The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-07-07
FLOATER TAKEN
FROM LAKE HERE
Sheriff Says Man Is Matt Maxi,
Well Known to Him

The body of man, later identified
bv Sherin Cruze as Matt Maxi, was
taken from Portake lake yesterday
morning and is now at the O'Neill
morgue awaiting the inquest tomor
TOW evening and burial.
The body was found by Elmer ST.
cote aud jay Coon, both of Hancock
aud was west of the city just across
The lake from the Michigan Smells.
After an early morning swim, the
men were padding back in "a canoe
when they espied the head of the
corpse at the surface of the water. Al
first II was thought to he log, but
an Investigation disclosed the CHASTITY
nature of the find.
The body was towed To shore to
prevent its sinking and the coroner
and chief Rentenbach were sent for
The body was upright in the water
when found and its position was UNI
disturbed when Justice NJ. l.. Turnkey
empanneled a jury consisting of +. r.
Nckindlos, d. A. Holland, Eneas Me-
Auley. William Mountjoy, Joseph
Wills, and Ambrose Flynn. After the
jurors had viewed the body the re-
mains were taken To the O'Neill
morguc where they will await burial.
The inquest will be held tomorrow
evening
There We're no marks Of violence on
the body The mans clothes were
found piled ON the bank and were
perfectly dry. The clothing had been
found by a young Finnish boy resi-
dent in the neighborhood who turned
the watch and keys over To the police.
The watch had stopped at 7:45. The
iacl that the clothes were dry is tax
en as an indication that they had no.;
been lett there long else the frequent
rains would have dampened them.
The body was evidently that al a
man of about 40 years of age and
weighing some 200 pounds. rhe man
had red hair and mustach". rhe body
was IN a good state of preservation.
The police are of the opinion the
man went swimming. possibly when
under the influence of liquor and was
seized with cramps and dcowned. Foul
play ~ not suspected. The police have
hllle TO guide them in determining
when the drowning occurred
The belief that the man had gone
bathing either Saturday night ur carly
sunday morning is held 10y many who
ale acquainted with the facts and
would seem to be in keeping with the
circumstances.
Sheriff Cruise was called Sunday
noon and he identified the BODY as
mat OF Maxi. According to the sher-
III he became acquainted with Maxi
"htn the latter was serving Jail
sentence for drunkenness some weeks
ago
Mrs Victor Aho, residing near the
hancock jumping sation, some dis
lance east of the place the body was
recovered and where the clothing was
round, told the officers yesterday that
on JAY she saw "A man who answer
'd The description of the deceased
waking In that direction. Mrs. Aho
ue'Ialtd that the man she saw was
plainly under the influence of liquor
anu that az he stumbled along he
n'uhbicd incoherently in Finnish
" ME she was watching him, he fell
nat III the path. but picked himself
up and went ON. The police are in
'Nhed to believe that Mrs. Aho saw
u'e man Identified by the sheriff as
Maxi.
lie remains were identified last eve
h'hg by the wife OF the deceased
LATELY Mrs. Maxi and her daughter
nave been making their home In Ke-
"'ehaW county, while Maxi has been
living here.