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Victims Pockets Rifled and Clothes Removed in Mysterious Murder
In Ridley township Delaware county an unidentified man, about 37, 170 pounds with blue eyes and dark hair, was found near Cram Creek with his back battered and face crushed. Pockets turned inside out and shoes removed suggest robbery as motive. A Italian boy found the body after seeing it in brush. coroner Charles H. Drewes ordered removal to Darby. A Knoxville court later ruled the Tennessee locker law unconstitutional.
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Philadelphia
Essington Road
Ridley Township
Cram Creek
Delaware County
Charles H. Drewes
John Rosas
Drewes
Darby
Knoxville
Tong
State Supreme Court
Tennessee