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s Skeleton Found in the WoodsiI-kenSi-t-8d11i-eyr•In the woods east of Streator last Sunday afternoon a couple of boys who were out looking for walnuts found the bleached bones of a dead man, which were identified later as those of Perry (tocIi-anour, a former blacksmith of Dana, who had been missing since the fifteenth of last August. Different parts of the skeleton was found in every direction within a radius of fifty feet of a large hole in tqe ground, and the finding of a dynamite cartridge shell near spot was conclusive evidence that the cartridge had exploded and the body blown to pieces.He was 52 years of age and for many years ran a blacksmith shop at Dana, and owing the liquor habit, he and his wife who is now living in Streator separated a** few years back. Identification was made possible by a piece of the victim’s shirt and pocket knifQ which was found near the hole where the dynamite exploded.
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Toluca Star Herald
Toluca, Illinois, US
Fri, Oct 10, 1913
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