Charlotte, Oct. 9—County police officials tonight were admittedly practically clueless as to the identity of the man or men supposed to have robbed Ellison Y. Rogers, of this city, of more than $700 in cash after brutally murdering him in a lonely spot on the Dowd road about eight miles from the city. Rogers’ body was found today by a Mr. Hagler, a farmer, and examination indicated that he had been dead for many hours, perhaps a day or more.
Rogers, an employe of the ford Motors company, left Monroe early Thursday morning with more than $700 in his pockets, it was reported here today. He was seen on the streets of this city about 9 o’clock yesterday morning, that being in the opinion of the police, the last time he was seen alive.
Hagler told Rural Police Chief Fesperman today that Thursday morning he saw a man’s body in the woods near the Dow road, but thinking that he was a drunk, passed on without investigating. Seeing the body again this morning he stopped and found rogers’ body with the head crushed, probably with a heavy blunt weapon. The body was removed to a local undertaking establishment. An inquest probably will be held tomorrow.
Officials of rural police headquarters tonight said they were working on the case cut could say nothing definite as to clues through which they hope to find the persons responsible for Rogers’ death. Rogers lived in Monroe before moving to Charlotte a short time ago. He lived on Brevard street here. He was 33 years of age.
From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Oct. 10, 1925
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