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| Autopsy Shows Skull Fractures Killed Miller; No Bullet Wounds. | ||
Lamont “Monk” Miller died of a multiple skull fracture, but there was no bullet wound, an autopsy revealed today. The 73-year-old Fountain Springs man was beaten in his bedroom at 2 o’clock Tuesday morning by armed thugs. He died in Geisinger Medical Center at Danville shortly before noon. The autopsy was performed at Geisinger on orders of Dr. Jesse Gordner, Danville, coroner in Montour County. A heavy safe carried from the home by the thieves was found in a wooded area near Crestmont Lake about miles from the residence. State troopers and John Snyder, chief of police at Ashland, came upon the safe, which had been forced open and contents removed. The safe contained $1,200 cash and some jewelry, according to the victim’s nephew, James “Chuck” Conner, who was sleeping in another part of the home and was aroused during the attack on Miller. Conner notified state police and Dr. Otto Miller, Ashland, the Schuylkill County Coroner. It was reported that Dr. Miller found the victim’s hand bound and united the rope. Dr. Gordner said there was no evidence of a gunshot wound.A small hole in the side of the victim’s head caused speculation that Miller was shot. Dr. Gordner said however that aged-man was beaten repeatedly about the head with blunt instruments. Miller’s skull was badly crushed. Richard Russell, district attorney of Schuylkill County said that murder committed during the perpetration of a robbery or burglary is a first degree offense. While leaving the Miller residence, the bandits fired tow shots in the direction of the hallway on the second floor where relatives had been aroused by the shuffling of the safe.
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