Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1920 — FIND BODY IN KANKAKEE RIVER [ARTICLE]

FIND BODY IN KANKAKEE RIVER

Kankakee, 111., June 16. —Police are trying to solve the mystery of the death of a man whose body was found in the Kankakee river, in the heart of the city. Two paving stones were tied about his neck, two heavy rocks wired to his belt, every pocket w£s filled with stones, and the bottom of his trousers legs had been tied and the trousers filled with rocks. The man was about 45 years old. The only clew to his identity is a gold stick pin bearing the let* ter “E.”