The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 22, 1919, Page 6

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D. : been turned inside out, but, hts watch || key sin the iH hen, where the bady sat, | | eggs and i ‘Another table had been overturned, || UZZLING DEATH, FATE OF PURCELL, SONG WRITER MURDER OR SUICIDE? ; Elias Hi. Purcell’ was. bound in a chair, @ towel'tied about his face. Nicotine poisoning had killed him. * Household | goods . had’ ‘been wrapped up in sheets, as though to ‘steal them. A faee peered from the win- dow. ofthe flat and a sound of breaking glass and groans. were heard. i Purcell was reputed to be | worth $50,000, but only $56. in bank deposits can be found, and | no cash ‘in the flat: | Purcell wrote to his wife that | he was in fegr“of violence. A table had been overturned inthe kitchen, suggesting a struggle. ange . No container. for the poison was found. 4 Purcell’s family insists that he was cheerful and optimistic. The rope .which hound the dead man Was only a yard in, | | length}. the knots ‘were. loosely tied, permitting, the use of the | right arm; the’'towel was not | drawn against the mouth. | The ostensible: loot was not | especially ‘valuable, and it was’ | wrapped carefully in shects’and | pinned, as though by a methodi- | cal old man, with plenty of time.» The milkman who saw_ the a ee that it was ‘not Purcell: himself. Purcel! was giyen to specula- tion and evidently had. lost his small fortune. The ‘letters: to’ Mrs. Purcell might easily-be part of Purcell’s elaborate plot to camouflage self-destruction. There were’no signs in the flat | of such a struggle as would have | been. necessary to force poi | down a’ man’s throat. 3 | Purcell was an invalid. ssi t insurance policies might -be af- | feeted if it-were proved that he | killed. himself. three lipes. ‘Detectives traced the movement of everyy member of the Purcell household, including Leeta Corder, the divarced:wife of Tom Pur- cell,:the dead song writer’s son. Miss Corder, .an actress, w with “The Passing Show,” which finished its run in Chicago on Saturday night. Finger-print. experts - took’ every | print that could be found in the Pur- cell apartment. Finger-prints -were taken of every one of Puycell’s - relatives, together with those of Miss Corder. At the same time, chemists were testing the contents of Purcell’s stom- ach for poison.- Members of the. family all proved that they were many miles from Chi- eago when Purcell died. Wealth Lost in Stock Gambling. Nothing could be learned as to what had become of Purcell’s wealth, until it’ was found that he had become im- poverished through stock gambling. Only one :finger-print:.was found the source of which was not easily ex- plainable. That was on a mirror, and might have been made months ago. The case was a {mystery,” certain- ly, and the police were at.a standstill in their investigation when the eyes of “a nervous, quick-witted’ young woman revealed something that made the whole affair more -intricate and uncanny than ever. Mrs. Ruth. M. Cruse, * wife of a nephew of the dead man, was inspect- ing the flat, which had been left pre- cisely as it was when the body was found. She was especially interested in the | breakfast table. “T can’t halp but: feel that there is something queer about that meal,” she said to a detective. “It doesn’t look right to. me.” Suddenly “Mrs. Cruse gnatched up the three fragments of. toast and fit- ted them together. ' They had been broken from same piece! p + She next pointed out ‘that " there were, signs of but one egg Having been used. The coffee cups had not been drunk from. It was a “camouflage breakfast.” Mrs. Purcell and her daughter, ar- rived in Chicago from an out-of-town visit the morning the body was found. They . had planned sto. surprise Mr. Purcell and had not. written’ telling him the time of their return. Wrote Wife Tale of Plots. Mrs. Purcell: had receiyed two: let- ters from Ker husband saying that he feared there was a plat against him; that crooks were scheming to rob him. He told of telephone ‘calls strange woman. Announcement by the chemists that it was nicotine that killed Purcell was a startling development when the cage was already a week old. Tests’ were made for 19 poisons, which had been used for murder and suicide in the. past, before nicotine, 2 mon alkaloid gold freely for insects on flowers and ‘shrubs, the from a tly fate! ard abont 40 © pure ppison were found torach. ‘This quantity icn.among those who ate studying the Purcell case as to whether he killed himself or was slain..\ . aa Here is Evidence Supporting Theories, ~ Here are the reasons ‘for believing that Elias H. Purcell died by his own hand: The rope by which he was fastened in the chair is only about a yard long. It is a flimsy cord of twisted strands, chair; the right was held by a freely running noose. This rope.would not have prevented Purcell from ‘rising from the chair. He could easily have raised a glass to his lips. Theré-was pites tumbler79n the floor at his The towel tied about the face’ was not held against the tmouth, but had slipped to the chin. ~ The bundles, supposedly ere ay by thieves, didnot: contain objects of much value and. were too carefully “| tied to suggest the haste of a-robbery. When Mrs. Purcell: aw the bundles, pinned and knotted, her first exclama- face at the window cannot swear |» 4 |. The left hand was tied to an arm|" tion «was, .“That’s. just. like my. husr band!” 3 ais Several motives are to be’ found which ‘would accoynt for a camou- flaged suicide, besides the loss ofa large sum.of money. Vain and*Mondy, \ Fond of Posing, Purcell was vain and moody. - He had ‘been’ inthe theatrical business and was known to be fond of posing. About $14,000 in insurance policies might be jeopardized if it were proved thaa Purcell took his qwn life. The evidence pointing to murder weakens under examination. The milkman Who.saw the face at the window in the gray light of dawn ad- mitted when he had thought, the matt ter over that he could not be positive one, whether it was Purcell or’ some- one else, Z Purcell was inordinately proud: of his family. “He claimed descent from a, Horace Purcell who was organist in Westminster Abbey in the seyen-. teenth ‘century. é Purcell: was:an/invalid, with a weak heart and other ailments. The three slight marks on the head might have been‘ self-inflicted hammer appearance’ ‘of murder. Physicians before death, ‘ purchased his ‘Small daily ‘stock of provisions recalls. that on Saturday food:in the house, He had evidently agde” up never r whether it was an old man or a young)” blows, administered ‘to strengthen the “ say that they were made several days |, ‘The grocer from’whom Purcell had Purcell'did not appear. ‘There was no |- his: mind that he bie <A uire ee meal. ‘A ballad, “The Last ‘by Jurcell in 1911, relates how an old man, who Has ‘heaped up ‘wealth for Guest,” writtan| the sake of his family, is at last wlie! = aot How American Women Break Down ff Owing to the modern manner of living and the nervous \& haste of every woman to accomplish just so much each day, ~~ » they overdo, and as a consequence develop ailments peculiar ff} to their sex, as is indicated by backache, headache, nervous=’ ness, the blues, displacements and weakness. ‘when death comés to'tal So, although’ “many ; continue to ‘insist that Purcell murdered’ it appears that the dreamy, temperamental .ppseur, loneliness over the logs of money and of health, devised for himself a death } § which. would keep his name clear of the stigma ‘of suicide. 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