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Tombstone Epitaph
Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona
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In Phoenix, suspicions of foul play arise in the case of the missing Appel brothers, whose car plunged into a river near Tonto dam on Sunday night. Extensive search yields no bodies, prompting theories of murder, robbery, or staged disappearance, though the latter is doubted.
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PHOENIX, July 15.—A careful search of the river for several miles below the spot where their automobile was found has failed to reveal any trace of the bodies of the Appel brothers, who are supposed to have driven off a cliff near the Tonto dam Sunday night.
Suspicions have been aroused that the men were not in the machine when it went into the river. one theory being that they were murdered and robbed, another that, for unknown reasons, they wished to create the impression that they were killed.
This last theory is scouted by those who knew the men. It is said that they were doing a prosperous business and had no reason for leaving the country. and, furthermore, that they could not get away without being seen somewhere.
The place where the accident occurred, if it was an accident, is on a perfectly straight stretch of road just beyond a bad curve. The machine did not run off the track gradually, as would be the case of the men had driven off naturally, but the front wheels turned almost at right angles and the car entered the river right side up and was so found when the water was lowered.
It is also claimed by the searchers that both bodies would be unlikely to float or be carried so far as the search has continued without at least one of them becoming lodged.
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Near The Tonto Dam, Phoenix
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Sunday Night
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The Appel brothers' car was found in a river after apparently driving off a cliff near Tonto dam. No bodies found despite extensive search, leading to suspicions of murder and robbery or a staged disappearance, though the latter is dismissed by acquaintances. The car's path suggests it was not a natural accident.