I hope this is still a relevant topic for you. I am the great-great grand daughter of Catherine Freehill. Her brother Thomas and her husband Lewis Byington both died within a few days of each other. The family verbal history is that there was foul play and that at least one of them was murdered and $50k was missing. We are researching it and all the family on our side were told the story. We are trying to research the circumstances of their deaths. The newspaper accounts say that Thomas died in a hotel......but that in itself does not follow my great grandmother's account. Hope this reaches you.