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Sheriff Ferguson After a Man Who ShiveredWlitju Ha Craaad on tbe Featuras of tlw Dead Floater at tho Morgue.l'y n* li] c to » Crli.ti 4 Olveu !»lt; thaUljChwKy llriil£« 'l'«jud*ir.A chain oC cirouLnfttauceo, coupled wIUi the iceon 07K a£ County Sheriff Ferguson, it la believed, will result mLhe arreht of the vJllfclxi who murdered/the unknown man picked out of the. river Thursday night., While the body was viewed.at the morgue Friday by hundreds, Sho“iff Forguaoo wa* studying the face of ©very fjunatiocnble per-non. A loejwl character wur-DOtxced to shiver when viewing the man, but little attention waa given the matter until bridge tender Lyaatt stated.that-be saw a stranger id this man's c^ga* pan7 at midnight preceding the Siding of tbe body. The fact that the local man \Va4 !een ta spend .money free’7 uod with a changed suit to leave for Chicago added to the suspicion. Sheriff Ferganon left for Chicago early tliiB morning to arrest the man on suspicion if possible,•The name of the suspect i* George Boucher, otherwise known as ‘’Whiskey George.7*The body of the dead man, which had been buried at Crystal Springs,%was exhumed Sunday and a post moe-j tom examination was hold by Dr. Ryno ■ and others vmdor the direction of act- j ing Coronor Si. CUir, leading to]the conviction that the death was cer- j tainly due to fl murderous assault. j
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Benton Harbor Daily Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Mon, Aug 21, 1899
Page 3
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