Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1920 — WAS THERE CRIME IN GIRL'S DEATH? [ARTICLE]

WAS THERE CRIME IN GIRL'S DEATH?

Lowell, Ind.', Aug. 7.—A committee from the Masonic lodge at Huntington, Ind., was in Lowell yesterday investigating the death of Miss Elizabeth Hague, who was drowned in the Kankakee river about two weeks ago. The remains of Miss Hague were brought to Lowell and were prepared for burial and shipped to Huntington for burial. The deceased’s father was a member of the Masonic lodge in that city and after the burial they discussed the matter and everything did not look right so they are investigating her death and if there has been foul play they wil> act. The committee called on Mr. Sheets, the undertaker and they informed him that Miss Hague was one of the finest young ladies in Huntington and that she was well off financially and that after her death means for disposing of her property were taken and this is one of the reasons that the investigation is being made. , Another peculiar thing is that the deceased was to have been married in a short time and her intended husband was never notified of her death and knew nothing of it until after she was buried. Miss Hague had a great dread of the water and she often told people that when water touched her body it seemed to paralyze her and it is thought by some that some person knowing this might have pushed her in the water and she was overcome by this fear of water, as the water in which she was drowned was only about waist deep and she could have easily waded to shore had she retained all her faculties. It is to hoped that if there was some foul play that it will be unearthed.