Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1901 — MURDER IN CHILD'S DEATH. [ARTICLE]

MURDER IN CHILD'S DEATH.

Wealthy Sawmill Owner Accused of Killing a Little OlrL Charles Dunn, a wealthy sawmill owner, aged 05, waa placet) tinder arrest at Wallen on the charge of murder. Several days ago Alice Cothrell, aged 10 years, disappeared. She lived four doors from Dunn's borne. The Huntertown Detective Association searched the cistern at Dunn's home and found the body. The coroner thought that the remains did not look as if death resulted from drowning. After the secret inquest held all day Coroner Barnett ordered the arrest of Dunn. There It evidence of attempted strangulation and the cistern is ao constructed na to preclude the theory •f accident. A horse driven by Mrs. George Burton, In Princeton, balked In front of a moving train. The buggy waa struck and amanT ed. toritlndllng, but’Kfra. Burton escaped with a broken collar bone and the hone Was uninjured.