Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1920 — HUMAN SKELETONS ARE UNEARTHED ON FARM [ARTICLE]

HUMAN SKELETONS ARE UNEARTHED ON FARM

Two human skeletons . have been unearthed on the farm of Wilson Sterrett, father of County Superintendent Morgan L. Sterrett, of this city, in Carroll county. The bones were discovered by men engaged in digging post holes, and were about two feet below the surface of the earth. The of the bones indicate that they have no doubt been in the ground nearly a century. ... This i» not the first time that skeletons have been found on tne Sterrett farm. Last year a skeleton was found and five years previous a number of human bones were discovered. A great many Indian relics have also been found in the vicinity, and it is the general Snion that the farm was at one e an Indian burial ground.'

The trial of Michael Kuboske, who was arrested on July 16 on a charge of having violated the law m regard to automobile license plates, which was to have been held before Justice S. C. Irwin Saturday was not held owing to the fact that Prosecutor Murphy faded to put in an appearance. However, it is understood that Mr. Kuboske will plead guilty, which wHI make a trial unnecessary His fine will be $1 and costs, or about $9.05 in all.