The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-02
CONCH
CHOWDER
By RAINIER

If the "sox" page looked vacant
yesterday it was because of that
ghoulish story on Karl Won CoSel
which came up like a thunder
head on my horizon. We got a
phone call from Tampa asking
about names and dates of the
strange case of the necrophiliac.
It so happened that three months
ago I began collecting data about
the case for magazine or story
material and had notes at home.
Susan McAvoy rushed me home
to pick them up, then dropped
me off at the office of Judge
Enrique Esquinaldo with whom
I had been comforting on facts
for some time. She got Bill
Meyers, taxi man and pictures
from the Broadway Cigar Store,
where they were on view. Esqui-
naldo graciously gave me a first
hand account of the whole affair
as he was the man who got out
the search warrant at the behest
of relative. Meantime up
checked with Tampa, then with
us, and so on back and fourth
until / a. m. / had the interview
with Esquinaldo and the back
ground story written, but finally
we had to put on a different
lead because all the Tampa
sources said was that Won Cosel
was still alive at 83. A check at
Zephyrhills had confirmed this.
At this stage we don't know
what started the run but
anyway, the research had cone
was useful for spot news.
VACATION APPROACHES
MONDAY. and after all the rush
today / need it. I'll be off in a
burst of speed for Miami to visit
my brother and his wife for a
couple of days, and when come
back will be nomad for a few
days moving to a new spot at
my old haunt on Charles street.
Jeanne and Ski Skewis assert
that ! am following them, since
they will again be my neighbors
with Mrs. Beshaw and little
Brian Reynolds. While in Miami
I'll drop in to see Chandra Kaly,
who dropped into see me two
days ago. Chandra is the man
who first brought Javanese,
Burmese and East Indian dane
ing troupes to this country. Jack
Cole. famous dancer of the tech
nique in which oriental dancers
jerk their necks around with
weird movements was one of his
students long time back. So if
I come back from vacation max
ing like a nautch temple dancer,
you'll know I've been influenced
by the Kaly troupe now at the
Vagabond Club.
CORRESPONDENCE still
stems in. Another batch brings
word that Betty French is out in
Indiana, 216 Second street, North
Vernon, to be exact, waiting for
clippings on the Phillips-French
exodus. At the writing, she was
going to fly to Chicago for the
Convention. She heads for Cali
fornia the first of September
She writes, Il do hope I'm miss
ed as much as I am missing Key
West and my friends. A long
typed letter from Gladys Willing
brings news of terrible heat
waves in New York, specially
conducted tour of the United
Nations grounds, adding, Il
didn't get near enough to old
Malik to spit in his eye" The
J. Edgar vikings are putting
two rooms on their Westbrook,
Conn. house. Morgan Dennis,
artist stopped in with water
colors of the Cape, she writes.
In Gotham, they saw George
Stinchfield In theater and
caught q glimpse of Mr.. Conitf
driving by in a taxi. Eleanor
Kirke sent her a card from Nor
way and Emily Goddard a letter
from Madrid, Spain. Mrs. Willing,
president Of the Key West Play
ers Is reading plays and seeing
them, keeping her eyes open for
the coming production ideas
here. There's much more. all
newsy. As a parting note for the
week I'm off on vacation, there's
q theme song for Swiss Move
ment. John called, Il Only Have
Ice For You" See you in a week,
you lovely people!