Mary J. (MURRAY) BOARD

MURRAY, BOARD

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/17/2012 at 07:58:52

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Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Friday, February 9, 1906

Mysterious Death.

Thursday, Feb. 8, Mrs. [Mary J. (MURRAY)] BOARD was found dead at her home, on the outskirts of Mason City, Iowa, with a bullet wound in her breast, just above the heart. A 22 calibre Stevens' rifle stood beside the rocking chair in which she was seated, apparently asleep. At first it was thought suicide, but all indication point to the fact that she was murdered. A man with a gun had been seen in the vicinity by children skating and it is thought he is the guilty person.

[Mary J. (MURRAY) BOARD was interred at Elmwood
Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.]

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2012