Show A re trifled body I 1 whilo prospecting at creede colonel J J doro unearthed the body of a petrified man A rainstorm had washed away the dirt leaving the feet exposed petrifaction weighed pounds the body is about six feet long and ia life would probably weigh or pounds the hands are crossed on the breast and the lower limbs straightened out tho tor of the head has the appearance pe arance of having been scalded scalped ped and there is on the surface what appears to be a wound caused by some heavy blunt instrument and from which the brains of the man oozed out the throat is cut a heavy gash extending clear across and close ap under the chin there is also a ash about an inch long on the right wrist the hands are perfect the creases in the sidn and the nails loot as natural as life the eyebrows are also very clearly defined the muscles of the arms and legs denote that the man when alive was an athlete inured to bard work and exposure the body is a bluish gray and ia as hard as a rock the news of the find eoon spread over the town and large numbers visited i dore soon concluded he had a pretty good thing and charged an admission fee of twenty five cents the generally accepted belief ia that the petrified remains are of some unfortunate prospector who in the early days of colorado was killed and scalded scalped by the indians cleveland press |