| Show skeletons unearthed indianapolis ind march 3 special lo 10 ban sail francisco chronicle A sensational reminder of the days op of tho tile knoblock and prather camill s of dubois county was un earthel today by john flannigan the present owner ot of what still bears the tile name of the knoblock ranch thero there were eight sons iu in the two families and years year s ago they formed part of a des desperate gerat ga gang of horse thieves and robbers robber i that at I 1 infested niest e southern indiana knoblock place was the most pretentious house in the coun county ty being a large two story log house which was suffered to 0 o fall into decay after tho the gang was broken u up f and arid had fled th thes estate tete the massive logs 0 of f which it was made rotted partially away and fell into a huge ailean pile and ha have fain thus for years a it thicket of underbrush growing up tip abou arou around nd them ak today dy flannigan had a force of men at work clearing leing the ground and when the debris was removed the men began to take out the tile stone foundation they soon di discovered that a cellar had been under tb the and n the heavy vy logs which formell form formed etl the ceiling were found well preserved preserve tl these were removed and the cellar win wis seen to consist of three apartments in ill the corne the first apartment stood a heavy ill high g h old fashioned bedstead upon which I 1 lay y two skeletons dressed in what appeared t to be well preserved clothing clo thim though it fell to dust when touched the tile skeletons were of a man ulan of laro large size and a woman that of the male lay upon its back with its arms at its side while the females was in a crouching hine attitude resting a against wast the lie headboard with a broad bott bottomed omed brass candlestick candle stick clasped in lit its bony fingers the eight made tho workmen shudder and turn away only to be confronted by y something worse in lit the adjoining room hero here the cellar was found scrupulously clean but for the moss and musty smell ameir hanged ranged along tho tile north and west side were two long benches made of split hogson togs on which were nine skeletons some of which had partly fallen to pieces all these skeletons were in a crumbl crumbling condition but they held together sufficiently to permit of their ren removal toval to a couple of rough cof flits in which they were placed for burial today no ono one knew anything of their identity |
