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- Last rites today for beating victim.
Funeral services for Charles Bowles, 424 Bakewell street, Covington, who died Friday night at Booth Hospital following injuries he received when attacked by three men Wednesday night at Seventh street and Madison avenue, were to be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Swindler funeral home, Covington. Burial will be in Linden Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Bowles assailants have not yet been found.
The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Covington, Kentucky. Monday, 28 June 1943.
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- Young Bellevue suspect admits striking victim.
Daniel J. Mitchell tells police he had known Charles Bowles 2 years; Body found on Covington sidewalk.
A man registered as Daniel J. Mitchell, 21, of 135 Washington avenue, Bellevue, was arrested Tuesday at his home by Covington police and charge with the murder of Charles Bowles, 37, of 424 Bakewell street, Covington.
Arraigned in Kenton County Court, Mitchell waived preliminary examination and was held to the grand jury with bond by Judge John B. Read. He was place in Covington jail.
Detective Leroy Hall, who received a "tip" that resulted in the arrest of Mitchell, said the Bellevue man made a statement in the office of Police Chief Alfred Schild, admitting that he struck Bowles following an argument Wednesday night.
Bowles was found Wednesday night, lying unconscious on a sidewalk on Seventh street, west of Madison avenue, Covington. He was taken to Booth Hospital, where he died Friday night without regaining consciousness and without being able to tell police what had happened.
Dr. James P. Riffe, Kenton county coroner, said Bowles died of a hemorrhage and slight skull fracture. He made his report following an autopsy Saturday at the hospital by Drs. John H. Siehl, Covington, and F. R. Bell, Ludlow.
Mitchell, in his statement, said he and Bowles and another man, who he named, had been drinking Wednesday night at the Farmers' Liquor Store, a Pike street cafe, in Covington. Bowles left the cafe.
Met Again.
Later in the evening, Mitchell and Bowles met at Pike street and Madison avenue and engaged in an argument. Bowles allegedly told the Bellevue man he had been in a fight elsewhere and asked him (Mitchell) if "he wanted some too."
Mitchell said that after Bowles struck at him and missed, he hit the Covington man, and that the latter ran to W. Seventh street. Mitchell pursued him and caught up with him. On Seventh street, the two men argued again and Mitchell struck Bowles on the jaw. The latter fell to the sidewalk and Mitchell then went to another Covington cafe, drank a glass of beer and went home.
He said he learned of Bowles' death Friday or Saturday. The two men, both employed at the Cincinnati Union Terminal, had known each other for two years.
Arresting officers, in addition to Detective Hall, were Lieut. William Thompson and Patrolmen Albert Schrichte, Richard Harlow and Emmett Ireland.
Say he has record.
Detective Hall said Mitchell has a record with Covington police, having broken into stores several years ago and is now on probation.
The first report that police received, after Bowles has found, was that the Covington man had been attacked by three men.
Following his arrest Tuesday, Mitchell was booked in Covington Police Court, but the case was referred by Police Judge Eugene Benzinger to County Court.
The Kentucky Post and Times-Star, Tuesday, 29 June 1943.
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