New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-10
Man Saturated
With Oil Burned
Alive in Dunes
ION Had Hand in Mystic
'ss sn. Murder, Clcw Indi-
I ,Ss Entire Radio Outfit
near Sssr Body in Wilderness

...r,si Dtspofch 70 TO
.,sgsco. June 9.-The mutilated
oai." IAN was found last night in
~ CIV sand dunes eight miles
. go cs.,,,rton, Ind, under eireum-
- - hat promise the authorities ,IIl'',, Of Of
f''S, and Illinois much difficulty
s.'i' .,,ssion Of the mystery Is
We The scene Of the mystery Is
si'''I' .,lf miles from the nearest
- -. and the crime was dis
l D,.,.,'' When camper stumbled over
,. Wv. '..s,rers evidently had placed
~ , S on q big brush heap
-. 49, With oil, for an empty TWO
a, sia az. still containing a few drops
o. ,.,s,,n. was found nearby 1t Is
q i. ... hat he was knocked uncon-
y 20. and then burned alive III.
~" -, ~, body was a complete radio
~. ~ yurcha.sd in Chicago a ...t ras
''as ,,voIver. all chambers Of which
9. ,',s.d. di,posins Of the suicide
s''' There also was a suitcase
u''.' s1pdsrsone and a new tent
,sss I'D not been uaPa'Ee''
w.,,,, king" Suspected
81. n. body were the eharred
. Of framework Of ? BY 8 tim
sr,. probably used to transport SI'... the
w. w. =, = n. point where it was burned
~ =. BODY showed no bullet wounds GU a,
a. ~ =, could be determined. The local
~ ., - a,i lies buried it after deciding
-, is.D,isestion was impossible.
~ r.,,v campers in the Dunes this
a., ,.n ~ a maniac who has been
~. n the sparse underground and
' ~. an a raft, always stark naked
80 ,sosting that he is the King Of
~. .aa p 5uD.,"' Authorities believe how
,rsr that at least two persons were
'--,,..,,5 IN the murder, although it
.-arS have been possible for one to
49, ~, body to the spot on the
framework
II, theory that more than one per-
81. w,s implicated in the crime was
strengthened late thus evening Wn e
he authorities claim 20 have iound ihe
s -, store where man and two
sorsn bought the two-gallon can OF
s,rossre The store is one % those
T.,'s sbo,s located in the Dunes, car
49,, 80, sioek OF goods chiefly rcovired
/. rsmrers. The proprietor recalls that
-. I've DAYS AGO two women and q
r,, came 10 his place IN the evening
~ said they we're camping on the lake
md needed kerosene for their lamps
std oil stove.
Woman Bought Can
Il. thought Il rather strange that
,.ey had no oil can but they explained
IA, their can and supply Of oil had
been broken and lost in transportation,
scrttfthe women bought the largest
e,p he lad IN stock and had II Sled.
he s.erskeeper said the man and the
other woman remained outside wnile
,1s vas uaking the purchase, and he
can 1--WE bit mcager description Of
Az d them. Il was dark when they
arrived and departed and ne raid no
attention 70 The direction tney took, eN-
ap; Tat Z was oward nc lake.
Il Is now be loved taht these three
niy know something Of the murder,
ia, he man might have struck down
he Unknown victim and with the help
O ne two women. dragged the BODY
70 the improvisod frame work 70 the
sola'ed spot where IL was burned.
The victim evidently had arrived
, The unes on Nay % and appeared
} have bee mead since that time.
A possible clcw 90 the identity OF the
N came when Gene PerlowsN. after
siing earlier stories reported that
meth Anderson, a former assistant
lhier OF the Citizens Trust and Saw
= pank, had mysteriously disap'
.rcd MAY 25.