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Married Tg'} Months is Found
beaiGn l0O5atIl in bungalow,
NET .BY ADVERTISEMENT;
husband of Mrs Isabella Dob-on Be
ing Sought by Poiioe--Went Away
With Children.

Camden. \. J.. S4,t. 10-Alr>. IS;l-
bella ItoIts,,f. -. Il lT'it" al 1W'
months. was found beaten and rh"i,@d
~ death in her bungalow at l;unne
nede Highlands. \. j., eight miles be
low Candle. on the Grenloch hranci
nf the Reading railway.
Her husband. George H"b"on, >"
lrSt met The woman wien She answer,
ed his advertisement for Il wife. He
is missing and with him he took hi>
son, Raymond, .: his wffe'S niece and
nephew, Barbara Mckeown, 5. and
John MckeuWn, 9.
Both had been married before. Dob
sens first wife * said to have died
The slain wonan'S first husband was
Charles Shields. who died February
o. After marrying DObSon, she took
him To live at the bungalow which
Shields had bought.
1t was only Il few weeks after
Shields died, police say, that the wild,
uw saw DObSon's advertisement for a
wife and answered if. After Il court
ship of several months. they were mar
ried two months ago in the Runne-
mcde NJ L. church by the pastor. Rev
William Miller.
Since then their life has been one
of continuous quarreling and, at times
fStic combatS NeighDors say Dobson
has not worked one day since the mar
":.ge.
Mrs. Debson had received $500 in
-.;Irance when Shields died. After pay
ing the funeral expenses, she is said
to have had about $1,000 left. 1t is
,rlleged DobSon continually asked her
or money. and in the two months, il
: said. the entire sum was spent 10y
I'M save the amount actually used in
'uying food.
Before her first husbands DEATH
IrS. D0bSon had taken her niece and
nephew to raise. After her second
marrie gc, however, Mrs DobSon is
laid IT, have realized that she would
rot he able To keep the children as she
did before unless she obtained more
money. rs her income from IL wage
cagner lad been cut off.
So only two days ago she mortgageG
her $500 bungalow. She is said II
have obtained a loan Of $500 on II.
Since Mrs. DobSon obtained the
moncy. qualreling in the house has
been 50 loud ii could he heard by per
sons on the street. The last quarre
heard hy neighbors was Thursday
morning After DobSOn left with tn,
three children Il dpath-like silence Eel
over the house
Whether DobSOn took the $500 witt
him could not be determined. The
house was searched in an effort Il
find the money, but no trace o. it was
discovered
The suppOSitiOn is Irs. Dobs0n had
decided TO keep the money obtained
on the mortgage to raise the children
While neighbors knew that she had
given the mortgage, it is thought Mrs
Dobson tried to keep it a secret from
her husband.
When Mrs DObson did not appear al
her door, the suspicious of Mrs. Flor
enca Allison, her neXt-doOr nei@hbOr
we're aroused Mrs Allison. who was
Mrs DobsonS bridesmaid looked
through window of the DObsOn home
and saw the slain woman lying In bed
Her face was black and blue and her
body, dressed in night clothes, was
covered with a quilt.
f. McGrath. of the Centre township
committee, was summoned and word
VAS sent to the Camden prosecutors
Dtfce Assistant Prosecutor Burling at
)nce sent Doran and Smith to the
bungalow
4 blood sOaked towel was found on
1 chair An oil stove with two burn
ars was found in the house with both
burners lighted.
One of the theories advanced nj
first was that Dobson, before fleeing
lii the oil stove in the hope It might
set the house atire
The police have 10 clue as ia where
Dobson went, but they believe he has
sought the shelter of relatives III
Franklinville or Clayton. y. j. He
was living in F'ranklinyillG vh"n h
advertised for Il wife