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MESSAGE: (#64696) Re: Alice Cooper Conklin death 1895
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AUTHOR: Bill Hansen
DATE: 1/15/2005 at 16:28:07

Reply To: (#64418) Re: Alice Cooper Conklin death 1895
Author: Chi (Rouse) Ben
Date: 1/14/2005 at 01:23:08
Surnames: COOPER,CONKLIN

The following is from the Ottumwa Daily Courier dated July 11, 1895:

HORRIBLE SUICIDE

Oskaloosa, Iowa, July 10 - Mrs. Phil Conklin this morning saturated her
clothing with kerosene, lighted it, and burned herself to death. She leaves
three small children. Cause temporary insanity.

The following is from the Ottumwa Daily Courier dated July 18, 1895:

AT OSKALOOSA

The body of Mrs. P.B. Conklin Exhumed and a Post Mortem Held

Reprinted from the Oskaloosa Herald

At the request of Mr. Conklin, Coroner Woodruff directed the exhumation of the
body of the late Mrs. P.B. Conlin, and an examination made thereof to see
whether or not she died by any other than the means thought, from the horrible
burning self inflicted.

There has been much gossip about the matter and Mr. Conklin took this as the
nearest and best way to a judicial determination of the matter by the
condition of the body. Prof. Floyd Davis is the expert in charge.

The following physicians attended the examination: Drs. Hugg, Andrews, Jerel,
Hunter, Cone, Todd, Beaudry and J.E. Morgan. The body was in a bad state of
decomposition and extremely unpleasant to handle.

Drs. Beaudry and Jarel operated and the examination clearly showed that the
death resulted from self inflicted fire and nothing else. Yet portions of the
brain, liver, spleen, bladder, and stomach were taken by Prof. Davis for
closer examination. The body was immediately re-interred.

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