The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-23
BODY FOUND
Missouri River Gives Up the
Body of Viborg Young
Man

Sioux City, July 25.-Ihe cody OF
| Clarence Morrison. who, with his
brother Henry Morrison disappeared on
July 8 while on the way to Sioux City
from viborg, s. D, in a motor car,
was found at 4:30 o'clock yesterday
afternoon on a ssndbar in the Missouri
river about three miles above the com
bination bridge. The body was dis
covered by Ben waggle and Ben Mason,
Of South Sioux City. who were SEEMING
minnows. The body of Henry Morri-
son, "a years old, has not been located.
Arthur Morrison, a brother, arrived
in Sioux City at 1880 o'clock last
night and identified the body from
! articles found in the pockets. The
body itself was in a badly decomposed
condition and was unacceptable.
MIR. Morrison and a party of Viborg
citizens We're appraised of the finding of
the body about z O'Clock and made
the trip to Sioux City in a motor car.
]. E. Munger, coroner of Dakota
county. held the pody on the Nebraska
side of the river until the arrival of
the brother from Viborg. Coroner
Munger ordered it removed to the Weisz
q Samuels undertaking establishment
in Sioux City after Arthur Morrison
stated that as far as he was concerned
an inquest was not necessary. The
Morrison family and the authorities
are confident that the two men
plunged to their death in the Mis-
souIi river somewhere between Viborg
and Elk Point, s. ID.
The body had probably been on the
ssndbar for several days. according to
Cot oner Munger. The two fishermen
who found the body towed il to the
Nebraska side of the river and called
the coroner. Sixteen dollars in cur
rency and some change was found in
the pockets. The foul play theory
which has been ~propounded by several
searchers during the last eighteen
days was dispelled by the finding of
the money.
A watch, which bad formerly be-
longed to the father of the Morrisons,
was among the articles in the clothes.
The watch had stopped at 2:a5 o'clock
and was full of sand and water
The Morrisons left Viborg at IL
O'Clock on the night of July 3 and
probably had got as far as a spot
west of Elk Point where the Missouri
river has eaten away a part of the
roadway. The river by motor car
from viborg to Elk Point is about
three hours. and 1t is believed that
Clarence Morrison's watch became
clogged with sand and water and
stopped when the machine hit tie
river.
The finding of the body clears up
one of the most mysterious disappear
ances in South Dakota in recent
years. Hundreds of searchers. includ-
ing the police departments of Sioux
City and Omaha and scores CT private
detectives, have worked on the case.
Several theories have been advanced,
including foul play and that the
young men ran away. The n which
the majority deemed the most plsus
ible. and which was substantiated by
the finding of the body yesterday, was
that the men ran into the Missouri
river about a mile west of Elk Point,
where part of the road runs into the
stream.
A reward of 81, goo for the finding
of the young men alive and $500 for
the bodies was offered. A reward OF
$3.50 will he paid to the two fisher
men who found the body Of the
younger Morrison. The Morrisons
were on the way to Sioux City to
deliver a motor car to a garage.
When they did not arrive en- the
morning of July 4 a search was start
ed, which has continued increasingly.
Both of the men were prominent in
Viborg and vicinity. Henry Morrison
was the city marshal and chief en-
gineer of the pumping station at vi
borg.
Doubts were expressed by the Vibosg
party last night whether the body of
Henry Morrison will ever be found.
He was driving the car and probably
was pinned underneath the machine.
The body of Clarence Morrison today
will probably be taken to Viborg. The
Morrisons are survived by their mother
and several brothers and sisters. The
father is dead.