MUTILATED BODY
SLAIN GIRL
IN PITIFUL
CONDITION
Roanoke Rapid’s latest murder
myste'ry takes first place for hor
ror in that the condition of the
Cullom girl’s corpse showed the
murder was committed by callous
or drunken beast or beasts, who
stopped at nothing to forever sil
ence their victim.
There were four gashes in her
head, made by stick and bottle, a
hole over the left eye, the left ear
was beaten black as was the right
hand.
Numbers of bruises were on both
arms and shoulders. The forefing
er of the right hand had been bit
ten and there were teeth prints on
one wrist. Cuts and scratches were
on the legs.
Death came from the cutting of
her throat with a dull knife. There
were three jagged slashes. One
was in the throat near the clavicle
bone three inches long, a second
gash over two inches long and the
final cutting was in the fold of the
neck, a distance of 4 or 5 inches,
severing both juglar vein and cor
otid artery.
From the appearance of the
wounds, the Coroner believes she
was partially dead when the throat
was cut. She would probably have
eventually died from the blows
on the head.
Time of Death Set.
In the opinion of Dr. R. P. Beck
with and Coroner Williams, she
had been dead between 20 and 30
hours when the body was found.
The presence of half grown in
sects in the wounds bore out this
belief. With the cool nights, it
would have been impossible for
this condition to exist in less time
than that set.
This would have placed the mur
der time at Friday night or early
Saturday morning.
Many Clues Left
Near the body was found a
broom handle used as a “pot
stick” for stirring or taking cloth
es out of a pot. It had bloodstains
on it and was identified by Mrs.
Cullom, mother of the deceased,
as belonging to her.
There was an empty coca-cola
bottle nearby which had been used
in hitting the girl over the head.
It was covered with blood and
hair. There was also a larger bot
tle which had been used for the
same purpose.
There were scraps of paper on
the scene where the death knife
had been wiped clean and a News
In Moley’s fclace
R. Walton Moore, of Fairfax, Va.,
former Representative, is the new
Assistant Secretary of State, M>
pointed by President Roosevelt to nil
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Raymond Moley.
& Observer of October 4th had
been used by the murderer to
wipe his hands after his gory
task was completed.
The bottles and the paper were
sent to Richmond by the Coroner
to be examined for finger prints.
The pot stick was not found un
til much later and was handled
y several so that fingerprinting
was found useless. How it was
missed in the early searches has
not been determined.
WOMAN’S CLUB TEA
_
The officers of the Woman’s
Club were hostesses on Wednesday
afternoon of last week, to the
members of the club and the new
members that have joined this
year, with a tea. Mrs. R. P. Beck
with welcomed the guests as they
arrived, they were then received
by Mrs. J. N. Bynum, Mrs. Paul
Reid, Mrs. R. L. Towe, Mrs. A.
E. Akers and Mrs. George Hayes.
Mrs. Bohnson Weathers had
charge of decorating the club
house. Refreshments were served
by Misses Ann Akers, Mary Vir
ginia Jenkins, Sara Crawford
Towe, assisted by members of the
club. About forty guests called
during the afternoon.
Met an old friend the other day
who is a keen follower of base
ball. For the tenth time he told
me of a famous game played be
tween the Chicago and Detroit
American League teams back in
1922. C. C. Robertson pitched for
the White Sox and not a Tiger got
a hit and not a man reached first
base. The score was Chicago 2,
Detroit 0. It is one of six “per
fect” games on record.
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Hunters Are Urged
To Be Good Sports
Raleigh, Oct. 12—Every gunner
is urged to exercise every precau
tion for the protection of human
life against accidents that usua ly
mar the hunting season and to
practice true sportsmanship to
ward wild life in order to pre
serve for the future the best pos
sible condition of sport, in a state
ment issued by the department of
Conservation and Development.
Reports from all parts of the
State reveal the largest supply of
game in years. This condition is
believed to be due to favorable
breeding seasons for the past few
years, protection afforded by the
game laws and a reduced amount
of hunting during recent years.
Ten rules of sportsmanship are
outlined by the American Game
Association for the preservation
of the sport of hunting are outlin
ed as follows:
1. Take your birds in a sports -
man-like way and avoid excesses.
2. Select your birds and refrain
from destructive flock shooting
3. Refrain from shooting at
birds beyond reasonable killing
range.
4. Never shoot at birds on the
Has Husband Code
Among rules Included in his * * hus
band eode”, presented by Judge J.
M. Hartman in Domestic Court at St.
Louis, was hot dinners, with cold cut#
and Bardines taboo, if wives are to
Bleep late two mornings each week.
water unless badly crippled.
5. Retrive your down birds
and avoid all possible waste.
6. Do not patronize commercial
shooting stands where abuses are
practiced.
7. If you feed birds during the
season, continue it as long as
food is beneficial.
8. Do your part to restore breed
ing grounds and maintain refuges.
9. Be a Sportsman—obey the
law and insist that others do like
wise.
10. Swat the crow and other
predators that prey upon game
MISS CARLON HOSTESS
Miss Lucille Carlon was hostess
to her bridge club on Monday
evening at Rosemary Lodge, in
the living room where three tables
were arranged for players. Yellow
flowers made a lovely background.
Miss Margaret Clark was win
ner of high score, a salad course
was served after an interesting
game. Those playing were: Mes
dames Julian Allsbrook, Paul
Heydenrich, Bohnson Weathers,
T. J. Alford, W. C. Williams, Miss
es Margaret Clark, Ruth Transou,
Winifred Beckwith, Hart Sheridan,
Mary B. Cannon, Elizabeth Bag
ley and Sam Peace, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hudson and
children spent Sunday in Raleign
with Mrs. D. M. Jordan.
Mrs. L. C. Taylor has returned
from a visit to Mrs. J. H. Doyle
at Brink, Va.
Sam Carter spent Sunday in
Triplet, Va.
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