The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-02-15
Man Held Here Identified As
SUPPOSED Victim Of Sack Murder
the police now to solve Is to find
whose body was found so badly multi
lated In the unoccupied house.

whose body was found so badly multi
lated in the unoccupied house.
Detective Chief Love was inclined
to believe the man met death out OF
the city, probably in Northern Ken
lucky, and his body was taken to the
West Fourth street address, where the
murderer had intentions of burying 1t
in the cellar, but was frightened away
by the negro boy who made the grew
some find Detectives have been told
to find the elderly white man who
pitched pennies for the negro boy in
front of the place where the body was
found This man disappeared when
the boy went into the house.
Detectives Wank and Hanrahan
were led last night to the barber shop
of F. Hahn, 2O4 West Ninth street.
Last Friday morning they learned, a
soldier came into the place and OBJ
tanned a shave and haircut. He said
he would return the next morning for
shampoo, which he did. When he
arose from chair he expressed the
belief that he had blood spots on his
shoes and pants.
at looks like blood. know / did
mt murder anybody last night" he
exclaimed. Then he brushed the spets
from his trousers, the detectives
learned, they were paint spots. He re-
fused to allow an attendant to wash
the spots from his pants, the detec-
tives learned.
After making inquiry as to the loca-
tion of the Pennsylvania Railway Sta
tion and how to get to Covington, he
left. The man told barber that he
served two and half years in the
army, but refrained from naming his
company or where it was stationed.
He was almost six feet in height, light
complexioned and had brown hair; /;
was of medium build and rather full
faced, with a Roman nose.
Detective Wank while here today
expressed the opinion that the body
was that of soldier returning from
some camp. All of the outer gar
ments had been removed from the
body. Both arms and both legs weis
cut off as was also the head. The
head was in one sack, the arms and
legs in another and the trunk of the
body in the third sack
The body which had been shipped
to the Indiana home of Thompson will
be shipped back to Cincinnati and
Thompson, himself, was taken to Gin
cinnati this afternoon by Detective
.Wank to clear up that side of the
story.
1t was learned today that Thomp-
son was in Maysville Thursday night
He arrived here over the L. & N. and
asked a gentleman at the corner OF
Third and Bridge streets the way to
the coal docks. He was shown and
caught street car going east. He
was also seen at the Liberty ware
house about five o'clock Friday morn
ing and was begging in several East
end grocery stores during the morn
ing. He is a terrible complainer say
ing that he was gassed while working
In an ammunition factory at Padu-
cab, KY, and that this affected his
heart. He says he only has month
and day to live but says he has
never done any wrong to any one and
Is not afraid to go back to Cincinnati
or elsewhere to face the authorities
Detective Wank today said that the
arrest Of Thompson here and the in.
formation given by the Maysville po-
lice establishing that Thompson Is
really alive will cause the Cincinnati
police to change their entire plans to-
ward solving the murder mystery bu
he did not know along what lines the!
would work except that they expected
to follow out closely the Ninth stree
barber shop tip.