Iowa
Old Press
Unknown newspaper
unknown date - possibly c1930
MYSTERY CLOUDS DEATH
Winterset Man Found Dead Near Burlington, Believed to Have Sold
HIs Life Insurance Then Killed Himself- Case Has Some Strange
Features.
Burlington, Aug. 27 - A deep mystery has developed in connection
with the death of Boyd MCCULLY, a printer from Winterset, whose
body was found in Front Creek north of Burlington. Just prior to
his death, it develops, McCully had $1,800 which he claimed to
have secured on the sale of his life insurance. He came to
Burlington and spent his money freely on automobile rides,
cleaning up the pile in less than a week. Early in the evening
before he was found dead he counted out $120 in the local
Y.M.C.A. rooms. Two hours
later he was begging for money enough to take him to Morning Sun.
There is suspicion that McCully sold his life insurance under
promise to commit suicide and carried out his pledge after having
a good time. The remains were shipped to Wapello yesterday, and
immediatly afterward an unknown man telelphoned the Burlington
undertaker inquiring about the body and saying he must have a
chance to inspect it. No one can trace this mysterious man. One
of McCully's exploits was to rush into a Burlington automobile
garage at
midnight and demand a machine to take him to Morning Sun. On
arrival there he coolly told the driver to take him back to
Burlington again as he had no business there. The trip cost him
$27.
(Transcriber note: I have no other information on this source.
Looks to be from around the 1930's. I am not related to this man
as far as I know. The article was in my ggrandmother, Elizabeth
Ann (Stoddard) Parks, papers. They lived in Winterset, IA for a
little while and some of her brother's in laws lived in Columbus
Jct, Louisa Co., IA.)
[transcribed by J.L., January 2005]