Mystery Deepens in Missing Farmer Hunt
Article taken from The Lima News, July 20, 1931
Portsmouth, July 20 - (INS) - The mystery
of the disappearance of Andrew J. Payne, 40 year old father of seven children,
deepened today when police reported that their search had failed to reveal
any trace
of him.
Payne vanished Thursday and police believe he may have been killed for
large sums of money he carried with him because the motor truck he was driving
was found abandoned near Coal Grove, O. Three bullet holes in the side
of the truck and blood stains on the seat strengthened the murder theory.