Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-05-03 | Page 3 | Police Started on 'Murder' Trail by Case of Asthma

Police Started on Murder Trail by Case of Asthma CHICAGO May 3 AP Roy AP-Roy Roy Daugherty's asthma has put the authorities on the trail of oC a murderer that is i if there was a murder murder murder mur mur- der and nobody is sure about it yet The authorities wont won't know until they can check further on the story of old Jake Boehringer a styled self-styled healer who is about 72 vears years of age ase and determine by chemical analysis whether a a sub sub- sta stance cc found burled buried in t the tre e basement l lot of ot Dau Daugherty's herty's home in suburban Calumet Calumet Cal Cal- l met City is what is left of a body d destroyed by quicklime Old Jake who lives near Black Oak Ind lad said that it was and named the victim as Edgar Everhart 32 who formerly lived or op operated some kind of business In Cicero Ill He put the the authorities on the case after Daugherty had come to him for a acure acure acure cure for his asthma Jake claims to effect cures by laying on hands hand It was while old Jake was at work on Dau Dauther Daugherty's ys y's asthma that Daugherty Daugh Daugh- Daugherty erty mentioned th the moans and roans groans h he said Slid he had heard in his Calumet City home which he had occupied for tor three years Mrs Daugherty said she heard them too but for tor a while figured the noises resulted from her husbands husband's asthma Jake said slid he could do something about the mysterious noises too so he I went into some kind of conference and came out with th the information I there was a body in the house howe Daugherty Daugherty Daugh Daugherty erty notified police pollee Accompanied by byj old Jake and two policemen he re rC returned returned re- re turned home last night How v long has the body been there ask asked d one of the policemen I Jake who had a long wire spring in his hand waggled it il six times tames and said Six years Under a pile of coal the officers quoted him as saying you will find finda a patch of concrete put in since the theold theold theold old floor loar was put down Underneath that you will find black dirt The body was buried in quicklime ant and covered with black dirt dirl Old Jake was correct about the black dirt and the authorities considered con con- tha that significant in view of the fact the soil soU of the vicinity is isnor nor normally normally nor nor- normally mally sandy Scooping out about aboul four feet of dirt the policemen found the remains of o what ma may be a body A coroners coroner's chemi chemist t will say ay