Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-12 | Page 1 | Oregon Hermit Murdered and Body Burned

Oregon Hermit Murdered and Body ody Burned PENDLETON ore OreT April 12 By y U. U P. P Government P. Government Mountain whose unsolved mysteries reach an ap imposing figure has added another seemingly crime to its record Charles Zink aged recluse rancher was found dead Tuesday under mysterious circumstances Inthe in inthe inthe the smoking ruins of ot a lonely cabin He was identified by a belt buckle The body Was burned al almost almost almost al- al most beyond r recognition Blood Bloodspots Bloodspots Bloodspots spots on the ground about the cabinet cab cab- abInet ab- ab inet met and on the boards of ot the well box led officers to believe th man had been murdered with an ax and ax-and and his body burned by the killer District Attorney Keator Neater announced announced an- an I an-I today that he has uncovered uncovered uncovered ered no clues which would either dispel the tho murder theory or give a hint as to the Identity of ot the murI mur mur mur- derer I