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around her lower legs and brought
up her back, bending the legs
backward. The rope had been
passed three times around the
neck.
Partly stuffed into her mouth
was washcloth and part of her
underwear. She had been struck
twice on the forehead above the
eyes and once on the cheek with
thin-bladed butcher knife. The
knife had bent on the bone, how
ever, and the wounds were super
fetal, investigators said.
Coroner Macdonald said the
victim apparently had been
strangled by hand before the rope
was tied. She was wearing a
pink -f1owered house dress, and po-
lice found a pot of coffee on the
stove.
The burner beneath the coffee
pot had not been turned on. What
ever happened must have come,
police speculated, after the couple
arose to prepare for work. No
one could be found in the three
story brick rooming house who
had heard any disturbance. The
knife was found in a trash basket
in the kitchen of the Nemms'
two-room quarters.
Neighbor Heard No Noise.
There was only a small amount
OF blood on the bed. police re-
ported. Mrs. Nemm probably was
checked or suffocated with the
bed clothing before she was struck
with the knife, it was said.
S. V. Knight, whose first floor
room is directly under the Nemm
apartment. said he came home
from work at 6 am. today.
Il didn't hear a sound upstairs"
he said. II seldom heard any
noise up there. They were the
quietest folks in the building"
According to Mr.. Knight, Mrs.
Nemm had been worried about her
husband because "he had been act
ing funny" She stayed away from
work all last week to be with her
husband, Mr.. Knight said. M
ApOlogized to Landlord.
Last night Mr.. Nemm came
into the parlor and shook hands
with Mr.. Eugene Knight, the land
lord" Mr.. Knight said. He said
he was sorry if he had caused
any one any trouble, and Mr..
Knight told him he had not dis
turbed any one in the house. MIR.
Nemm said, Well, I'm all right
now. I shook hands with every
one on the job and I want to
shake hands with every one here.
I feel much better"
S. v. knight said Mrs. Nemm
told him her husband would dress
in his best clothes before he went
to bed and would get up in the
night and peer out the windows,
explaining he felt some one was
following him.
He was a very gentle man and
never had much to say" Mr..
Knight said. He was always neat
and well-dressed and never caused
any one any trouble"
! According to Mr.. Knight, the
NemmS were married about two
years ago. 1t was Mrs. Nemm's S
third marriage. Her second hus-
band, William Atkins, now lives
on the West Coast. She lived at
the Fifth street address for sew
eral years with Mr.. Adkins. She
and her third husband rented
the second-foor apartment about
five months ago.
Denies Earlier Threats.
Members of Mrs. Nemms' fam
lily told police Nemms had threat
ened her on previous occasions,
but Nemms denied this.
| He said his wife left him and
went to Chicago several months
ago, and that he went there and
brought her home.
Mrs. Nemms had been working
at Providence Hospital since last
July. Both she and her husband
have grown daughters by previous
marriages. Mrs. Nemms' daugh-
ter lives in Chicago.
NemmS is said to be a native
of EStonia