The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-03-17

filled. DIR. Robinson said. DR.. Cleon
Nafe OF city hospital agreed with
DIR Robinson's analysis.
Seek Dentist
officers are hoping that some den
fist, friend or member OF the
woman's family will remember the
filings in the teeth. and give them
some more definite information on
which to work.
Occupants for the last three or
four years Of the building where
the remains were found were TO be
questioned. The body was placed
there not more than three years ago,
DR.. Robinson said. He based this
on the fact that the bones were well
preserved. Quicklime loses its power
in a short time. The skull was in
good condition, according to the re-
port.
The skeleton was discovered Tues
day in a sitting position, in a round
hole four feet below the floor level
by Sam Baker. Negro, 324 Cora st :,
digging a cellar for the Patton Con.
struction Company.
Guy Buckley. carpenter who tore
up the flooring, said directly over
the place where the body was found
the flooring had been cut out in a
three-foot square and replaced. A
small mound Of debris. containing
hair pins, was found under the
patched-up floor.
officers say that though several
doctors in the past occupied rooms
over the store. there have been none
there recently. One doctor, who had
offices there about twenty years ago.
is serving a term at Federal prison,
Atlanta. Ga, on a narcotic charge.
No doctor would have taken such
pains to conceal the bones if he had
simply discarded a skeleton in his
office, it was believed.
In Barrel
1t was believed that the body
might have been put in a barrel with
the quick lime, and dropped through
the hole in the floor. The lime. II
was said, would have eaten up the
barrel.
No case has been discovered 10y
officers which would fit in with the
murder of n woman in this vicinity.
I'VE will treat this Just as an UNI
finished case" DIR. Robinson stated
Detectives Sneed and Trabue have
been assigned to the case by Detec.
tive Captain Jerry Kinney. He has
ordered q complete investigation.
According to Corneliu Holloway of
tho Charles L. Holloway & Son, Inc,
rental agency. 140 n. Delaware St,
the building was owned by c. r,
Nordyke, address unknown, and w.
b. Waddell, who now resides in
Tampa, Fla. Last October the Co.
lumbia Securities Company. present
owners, purchased the building from
Waddell.
Holloway said that when r. w.
Smith, druggist. vacated the store
room, in 1917, Harry Silver opened
up a dry goods store there. lie
rented continuously until October,
1922, when he sold out to Phillip
Chasman, who operated the store
until, JanJ. 1925. When Chasman
vacated the room it stood vacant for
several months. but during the lat
ter months of 1925 Mrs. Susan War
field, Negro, opened up and operated
a restaurant for d short time.
Moved to Chicago
A check shows that Silver moved
TO Chicago, ILL.,, where he is sup
posed to reside. at this time. Chas-
man, a relative by marriage, is said
to now reside in Beech Grove where
he operated Il dry goods store.
Persons who have occupied the
building probably will be questioned,
but It was pointed out the murder
probably was committed while the
building was vacant. +
Holloway said he doubted that the
skeleton could have been buried by
doctor. He said no doctors had
access to the storeroom of the build
ing, and the opening in the floor is
several feet from the stairs leading
from the outside to the second floor,
where the doctors had offices.
1t would have been impossible to
dig the hole and place the body in
the small space between the floor
and the ground, while the floor was
in place, Patton, the contractor,
said. There was basement under
the building. One is being dug
now
Buckley, the carpenter who
wrecked the building, said today
that when he first looked for a place
to remove the flooring he noticed a
space between two Of the floor boards
and placed a bar in it. When he
pried it a large section of the floor