Dead Body Found

LINNIGER, SIGAFUS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 7/7/2009 at 16:26:01

Bellevue Leader, Bellevue, Jackson County, January 18, 1900.

DEAD BODY FOUND

Savanna Boys Make A Ghastly Discovery On An Island Near That City Last Sunday

Nate Linniger and Roy Sigafus, of Savanna, made a ghastly discovery Sunday. The boys had gone rabbit hunting on Pulford’s Island, which is near Savanna. In their rambles along the Iowa side they came across a box which protruded from the earth. Upon investigation they found that the box contained the skeleton of a human being. Part of the clothing was still on the bones. From appearances the body must have been wrapped in an old carpet, which was still in fair shape. The boys left the body where they found it and reported it to the police.

This is the second skeleton found in that locality within a short time. From the condition in which the body was buried it would seem that there is a mystery connected with it, but this undoubtedly will never be solved.