The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-05-08
SIGNED MARRIAGE AGREEMENT
Andrew Reese, Who Disappeared From
Kenosha on Jan. 9th, Believed by
His Friends to Have Been Assaulted
and His Body Thrown into River.

The body of Andrew Reese, % years
Of age and formerly widely known
among the Danish residents of Keno
sha, was found floating in the Mil
waukee harbor near the State street
bridge just before seven O'Clock Sun
day morning. The finding of the body
has aided in clearing up a mystery
which has puzzled the police of Ra-
cine and Kenosha for more than three
months.
Reese, who was ditcher by trade,
formerly lived at the Garfield House
here and he disappeared from Kenosha
on the 9th of last January. Later
relatives who were searching for him
found that he had been in Racine, but
it was discovered that he had left that
city in March and since that time alb
solutely no trace had been found of
him. When the body was found the
peck cts were searched and letters and
papers found in them revealed the
identity Of Reese. Kenosha relatives
went to Milwaukee on Sunday after
noon and made certain the identified.
ton. The appearance of the body in
Dictated that it had been in the water
for many weeks and it is thought
INoh fho4 Il ~,
the latter part of March. The body
was so badly decomposed that it was
impossible to tell whether or not there
were marks of violence on it. The rela-
tives of Reese in Kenosha on Sunday
declared to Chief Of Police 0 Hare that
they did not believe that Reese would
commit suicide and they asked that the
fullest possible investigation be made.
just before Reese disappeared from
Kenosha he had been working on the
farm of @. G. Allen just west of the
city and Mr.. Allen had given him some
$3.50 for his services. He had this
money in his pockets when he was last
seen in KenOsha. He is known to have
signed an agreement to marry a young
woman of Kenosha whose first name
was emily An agreement for the
marriage was found in the pockets of
Reese on Sunday. 1t was drawn up in
quasi legal manner and was signed
by several witnesses. The letter had
been in the water so long a time that
the last name of the young woman who
had been party to the agreement was
so blurred that it was impossible for
the Milwaukee county coroner to make
out the name. Relatives of Reese
claim that they had investigated the
marriage agreement and that it had
been joke.
Friends of Reese in Racine claim
that he had quite a sum of money
while in that city and that he display
ed 1T on every occasion. They assert
that when last seen in that city he was
hurrying to catch car for Kenosha.
1t is thought possible that the tendency
to show the money brought attention
70 the man from thugs and that he was
eured to Milwaukee, robbed and killed
5nd his body thrown into the river.
Reese was member of one of the
prominent families of Denmark and his
gather is said to be very wealthy.
James Reese, the father, is said to be
one of the most prosperous farmers in
that country and relatives in Kenosha
estimate his wealth at close Co humid
red thousand dollars. Reese had come
to Kenosha some three years ago to
mako a fortune for himself. He was
very popular among the younger Danes
of the city and had been active in
their social affairs. He formerly be.
longed to the Danish Brotherhood but
he gave up his membership short
time before he disappeared.
An inquest over the remains is be-
ing held in Milwaukee today and it is
probable that the remains will be
brought to Kenosha for interment.
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