Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1909 — Skeleton of Man Found On the Kankakee Marsh. [ARTICLE]

Skeleton of Man Found On the Kankakee Marsh.

A hunter named Hall, of Thayer, who acts as a guide to visiting hunters, found the skeleton of a man in the south marsh, near Ash Island, about three miles from Thayer Monday. He was hunting and stumbled across the skeleton, which was under water. He caught hold of the skull and raised it out of the water and found that it was the full skeleton of a man, dressed in clothes of apparently fair quality. The clothing was rotten and the flesh was all gone from the bones although the bones still clung together. . “ ' In one pocket was found a nickle case, open face watch, with an elk’s head on the back. On his coat lapel, was a Woodmen’s pin. A pocketbook with no money in it was also found. The feet were still in the alligator laced boots, but the flesh was about all gone from them. Apparently the body had been there six months or more. JThe coroner of Newton county was called to hold an inquest over the skeleton. —- ————