New Britain herald., 1925-08-03
MYSTERIOUS MAN
 IN MURDER CASE
Mattoon, Ill, Woman Found
 Dead in CiStern
ATTACKED BY STRANGER
shortly Before Disappearance Vic tim Was nclirious--Strange Let ters Of Threat Found X, \. K, May Be Involved.
By The Associated rress.

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 May Be Involved.
 By The Associated Press.
 Mattoon, H., Aug, @-Coral Stall man, former school teacher, found dead in Cistern on the big farm of her sister. Mrs. Anna Seaman, vas delirous Friday night and moaned, That man made me take something that made mo awfully sick"
 Tangled Web of Mystery.
 That was the information given Coroner F. S. Shilling, who has un- dertaken to solve the mystery sur rounding her death, which is a tangled web of facts and rumors in cluding a eheaf Of nearly a, dozen threatening and anonymous notes Some of these are signed TX. K. K" Three Boys and Two Girls" Mrs. So and So," and other ineX- p'icable signatures.
 The strange situation leaves the probability that Miss Stallman was poisoned, the coroner said, although he added that it may have been sui eide but not by drowning.
 She was not drowned. We are sure of that, The doctors found no water in the lungs"
 Well Known Family
 The Seaman family is one of the best known in this section of Hi nois. Mrs. Seaman was an heiress before her marriage 10 Seaman. whose relatives are wealthy and sub stantial residents Of this county The 6O0-acre estate of Mrs. Seaman was inherited by her from her uncle, Lane Bogart. who died a number of years ago. She has a large home on the farm. Her husband has home on his own large farm which he operates, but comes home each afternoon for the evening meal. Miss Stallman, who kept the books of her sisters farm business. occupied small cottage
 The investigation of the mystery was virtually at standsnI today while the funeral was being held in Cincinnati. Miss Stalman was born in that city and attended the Uni. Fersity of Cincinnati. The body was take by MT. and Mrs. Seaman 10 th, home of another sister Mrs. Warren Kinney in Cincinnati.
 Attacked By Stranger
 MISS StaIIlnan vas attacked on the farm last Thursday by q. man who wore overalls, Coroner Shilling said The man knocked her down but shr blew a whistle which she carried and he fed.
 ohe told Seaman about the attack and the latest threatening letters hese were addressed 10 Miss Stall. man, Mrs. Seaman and other mem hers and neighbors of the family seaman never received any as far as 1. the coroner knew.
 Body Is Found
 MISS StaIIman became ill Frid,v ana the next morning she had disan- ! peared. Seaman called her for braak- last but received no response After a lengthy search he found her body m sitting position m the cistern. A | board or two had been removed | from the cover.
 The reported delrium of th> 4S year old spinstcl and the eycIamay lioh that that man made me take Somethlng,' was regarded by tbo coroner as of some significance.
 What action will be taken, wheth- CT portions of the internal organs will be analysed, and when the in- quest will be held wait conferences Of the coroner with the Seamans when they return from Cincinnati
 The coroner said:
 Various Theories
 If she was killed, 1t might be that members of the K. K. k. had something to do with it, but that's only one of a lumher of possibiIit- es. he said. There may be connection between the sitnature on one or more of the letters, three boys and two girls with an incl dent of some time ago. Three boys and two girls were arrested after they had been in considerable trou- hle, automobile thcfts and other things. IL is pu2zling case"
 The Seaman home is about seven miles north of Mattoon. Seaman IS about so years old. His wife is in her forties, They have no children.
 Comparison of the notes with the of Miss Stallman show ed no similarity, and the coroner Y said they were written in lead pen cil on paper unlike any in the Sea man home.
 The coroner. said some relatives had termed Miss S'allman as queer" but that Others who knew Der said she was normal He said Seaman and his wife are expected to