White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-09-23
Human skeietons Pound.

Early IN the sum mer three human szei-
e;ons were foubd uuder a house at Park
vile Under the following circumstances:
A boy, son Of the people residing in the
house, had borrowed an ak Of a neighbor.
which. instead of returning. he placed
under a rock forming part Of the wall OF
the building. Sometime after. being
asked by the neighbor what be had done
with the AK. he told them where he had
placed it. On going to the spot and roll
ing awsy the stone to obtain the sx. q
human skull was brought 10 light. Fur
,bcr Investigation by digging resulted in
the startling discovery of three human
skeletons OF men. ouly covered with 8
slight depth Of earth. The teeth of one
were found TO be filed With gold fiiiings,
proving that the skeletons belonged to
white parsons.
The excitement occasioned hy so hor
fibls discovery was intense, and only re-
Gently had it snbsiled
Fresh horror is now added to it by q
discovery which may throw some light
on the terrible mystery.
On Monday lsst. little girl daughter
of the fsmily at present rssi'iipg 10 the
house. went to the closet to hang up some
clothing. Instead of coming out back
ward. as almost every body *oald. and e,
undoub ubtedly . great many had done who
had visited the closet perhaps a hundred
times, she turned around in the narrow
closet aud started to walk forward and
thus ont Of it. when her attention was at
trscted by some writing on the wall be-
fore her (which for the reasons above
stated had escaped the notice of those
who had previously visited the closet J
Calling the attention Of the family 10 it.
they were Mortified to find the following:
John Brink, California, Mo. Should
I not get away with my life. will some
one report me to DR.. NJ. Cotter, Califor-
mia, Mo. Thev are trying to murder us.
"Feb. 81. 1857"
Undou btedly this has connection
with the bodies under the building, and
may lead to some developments which
will show that murder most foul was
committed. and that one Of the skeletons
found was that Of the writer o. the above,
and the Others Of compsnions whom he
indicates were with him.
The idea occurs to rs that these men
may have been "free State men, either
on their way to. or kidnapped from X an
sss in 1857. and killed by "border ruff
sns." But speculations are needless, for
many theories might be advanced and
none of them be corrac'.
The house. in 1857. stood isolated
from all others, upon a hill. Nov other
buildings surround it aud the hill is grad.
ed down. But at the time indicated by
the writing discovered in the closet, the
building was so far rem owed from Others
that foul murder could have been done
without alarming any of the neighbor-
hood. The proprietor a. that time is
still living in the County. but msny diff
ferent families tsve still lived in il. This
man. it is stated. was then considered an
upright man. and although suspicion
must now point very strongly towards
him, the people of that section do moi
think it possible that he is the murderer
- The building is now owned by broth
er.in-law Of our informant, who is cit
izsn Of Lesvenworss. and by whom the
above writing in the closet Was copied
from the wall.
We shall look for further develop
ments to throw light upon this horrible
afiir. -Leavenworth Conservative.