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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1948)
Modem Grime Detection Methods Turn Up Clues to Identityi of Polk Mystery Corpse By Lester Cour - Staff Writer. The Sulctman I .Modern crime detection methods and medical ' science are pitted ' gainst time as Polk county authorities seek to solve the murder of an Unidentified man whose wire-trussed, rock-weighted body was found in a well on a farm west of Salem Tuesday night. ! The bady decomposed body almost a skeleton was discovered j about 7 p.m. Tuesday by Carl Williams and Clyde Edminster. both of j Salem, route 4. The- 32-foot well is locted on a farm in the Ecla hills district and was sold to Edminster by Williams recently. Williams, who Uves one block away, wss helping Edmin ster clean the well when the grue some discovery was made. Au thorities were unable to determine the sex of the, body at the time. The first clue, which authorities hope may lead to a solution of the mystery, cam Friday. Dr. How. that the victim was between 30 j and 40 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches tall of medium build and had jet i fa,ctors Will all be considered when ho camped near the well since m- The preliminary laboratory re- j parti Friday indicated the body j aijay have been submerged for a ; period ranging from 2 to 10 years. The! chemical makeup of the water , and soil, the varying depths of the wieil at different seasons and other black hair. He estimated his; weight between 145 and 155 pounds and said the man had ''ex cellent teeth" which showed he had probably never been to a den Ust. Dr. Richardson said there was "evidence of hemorrhage" at the base of the brain. The report said the rock which held the body un- ard L. Richardson, director of the i der water weighed 64 pounds and state police crime detection labora tory at the University of Oregon medical school in Portland, in formed Tony Neufeldt. Polk coun ty deputy sheriff in charge of the Bawe. the body was that of a man. Dr. Richardson -fold Neufeldt was attached to the body by wire. The house near the well is one of three on 320 acres of land pur chased by WilUams four years ago. Deputy Neufeldt said he has an almost complete list of tenants of the house and of fruit pickers On Liberal Iccono Your Idle Funds 9 Twice a year, on the dot, gen erous earnings are paid to our Investors. It's an uniadlina thrill, this attractive rate of pay for the use of your hard-earned do$ tarsi Where -your savings are con cerned nothing Is more Impor tant than safety! Up to $5000, your savings per manently insured agains loss by an instrumentality of the U. S. Government the final calculation is made. (The property on which the well ial Unrated was originally part of Jht "Dan Fry estate. . ry, ar pioneer Salem druggist, dieu many years ago leaving it to his widow. ;Lteri the orchards were taken oyer by: the Ladd and Bush bank which leased the property to the Allen FVuit company. The com pany operated the orchards for 11 years until Williams purchased it inj 1944.! Under ownership of . the com pany and Williams hundreds of persons, including several house tenants,! have occupied the site. Several! Mexican fruit workers have lived in the house during the past four years, and authorities in dicated the victim's body answered the description of at least two of these. ; When the time of the crime has been determined, authorities will start their long search among lists of tenants who occupied the prop erty. Deputy Neufeldt pointed out Saturday that no one answering he victim's description has ever been reported missing in Polk county. I ' w I ' -- .-'' "-, n . i " : - ' ;;:. - . . - r 'JT " 'J J w - . ; f aaark the Am eld well and Itinera workers' shacks in the beekgreaa laeatUn far a Folk eeeaty saysiery. The weighted body of a amaa was feud In tha well betew the wiadamilL PreUaaLsafr reports by Polk eeuty efileiaU iadleaU that the body aaay have West well frees X to It years. 8iU is aboet fer ssilea west of West off the Orchard Heights read. (Photos by DesJMll, State staff pho teg-rasher.) KJt ' f j ' .. Vi , i. " 'WsasjpBaafffJsWsjsMBS&'s .eassssWBlBs I I I I "" ' f ! 'iSr- rs jgg-...- .. "Cdi .... .. - - mT ' xn. 'VS Dfseevery of s saaa FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS ami Loan Association of Salem 142 South Liberty Phone 3-1944 f m0 O Hard ol hor1nyf Come in today. Find out how the famous Zenith Radumie Hearing AH can help you to new Joy and hap piness through better hearing. light weigh ssjegle-amif is all you wear. Super-power Ugh-fidehty tone.ewel-like ease. PaWary eoot is only 4 of a cant an how-Ittt than any other aingl. unit aid of equal power! This oneozang Aeorieg old needs no "fitting. 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It says: "In Class III-A shall be placed (1) a registrant who has a wife . . . with whom he maintains bona fid family relationship." That's all. it makes several things perfectly clear, it is true, but it leaves others as confusing as a jig-saw puzzle with several missing pieces. Two Things Clear It makes dear that: 1. Any registrant who was mar ried at the time he registered is deferred provided he main tains "bona fido family relationship." 2. Any registrant who gets mar ried before he is actually classi fied by his local board is also deferred. It leaves unanswered this vital question: "If I am single when I register and single when I classified (the time lapse betwi registration and classification is only a couple of weeks) but get married before I am drafted, what chance do I have for deferment?' Apparently there Is no answer to that question today. Unless one is forthcoming, single registrants who are engaged to be married. and who get married after classi fication but before induction, will take their chances on deferment. Will Be Left in Doubt It depends entirely on the local board whether a 1-A registrant who gets married can have his classification changed to III-A. What probably will happen is this: A local board, asked by a 1-A newly-wed for re-classification to III-A, will look at all the facts and decide one of two things 1. That the registrant got mar ried in good faith and with hon est intentions, and not to avoid being drafted. It will probably reclassify him. 2. Or that the registrant got married In a deliberate effort to remove' himself from the pool of The Statesman! Salem. Oreod. SunJayl Sep4ember 28. 194313 draftable men. It will probably not re-classify him. j i In fairness to selective service. It should be pointed out that thje marriage puzzle has soma dyna mite in it. 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