Gem County ID Archives Obituaries.....Satterwhite, James 1921
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The Emmett Index 7-21-1921
The Emmett Index
Emmett, Idaho
Thursday, July 21, 1921
 
FIND GROSS MAN'S BODY

Discovery Removes Doubt of Death by Drowning of Jas. Satterwhite

Word was received in this city late Sunday evening of the finding of the body 
of James Satterwhite, a farmer near Gross, who was drowned in the flood 
swollen waters of Squaw Creek May 25 while attempting to ford the stream on 
horseback.

The body was found in a bend of the creek on the J. R. Hollford ranch about 
two miles below the ford by boys in swimming. The head and arms of the body 
were caught beneath some drift wood, but the lower portion was exposed to 
view. Sheriff Noland, Coroner Walter Brown and Prosecuting Attorney Reed drove 
to Gross Monday morning. The body had been taken from the creek. The face, 
having been under water was in a good state of preservation and recognizable. 
Owing to gossip that Satterwhite had been killed by a neighbor with whom he 
had had trouble, a careful examination was made by the officers, but no marks 
or wounds to sustain the rumors were found, and it was deemed unnecessary to 
hold an inquest.

Undertaker Bucknum was called from Emmett to prepare the body for burial, and 
the funeral was held at Ola on Tuesday. The finding of the body and the 
clearing of all suspicion of foul play is a relief to the accused man as well 
as to the friends of Mr. Satterwhite. 

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