Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1909 — The Body Found in Kankakee Marsh Identified. [ARTICLE]

The Body Found in Kankakee Marsh Identified.

The remains of the dead body found on the Kankakee marsh near Thayer a few days ago have been identified as Edward Young, of Hebron, who disappeared last June. The identification was made by Mrs. George Young, of Hebron, from reading a description of the article? and clothing found on the body. Last June Young left Hebron, evidently on a hunting trip. He failed to return and his “whereabouts has been a mystery and a matter of much concern to his brother, George Young. Newton county has no coroner, and Justice Well, of Newton county, is making further investigation.