrs.
Sarah Tabor, her mother, and her
son, Walter Tabor, brother Of the
murdered woman, are charged with
her death. Officials believe that at
least three persons are responsible
for her death, and they say that it
is possible that more may be impli-
Gated.
Come to south Bend.
Sheriff Lang said tonight that
representatives from Van Buren,
county will go TO South Bend again
within the next few days to conduct
further Investigations into the rec
ord OF Virgo there. Deputy Sheriff
Harry A. Cross was in that city last
week, investigating Virgo's record
there, and some of the information
obtained by Deputy Sheriff Cross
was submitted 70 the coroner's jury
last Wednesday.
The search of the Tabor home at
Lawton Sunday will enable the Off
Gals to inspect more closely the spot
in the basement OF the Tabor home
where the trunk containing the body
Of the dead woman was found.
/ There are conflicting stories regard
/ ing the circumstances surrounding
the finding of the trunk by Mrs
| Florence Tabor Critchlow, sister Of
Maud Tabor. two weeks ago to-
night. One story is that Mrs Critch-
low was searching for a book in the
( basement and saw a human foot
protruding from the trunk. and
then Immediately notified the sher-
/ if
Another Version.
Another story is that when the
sheriff went to the basement Of the
Tabor home. the trunk could not be
seen until after a large pile of shin
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away, and the earth Of the basement
, floor dug from over the trunk. Ac-
cording 10 this story Sheriff Lang
was compelled to tear off one end
Of the trunk with an iron bar before
any part Of the murdered woman 3
body could be seen.
There is a third story to the effect
that the place where the trunk was
found shows evidence that II NAV
have been placed fat in the excava.-
ton instead of on end by those re-
sponsible for putting il there. and
that in an attempt to remove the
! trunk and its contents, it had been
later turned on end.
/ Dr. Warthin's testimony that
| those responsible for Maud Tabor,s
ueath had used an alkaline prepara-
4 ton 10 destroy the body, but which
had acted as a preservative instead
leads officials here TO believe that
an attempt may have been made
later TO remove the trunk from the
Tabor home basement.