Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-01-07 | Page 3 | Dog Supplies Murder Clue

DC SUPPLIES r. r r MURDER CLUE GLUE h a rm fm of Victim Carried Into Town by Animal Suspect Sus I peet Confesses I LOUISVILLE Ky Jan 7 A JP-A JP laying Maying revealed by a 3 dog which Strutted through Kosmosdale K Ky was arm tarrying carrying the victims victim s right arrested arrested ar quickly quick y charged today to a man who said he con con- rested tested by officers 1 County County Patrolmen Thomas M G George mid and nd Everett DeWitt seized bachelor and small year old farmer aime The d dead ad man mah was as identified by fingerprints of the thc right hand hand as onzie Bratcher 24 served nine months in Edd Eddyville penitentiary for stealing from irom a common carrier t l 1 Appearance of the dog started a 1 hunt bunt of the ar area a. a Officers found I Bratcher's Bratchers nude torso in a ravine under un un- der ler a pile of leaves leav s. s Nearby in in a was a bloody burlap bag A Alman leg was picked up not far way tway ilO Officers traced Bratchers Bratcher's movements move m ments e eats a alast ts- ts New Years Year's eve etie when he was last seen On a tip that he went intha in that tha direction the policemen early toda today went to Pryor's house While the they waited at the door they said water was thrown out a window s and DeWitt reported that in inthe inthe the house they found a floor freshly painted some damp overalls O marred by what looked like bloodstains and I Ian said refused to toay an ax Pryor they say ay anything about these things so soth th they y took him for questioning r f As the three settled in the squad ear car De DeWitt and reported Pryor Pry Pry- or exclaimed I did it He then told them they said that Bratcher came to his house Christmas eve drinking and threatened him Pryor said that when Bratcher came at h him hiim m with a knife he hit him with an ax When he saw the man was dead he dismembered the body and burned the head in a drum stove The torso and limbs he burled in the neighborhood An arm and leg are still missing