The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-06-27
SLAYERS BURN FOE
ON FUNERAL PYRE
CHARRED BODY FOUND IN
SAND DUNES A MYSTERY.
BODY DRUG FROM DEBRIS.


CHICAGO, Ill-With nine teeth,
all filled with gold and silver by some
dentist possibly in Chicago, as their
onlyi c1ew, police are struggling dess-
perately to solve the mystery Of the
death of a man, whose body, charred
beyond recognition, was found on an
elaborately made oil-sOaked funeral
pyre in the wild wastes Of the sand
dunes at the southern extremity OF
Lake Michigan. -,
The mystery is only another added
to many OF years gone by. The land
of crystal white sands that shift and
form new hills with every fresh gust
of the wind has claimed the lives OF
manY-some murdered, others killed
in the battle with the elements. 1t is
region little known, except tor the
fame the curious, tree-topped dunes
themselves have achieved. Its title IS
disputed by several real estate firms,
and while the litigation over title has
been going on pleasure seekers and
outcasts of society alike have sought
its unsheltered seclusiOn.
The man had evidently been muir
dered by a blow struck from behind.
Then he had been shot with the rifle
he had carried there. The insensible
or dead-body had been left lying
on the sands while the murderer or
murderers had calmly built from drift
wood a funeral pyre; then it was Int
ed onto the driftwood.
Find Bottle of Oil
Somewhere the killers had obtained
a gallon bottle full of kerosene. Body
and pyre were soaked in it and a
match applied.
Maybe something frightened the
slayers, for they fled apparently with
out stealing anything. This was a
week ago.
At dawn a few days ago a student
at Armour Technical Institute, out on
a hike" stumbled through one OF the |
gullies of the dunes and came across |
the pyre.
The fire had died out when the i'm
petus of the oil had gone. The stub OF |
cigar was in the dead mans mouth
His clothes and hair were burned to |
bits; decomposition had rendered him |
beyond human recognition.
The lad ran for the authorities. They |
buried the remains as they found them. /
They took battered handbag, fry |
ing pan, a hatchet and a pup tent"
whose newness told of recent purchase |
for a camping trip, to Chtesterton
Ind, the nearest village.
Sales Slips From Chicago.
The coroner. DR.. H. O. Seipel, came |
from Valparaiso He found three sales |
slips in the dead mans suit case, which |
told of meager purchases at three Chi |
cago stores on May %. One was for
gun grease: the others were for hand !
kerchefs and smaller articles.
And in the handbag was a roll of |
copper wire-No. IA, bare and hand |
drawn. 1t is used for aerials for radio |
sets. 1t, too, had been purchased in
Chicago
There was radio program from sta
ton K-Y-W for the week beginning
May LIST.
There was the warped metal of the
gun barrel 1t bore the number 1884.
There was slip of paper; H. An
derson 301," it read. Another slip
gave the name of &C. Cornutt, %,
Sis" The shirt and collars had been
home laundered; there were no laun
dry marks.
Teeth the Lone Clew.
A. u. K1ZeTs at fremont, lHu., tOlu
the police that he had sold quart bot
tie of kerosene to one man and two
women on May g. Chester c. King,
a taxi driver, said he had seen the
trio. The man was not the dead man
at least descriptions didn't tally.
The lone clew-the one hope of att
thorities to identity the body, trace a
possible motive for the killing, and
perhaps name the murderer-%as
found by sitting sand under the funer
al pyre in the dunes where the body
was found
The teeth were brought to Chicago
and placed in the hands of promi-
nent dentist, who made careful TECH
nica1 description OF them, that other
dentists may check their records and
perhaps identify the dead man. The
teeth probably were from the jaw OF
a man between IS and 40 years of age,
and, by the amount of work done, from
a man who had excellent personal
habits and sufficient means to have
high grade dental work performed