Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-11
REMAINS OF G. G. KONKRIGHT
RECOVERED FROM THE
YELLOWSTONE.
FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY
With Relatives and Many Friends
Present.

Although parties had been indefa-
tigably searching and dragging the
Yellowstone as far down as Rosebud
for the body of G. G. Konkright, who
met his death in the waters of that
treacherous stream about two weeks
ago, no trace of the unfortunate man
could be found; and little did anyone
think that the body could have been
carried further down the river than
the point reached by the searchers.
The probability of Mr.. Konkright's
body being recovered after the diligent
search that had been made was not
considered seriously by anyone.
But when word was brought to this
city Monday night by Lauran Smith,
who was in Miles City on that day. of
the discovery of human body in the
river near that place, the probability
arose that it might be that of Mr..
Konkright, and inquiry by the sheriff's
office soon ELECTED the fact that the re-
mains were those sought for.
The relatives and friends of the dead
man were at once apprised of the facts
and the Miles City officials we're in
structed to prepare the body for ship
ment and sent it to Forsyth, which
they did, the remains arriving here
Tuesday night.
Two boys, Allister McMillen and
John Stone, living about three miles
below Miles City found the body in a
slough on the south side of the Yellow
stone at that point Monday evening
and at once notified City Marshal
hawkins. He, accompanied by Jailer
Al Kircher, went to the scene of the
find and took the body to shore.
In relation to the find the Yellow
stone Journal says:
1.-THE face was blackened and the
features unrecognizable from beating
around in the water and from distor-
ton, and it was at first thought it was
the body of a negro but the hands ap-
peared white, the skin on them being
in sloughing condition. The body
was dressed in woolen shirt, blue
overalls, checkered jumper and the
feet were encased in shoes with buck
les. The skin on the legs was seen to
be white. A rope was fastened to the
feet and staked to the shore and the
corpse left for the examination of the
coroner's jury in the morning.
"a jury was drawn by Justice Glib
this morning, Coroner Bateman having
been called out ior the Standifer mat.
ter. The Jury consisted of Mortimer
Wheeler, h. c. Morrison, w. c. Jack
son, Pete Aitchison, Steven Forseth
and G. Boucher. A box was secured
at the undertakers and the party drove
down on bus to the road leading to
McKay's and thence back about d
quarter of a mile to the slough. The
head was found to be bald with long
grey hair at the back and a stubby
growth of grew whiskers. The pock-
cts were cut open. In the upper
pocket of the jumper was found the
bowl of pipe and some fl ishhooxs. In
the right hand pocket was found a
black bonehandled pocket knife. 1t
was the general judgment that the re-
mains were George Konkright, who
disappeared at Forsyth in the neigh
borhood of two weeks ago, while fish
ing along the Yellowstone.
''Konkright is described as tall
man, about seventy-fve years old,
which would correspond to the body
found and the fishools strengthen
ed the opinion that it was he. The
body was brought to town. Relatives
of Konkright at Forsyth were tele-
graphed to come down and identify the
remains and the jury adjourned till
three O'Clock. Charley Blume, who
has been fishing along the slough at
the Mamie place, says he noticed the
body on the other side of the slough
yesterday but thought it was log.
When discovered by the Stone boys it
had f1oated about half mile further
down stream.
The mans chest appeared to be