In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland'd Torso Murders, Authoritative Edition, Revised and Expanded

Maps

267 Map 1. a stretch of the Lake Erie shore east of Cleveland. Frank LaGassie found the first part of the Lady of the Lake on September 5, 1934, at the base of East 156th. Robert Smith discovered the upper half of victim no. 7’s torso in the same spot on February 23, 1937. Map by Richard Karberg. Maps Maps 268 Map 2. Part of the Kingsbury Run bordered by Woodland avenue and Broadway. James Wagner and Peter Kostura found the bodies of Edward W. andrassy and victim no. 2 at the base of Jackass Hill near East 49th on September 23, 1935. Slightly northeast, near the railroad tracks, Louis Cheeley and Gomez Ivey found the pants-wrapped head of victim no. 4 on June 5, 1936; authorities located the body the next day just east of East 55th. The month-long search for parts of victim no. 6 that began on September 10, 1936, took place at a stagnant pool along East 37th in Kingsbury Run. dr. Francis Edward Sweeney’s office in the early 1930s stood on the southwest corner of Pershing and Broadway. Map by Richard Karberg. Maps 269 Map 3. a section of the Flats and the near east side. The first set of Flo Polillo’s remains was discovered behind Hart Manufacturing on the east side of Central avenue close to East 20th on January 26, 1936. The second set turned up on the north side of the Orange avenue-Broadway intersection on February 7. Russell Lauer found the skeletal remains of victim no. 8 under the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge just west of the Cuyahoga River on June 6, 1937. The weeklong search for pieces of victim no. 9 began in the Cuyahoga River on July 6, 1937, under the West 3rd St. Bridge and extended north to Lake Erie. The first piece of victim no. 10 turned up at the base of Superior avenue in the Cuyahoga on april 8, 1938; police recovered more of her body from the river on May 2. Eliot Ness led the party of shantytown raiders down Eagle avenue on august 18, 1938. In the mid-to-late 1930s, Frank dolezal lived at a couple of different addresses in the Central avenue-East 20th area. The bar at the corner of Central avenue and East 20th became the focus of Pat Lyon’s investigation in the summer of 1939 because Edward andrassy, Flo Polillo, Rose Wallace, and Frank dolezal supposedly frequented the run-down establishment. Map by Richard Karberg. Maps 270 Map 4. a section of Cleveland’s west side south of Lorain avenue. Marie Barkley of Hope avenue found the body of victim no. 5 between West 98th and Clinton on July 22, 1936. Map by Richard Karberg. Maps 271 Map 5. The Lake Erie shore at the site of the Great Lakes Exposition. victims no. 11 and 12 were discovered in a dump at the corner of East 9th and Lake Shore on august 16, 1938. Twelve years later, on July 22, 1950, Robert Robertson’s disarticulated remains were found on the property of Norris Brothers Company at 2138 davenport avenue. Map by Richard Karberg. ...