South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-23
OFFICERS FOLLOW
CLUES UNEARTHED
IN WOZNER DEATH
Find Evidence Of Providers at
Miser's Hut Saturday
Others There.
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90 the pictures OF the old man on
the walt This package, when IN
wrapped, showed a warranty deed
and abstract on the two lots upon
which the shack stood and upon
which property the Old man had
been raising garden truck 10 help
him provision his table. Included
among these papers was a deiin-
quent tax receipt for the payment
OF taxes on his property.
Nothing VAS brought 10 light IN
the search Of the premises 10 indi-
cate the existence OF a will. II the
dead man had a will in his posses
sion the assailtnts we're successful
in obtaining IL md taking i with
them. on the theory Of the Cd
mans known misery Characters
ties. the police are st.ll Of the opin-
ion that ne had something more
than the deed and abstract 20 his
properly in his possession at the
time he fell victim 10 the robbers.
Trace Two Clues.
he fact that Wozner kept the pa
pers, which were found by the pO-
lice in a cache in his little house
rather than in safety deposit box,
indicated that what money or other
papers he raay have had, II any,
were also kept somewhere about his
home.
Two agents for the engagements
Of photographs appeared at Woz-
ne-'s home Thursday according TO
the stories by neighbors in the vi
cinity OF the little shack, and OBJ
tanned his order for IN enlargement
Of his photo. He had paid s. on the
order and had obtained a receipt for
the same. IL is said he told George
/ Scholtz. one OF his neighbors. Po-
/ lice were unable 10 ind the receipt
I I'm their search OF the old mans be-
longings. These agents and the three
providers about the premises on Sat
urday, according 10 the stories told,
were the only facts brought out that
/ had a possibility of indicating the
identity OF the men who perpetrated
I the crime.
Along these lines, the neighbors
whose stories were obtained told
that Wozner was a man very strong
for his years. He obtained work
/ trimming lawns and cutting trees
and shoveling and such work that a
man many years his junior would
not have undertaken. on the
strength of corroborative evidence
/ OF the old mans strength, the police
| believe the old man did not give up
I to his captors without a struggle.
and the method by which the dead
man was bound was further shown
10 indicate the presence of at least
two men who participated in the
| deed. Further inquiry is being made
by the police TO secure a descrip-
ton of the three or possibly four
men who were seen about WOzner' >
place on Saturday
Photographs His Hobby.
| That there was evidence Of a
struggle was shown by the fact that
a broken handle OF a teapot and the
I old mans pipe were found under
the table. Nearby where the body
was found the pocket Of the trous-
ers worn by the man was found,
turned inside out and apparently
/ torn from the clothing.
hobby of the old man was pho
! togra phs. On every side were pho
! tographs. some showing age and
/ others more recently taken. On
none was there evidence OF whom
may possibly be relatives Of the le-
/ ceased hermit On the walls were
/ two enlarged portraits OF himself.
with his coal black hair and beari
| much in evidence. Not a gray hair
was on his head or beard is the sir
/ gular physical characteristic Of tho
\ oil man. who lived 20 be 81 when
4 the shock OF his torture brough.
about heart failure which was re-
sponsible for his death