Carroll County IL Archives News.....Dead Body Found January 18, 1900
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Bellevue Leader, Bellevue, Iowa January 18, 1900
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.


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