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English: Description of events & information that accompany the Woodman’s Shack diorama:

Reported to Nutshell Laboratories, Thursday, February 8, 1945.

Ruby Jenks was found dead in a woodman’s shack she lived in with Homer Cregg and Carl Stebbins.

On Tuesday, February 6, 1945, about 5:00 p.m., Highfield Village Chief of Police Lawrence W. Farmer, was notified by Dr. George Barbour of Highfield Village that there was a dead woman in a lumberman’s camp on the Pine Grove Road. Medical Investigaor Chester W. Dombey, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Gorman, Photographer Adam Stanhope and Chief Farmer went over at once. They found Mr. Cregg 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 examination 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 also one of the outside of the shack. At the funeral parlor, Dr. Dombey 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. Copies of Chief Farmer’s and Dr. Dombey’s reports are available.

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. Cregg is seated on the chair. U.S. Weather Bureau Report. Weather clear, temperature -17 degrees Sunset 5:03 p.m. EST.