San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-01-19
SAN ANTON|AN
FOUND DEAD
IN MISSOURI
Officers Seek to Establish
Identity Of Muir
dered Man.
HIDDEN In HAYSTACK
Seek Woman Whom Off
GERS Believe Can Estah-
lish Identity.
HIDDEN In HAYSTACK

Search for young girl who i be.
lieved TO have been the sweetheart of a
man about % years old, whose body was
found in a strawstack near Golden
City,. Mo, on January 6, and is be.
lieved TO have been formerly from San
Antonio. was begun by Deputy Sheriff
John Subira Friday morning. A Mexi.
can woman who was formerly neigh
Dor of the girl sought, the deputy sher.
iff said. recognized the picture of the
dead man as that of young man who
frequently called on this girl. Officers
expect to locate the young woman some
time Friday afternoon.
Information concerning the murder
OF the man came TO the Bexar county
sheriff's office through a letter adj
dressed to the National Bank of Com
merce. The communication was from
Arthur Farr, a real cSsite man of Col
den City. Mr.. Farr expressed the be-
lief that the dead man, whose skull had
been crushed, might be Joe Karan. Re,
poVts to the sheriff's office Friday, how
ever, were that Karan, who formerly
was in San Antonio, is stu alive.
Belief that the man might have been
from San Antonio was caused by the
fact that he is said to have bad an ac-
cident near Mt. Vernon. No., about
Christmas and to have wired a bank
here for funds to pay for the damage he
had done TO another car Mr.. Farr
stated that he had been in the company
Of two other men, travelling In a Ford
car.
Officials at the bank, however. had
no knowledge of man answering the
description of the dead man as having
been depositor at the bank so the let
tc. was turned over to the sheriff's Of
flee and the investigation begun.
The letter from the real estate man
at Golden City which furnished Bexar
county officers the clue upon which
they are working, was dated January
L.. and reads in part as follows:
"We found an unidentified stranger
murdered near Golden City the morn
ing of January G, and we are inclined
to think he is man by the name of
Joe Karan, who is depositor in your
bank and who wired to you for funds
from Mount Vernon, Mo-, about Christ
mas, last.
Travelling With Two Others.
AT that time this man was travel.
ing over the country in an old Ford
touring car in company with two other
men. He ran into another car and
caused about $50 damage. The three
didn't have that much 50 he wired your
bank for funds. 1t looks like his two
companions might have made away with
him.
Il am writing this in the hope that
you can get me in touch with his rela-
tiyes or friends. / should like also to
know the names of the two parties
with him as if he is the party We
found they undoubtedly know how be
came there.
Il am enclosing two photographs and
a description and would appreciate an
early reply"
Found in Strawstack.
In a postscript Mr.. Farr says that
the "car these men were travelling in
bore a Texas license. 1t is out Of the
ordinary. 1t is described as an old
Ford touring car with some kind of an
extension in the rear and a bow and
sheet too."
The description furnished says the
man is D feet 6, weighs 135 pounds, APP
p years old, blue or grey eyes.
dark hair, almost black, inclined TO
wave, cut long, small scar on left lip,
Jlt SOih CEUNH pll lONtE AUOlut tHt Sli- ]
yer filling upper, both on left side, had |
been operated on for appendicitis. The |
man had small hands, well cared for,
prominent nose, thick lips, large mouth |
and was evidently an Italian, Greek or
Assyrian
"He was found" the letter says, !
concealed in a strawstack near Golden |
City. without clothing or any means of |
He had been beaten TO
ieath with blunt instrument and the |
body thrown in the strawstack where il |
was found accidentally soon after the /
rhine" .-