The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-23
CLEKS AROUSE
new DOUBT ON
FL|ER'S DEATH
Differences in Spelling Are
Revealed in Study of
Suicide Notes.
FIND BRUISES ON BODY
Mrs. Keith Miller Still Is
Held; ReiterateS Her
Love for Victim.

By United Press
MIAMI, Fla. April 23-Doctors
have found bruises on the body of
Haden Clarke, writer-flier, which
indicated he died after a struggle,
and handwriting experts claim they
have found nine discrepancies in
suicide notes left in Mrs. j. M.
Keith Miller's home.
DR.. Carlton Deederer, Mayo clinic
graduate, told of the bruises, during
a conference called by Mrs. Ida
Clarke, mother of the dead sweet
heart of Mrs. Keith-Miller. States
Attorney Hawthorne and States's
Investigator Rowland participated.
The handwriting experts said their
findings included differences in
phraseology used by Clarke in his
writing and in the Suicide notes., -
doubtful signatures and differences
in spelling.
One of the most important
differences, the experts said, was
the use of the word advice" In the
suicide note the word was spelled
advise" after the English usage.
Spelling Is Different
Examination of many pages of
manuscript prepared by Clarke
while writing Mrs. Keith-Miller's
biography showed he always spelled
the word advice"
Mrs. Keith Miller insisted late
Friday night that she "loved Clarke
with all my heart and soul. was
proud to know I was going to marry
him." She still was held, however,
with her manager. Captain w. N.
Lancaster, a British fiier, pending
investigation. They have been as
sociated in many long distance
flights.
Clarke was found dead by Cap
tain Lancaster on the sleeping
porch of the Keith-Miller home
Wednesday. The two occupied beds
on the porch; Mrs. Miller
slept inside. Lancaster had hurried
here after receiving word that
young Clarke and the woman f1ier
planned to marry.
Two Bruises Found
Clarke lay on the floor of the
porch, Lancaster's gun under one
leg. Later, the suicide notes" were
found, and the stories of Clarke's
romance with the subject of his bio
graphy and of mysterious air line
to Mexico were revealed.
Two bruises above Clarke's right
ear, DR.. Deederer said, could have
been caused by knuckles or the butt
of a gun. They might have been
caused by a fall after the shooting.
The doctor said he found an indi-
Gated fracture at the base of the
brain could not have been caused
by the bullet which pierced the
brain.
w. H. Combs, an undertaken, also
told of bruise on Clarke's shoulder
he thought was caused by a struggle
preceding the shooting. 1t, how
ever, might have been caused by a
fall, for Clarke did not die in
stantly.
Other Discoveries Made
The handwriting experts also an
nounced these findings:
Captain Lancaster, in his CORE
spondence, always used the English
spelling of the word advise" When
asked to write several sentences on
a typewriter, he did not leave spaces
following periods which ended SEN
fences.
Clarke, an expert typist, always
used a space after each period, and
in the So-called suicide notes. At
torney Hawthorne said, the space
was omitted.
The handwriting expert told the
United Press there are no fewer
than nine points Of difference be-
tween signatures to the notes and
various specimens of Clarke'S hand
writing that l have examined"
Mrs. Clarke, magazine editor
newSpaperwoman and instructor in
journalism in Miami university
never has been satisfied that the
notes were written or signed by her
son she told the United Press