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Cooperstown, New York.

5 persons, 4 of them women, were held Tuesday in Otsego County Jail here

for questioning in the investigation of the death of Harry Wright, 49, of Cooperstown Junction,

believed murdered last Thursday night. Those held are Miss Eva Koo, 38, of Cooperstown Junction,

proprietors of a roadhouse where Mr. Wright lived.

Mrs. Martha Clift, 27.

Edna Hanover, 28.

Mrs. Gladys Schumway, 34.

And Harry Nebinger, 38, all of the town of Oneonta.

Mr. Wright's body was found alongside the highway near Miss Coos Roadhouse Thursday night by state police.

Investigation by Dr. G.C. Windsor, coroner's physician, resulted in a verdict of death by accident.

Dr. Windsor said he believed the man had been struck by a heavy automobile, possibly a truck,

and that the driver had failed to stop.

Death was caused by a punctured lung. State police under Sergeant John

Cunningham continued their investigation after they found no evidence of an

automobile having been in an accident near the roadhouse. Sergeant Cunningham

Tuesday informed the district attorney that Mr. Wright had a number of insurance

policies, the last one being

taken out two days before his death, and in each policy, quote, one of the persons being questioned

is a beneficiary, unquote. And taking the five persons into custody, state police located

Mrs. Shumway and Mrs. Clift in a vacant schoolhouse near Davenport, shortly before midnight Monday.

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