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Post by rick3 on Nov 20, 2006 16:49:51 GMT -5
Hi Michael,
Well I find Edna's statements almost as fascinating as Violets? Maybe the two sisters liked to change places or boyfirends? They look enough alike to try it/
Why would Edna claim that Violet was married to a bigamist? Maybe it was herself--surely Violet cant speak for herself.
Seems like both the Sharpe girls like to muddy the waters?
I would like to see the rest of Ednas statement if there is some conveninet method to post it?
thanks/ rick
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Post by rick3 on Aug 7, 2007 15:14:07 GMT -5
The Olde Fox is still on his game 2 years after the snatch:
GREEKS SEIZE MAN FOR COAST SLAYING; Ellis Parker, Noted New Jersey Detective, Brings About the Arrest After 2-Year International Hunt! July 12, 1934, Thursday Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. DISPLAYING FIRST PARAGRAPH - MOUNT HOLLY, N.J., July 11. -- Elils Parker, chief of Burlington County detectives, was notified today that Thomas Coumas, former fish and fruit peddler of Stockton, Calif., had been arrested near Athens, Greece, after a search of two years. a congratulatory message reached the Detective from District Attorney of San Joaquin Valley CA.
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Post by Michael on Aug 10, 2007 8:03:09 GMT -5
Some years ago a group of army intelligence officers walked into the office of Ellis Parker, widely known detective of Mount Holly, New Jersey, and asked his assistance. A sergeant at Camp Dix had disappeared three months before. They had just now discovered his body in a clump of bushes. It was plain that he had been murdered; but time and weather had obliterated all clues.
Parker asked about the movement of the murdered sergeant's military unit on the day of his disappearance, and established the fact that the victim must have been slain by someone in his own company - one of 175 men.
The next step was to question each of the 175 men as to his actions on the day of the sergeant's disappearance. A stenographic report was made of each man's story. Only ten were able to give a detailed account of their activities on that day. Parker promptly dismissed from consideration those who had no alibis. But he interviewed again the ten men who knew all about their own movements on that day three months before. And this time nine of them became hopelessly involved in contradictions. Parker at once eliminated these nine from the case. The tenth man was still sure of all his actions - not only on the day of the murder, but on the day before and the day after. So Parker knew he had his murderer. Nobody who was not repeating a story he had made up in advance and painstakingly memorized could remember that much about his actions on three consecutive days, of about three months away. (Try it - what, precisely, were your movements on May 25th last?)
Having spotted his man, Parker had little difficulty in finding enough material evidence to force a confession. The sergeant, it developed, had been a small-scale loan shark, to whom the prisoner had been indebted. To wipe out his debt, the prisoner had wiped out the sergeant. (Readers Digest - 9/36)
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Post by rick3 on Sept 24, 2007 2:00:20 GMT -5
Here is an interesting website: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001590.htmIt discusses and illustrates "Craniosynostosis" or premature closing of the skull fontenelles in a baby's skull--a congenital defect leading to other very serious problems. The link to Parker is because he assumed that the body on Mt. Rose Hill could not be Charlie Jr because it was "defective or subprime" but Ellis was out of the loop on certain information about Charlie's true state of health. Shortly after the kidnap the Press was asking Schwartzkopf "Is the baby deaf and dumb"? Even that should have given Parker a hint. Failure of the fontenelles to close properly or in a timely fashion, as described by Dr. Charles H. Mitchell, might also be assumed to be a very serious medical condition? Might it too not require surgery to correct?
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Post by rick3 on Sept 25, 2007 15:00:41 GMT -5
In an infant, the spaces where sutures come together, but are not completely joined, is called the soft spot. It is covered by a membrane. The medical term for such spaces is fontanelle (fontanel or fonticulus). The fontanelles allow for growth of the skull during an infant's first year. There are two fontanelles normally evident on a newborn's skull: one on the top in the middle, just forward of center; and one in the back in the middle. Like the sutures, fontanelles gradually ossify and become closed, solid, bony areas. The posterior fontanelle (in the back of the head) usually closes by the time an infant is 1 or 2 months old. The anterior fontanelle at the top of the head usually closes sometime between 9 months and 2 years. A wide fontanelle occurs when the fontanelle is larger in size than expected for the age of the baby. Slow or incomplete ossification of the skull bones is most often the cause of a wide fontanelle. Common Causes:Delayed closure (larger-than-normal fontanelles) is most commonly caused by: Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) Prematurity Hydrocephalus Down syndrome Achondroplasia Rarer causes:Hypothyroidism Rickets Osteogenesis imperfecta Congenital rubella (seldom seen since immunization begun with MMR -- measles, mumps, rubella -- vaccine) Apert syndrome Cleidocranial dysostosis www.healthscout.com/ency/1/003311.html
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Post by rick3 on Mar 22, 2008 13:22:35 GMT -5
Schippell was an interesting character. Many were suspicious of him and he didn't help his cause any. The NJSP broke into his place and took his tools. Koehler checked the lumber found around his "shack" more then once, and Squire Johnson was extremely suspicious of him. Johnson had been the first Expert to make a report on the ladder prior to any alterations, and concluded at least (2) people constructed it based upon the left-handed and right-handed saw cuts. Schippell was ambidextrous and therefore fell into his theory by way of this fact. The hole you mention is an interesting fact, and the child was found very near his property. Additionally, child's clothing and diapers were found nearby and Schippell would claim these clothes were from his daughters doll. He was a WWI Veteran and was supposed to have been gassed during the War. I saw him referred to on more then one occasion as "mad" which leads me to believe this is who Waxey Gorden was referring to when he told George Clarke that a local "mad-man" had murdered the baby.....and he told Clarke this before the child was found. Schippell would later claim the NJSP never returned all of his tools and swore out an affidavit to the effect some of the tools brought to Flemington as Hauptmann's may actually be his. The inference being the 3/4" chisel could be his although no specific claim to it was made. Anyway, there was a rumor as to the child being "embalmed" or having "acid" poured on it. I had to search for the source of this because I don't know off the top of my head. I believe it came from those who saw the corpse in the morgue....personal observations of some misc. Law Enforcement Officers who were there, etc. On the nite BRH was executed "Charlie Shippel went completely off his head (mad?) and had to be institutionalized where he remains yet today"? C. Lloyd Fischer--The Case NJ Would Like to Forget--Part 7 & conclusion....Sept. 1936 Liberty Magazine pg 40
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Post by dena on Mar 24, 2008 9:30:40 GMT -5
Rick, I think Ellis Parker was a lawman who was well ahead of his time. I think he was simply brilliant. So I have always gravitated towards his perspectives on the LK. I have always taken his insights very seriously. (Which reminds me I need to buy his bio).
So do we know anything more about this Schippell character?
And could lime have been used? I know that using lime was a time honored method used on bodies.
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Post by rick3 on Mar 25, 2008 11:23:12 GMT -5
hello Dena--try just to process the simple factoid that Ellis Parker, the most famous detective in the World, went to prison and died merely for "interfering" in the LKH? That alone should tell you alot about Jersey Justice? Rick, I think Ellis Parker was a lawman who was well ahead of his time. I think he was simply brilliant. So I have always gravitated towards his perspectives on the LK. I have always taken his insights very seriously. (Which reminds me I need to buy his bio). So do we know anything more about this Schippell character? And could lime have been used? I know that using lime was a time honored method used on bodies. As for Charles Schippell there is quite a bit more. - Squire Johnson, the Dept of Labor guy who first investigated the ladder thought Charles was a good candidate. (see Gardner)
- The FBI files have quite a few pages on the same person now renamed Charles Schopfel. Its a wonder even the FBI cant spell the perps names right? Or at least close? (page 428)
- Schippell/ Schopfel had rented out his farm/shack in the summer of 1931 to a Joseph Cerardi with 10-12 aliases including Enrico Gerardi? Well, he was there with his wife, or mother, and a cleaning woman. Later on they all get arrested in January 1934 for locking up his wife or mother for 2 years in Ridgefield Park NJ? She was apparently nuts/ or she was now?
- During this absence, Charles S. lives in NYC with his mother and daughter Charlotte who is 12? Schippell was paranoid that CAL was going to hurt his daughter?
- Quite a few friends and neighbors turned in Charles name as the one that kidnapped Charlie Jr? Including Antonio Chowlewsky--the pig woman? (see Laura Vitray)
- There were also fascinating rumors about Charles digging up a dead body or baby near his shack and depositing it on MT. Rose Hill?
- C. Lloyd Fischer in his Liberty articles #7/conclusion wrote a couple paragraphs on Charles without naming him. (page 40)
- Since Charlie was a chauffeur he could still be the missing Charlie ______ named by Arthur W. Jones in his 1956 letter?
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Post by dena on Mar 25, 2008 12:27:23 GMT -5
Does anyone happen to have any further info about Ellis Parker receiving confirmation from European Detectives that Isidore Fisch had spent ransom money on things such as his steamship trip back to Leipzig to die? I found an old newspaper article about this but then nothing more. It sounded as if Ellis was on the brink of receiving this confirmation. Of course, I know that sometimes the press just made things up too. But this article seemed very detailed about the specifics.
Also (This is probably wrong thread) I was surprised to learn that Ernest Brinkert, who had changed his surname to "Brennan", was murdered in 1940. Just let me know if anyone needs these articles about Fisch & ranson or Brinkert.
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Post by Michael on Mar 25, 2008 18:35:05 GMT -5
Dena,
I believe Ellis Parker was receiving information from Peacock. He also had done some personal investigation involving Steinweg, Gartner, and Kuhn. He may have combined the information and drew conclusions.
The other possibility is while there is a lot of information at the NJSP Archives concerning Parker (and his investigations), I do believe there are reports that never made it to the Governor.
And so while the Gov may or may not have been briefed verbally, the written records concerning these may not be there. There are references in personal memos from the Governor to Conklin concerning certain matters that I have never been able to find reports on etc. - this might be one of those cases.
Parker made this statement in a long letter to the Governor and professes personal knowledge concerning this but I there isn't anything attached to back that up. He says, in essence, they traced it to where it showed Fisch was involved and they stopped right there.
I am supposed to be going to Florida for a couple of days. If you remind me when I get back I will try to look this up for you if you are interested.....
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Post by Joe on Mar 25, 2008 19:06:00 GMT -5
Rick, from the above accounts you've listed, I'm wondering if this Joseph Cerardi fellow is the same man discussed by Antonia Chowlewsky. In the FBI Summary Report she talked about a Brooklyn gangster who appeared the summer before the kidnapping and intimated to her that information about the Lindberghs could be of value to anyone who would share it. She also claimed the last time she saw him was on the day of or before the kidnapping. Do you think it's the same guy? It might just represent a loose end to be tied up. Personally, I don't think there's anything to the Schippel angle. or much of what Parker was able to conclude from his position so far from the centre of the investigation.
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Post by mairi on Mar 25, 2008 19:21:40 GMT -5
Is it known whether or not Fisch's ticket to Germany was round-trip?
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Post by dena on Mar 25, 2008 19:28:55 GMT -5
Thank you for this, Michael. What you said makes a lot of sense to me about where Ellis was getting his info from. (You do mean Mrs Peacock from City Island, right? I have been reading so much on the LKC that smoke is coming out of my ears & all the participants are running together I fear. lol) But I also tend to think Ellis wouldn't be saying this without something to back it up since he knew how this case had worked from the beginning. The "rules" were different when it came to the LKC. Im very interested though. I wonder if it would be a dead end to try & contact the German authorities as well. I think I might try that end too. Germany kept pretty good records from what I understand. Nothing to lose by trying anyway. I also just contacted the NY Surrogate court to see if I can obtain a copy of Jafsie will. I dont know what I expect to find. Maybe he left a mersman table to Al Reich. ;D I also contacted the NY Civil court to see if I can find the details regarding the Noso suit against Condon. Although Im sure many researchers far better than me have tried to find out the specifics of that case. From what I understand the Civil Court records are supposed to be kept on file permanently. Unless somebody swiped it. But anything you could find would be great. I would really appreciate it. I literally just ACHE to get back to the NJSP archives & meet Mark & sit there for days on end looking at this incredible material. Maybe someday. I hope you have a nice trip to Florida. I know you work very hard & sure deserve one.
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Post by Michael on Mar 25, 2008 19:47:44 GMT -5
The Prosecutor. Ellis was close to many people involved in Law Enforcement. Peacock even wrote a letter to the President in support of his pardon before he died. In fact, Stevens did too.
Excellent question! If my memory serves me correctly it was a round trip ticket. I could look it up once I get back but I am 99% about this.
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Post by dena on Mar 25, 2008 20:17:57 GMT -5
There was a prosecutor named Peacock too? Good lord, I have a lot more catching up to do than I had thought. I'm downright embararrassed.
But that is VERY interesting about round trip ticket. That was a great question, Mairi. Do you think this could have been strategy-to make it look as if he planned on returning, Michael ? Surely TB victims knew their prognosis was not favorable. Or that he really actually thought he would return?
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Post by dena on Mar 25, 2008 23:10:14 GMT -5
Rick wrote: "hello Dena--try just to process the simple factoid that Ellis Parker, the most famous detective in the World, went to prison and died merely for "interfering" in the LKH? That alone should tell you alot about Jersey Justice?" Rick. I agree. I think Jersey Justice was seriously flawed. I already agree with this factoid. I don't think my words about Ellis are at odds with that. That was a terrible thing to do to that fine old lawman. Rick said: "The FBI files have quite a few pages on the same person now renamed Charles Schopfel. Its a wonder even the FBI cant spell the perps names right? Or at least close? (page 428)" My God, is this the truth or what? Almost every name associated with this case I have found mispelled in at least one source. Made it that much easier for people to slip through the cracks in my opinion. Schippell also flit through my mind when I read Jones letter tonight. First time I had ever read it. (Charlie Schlesser also went through my mind.) Seemed like a pretty fantastic letter. However, due to the fact that this case is still not closed in the minds of so many people 76 years later, Ill be damned if I will dismiss it out of hand. No matter how impossible or outrageous it may appear at first glance. I think the key to this case rests on someone who had some sort of contact or interview with police at some point anyway. As far as Schippell digging up a body & placing it there, Elmire Dormer did testify on behalf of St Michaels orphamn asylum that no children were missing from the Orphanage. However, I presume she meant no LIVE children, but I should go back & reread her entire testimony. Although Im not sure if any toddlers or infants had recently died & been buried in St Michaels cemetery. Maybe other cemeteries in area. I cannot imagine that in 1932 there were concrete slabs placed over the dead in the orphanage cemetery though so I think it would have been easy to exhume a body at night. And frankly, this Schippell sounds really off his rocker. It sure would have been easy for an old mountain man such as this to creep around the Lindbergh estate & even spy on family. And to visit a graveyard at night & exhume a poor dead baby? ( Im not saying it was NOT the Eaglet as fact. Im just looking at all possibilities here). And what better way to get rid of the police & public & reporters who were always traipsing near his property around then to find a body? I think this Schippell character deserves more scrutiny. He definitely sounds like one of the more creepy players in this drama. But heck, I think everybody connected with this case needs to be re-scrutinized. Repeatedly. With a fine tooth comb. After all, many statements were taken by people who couldnt even spell a name correctly. How can any statements taken be trusted to an interviewer who could not be troubled to find out how to spell a name corrrectly? That not rocket science. Even for 1932.
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Post by kevkon on Mar 26, 2008 7:10:33 GMT -5
I thought I might add this; the area around Highfields has a long reputation for , shall we say eccentrics. Even to this day that area still has some pretty quirky people. In fact the time before last when I visited Highfields I was tracing Lupica's movements. I made a turn down a small road which ended with a sign saying "keep out or you will be shot". It's sometimes hard to believe that this is NJ in 2008! Now I can only imagine what it was like 75yrs ago. Lots of fiercely independent people who I doubt were too happy about the celebrity of Lindbergh. Now add to this mix the depression and bootlegging and there will be no end to the list of unusual and suspicious characters. My own house, an old farm, was used by bootleggers at that time. Farmers would typically lease their property to them and live elsewhere as there was more money to be made from liqueur than farming. Anyway I just am mentioning this in order to put some of these reports in perspective.
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Post by dena on Mar 26, 2008 11:25:43 GMT -5
This is VERY interesting & Helpful, Kev. Thank you. It does tell what it surely was like 10 1932 then if its this was now. You have such good perspectives. You live in that area then? Last night I did some reseach on the Schippell (orig. spell with one "L") family & learned quite a bit about Charlie, his wife, Charlotte, and his daughter (also named Charlotte). Charles was the 2nd to the oldest of 8 children. (I have the list of siblings too) . She had moved to Germany, where his father was from. His mother,Maria Anna Yaanka, had been a physician in her native Hungary But was not able to be in the US. The family originally lived in St Paul,Minnesota , where Charles was born 18 April 1888 , but the Schippel(l) family moved to NYC in 1889. Where the family resided at 157 Houston street . Charlie Schippell died in the Bronx in 1948. I would like to know exactly where he lived in the Bronx but have not found out yet. But it would appear that at least for good chunks of his life he had been a city boy. But this ties in so well with Kev told me because what better place to be able to act out ones eccentricities than the Highfields area? It also occurred to me that he (like the other locals) probably really resented the Lindberghs encroaching on his lifestyle by cutting off the locals from hunting on what was now the Highfields property. Charlie married his wife Charlotte Kliemann 7 March 1920 in NYC. Charlotte Kliemann Schippell had grown up in Manhattan. Charlie had served in the US Navy & was in fact, during the 1920 census, on a ship in the harbor where he was a cook. I found it interesting he was not in the SSDI Index though. Although his wife Charlotte was. Daughter Charlotte was born in 1921. She was married twice. First to a James McLernon & then to a Tom Maher. As of yesterday I could find no death date for her so perhaps she is still alive. Both of her marriages took place in Trenton so perhaps if still alive that would be a good place to look. Also, she had 4-5 kids (I have their names too) & Im sure they are still alive so maybe if someone contacted them they would be willing to shed some light on their grandfather. Although he died before they were born. Descriptions of Charlies Schippell's behaviors, if accurate, really strike me as being schizophrenic in nature. Mainly because it sounds as if he suffered from extreme paranoia & went & isolated himself in an extremely rural area. This is CLASSIC schizophrenic behavior. When schizophrenics isolate themselves sometimes the voices they hear just magnify. Nothing to keep them in check while so isolated. The Schizophrenic has no reason to resist them with no one around. And I didnt understand the specifics from Rick's post, but did he hold his own mother or wife or daughter in captivity for two years? And do I understand correctly that he was ambidextrous? Also, Charlie Schippell would have, due to his parents, been quite well versed in the German Language & syntax etc, I believe. In addition, on the whole, most schizophrenics are brilliant. Going on what I have learned about schizophrenia, he would have absolutely been capable of writing some of the notes. I had thought at first of Charlie Schippell as just some old ignorant mountain man. But that was not his background at all. Not all schizophrenics become violent. There is always the possibility that he was just pointed out as the kidnapper because he was one weird dude. However, his actions, esp on the day BRH was executed, make me think we should look into him more. Sometimes Schizophrenics will do horrible things (look at Andrea Yates drowning her 5 children. She really believed she was "saving" them by sending them to be with God) but later their minds can clear up & they feel horrible regret for their actions. Sometimes they really think they are "helping" too. I know one schizophrenic person who actually did kidnap someone off of the street in Vancouver one time because he thought he was "saving" him from the CIA . The courts did not see it that way of course. ::)As they hear voices that tell them to do things. And those voices are very real to them. They don't do bad things because they are bad people. But the voices they hear can tell them to do very bad things & if they do not resist the voices, they can do some wing dingin' things sometimes. And Schippell lived years before people were treated with psychotropic medications. I know Im playing psychologist again but his behavior was consistent with untreated Schizophrenia. However, if it should turn out he was involved, I dont think he would have been acting alone. Schizophrenics can be very malleable or prone to suggesstion. If he had a delusion that CAL was after his daughter, it would have been easy to exploit this delusion by suggesting to him that if HE, Charlie, took CALS baby, somehow this could be righted. My nephew who has passed on was schizophrenic. Because we were very close in age we grew up together. And I just know how people who suffer from schizophrenia think while delusional. And Charlie Schippell's behavior sounds very familiar to me frankly. We need to learn more about the people he rented his shack to in 1931. If Im right about why Charlie Schippell acted as his did, it would have been very easy to exploit him & get him to snatch the baby. All someone would have had to do was exploit his delusions. He would have been putty in someones hands. Also, he would have been the PERFECT patsy. Because if he fingered anyone else they would just point out his insanity. This would must certainly have been used against him successfully. And he might not have been that involved in ranson end of it anyway. All they needed was for him to snatch the baby. It would not have been about the money for him. His part would probably ended right after the snatch. And if caught, WHO would have believed him if he tried to say others were involved? No one. As I said, because of his insanity, he would have been a dream patsy. I know I have no proof of this. But what I DO know for sure is how schizophrenics think & act sometimes. And some of the behavior of Charlie Schippell that we do know about for sure, FITS that of a schizophrenic. PS I have also just found the articles about the woman that the tenant Gerardi locked up if anyone wants them.
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Post by rick3 on Mar 26, 2008 15:44:27 GMT -5
Hello Dena....good summary of schozophrenic Schippel...but it looks like you answered your own quextion here:
Charles Schippel claimed he rented his farm in Hopewell to a bunch of nuts in summer 1931. See FBI files/ Joseph Gerardi/ Cerardi. Along with him is his nutty wife Sophie, the housekeeper/maid....Mrs. Mary Wilson and some sons named Charlie Maran/or Moran/or Moron? What had intrigued me in the FBI files was this little clan had been following Charlie Jr. to Next Day Hill and to North Haven Me...ostensibly to grab him I suppose? Would the motive be for the $50,000 or just kill him outright? Its easy to find thier photos on 10 Jan 1934 papers. Joseph and Mary locked up Sophie naked for 2 years in a barn in Ridgefield Park just a stones throw from Next Day. The group had no obvious means of support other than Joseph's many aliases which implies gangster/criminal? Joseph was a former boxer, not unlike Al Riech.
Shippel, wife, and daughter lived in NYC on East 86th or 88th st. Thier address is in the police files at NJSP archives. Charles said he was either in the VA Hospital or at the movies the day Charlie Jr. turned up missing/ same at RED and VIOLET?
II. As for schizophrenics--have you read The Talent to Decieve by Bill Norris. In there he finds Dwight Jr. the other schiz0-in-residence? Dwight Jr. doesnt stop home when Charlie Jr. is stolen but drops in to Next Day when Violet drinks the cyanide?
III. For my 2 cents, Condon is still on the list of ransom note writers. Norris opines that Condon "recognized the meaning of the symbol"? Does this mean the Mafia....which one: Italian or Jewish? Condon liked to mix colored inks?
IV. Dena...as for the St Michaels orphanage and testimony by Mrs. whoever. there was some story, rumor, report that AG Witintz was skillful as ever, in keeping the orphanage books and records sealed during the Trial so that noone could ever check to see if any kids were really missing--either live ones or dead ones?
V. Joe--I dont know about Antonil Chowlewsky and Joseph Cerardi. I dont see him as a NYC gangster? But he could be somebody. I think maybe she was referring to the Roadhouse and still that blew up--it was supposed to be Frankie Yales farm? He was a big shot before he died in a hail of bullets and a $50,000 dollar funeral. Al Dunlap mentions his roadside hideaway.
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Post by kevkon on Mar 26, 2008 15:52:56 GMT -5
Should be easy enough to prove Condon was the note writer, compare his writing. There's enough of it.
What page is this found?
Bill Norris as a source??? I won't go there
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Post by rick3 on Mar 26, 2008 16:02:51 GMT -5
kev....Enrico Gerardi is in the FBI index....try page 428? As for Condon, he didnt write the notes, he may have just dictated them/? Thats how BRH got JFC phone # into his closet? It even looked like his own handwriting--imagine that? Maybe they were buds on the boxing circuit?
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Post by mairi on Feb 15, 2009 19:26:01 GMT -5
Just finished reviewing the 4 pages of the Parker thread. i can't come up with the basis for his reckoning that the crime occurred earlier in the evening. Anyone have any details on that? I see where some of his investigation must not have made it on paper.
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Post by Michael on Feb 16, 2009 8:28:01 GMT -5
Mairi,
This information comes from Parker's "long" letter to Gov. Hoffman. Also, I have his affidavits from both Lupica and Moore which back up his time-line mentioned in that letter. The only dispute one could make is that Moore's eyewitness account wasn't anyone involved. But it was the Conover's eyewitness account about the car getting stuck, and Moore's position that the car he saw was covered in mud, the timing, and the rate of speed being factors Parker considered.
Plus he was the best Detective in the world at the time.
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Post by anon on Feb 22, 2009 15:57:09 GMT -5
Macroscopically, hair shafts affected by trichorrhexis nodosa contain small white nodes at irregular intervals throughout the length of the shaft. The number of nodes may vary from one to several, depending on the length of the hair. These nodes represent areas of cuticular cell disruption, which allows the underlying cortical fibers to separate and fray. The cortical fibers splay outwards and fracture, giving the node the microscopic appearance of 2 brooms or paintbrushes thrust together end to end by their bristles. Complete breakage often occurs at these nodes. The fractured hairs are found mainly on the scalp, but they also may involve body or pubic hair. Physical traumas that may cause sufficient damage to the hair shaft include excessive brushing, back combing, stressed hairstyles, the application of heat, and prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light. Head rolling and banging; habit tics; trichotillomania; and the scratching and pulling associated with pruritic dermatoses, such as seborrheic dermatitis and pediculosis capitis, can also result in sufficient damage. Chemical traumas include excessive exposure to salt water, shampooing, setting, perming, bleaching, and dyeing of hair.
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Post by Michael on Feb 24, 2009 6:52:48 GMT -5
Are you claiming Lupus?
Have you seen the microscopic photos of the hair?
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Post by anon on Feb 24, 2009 8:48:08 GMT -5
Lloyd Gardner threw out "craniotabes" on page 410. Premature closing of cranial sutures is also possible too = craniosynostosis. No, I have not seen the hair shafts/ What is the source of Lupus possiblity--Mark Lane? seeCraniosynostosisFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML variable length of time and then closing in a predictable manner. ... thousand births will have a premature clo- sure of a cranial suture associated with a ... www.craniofacialcenter.com/images/craniosyn.pdf - Similar pages
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Post by Michael on Feb 25, 2009 6:46:46 GMT -5
No, I was fishing to find out where you were coming from about the ultra violet light comment. As it stands now, I am not in a position to say what it was only that I am convinced I know what it wasn't. I believe I will eventually be able to say with a degree of certainty one day soon....
The pics of the hair have always struck me as different then their description. I should have my scanner back within the month so I will attempt to scan one of the better pictures and post on the board. If you are still around be sure to remind me or I will surely forget.
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Post by anon on Feb 25, 2009 18:45:02 GMT -5
Well, we stilll have to account for the famous SunLamp in the Nursery? It might have wrecked Charlies Hair.
But premature closing of cranial sutures could account for the misshapen head quoted by Van Ingen in Gardner? Square? Or damage to ears and hearing?
How are we to account for the hole in the forhead the size of a quarter? Its even visible in some woodsy photos of the skeleton? Was this Walshes stick poke in the unclosed fontenelle? Or a mouse?
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Post by Michael on Feb 26, 2009 16:43:29 GMT -5
Do you really believe the cause of the hair condition was due to the Sun Lamp?
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Post by anon on Feb 26, 2009 20:58:46 GMT -5
No--but only because I wouldn't have even known to consider it. But I might have thought of the sunlamp if I wanted to accellerate decomposition of a blackened skeleton......the hair would be an unknown added.
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