The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-11
MAY HAVE FOUND MowRY
A Corpse Found at Wtnnetka Which Tai
lies With His Description.

Lewis Mowry from his boarding place
and the Rnsh Medical college in Chi
cage, where he was student, aroused
considerable interest in Kenosha, be-
cause of the fact that he lived here a
few years ago and still has several
friends and relatives in Kenosha city
and county.
The body of the man found dead
from bullet wound Tuesday in a will
low underground west of Winnetka,
H., may be that of Lewis Mowry, who
disappeared Oct. 4. In the fear that
the remains were those of his brother,
G.. A. Mowry, who, since the day of
the disappearance has been searching
for the missing man, went to Cunning,
H., Friday afternoon in the expecta-
ton that the body would be exposed in
the morgue in accordance with custom
and requirements. At the county in
stitution he learned that the body had
been brought there Wednesday in the
charge of an undertaken, who present.
ed a coroner's certificate permitting
immediate burial. The explanation
given at the coroner's Office for this
unusual proceeding was that decom-
position was so far advanced that it
was impossible to longer hold the body.
The brother was told that his only
hope of Identification lay in the de-
scription filed at the coroner's office.
Deputy Coroner Weckler, who con-
Quoted the inquest, was sought out by
the anxious searcher and upon COM
parison the details of dress, height and
characteristics were found to tally with
remarkable exactitude.
Mowry was in height close to 5 feet
5 inches, had an inkling of sandy
mustache, and when he disappeared he
wore a dark suit and pointed black
shoes In regard to shirt and under
clothing, the description also agreed
with those known to have been worn
by Mowry when he went away. The
remains were those of young man.
The eeoroner's jury concluded that
the man was about 80 years old.
Mowry, however, was but 26. The
brother was indeed so deeply imbued
with the suspicion that the body was
that of the missing Lewis that it is
probable the remains will be eXhumed
in the hope of a positive Identification.
Lewis Mowry went from Sturgeon
Bay, Wis, year ago to enter upon the
study of medicine in Rush Medical
college, Chicago. He boarded at 7O7
West Harrison street in that city, in a
house of which James Jackson was the
proprietor. Two weeks before he
finally disappeared he began to COM
plain of nervous headaches. He also
suffered from loss of sleep and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jackson heard him walking the
floor of his rooms at all hours of the
night He left the house Oct. and
did not return. The surroundings of
the body when it was found might in
dictate either suicide or murder.
The Body identified
Chicago, Nov. &C. A. Mow1y, of
Sturgeon Bay, Wis, visited Winnetka
yesterday afternoon, and after con-
ference with Village Marshal Schafehen
stated that he was positive the body
found in the Skoky marsh Tuesday
night is that of his brother, Lewis
Mowry, who disappeared from his
boarding place Oct 4.
He bases the Identification on the
knife which was found in the dead
mans pocket, and which he says he
has often used while hunting with his
brother in the Wisconsin woods. The
clothing, the cap and what little re-
NAMED of the mans face which could
be described, all correspond with the
appearance of Mowry as he was seen
the evening of Oct 3, but the brother
says the long hunting knife of peculiar
pattern will establish the identity
beyond doubt.
G.. A. Mowry is firmly convinced
that his brother committed suicide
after leaving his rooms with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jackson, at 707 West Harrison
street, a month ago. He was suffering
at that time with pains in his head and
the entries in his diary show that the
pains were becoming almost unbear-
able.
There is q mystery about his money
affairs which the brother cannot solve.
There should have been nearly $50 in
his pockets, but instead the clothing of
the dead man was destitute of money
or any other marks by which it might
be identified. 1t is likely that some
ghoul came upon the body as it lay in
the marsh and robbed it of everything
of value.