Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-07-14 | Page 2 | Branding Case Baffles Cops

BRANDING CASE RAFFLES BAFflES COPS Memory of Preacher Victim Blank for 11 Days B BATTLE Bo Mich July 14 lIe 14 nc Rev an ae an Loon p pan pan- tor or of ot the lie Community church bunh at Detroit was a prisoner under the llio Influence p or of drugs dru most of or the rho lie It Jl days dars b be- be t tn n bl Ills dl front his hl home and lust lint I when hen ho 10 collapsed collapse on the street here hereIn En the opinion of Dr tt V F I leT icy ley n Dr Ur ng oleT helloes He Hot tan an Loon little foal tood Io or water ater Tim The pastors pastor's condItion a wa somewhat hn Improved today nl- nl altho al tho though b ho had lm l no DO lion or of chat had lind hIlPI happened nl the time ho he wn wits wit's mi line nor Dor of how Clio tho found seared eared hl his back bick In inch t had tome lome there BATTLE Mich July 14 While 14 While detectives es studied the criminal angles of ot the case and doctors continued battled baffled by Its medical side the Rev Oren Van Loon pastor of a 11 community church at Berkeley Mich sta 0 re- re recovering recovering rc covering from the th effects p of which appal him of ot his hl mental powers power tor for 11 das davs da Van Loon Mas as found here late Iato Friday suffering from exhaustion and Insufficient nourishment The minister disappeared from his hi home horne on Juno June 30 Doctore Doctor who examined him at tho hospital said that he nas as branded on the back backwith backwith with the th letters letter K K 1 I K J and that ho he was suffering from shock thock Sun Sun bun Sunday bunday day Van Von Loon although able abl to talk to visitors was as a unable to give Sive any explanation of ot his hi condition and said ho he h could not remember an anything thing thine that happened to him during the tho th 11 dar dale da ho he was wa mIssing from his hi home