North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1870-07-06

witness points 70 slough map, where she and boy
&
Pss sf the nsSfs asy
ago. boats use the slough as channel gennerally In
shore s o. he Mississippi river on Sel sSs
current On that side, il very GOOD ann se
with current in Mississippi river on Wisconsin shore
Witness nei x
Grant river on Map and says that current along the
ts:' ssis M S
very swift current at head Of Swift slough Is about
the current after It strikes the slough, runs very
swift clear down 70 Grant river the weters Of the
Grant liver current aser gets into Grant rV VeS
pretty strongly the waters Of the Grant river
s. q ne.s
4 forks II y pretty swift the principal current takes
island; found aI- On that stand, when '
mounds there OF signs OF any other person having
been have been on the
II went sometime in June. issa ''' '''''' = -
went with Messrs. Murdoch, Hop
kins, Forbes, Sam. Clegg and John
Thomas; we took what we called the
State road to Cassville and Platteville;
the road runs close to the river all the
way down for two miles from Cassville
it is about two miles from Cassville to
the place of the fire we passed close
by this dugway before described, fol-
lowing the Cassville and POtosi road !;
found nothing at the fire-there was
lot Of stuff found there. Witness
examined board, he stated it looked
like the one found there.) I recollect
q bottle was found and some pieces
that looked like pieces of the bows of
q wagon. Witness shown pieces of
bows-these look like those picked up;
also box shown containing a lot of
buttons, &c.-they look like the things
picked up there.) I went back the
next day, there was a hammer, o pair
of shoes and locket was found
Locket here shown witness.) saw
Mr.. Ishmael pick that-the locket-up
about IL or Is feet from the fire Mr..
Forbes picked up hammer. Witness
shown hammer.) / didn't pay much
attention to it, I can't say that is the
hammer. The fire was about 800 yards
from Mississippi river. The hob or
earring was handed to the coroner or
squire it was taken out by Jefferson
Ishmael and handed to him saw
him do it. am acquainted with pla-
ces on the Iowa shore, opposite Jaco
slough / have been there frequently;
know where Buena Vista is, 1t is be-
low the head of Jaco slough, on the
Iowa shore. don't know where the
south line of Clayton county is; the
Jaco empties little below Buena Wis
ia, between q quarter and q half mile
ena Vista is about q miles below the
in Clayton county, Iowa.
Cross examination by Mr.. Updegrafi
I don't know that have recited these
facts but once under oath-at Elkader;
I was not examined at McCregor, and
at no other time or place except here.
have lived within five miles of the
Mississippi river since 1848. JacO Is.
land is in Grant county, Wisconsin; l
was in my sleigh when Isaw the sleigh
tracks near where the air hole was =
don't know when the air hole had
closed up noticed no other tracks
but the sleigh tracks; saw where the
track made turn on the ice !; could
see the entire track from the dugway
to where it came back again; it had
showed some after track was made, 1t
was little, light snow it quit showing
between and 10 o'clock on the morn
ing of the 18th of December, 1858.
DR.. Andres called. My name is Fred
erick Andres, my age Is IS years, my
business is physician and surgeon, l
have been physician and surgeon
over AZ years, have resided In Clay
ton county since the year 1885, on or
Gregor; the 10th of June I was down
at Cassville, Wisconsin from Casville
I went down on the bank of the slough
on the east side of the Mississippi riv-
err; there we disinterred the body of q
female. and made an examination =
she was under Is years Old-she was
not over Is years Of age; the reason /
could not tell her age was owing to the
state of decomposition the reason I
know she was not over Is years Of age
was from the fact that her wisdom
teeth had not cut she had on a corset
and q chemise, the waist and sleeves
of which were good, also dress waist
of reddish brown alpaca or merinO,
the back of which was lined with cal
leo with white spots, and the sleeves
of the same were also lined with kind
Of bingham material; dress had on
buttons, also q sacque Of similar mate.
rial Of q little darker color, trimmed
with narrow black velvet, and lined
with striped cotton flannel had on
her feet elastic CATERS and stockings
CATERS about No. 3's; the two upper
left front teeth had been extracted =
the wisdom teeth were not yet formed
the length of the body was 4 IT. II
inches; think it was about or p
miles below Cassville, on the JacC
slough. WITNESS here shown articles.
I have no hesitation in saying thai
they were the same that were taken
off the body / have described. Cor
sets shown to witness. think they
are the ones, but cannot identify them
as well as can the other things; We
re-interred the body.
The testimony is so vOluminOus and
SO uniform that we omit all but the es'
sential. Mr.. Vance further testifief
that the body of the woman was found
in a state of pregnancy. Drs. Andres.
Scott and Lowe examined the body al
McGregor.
John A. Garner sworn.-I live in
the town Of Waterloo, Grant county
Wisconsin / was called upon to visit
the dead body of q boy found in the
Mississippi river /; on May 8, 1859, !
saw a drowned boy he was on sand
bar. opposite MapletOwn he was IL OF
Is years old. about Al feet high; he wai
covered over with kind Of sediment
in the water; could not tell how hi
countenance looked; he had on darl
wool cloth cap with ear-laps on tiet
down under his chin; he had on {
pair of boots, and blush blouse coat
Here witness was shown Q cap, ant
testified I think that is the cap.) HI
had on white cotton shirt, and he has
ontwo vests under his blouse we tool
J he body and ! put . rope around ]