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nit*ISjjjOn the north. the Beaver river on the went and the railroad tracks or 1- the east. About half » mile above West rittshurg there Is „ path hv which hunters often enter the'Tj swamp. The path is very little j trodden and would scarcely b ” noticed by a casual observer But i OJthe young' men knew the path, and' in starting in to go toward the Beaver river they decided that thev S would go past the log where the •11 j headless bod\ of a man v, as found ^ on October 6. cdSkeleton Is Found. *lc1In order to do this they had to i l'° leave the path shortly after thev:. entered the swamp and detour lnr through the underbrush to the .1. north. They were beating theiri !; way through the brush when thev i S~ suddenly came upon a gruesom** y sight. I’ndev a heavy clump of - ! bushes they discovered bones. \t 1-, first they thought that the hones i must be of some animal, but a sec-’| ond glance sufficed to show tVu 8, j they were probably the bones of a, I ^ j human. At one end of the heap ! lay a pair of tan dress shoes. Part-10 j ly covering the hones was a weather rlt;) beaten blue work shirt, and underneath it an undershirt. Looking a )F j little closer the young men found; y an ugly looking penknife, with the _ j blade open. The knife blade and® j handle was over t lx inches long.| the blade alone being about four P t. * inches long. It was covered with n. trust but still sharp as a razor r ; Kven with the bone^ and wearing ut apparel in evidence the young men r. were uncertain whether the hones jp were those of a human, as no skull ,P was found.rg One of the young men ran to (Oontlntied Ob rage Sight)
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New Castle News
New Castle, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Oct 19, 1925
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