Isadore Poplowski — Suicide Identified

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Buried on Thursday in New Camden cemetery, the body of Isadore Poplowski, a suicide, was exhumed yesterday and identified by Clayton Stormfeltz, of 1243 Van Hook street, as the man who stabbed him in the abdomen last Friday night. Polpawski was 35 years old and lived at 1825 Salem street. His body was found hanging to the limb of a tree at Oaklyn on Tuesday night, and it is the belief of Detective Charles Whaland that he ended his life on the night of the stabbing in fear that he had killed his victim. When the body was found it was in a badly decomposed state, and had been hanging to the tree for several days. Stormfeltz was stabbed while conversing with friends in a store at 623 Ferry avenue. Not until after the body of Poplawski was buried were the police advised that the suicide was the man for whom they were looking. Stormfeltz is a foreman at a factory where Poplawski was formerly employed. Police say there was no provocation for the stabbing. Poplawski drawing the knife and lunging at Stormfeltz as he passed from the store. The injury inflicted was slight.

Buried on Thursday in New Camden cemetery, the body of Isadore Poplowski, a suicide, was exhumed yesterday and identified by Clayton Stormfeltz, of 1243 Van Hook street, as the man who stabbed him in the abdomen last Friday night. Poplawski was 35 years old and lived at 1825 Salem street. His body was found hanging to the limb of a tree at Oaklyn on Tuesday night, and it is the belief of Detective Charles Whaland that he ended his life on the night of the stabbing in fear that he had killed his victim. When the body was found it was in a badly decomposed state, and had been hanging to the tree for several days.

Stormfeltz was stabbed while conversing with friends in a store at 623 Ferry avenue. Not until after the body of Poplawski was buried were the police advised that the suicide was the man for whom they were looking.

Stormfeltz is a foreman at a factory where Poplawski was formerly employed. Police say there was no provocation for the stabbing. Poplawski drawing the knife and lunging at Stormfeltz as he passed from the store. The injury inflicted was slight. Philadelphia Inquirer, August 4, 1923.