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cca:Torso Murders At Cleveland Still Unsolved^wc:Police Chief Makes Appeal for Any Information That May Solve CrimestKCsiJiPscItEECLEVELAND, O., April 31.—— Police Chief George J- Matowrtts made a general appeal tonight for information to aid In the solution of Cleveland's eight torso murders.Nearly two months have passed since a woman's torso washed up to _ the shore of Lake Erie at East 156th street and was catalogued as No- 8 in the hst cf mysterious decapitations. Like five of the others, the j body never was identified. jDetectives searched the beach foot j 3. by foot, examined nil streets lead- j jc lug to the lake and even searched j two miles of storm sewers In the vl- j 3, rin tty. No Other parts of the body j *1 were found to aid in the Invest!ga- j* tion: ho worth while clues were dis-rove red. I siFive of the eight victims were I v, men* Ste were found In or near j Kingsbury Hun. a small creek which wanders through the southeast In-i us trial section of Cleveland -Scores of persons have been qucs-icned concerning the playings—sotac 3cmruled, ktoc because they were icttag que^rly. others because they were found with knives in their pc*- [*3 All have been released. j Orro-cr S. H. Gerber earned to- | *r See a month rup that the slayer1 nay be making friends with his ilnth victim, The coroner saw be KTicvcd all eight victims were killed ?y the same person and that friend- !i| hijV •a-as the lure which led them nto his trap. The body of lhe first j * dcflm was found Sept. S. 1P34. ;j|Chi'-T Mhtcv/ha wjid that exsmin- ! f'cn cf th* iv.di'-s ir.di^at-d that j ^ he hi!hue* rllrl not cecnr *t the i ' •lA^s r.-Tvre th^y were found.‘We brll'vc/1 he satf, that acctc- ■UITO'13c!4:v.%S:Clbne arifU't from the murderer, ha-*croc* knowledge or having s-otn a ; .qujiritUy r,r blrwl fromcwb'Tf ■ ’ t *1blt;- -irne the borj:« wcrr
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Zanesville Times Recorder
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 22, 1937
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