Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1909 — BODY OF UNKNOWN MAN [ARTICLE]

BODY OF UNKNOWN MAN

Discovered In the Kankakee Marshes Monday Morning East of Shelby. Several miles from the nearest habitation, partially concealed under the shallow water of Elkhorn Bayou, Jim Hall, a professional “pusher” of Thayer, found the body of an unknown man last Monday morning. The clothes were nearly all rotted away, but on the lapel of the coat was a small Modern Wbodmen pin. In one of the pockets was found an open-faced watch with an elk’s head engraved on the back. The feet’ and lower limbs were protected by a pair of heavy laced leather boots, and were only partially decayed. Hall, as soon as he made the gruesome discovery, hastened to the Diana club house near Water Valley and secured the aid of James White of Kentland, and together they brought the body to Water Valley where an Inquest was held Monday. The supposition is that it is the body of & hunter from pome other place, as none of the natives are missing. A close search will be made as soon as the water recedes for some other clues to the man’s identity. ~