Max C. Poindexter, a wealthy oil and real estate businessman from South Haven, Michigan, was discovered dead in his Chicago Lexington Hotel room on July 22, 1920, with a gunshot wound to the head.

Max C. Poindexter, a wealthy oil and real estate businessman from South Haven, Michigan, was discovered dead in his Chicago Lexington Hotel room on July 22, 1920, with a gunshot wound to the head.