Ella suffered a misfortune of dying young from disease. Her husband also suffered a misfortune. There is a 'murder mystery' that is associated with Ella's husband's death in 1932. He supposedly committed suicide in the Wheeler home in Smithville. The coroner declared it a suicide from a 32 revolver. However, no powder marks on Charles' head, abrasions to the face, blood stains in the living room and kitchen, broken latch on the door between the kitchen and dining room, 5 bullet casings at the scene. There was a handy man and a maid at the house at the time. The handyman said he witnessed Charles shooting himself. There were bloodstains on the threshold between the kitchen and dining room. I don't believe it was suicide.
Where is Locke Farm located? Would that be the old Nick and Olga Somero homestead, now in the fifth or sixth generation of their family?
Ella suffered a misfortune of dying young from disease. Her husband also suffered a misfortune. There is a 'murder mystery' that is associated with Ella's husband's death in 1932. He supposedly committed suicide in the Wheeler home in Smithville. The coroner declared it a suicide from a 32 revolver. However, no powder marks on Charles' head, abrasions to the face, blood stains in the living room and kitchen, broken latch on the door between the kitchen and dining room, 5 bullet casings at the scene. There was a handy man and a maid at the house at the time. The handyman said he witnessed Charles shooting himself. There were bloodstains on the threshold between the kitchen and dining room. I don't believe it was suicide.