The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-05

the case.
Residents of the town and
officials doubt the authenticity
of DIR. Rice's findings, cling
ing to the theory that Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown were slain by
Paul, either after a quarrel or
to obtain a small fortune in
gold buried on the fruit farm
they operated.
Ashes of the Brown home, in
which the charred bodies were
round. were to be sifted, starting
late today, under direction OF virgil
Quinn of the arson division, StaCe
fire marshall's office.
Charles Bolte, of the state bureau
of criminal identification, also was
investigating.
Where Is Mother?
Theory that both bodies removed
from the flaming home were those
of men opens the question of what
became of Mrs. Brown, mother OF
Paul, or her body.
Roland Brown, a brother OF Paul
without waiting for officers, early
this morning went to the farm
house and was found by officers
who arrived later, poking into a well
where officials believed third body
might be hidden.
Roland Brown refused to COM
ment on his personal theories OF the
mystery.
DR.. Rice today stated that he was
positive he was not mistaken in his
contention that both bodies were
those of men.
1--WE first became suspicious when
the pelvic bones of both bodies APP
peared to be those of males" he
said. "All external organs were
burned. There was no evidence of a
wound in the smaller body thought
to be that of Mrs. Brown.
Prosecutor in Agreement
1--WE took some of the tissues
from both bodies and examined
them for several days under micro
scopes and found pieces of prostate
glands, found only in men, in both
bodies
Howard P. Robinson, of Franklin,
prosecuting attorney of Johnson
and Brown counties, who requested
the elimination, said the reason
was to be able definitely to identify
the bodies and show method OF
death in case Paul Brown ever was
brought to trial.
Robinson agrees with DR.. Rice
that both bodies are those of men,
and holds both died of gunshot
wounds.
He holds the theory that Brown
shot his parents, fired the house,
and then committed suicide, and
that the body of Mrs. Brown either
will be found on the premises or was
destroyed in the fire.
Chester Bunge, farmland who
was shot in the arm and abdomen
by Paul Brown, he declares, and
who claimed the son also killed Mr..
and Mrs. Brown and fired the house,
was to be grilled by state officials.
Bunge is held here to be Of good
character.
Bullets of Some Kind
A bullet found by DR.. Rice in the
body believed to be that of Lee
Brown corresponds with two bullets
removed from Bunge'S body, accord
ing to Arch Ball, Indianapolis po-
lice department ballistics expert. Al
three were .25-caliber Remington
bullets, Ball reported.
No bullet was found in the second
body, DR.. Rice said, but in the
body was a cartridge, evidently
having been in a pocket and ex-
ploded by the heat of the fire.
DIR. M. G. Murphy, Morgantown
and DR.. w. Van Dament, Nashville
who with Coroner Joshua Bond ex-
amined the bodies shortly after
they were removed from the ashes
of the home, were among the dis
| believers.
One of the physicians, in the
cursory examination at the murder
scene, removed organs Of a woman
from one of the bodies at that time
it was claimed.
Second Inquest Ordered
Coroner Bond, Nashville hotel anc
restaurant proprietor and under.
taker, scoffed at the new theory.
Sheriff Fremont Weddle, when in.
formed of the new theory, declared
he had not been officially notified
It carry a bench warrant fol
Paul Brown" he said, and if the
body at indianapolis is that of Pau
Brown, will have to serve the
warrant on a dead man."
Weddle also is of the opinion the
body is that of Mrs. Brown. He
said he and thirty-five or forty