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This podcast contains graphic descriptions, explicit
language, and audio clips that may be

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disturbing to some audiences. Listener discretion
is advised. The Apex and the Abyss

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presents The Chasm Episode eighteen. Artemis
Ogletree, Florida, nineteen fifteen. This

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is where Artemus Ogletree was born.
There isn't much known about Artemis during his

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childhood. What we do know is
that his parents are named Leon and Ruby

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Ogletree, and that he had two
older siblings. Artemis also had two distinguishing

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features that were difficult to hide.
On the left side of Artemis's head,

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right above his ear, was a
large, wedge shaped scar. When he

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was a young boy, hot grease
had burned him, and ever since then

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the area on his head never grew
hair. Artemis would actually do the best

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to comb over the scar with his
remaining hair. However, you could still

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tell there was something there. Artemis
also had something called cauliflower ear. This

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is where a person's ear thickens due
to damage to the cartilage. At some

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point, the oakle Tree family have
relocated from Florida to Birmingham, Alabama,

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and around nineteen thirty four, when
Artemis was in his late teens, he

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would leave his home. He had
his eyes set on the Golden Coasts and

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wanted to hitchhike his way to California. Throughout his travels, he would stay

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in contact with his family back home
in Alabama, and every so often they

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would wire him money to sustain him. It is unclear how far and wide

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Artemis's travels were. We do know
that his mother received at least two to

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three letters allegedly from her son from
other states. However, there was something

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odd about some of the letters that
Ruby would receive. For one thing,

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the letters were typed and Artemis did
not know how to use a typewriter.

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And also they were sent to his
family after Artemis Ogletree had died. But

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before we dive deeper into the letters
sent to the Ogletree family, we need

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to take a few leaps back.
In January of nineteen thirty five, Artemus

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Ogletree would meet a brutal end and
still to this day, there are so

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many questions surrounding the case. It
was the early afternoon on January second,

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nineteen thirty five, when Artemis entered
the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri.

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When he checked into room ten forty
six. Artemis used the alias Roland

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t Owen. He entered the hotel
with no luggage or belongings. However,

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it was later noted that he was
well dressed and put together nicely. Nothing

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seemed out of sorts. Yet Artemis
would only pay for a one night stay,

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and despite the fact that he brought
in no luggage. The bell boy

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Randolph Props, walked Artemis up to
room ten forty six. While they made

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their way, the pair had a
brief conversation. Artemis told the bellhop that

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he had stayed at another hotel the
night before, but the nightly rate was

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way too expensive for him. When
they got to room ten forty six,

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Randolph opened the door for Artemis and
watched him as he emptied his pockets onto

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the bathroom countertop. Artemis had with
him a hairbrush, a toothbrush, and

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a comb. The bellhop would then
give the room keyed Artemis, and they

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both exited. At this point,
Artemis would leave the hotel for some time.

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No staff recalls seeing him return.
However, when one of the maids,

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Mary Soptic, went into his room, she found Artemis in there.

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Artemis would allow her to clean the
room while he was present. Maid would

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later stay that Artemis was acting very
strangely. He seemed on edge, nervous,

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and possibly afraid of something. While
she cleaned the hotel room, she

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noticed that he had the curtains drawn
and a single light on, so the

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room was rather dark. He would
keep the room like this at all times.

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Artemis would get himself together to leave
while she was cleaning, and when

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he went to leave the room,
he told Mary to leave the door unlocked

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because he was expecting a friend to
arrive. Mary would do so and leave

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to tend to her other responsibilities during
her shift. Around four pm, Mary

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would return to Oagletree's room to bring
him fresh towels. When she entered his

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room, she came across an odd
sight. Artemis was laying on the bed

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fully dressed. There was a note
on the table by his bed that read

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Dawn, I will be back in
fifteen minutes. Wait. Other than Artemis

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lying on the bed and the note, nothing else about the room had changed

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Mary. He would leave the room
and she would not return until the next

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morning. At around ten thirty am, Mary went to clean room ten forty

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six. Now there was something a
little different about this hotel. You were

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actually able to lock the doors from
the outside, so if you didn't have

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a key, you were stuck in
the room until you were let out,

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or you called the front desk on
the off chance you lost your key.

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When Mary got to room ten forty
six, she noted that the door was

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locked. Thinking that Artemis or Roland
t Owens, the name that she knew

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him as, was not in the
room, she used her master key to

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enter ten forty six to clean.
To her surprise, she found Artemis in

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the room. He was sitting in
the dark. He seemed to be waiting

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for something, though she didn't know
what. The phone would ring while she

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was in the room, and she
heard Artemis say, no, don I

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do not want to eat. I'm
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No, I'm not hungry. While
she cleaned her an, Artemis made small

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talk. He spoke about the hotel
he was at before this one and how

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their rates were high. He also
inquired about her job in the hotel itself.

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Just like the previous day, Mary
returned to ten forty six around four

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pm to bring fresh towels. From
outside the door, she could hear the

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voices of two men in conversation.
She later stated that when she knocked on

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the door, a deeper and rougher
voice responded to her. When she told

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the occupants that she had brought fresh
towels, the voice, whom she believed

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was not Artemises, told her that
they didn't need them. Mary had cleaned

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the room a few hours before and
knew that she had taken the soiled towels

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and that there was none in there. She took the hint that whoever was

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inside the room didn't want her intruding, so she left a few hours later.

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Occupants of room ten forty eight would
later state to authorities that they heard

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men and women speaking on their floor. However, it is uncertain if these

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voices came from Artemis's room or a
party that was occurring in a nearby room

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on the same evening. The following
morning, around seven a m. A

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switchboard operator named Della Ferguson was prepping
to go through the list of wake up

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calls for the morning. Della saw
that room ten forty six His phone was

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off the hook and she was unable
to make the requested wake up call.

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Della would inform the front desk and
it just so happens that the bellhop that

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met Artemis the first day of his
stay was on duty. Randolph made his

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way up to room ten forty six, and when he arrived, he saw

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that there was a do not disturb
sign on the door and the handle to

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the room was locked. Ignoring the
sign on the door, the bellhop bang

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loudly to alert the occupant inside while
he knocked. A voice from inside the

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room told him to enter, but
Randolph was unable due to the fact that

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the door was locked and he did
not currently have the key on him.

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Eventually, the bellhop yelled through the
door for Artemis to hang up the phone,

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and then he left. About an
hour would go by and the phone

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to room ten forty six was still
off the hook. Another bellhop named Harold

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decided to make an attempt to figure
out what was going on in room ten

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forty six. Harold, unlike Randolph, had a key and was able to

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enter the room. Harold would find
Artemis laying on his bed naked, and

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he appeared to be very drunk.
Harold would note that on the bed there

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were dark stains around Artemis, but
he never turned on the lights to inspect

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further. On this, he simply
went over to the phone, placed it

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on the hook, and then Harold
exited the room. At about ten thirty

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am, the phone in room ten
forty six would once again be off the

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hook. Randolph went this time and
came prepared with a key. After knocking

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and attempting to rouse Artemis, he
unlocked the door and entered the room.

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Randolph would find Artemis on his hands
and knees a few feet from the door,

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and his head was covered in blood. Randolph to the phone and placed

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it back on the hook and turned
on the lights in the room. He

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would see that there was blood on
the ceiling, walls, bed, and

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in the bathroom. Panicking, Randolph
ran to get help. By the time

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he returned with a manager, Artemis
had fully collapsed on the floor and they

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had difficulty getting the door open because
he was pressed up against it. Struggling,

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Artemis was able to get up and
the two hotel workers were able to

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enter the room. Finally, Artemis
would prop himself up on the edge of

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the bathtub while the police and a
doctor arrived to help him. It appeared

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as though Artemis had endured a night
of torture. He had been tied up

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with a cord around his wrists,
ankles, and neck. He also had

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bruising around his neck that looked as
though someone tried to strangle him. Even

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more shocking, Artemis had been stabbed
multiple times and had a fractured skull from

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a bludgeoning. As the doctor began
to release Artemis from his bind he asked

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him who had done this to him, to which Artemis replied nobody. When

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asked how he had gotten all of
these injuries, he would state that he

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had fallen and hit his head on
the bathtub. Finally, the doctor asked

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Artemis if he was attempting to kill
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Soon after the questioning, Artemis would
pass out and they would race him to

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the hospital. Before we continue on
this story, let's take a quick break.

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Artemis Ogletree would never regain consciousness.
He would die from his injuries after

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midnight on January fifth, nineteen thirty
five. The police were able to rule

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out that the man in ten forty
six had tried to commit suicide rather quickly.

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He had clear knife wounds, and
there was no knives in the room,

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which means they were taken with Whoever
caused these injuries. Also, the

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fact that he had been bound with
a cord pointed to the fact that someone

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else had inflicted the injuries on to
Artemis. The police didn't find much in

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the room apart from the tag of
a necktie, an unsmoked cigarette, a

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hairpin, a safety pin, and
a bottle of sulfuric acid. Fingerprints would

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also be found on the phone in
room ten forty six. Police would note

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that they appeared to belong to someone
with smaller hands than Artemis. The fingerprints

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were not matched to anyone at the
hotel who had been in the room either.

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Police would eventually reach out to the
public for their help with this case.

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They believed it to be a homicide
and they knew someone else was involved.

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Everything pointed to him being attacked,
but the police clearly needed more information.

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When Artemis would leave the hotel,
it was a mystery as to what

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he did. There is, however, one encounter that seemed to match his

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description. However, it should be
noted that this run in has never been

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a hundred percent confirmed to be Artemis. Oakletree. The night in which Artemis

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was attacked, Robert Lane was driving
in his car about a mile from the

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hotel. He would later state that
he saw a man dressed in pants,

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shoes, and an undershirt run in
front of him. It was January in

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Kansas City. Looking at the average
temperature for that time of the year all

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those years ago, it was cold
out. No one would be caught outside

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at night without the proper outerwear if
they could help it anyway. This unknown

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man would flag mister Lane down and
ask for a ride. He thought mister

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Lane's car was a taxi, despite
not being one. Mister Lane agreed to

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take him somewhere where he could find
an actual taxi. Lane would also note

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that this man was disheveled and that
he had a large scratch on his arm.

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He had also been holding his arm
as if it was injured. Eventually,

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Lane would drop this unknown man out
at an intersection and watch him walk

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off towards a taxi. After Artemis
had died, Lane would come forward with

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his information on Artemus. Ogletree's arm
was a deep scratch resembling the one on

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the unknown man Lane had driven with
that fateful night. You can decide whether

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or not you believe that this man
was Artemis or it was merely a coincidence

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that mister Lane came across a similar
man. Hotel staff would state that they

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never saw the man in ten forty
six leave the hotel, but that doesn't

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mean that he didn't. Someone matching
Artemius's description was seen also at a liquor

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store, but again this could not
be proven to be him with certainty.

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Eventually, after not being able to
id who this man truly was, Artemus's

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fingerprints were sent to the FBI to
see if there was a match amongst their

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files. Turning up little to no
leads, it seemed as though the world

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was going to never know who this
man in ten forty six truly was.

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But then a thought struck officials they
remember to comment the bellhop Randolph made in

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regards to the unknown man's timeline.
He had said multiple times that he had

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stayed at an another hotel but thought
that their rates were outrageous. Police would

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head over to this hotel and ask
about Roland t Owens Artemissus alias. However,

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no one had ever checked in under
that name, but when they described

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him to the hotel workers, they
said that that man checked in under the

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name Eugene Hey Scott. He would
also give an address in Los Angeles,

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California. When authorities looked up the
name and address given to the hotel,

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they came up empty. No one
named Eugene K. Scott lived in LA

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Time would pass, and it seemed
as though this man, Roland t Owens

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Eugene K. Scott, would never
regain his true name. Things never ceased

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to be odd when it came to
this case. The body would be kept

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in a local funeral home in early
March. The body was supposed to be

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buried in a potter's field. Now
a potter's field is designated for such things

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a burial site for the unknown.
However, Artemis would not be buried there.

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A call would be placed the funeral
home and the person on the line

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asked if they would be able to
send money to have a proper burial at

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a memorial Park cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas, so that the unknown man

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could be closer to his relatives.
The funeral home director told the person on

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the line that they would be informing
the police of this conversation, and the

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caller said that that was fine.
The funeral director boldly asked the caller why

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was this man killed. The caller
very bluntly stated that the unknown man had

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been having an affair and that cheaters
get what is coming to them, before

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he abruptly hung up the phone.
A few weeks later, the funeral home

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received the money that the caller had
promised, wrapped in a newspaper. More

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money would be sent anonymously to cover
the expenses of things like flowers. The

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flowers that were anonymously paid for had
a card sent with them. It read

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Love Forever Louise. The funeral would
be held, but no one apart from

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the minister and lease officials attended.
Even when they staked out the grave.

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No one ever came to visit the
man from Room ten forty six. During

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all of this, fogus taken of
Artemis while he was deceased would make the

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rounds thanks to new circulation. Officials
would take a photo of his very noticeable

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scar on his head in the hopes
that in the hopes that someone would recognize

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him. Finally, his face was
seen in Birmingham, Alabama. A friend

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of Artemus's mother, Ruby, would
see the image and bring her the paper.

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Ruby Ogletree had a hard time believing
that this was her son, despite

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the fact that it looked just like
him, but it didn't make any sense.

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They were still receiving letters from him
ever since he left. In nineteen

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thirty four, Artemis's mother would reach
out to the police and gave them information

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about her son, specifically identifying marks, all of which matched the man from

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Room ten forty six. Artemis Ogletree
finally regained his name. How police were

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still scratching their heads. Why the
secrecy, why the aliases, and more

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importantly, who was contacting the Ogletree
family on Artemis's behalf After he had died,

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law officials began looking at all the
letters that the Ogletree family had received.

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They came from Chicago and New York
to name a few places. In

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one of his letters, whoever was
writing them to Ruby stated that Artemis was

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going to travel to Europe, but
clearly this was untrue because Artemis was already

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dead. Clearly they were trying to
plant the seed that Artemis may never return

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home if he was in another country. In August of nineteen thirty five,

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Ruby would receive a phone call from
a man in Memphis, Tennessee. This

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man would state that Artemis had helped
him in a fight and that Artemis was

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living in Cairo, Egypt. He
would also tell her that he was married

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to a woman who was well off, and that they were happy and healthy.

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However, there is no record anywhere
that Artemis actually ever made it to

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Egypt at any point in his life, so this makes no sense. In

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nineteen thirty seven, there seemed to
be a break in the case. A

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man who went by the name of
Joseph Martin was arrested on a murder charge.

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During their investigation, police would discover
that this man had many aliases,

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one of which was Donald Kelso when
Artemis was in room ten forty six,

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the maid Mary had heard him on
the phone with a man named Don,

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and there was that bedside note.
This seemed to be a coincidence at best.

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However, police were able to match
Joseph Martin's handwriting to a letter that

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had been sent to Ruby Ogletree.
So was this the same Don that Artemis

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was speaking to. If it was, we now know that he is capable

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of murder. Despite the handwriting match, no charges were brought against Joseph Martin

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when it came to the murder of
Artemis Ogletree. The case has remained open

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and cold ever since. So who
killed Amis? Did it have to do

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with a lover's quarrel or was Artemis
involved in a deeper and darker life of

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crime that we will ever know about. We may never know the answer to

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those questions. What we do know
is that Artemis Ogletree lived a life of

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mystery and it ended tragically. Thank
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