Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-11-27
Body Found.

On Wednesday evening last Two gentlemen
Of this City, who were searching for mineral
ioll~ ved an old diff. to where second shaft
har. been sunk. when they suddenly came upon
human body with the head down and be-
tween two rocks. The authorities were st once
notified and on the following morning Justice
WElsES summoned Jury. had The BODY raised
fram the shaft, and ~ inquest held Ii ssap-
posed to be the body Of one John Redett. a
Canadian Frencnman, and an employee Of An
| tiaIos Circus. which visited this City on the
3lst Of July last. such a person came to this
place with the Circus and was not aftersard.
heard from. The shaft IS some 90 feel deep, to
where the body was found Not only the body,
but the clothing was much decaved as TO
render the raising Of it whole impossible. II
was seu' up IN pieces. and deceatIy buried
/ Whether the unfortunate man accidentally fell
into the hole or whether foul play had been
used, remains a yet mystery.
/ The following are the proceedings before the
Jury Of Inquest
/ JAMES JACKSON, Sworn. On tn 2Ist of
+ November we examined drifts 10 the Barber
+ DiggIngs. found in q shaft tn mains Of a
+ human being, and reported the facts . the
Mayor. Body was lying on his left side,
+ his right leg the shaft and his head and
/ greater part of the body under the cap rock :;
found the body IN the same position today
bottom of the hole as rock. hole about 80
feet deep. believe that the body must have
+ gone In head foremost, found a breast pin
+ lhere produces pin,) lying on a rock be-
+ side him.
/ JoH> TREDrNNIcK, Swoon. Same as Jack
+ son, could find in the shaft neither hat nor
cap.
JoH> LANYoN. Sworn Heard in the eve
ming Of thd 31st day of July Circus man,
when passing my store. saying he wuold
Kill man he was then following The other
man. short distance ahead had on dark
clothing; tae first InaH ha3 on mixed colored
clo hing; the last man put rock in MS
pocket and followed him up.
WILLIAM UREN, Sworn. keep the Wis
con-in House IN this City; circus men of
Antonio Brit ers stopped with me on the
3lst day of July, l-6O; two Of the men
quarreIed II the house the smallest of the
men picked up dinner bell | took il out
his hand; they commenced quarreiing again;
the little one then put rocks IN his poke
and thres eaed good d al. he louged to
side show his lalr vas cropped up very
short, hair dark
JoHN f. E.yIaS. VI. D.. Sworn. The
skull of the man was smashed al into small
piec ;. which wa either done by a blow OF
b. the fall bones show that ne was a small
n with small feet, and verV snor5 hair
FREDERCK MoFLL. R. Jr., >w IN. Pro
duced letter writes by he managers Of
Antonio Brothers Circus. describing ms
sing man named he Fredets, who was las.
seen On the day Of /, show in this CITY.
The clothing found on the body were de-
scrbed as follows: cotton flannel under
shirt. cotton shirt. dark satnet pantaloons
white cotton socks, calfsAln >h0es, light
brown satinet coat with fiat blacA buttons.
black silk neektie, a light gold breast-pin
with the stone out. Ia his pockets were
fou d. white silk pocket handkerch eff. one
black SIX necktle and one cambria handker-
chief