Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1916 — SKELETON FOUND AT DELPHI [ARTICLE]

SKELETON FOUND AT DELPHI

Moore of Sheridan. While hunting along the western bank of the Wabash river near Delphi Tuesday morning, John Hayden found the skeleton of an unidentified man lying about half way up the hill and about two hundred feet the hill and about 200 feet from the Monon railroad bridge. This discovery was made at about 10 o’clock and the remains were immediately taken to the Blythe undertaking parlors, where they were examined by Coroner C. E. Quinn. The coroner’s examination failed to establish the man’s identity and, as the body had lain along the river bank for a couple of months, it was impossible to tell the cause of the unfortunate man’s death. Two pocketbooks, one containing a dollar bill and the other two nickels, were found in the clothes of the dead man as well as a Masonic watch charm. The man must have been about 65 ’years of age, was over '< six feet tall and had worn what appeared to be a good suit of blue serge and a good pair of shoes. ’..'’■3 Later advices from Delphi state that the body has been identified as that of Samuel Moore of Sheridan, who left his home there last August in a fit of despondency. Ever ! since the death of his wife a few years ago Mr. Moore had been exItremely melancholy.