Friday, June 20th, 1913. A huge fire broke out in John Seamer’s barn. And it was a big one. With flames reaching so grand, they were visible from Clinton. It is suspected that it started when lightning struck the barn during the storm we had. What a shame that the fire torched 6 fine horses to death along with 20 tons of hay. Along with that tragedy Minnie Seamer’s body was found hung in her barn. The young boy named Walter Winkle Saturday morning discovered her. Winkle went to the Seamer’s to get the family’s cow. He went to the neighbors and they called the police department. When we showed up, she was already frigid, meaning she must have perished Friday night. But who could of done such a thing is unknown. Everyone called it a suicide, which does make some sense. But there is something missing with that theory, it had rained the night before. So she should have had …show more content…
Which is the perfect distraction especially since the whole town was there to fight the fire. Which William knew was going to happen since the closest fire department was to far away to stop the fire from spreading. So that was the town’s job since it is a small town they formed bucket lines. Or maybe there was something in that barn that would have been bad if someone saw it. Say the police seeing a crime that William may have committed probably done while drunk. “It is said that Mr. Seamer drove away in his auto yesterday morning.” If this were true, then it conflicts with my theory. Because how would he have committed the crime if he drove away that morning. Since the time of death was during Friday night this is interesting. But it is a rumor and only that; there is no evidence that Mr. Seamer drove out of town. But if this were true he was probably just dropping of his car at the garage. But when he dropped of his car is when he just disappeared, giving Mr. Seamer the time to carry out his