Asheville, Dec. 27—Mystery which for months surrounded the disappearance of B.L. Harsell, wealthy clubman and sportsman of New York, who has been missing since last April, is believed to have been solved with the identification of a body found in the woods of Mitchell county, North Carolina, as that of the missing clubman.
Detective Elmo W. Brim of Galax, Va., reports having tracked the clubman over 1,500miles, 240 of which he made on foot through the Appalachian mountains, and claims to have information that Harsell was murdered by parties in the Pigeon Roost Creek section of Mitchell County.
Upon leaving New York, Mr. Harsell announced he would walk from Roanoke, Va., to North Georgia for the purpose of hardening his muscles and preparing for a big game hunt in a foreign country, which he contemplated with other New York clubmen. He was to write his brother each 30 days of his whereabouts, and after more than a month had elapsed and no word had been received, a hunt was started.
Detectives arrived here about six weeks ago and began to work upon a new clue which led them over Mount Mitchell, highest peak east of the Rocky Mountains, through the mountainous sections of Yancey county and into a remote section of Mitchell, where the body was found.
From the front page of the Charlotte News, Dec. 27, 1921
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