Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1914 — FOUND SKELETONS OF HUMAN BEINGS [ARTICLE]

FOUND SKELETONS OF HUMAN BEINGS

Hammond Keneazer, Of Near Newland, Dug Up Bones Near His House—Probably Indians, «.

There was considerable excitement at Newlaud Wednesday evening and this Thursday morning by the discovery at the home of Hammond Keneazer, one-half mile north of Newland of the skeletons of two human beings. Mr. Keneazer was digging in the sand about fifty feet from his house Wednesday afternoon when a skull rolled out. He looked a little farther and found other bones. Hewias considerably puzzled and went to Newland and related his discovery to several and this Thursday morning several men went to the Keneazer home and dug out other bones from the grave and found another a short distance away. The -skulls and the jaw hones, including the teeth, were in a good state of preservation but the other hones were badly decayed. Two Indian arrow heads were found in the this substantially proved that"the skeletons were those of Indian braves who many years ago had gone to the Happy Hunting Ground.

E. B. Smith -has received very favorable word about the condition of his brother, Ed Smtih, in Chicago. Ed had a long siege with pneumonia and typhoid fever and it was only within the past few days that he took a turn for improvement and now his recovery is expected. He has 'been sick for about seven weeks.