On Tuesday, February 6, about 5:00 p.m., High Field Village Chief of Police Lawrence W. Farmer was notified by Dr. George Barbour of High Field Village that there was a dead woman in a lumberman's camp on Pine Grove Road. Medical investigator Chester W. Dombey, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Gorman, photographer Adam Stanhope, and Chief Farmer went over at once. They found Mr. Gregg and Mr. Stebbins there, both very drunk, and the body of Ruby Jenks on the bed entirely covered up, including her head and face. Chief Farmer pulled the blanket down and Stanhope took a picture. Dr. Dombey made an examiniation of the body and ordered it removed to Coffin & Graves Funeral Parlor. Mr. Stebbins then lay down on the bed and photographer Stanhope took a picture of him and one of the outside of the shack. At the funeral parlor, Dr. Combey again examined the body and found no marks of violence. Adam Stanhope took another picture here. The two men were questioned that night and again the next day.
The model shows the premises as found by Dr. Barbour upon his arrival at 4:25 p.m. on Tuesday, February 6. Mr. Stebbins is lying on the bed--also Ruby. Mr. Gregg is seated on the chair.
U.S. Weather Bureau Report: Weather clear; temperature 17F; sunset 5:03 p.m.
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