Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-27
|NOMAN HAD MEAL
IAN HOUR BEFORE
shot, SAYS JURY
Coroner's Inquest Develops
New EvidenCe-Oead Girl
May Be From Co..
fax, Ia.

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shoes that we're missing from the
girls body or through the surrender
Of the murderer.
Numerous queries have come to
the chief OF detectives from other
cities. giving further possible clues
g the identity of the murdered girl
Detectives Troby. Bolar and Trapp
are still working on the case.
Coroner's Jury Finding.
said unknown person came to
her death from a 38-caliber bullet
fred by unknown parties at a place
70 this jury unknown; but body was
found in ravine in Washington
county at point about IA miles
north of Omaha on November 20,
1919"
This was the verdict OF the coro-
ner's jury. which conducted an in
quest yesterday afternoon over the
body of the unidentified woman
found last Thursday in the gully off
the Ridge road near Calhoun.
The same verdict was returned by
q coroner's Jury several days ago in
Washington county Miss Grace
Ballard, attorney for Washington
county, assisted w. w. Slabaugh,
assistant attorney for Douglas
county, in examining the witnesses.
TO Go Into Vault.
Following the inquest it was an
nounced the body would be placed in
: vault at 4 this afternoon in Pros
pect Hill cemetery.
Guy P. Dorsey, deputy county sur
veyor, was the first witness intro
duced. He was questioned regard
Ing the county lines following ex-
pressions of doubt recently as to
whether the body was found in
Washington or Douglas county. Mr..
Dorsey declared he had run the
\ boundary line lately ard found that
the body was discovered in Wash
ington county one mile from the
southern boundary OF that county.
Report Of Autopsy.
DR.. Samuel McCleneghan, county
physician. was the next witness
called. He testified the cause of
death was bullet entering just be-
low the left ear and emerging two
inches back of the right ear. There
were powder burns at the entrance
sof the bullet, he said, indicating the
weapon was held close to the wom-
aE's head when it was fired.
Witness declared that there was
no alcohol in the stomach. and that
the woman had eaten meal OF
chicken and vegetables less than an
hour before she was killed. The
county physician asserted his belief
that some of the bruises and con
tusions on the head and body had
been inflicted before death. Others
nav have been caused by the fall
when the body was hurled over the
cmbankment into the ravine. he
said.
Dr. E. S. Gleason Of Fort Cal
houn also testified as to the nature
Of the wound which resulted in
death.
Tell Of Finding Body.
A. ]. Peterson, farmer living
near Fort Calhoun, told of how he
discovered the body about 9 o'clock
last Thursday morning. He was
driving along the Ridge road, he said,
when he looked over the embank-
mcnt and his eyes fell on the pros
trate form of the dead woman in the
gully.
William Sievers, Fort Calhoun
undertaken; L. N. Green. Washing
ton county farmer. and Sheriff Nor
ris Mehrens of Washington county,
the first persons to arrive on the
scene following the discovery OF the
body by Mr.. Peterson. also testified
as to the condition of the body and
the ground near where it was found.
All indications, they declared,
pointed 10 the fact that the body was
hurled from the top Of the 20-foot
Eefnbankment, as there were no foot
prints in the soft earth, except those
made BY Mr.. Peterson. who climbed
down about 10 feet from the road
side In order to obtain better view
|os the body, before he notified per-
sons living in the neighborhood and
before word was sent to the county
authorities.
The jury was made up of Philip
Wagner. David L. Bryant. George
Lingley, Alfred Fresuk, John c. Viz
xard and All Keenan,.