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Home Front: Culture Wars
Flag Burner Found Hanging From VFW Flagpole
2006-03-23
WINCHESTER - Winchester police are investigating whether an unidentified man found hanging from a flagpole outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post early yesterday is connected to the burning of the hall's American flag a couple of hours earlier. Police are "leaning to believe" that the dead man "is responsible for the flag burning," said Winchester police Detective James Hall. Police say the death is a suicide because "there is no foul play that we can determine," Hall said.
Nothin here folks, let's go inside for some shots of Jack!
Post 2728 Commander Ray Christy told The Associated Press that he suspected the man burned the flag because he had burn marks on his hands.
"Legume! I believe I have found our culprit. Bring me my saxophone!"
The strange circumstances left other members of VFW Post 2728 flabbergasted. "It's all a mystery to me," said VFW member Ray Jones, 73, a Korean War veteran. "Why would he burn a flag and then hang himself?"
I'll bet he said that with a straight face, too
Further clouding the issue was the discovery of a second body yesterday afternoon at an efficiency apartment next door to the post. But police said they think the cases are unrelated.

The hanged man was found a couple of hours after Winchester firefighters responded to Evelyn Kincaid's report after 11 p.m. Tuesday about a flag burning outside the VFW post. Kincaid lives in a mobile home next door to the post. "I was sitting here and I could see something orange glowing," Kincaid said. "So I peeked out and it was a fire." Firefighters extinguished the fire, and police took the burned remains of the flag as evidence.
Then he just hung himself, I swear it's true, just ask Earl!
"Then around 1 o'clock we get this call of somebody finding an individual hanging from the flagpole," Hall said.
Welcome to Winchester Kentucky, burn flags at your own risk!
More at link...
Posted by:49 Pan

#15  JosephM watches PBS??? Will wonders never cease!
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-03-23 23:31  

#14  Weird - I was watching Channel 12 KGTF [aka PBS] last night, and caught snippets of some show about Britain during WW2. In these snippets, a man with a gunshot wound/bullet in his head was found by Brit soldiers hanging from a truck/vehicle hook. *Theme from DRAGNET follows.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-03-23 22:59  

#13  Anyone who has information about the hanged man is asked to call Winchester police at (859) 745-7400.

The first 10 callers get free tickets to the ham and bean supper next Saturday night. If no one answers, try the firehouse or the VFW.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-03-23 21:08  

#12  Smells like the VRWC to me.
Posted by: Hillary   2006-03-23 20:57  

#11  I wonder. The full story says there were footprints on the old mailbox near the flagpole, where people leave old flags for the VFW to dispose of respectfully.

I wonder if this guy was suicidal, burned the flag and then killed himself. Somehow it seems symbolic, but we'll probably never know what symnbolism was really intended.

Kind of sad, if it happened that way.
Posted by: lotp   2006-03-23 20:16  

#10  Conspiracy theorizing at DU in 5, 4, 3Â…
Posted by: Korora   2006-03-23 19:51  

#9  sounds like justice. I'm in a William Munny mood today
Posted by: Frank G   2006-03-23 19:22  

#8  Sorry for standing on your shoulders there, LR - I couldn't resist, lol. :)
Posted by: Snuper Thramp5041   2006-03-23 19:12  

#7  "Gotcha Chief - we've got to be sure he doesn't try to burn another one!"

/channeling Maxwell Smart
Posted by: Snuper Thramp5041   2006-03-23 19:05  

#6  Chief, put our best men on this one - Barny Fife, Inspector Clouseau, and Maxwell Smart.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2006-03-23 19:02  

#5  Luck for the heathen it wasn't a Stars and Bars he burnt! they woulda roasted the critter on a spit over a slow fire...
Posted by: borgboy   2006-03-23 18:03  

#4  It's a mystery all right.

Wonder if they'll every crack the case?
Posted by: kelly   2006-03-23 17:36  

#3  "Let's run him up the flagpole and see if anybody salutes"
Posted by: Inspector Clueso   2006-03-23 11:45  

#2  It begins.
Posted by: phased array   2006-03-23 11:32  

#1  Works for me. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2006-03-23 11:19  

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