Coffeyville (KS)Weekly Journal, March 11, 1882, p. 1. One of the most horrible outrages on record was perpetrated by unknown fiends at a school house near Salem, Ind. The teacher, Emma Numbers, a beautiful young girl of high character, was found by her pupils lying dead on the floor, one arm cut off, her tongue torn out and her neck pinned to the floor by a long dirk. Her body bore traces of violence by a gang of villains. The adjacent sections of Ohio contains a huge forest that has long been the rendezvous for desperate characters. ------------------------------------------------------ Hagerstown (IN) Exponent, March 8, 1882, p. 3. A rumor obtained circulation last Tuesday that a young school marm had been murdered in her school house near Salem, Ind., and Wednesday reporters from Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Richmond swarmed in the county round about Salem only to find out that the rumor had no foundation and they were completely sold.