Elizabeth Smith
Kentucky Post, Wednesday, 11 October 1899, page 1
WOMAN DIED UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
Coroner Higgins, of Newport, began Tuesday afternoon the
investigation of the cases under his jurisdiction, where sudden deaths had been
unreported in Campbell County, preparatory to his testimony before the grand
jury under summons of Commonwealth Attorney Senator Newman.
His first investigation at Cold Spring developed a sensational case. Last April Mrs. Elizabeth Smith died suddenly at her home and was buried without any notification to the Coroner until weeks after her death and interment. Coroner Higgins learned Wednesday that Mrs. Smith was to have had considerable money, but after her death none could be found. Coroner Higgins will report to the grand jury.
He suspects a person, whose name he knows, of appropriating the money. He will further investigate the case Wednesday. There are about six similar cases of unreported deaths in the county, which will be probed.