A Hawaiian Tiki Death in San Francisco - 1965 - General Tiki

M Mo-Eye Member Taboo Island, USA Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 646	M Mo-Eye Posted posted on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 7:55 PM Found this interesting article in the January 16, 1965 issue of the St. Petersburg Times: "Artist Found Slain in San Francisco" "The nude body of a well to do bachelor artist - his skull crushed by a saw toothed Polynesian war club - was found yesterday at the foot of grinning Tiki gods and artificial palms in his downtown hotel room. Oscar Mapes Robinson, 53, whose grandfather founded the Mapes Hotel in Reno, had been struck three savage blows, two on the head and one in the chest. The bloodied death weapon, a carved 8 pound, 18 inch club, was on the bed. A pillow case was wrapped around his head. The hands and ankles were bound. Police said the crime was committed 10 hours earlier by a man who apparently slipped out afterwards, the spring locked door snapping shut behind him. The Polynesian decorated room was on the fifth floor of the Gaylord hotel, where Robinson had lived since 1962. A hotel employee, Willard Brooks, told police he entered the room with a pass key at 9 a.m. but went directly to the bathroom just inside the door to fix leaky faucet and was unaware of the tragedy. Brooks said a knock on the door prompted him to admit a visitor who found the body. The visitor, identified by police as Clyde Davis, told officers he had been hired by Robinson to move some things." Sounds like an awesome start to a thriller in book or movie form! http://www.tabooisland.com http://tabooisland.blogspot.com/ [ Edited by: Mo-Eye 2009-08-27 22:20 ]

Found this interesting article in the January 16, 1965 issue of the St. Petersburg Times:

"Artist Found Slain in San Francisco"

"The nude body of a well to do bachelor artist - his skull crushed by a saw toothed Polynesian war club - was found yesterday at the foot of grinning Tiki gods and artificial palms in his downtown hotel room. Oscar Mapes Robinson, 53, whose grandfather founded the Mapes Hotel in Reno, had been struck three savage blows, two on the head and one in the chest.

The bloodied death weapon, a carved 8 pound, 18 inch club, was on the bed. A pillow case was wrapped around his head. The hands and ankles were bound. Police said the crime was committed 10 hours earlier by a man who apparently slipped out afterwards, the spring locked door snapping shut behind him.

The Polynesian decorated room was on the fifth floor of the Gaylord hotel, where Robinson had lived since 1962. A hotel employee, Willard Brooks, told police he entered the room with a pass key at 9 a.m. but went directly to the bathroom just inside the door to fix leaky faucet and was unaware of the tragedy. Brooks said a knock on the door prompted him to admit a visitor who found the body. The visitor, identified by police as Clyde Davis, told officers he had been hired by Robinson to move some things."

Sounds like an awesome start to a thriller in book or movie form!

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[ Edited by: Mo-Eye 2009-08-27 22:20 ]

Post #479858 by Mo-Eye on Thu, Aug 27, 2009 7:55 PM