UNIDENTIFIED: April 3, 1974 Cleveland, Ohio John Doe

 On June 27, 1973, a building in Cleveland, Ohio was firebombed and gutted by fire on March 14, 1974. On April 3rd a man would go through the building and discover bones. Police were called and it was discovered that a man had crawled in a crawl space and died. However, he likely died in the 1930's as his shoes and a bottle indicated he was from that time. The bottle of beer he had with him was bottled in Cleveland in 1938.

John Doe was a male between 35 to 40 years old. He was around 5'10". He was wearing a pair of shoes that were of the type that a male might have worn in the late 30's, they were ankle high and the last three eyelets were of the hook type. There was a beer bottle from the Royal Beer Company, Cleveland, Ohio that was bottled in 1938.

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NamUs

End Of Watch: Robert Wehagen

On July 8, 1938, 48-year-old Matthew Bubich escaped a state ward in a private sanitarium in Cleavland, Ohio. At 3 a.m. he removed a screen from the second floor and climbed down the fire escape in his pajamas. He would then show up at his former butcher shop. It's unknown how he had gotten there as the sanitarium was far away.

He would beat on the door with a limb that was 4ft long and 3 inches thick. His wife Anna and 15-year-old daughter Anna who lived in the rear woke up to the sound. Mary brought him a change of clothes, but he would become angry after she was not able to find his belt.

He would angrily go to the butcher shop and grab a butcher knife and locked the door. He told the girls to keep still or he would kill them. He eventually changed his mind and Anna and Mary and her son were told to leave and they did. They went to neighbors and called the police.

Five patrolmen would arrive one of which was 42-year-old Robert Wehagen. Mrs. Bubich gave Patrolman Wehagen the key and he opened the door. When he stepped in he was cautious, but Mathew was hiding behind the door. This was when he slashed down with the butcher knife. As he fell from his injuries he discharged a tear-gas shell. Seeing the man attacking Patrolman Wehagen discharged their weapons and also discharged tear gas. 

Mathew was still alive but died a few minutes after arriving at the hospital. Robert was still alive and was also taken to the hospital. While in surgery he died. It had turned out when he was stabbed his intestines were severed in five different places.

SOURCES:
Vidette-Messenger of Porter County July 8, 1938

The Times July 8, 1938

The Evening Review July 8, 1938
News-Record July 8, 1938

UNIDENTIFIED: July 5, Albert Lea, Minnesota John Doe

On July 5, 1938, a custodian of the Freeborn County Courthouse in Albert Lea, Minnesota found a man hanging in the clock tower of the building. He had unfortunately committed suicide and wasn't identified. 

He was a white male between 30 to 35-years-old. He was 5'7" and had long brown hair with a reddish tinge. He was wearing black oxford shoes, and a high-quality double-breasted grey suit with a light pinstripe, an almost new black raincoat. All laundry marks and manufacturer's labels on his clothing had been removed including his eyeglass case. 

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NamUs

The Minneapolis Star July 5, 1938

The Minneapolis Star July 12, 1938