New Britain herald., 1924-11-24
SHZPWRECK VICTIMS LAND;
 DENY CAPTAIN LOST LIFE
 WHEN STRUCK BY STEAMER
NEW CLUE IS FOUND IN FURNACE MYSTERY
Bit of Tissue, Bloodstains and Fingerprints May
 Be Important

Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 24.--A bit
 of tissue and dark stains which may be blood spots were found today ir the parsonage of Christ Evangelical Lutheran church. in Bexley, by County Prosecutor John R. King and assistants Investigating the mys- terious death of Mrs. Addie Sheats- ley, 5O. Her body, nearly cremated was found in the furnace of the house a week ago by her husband, the Rev. c. V. Sheatsey. They also discovered & number of finger marks.
 This afternoon experiments, by which authorities expect to show that carbon -monoxide gas would kill breathing animal within the fur mace, will be conducted, Mir. King said. Guinea pigs will be placed in the frebox.
 The guinea pig experiment. is ex- pected to bear out the report of Chemist c. r. Long, that Mrs. Sheatsley did not breathe after her body entered the furnace Mir. Long came to this conclusion after examination of blood taken from the victims lungs failed to reveal trace of carbon-monoxide poisoning. Had she breathed. he contended, her blood would have become saturated with the poison.
 The bit of tissue was found on a step leading 10 the cellar, and the supposed blood stains were noted on the asbestos wrapping of a heat conduit just above the furnace door, Mir. King said. Both speci- mems will be examined by Chemist Long and Dr. H. NJ. Brundage, a pathologist, in an effort to deter mine if they came from human body.
 pr. King said this morning he was more firmly convinced than ever that Mrs Sheatsley did not en- ter the furnace voluntarily. Devel- opments have proved to him con- clusivelyy he said, that she did not commit suicide, after becoming vio- lently insane, which is the expressed conviction Of the Rev. MT. sheatsley.
 The prosecutor. however, said he was encouraged by developments.
 A resolution adopted yesterday by members of the Rev. Mir. sheatsley's congregation contained D prayer for divine guidance, that the real cul- prit In the baffling case will be dis covered and brought to justice"
 A declaration of unqualified con- f1dence in the integrity and nobility of character of the Rev. Mir. Sheat- sley also was contained in the reso- lution, as well as an expression of sympathy for the minister and his family.
 The Rev. Mir. sheatsley last We'd nesday told MT. King he was of the conviction that his wife committed suicide by casting herself into the furnace after becoming violently in- sane. He has not admitted to au- thorities a reversal of his conviction, although Prosecutor King and others working on the case declare they are confident she did not commit suicide. The prosecutor has as a basis for his conviction the report of Chemist c. r. Long, which shows she did not breathe after her body entered the i1rehox.
 Aid of the SheatSley family includ- ing the minister and his four chill dren will not be available to the prosecutor in his investigation until Wednesday. The Rev. Sheatsley in a telephone conversation from Parts, Ohio, said they will not return here until then, Previously they had planned to come today.
 Among those expected to be ex- amined today by the prosecutor is Simon A. Singer. a neighbor of the Sheatsey family. who was called In by the minister after his wife's body was found in tho furnace.