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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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In Natchez, Miss., eccentric recluse Richard Dana and housekeeper Octavia Dockery questioned in murder of neighbor Janet Surget Merrill, found shot near her home after argument over goats. Others detained include logger whose coat was at scene and men tracked by bloodhounds.
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IN MURDER MYSTERY
Long-Haired Southern Recluse
Questioned in Death of
Spinster Neighbor
Natchez, Miss., August 6.—(AP)—The eccentric Richard Dana, bearded and long-haired recluse, was among seven persons questioned Saturday in the inquiry into the slaying of the equally eccentric Janet Surget Merrill, spinster.
Arrested with him was his housekeeper-guardian, Miss Octavia Dockery. They live on a plantation which adjoins that of Miss Merrill. In addition, police held three white men and two negroes.
The list comprised, besides Dana and Miss Dockery, the following men: John Geiger, a logger who identified a coat found in the Merrill home as his property; Odell Ferguson, and T. W. Carr, white, and George Sims, and R. Norman, Negroes, who were trailed by bloodhounds.
Dana and Miss Dockery had an argument with the slain woman in recent days, police heard, over damage done to the Merrill property by Miss Dockery's herd of goats.
The body of the spinster, with three bullet wounds, was found in a clump of bushes 200 yards from the dwelling.
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Natchez, Miss., Adjoining Plantations
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Saturday Prior To August 6
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Eccentric recluse Richard Dana and his housekeeper Octavia Dockery questioned in slaying of spinster Janet Surget Merrill, found shot three times near her home. Argument over goats preceded death. Others held include logger John Geiger whose coat was found at scene and men trailed by bloodhounds.