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Carrollton, Kentucky, June 28, 1936

The head and hands of an unidentified man were found in a lake in Butler Park by four youths when swimming. Sheriff Walton Banks and his

deputy, D.C. Bakes, said tonight that they are parts of the body of a gang ride victim, and they

believe the victim was taken for a ride from the Harrison, Indiana dog racing track. The head and

hands had been encased in a cardboard box 14 by 28

inches which was lined with cement. Police estimated the head was that of a man

55 or 60 years old. The four youths said they were attracted to the box two feet

underwater when fish in large numbers swam near the package.

They started to lift the box out of the water and found one hand partly exposed.

They dropped the box and called Sheriff Banks, who brought the box to the Mosgrove Mortuary,

where it was examined and found to contain the head and two hands.

The head was cut from the body very near the top of the man's neck, and each hand was smoothly

amputated at the wrist. There's a bullet wound through the head, entering it just below the left

temple and emerging below the left temple and emerging

below the right temple. Sheriff Banks said he believed the head and hands were of the person

whose torso was found June 19th at Eminence, Kentucky, and whose tentative identity was disproved.

Department of Justice Agent Le Maire of Lexington attempted

to obtain fingerprints from the two hands found in the box, but said the action of the water

and cement upon the fingertips had made it impossible to obtain clear prints. The hair on the head is gray,

and our two gold-filled teeth, Dr. G. W. Ransdell examined

fillings in the teeth and said the work was expertly performed and would aid in identifying

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