Daily Times [Leavenworth, KS], June 15, 1860
While Dr. Davis’s sons were fishing on the river bank, a mile below the city, a dead body rose to the surface and lodged. They were about to secure it, when the current bore it away. It was afterwards secured, and an inquest held by the Coroner. The verdict of the jury was, “death by drowning.” The body was that of a young man, with heavy beard; had on two coarse shirts; pair of drawers; blue striped cotton pants; blue cotton overalls; white woolen socks; blue blanket overcoat, bound with black braid, and with black buttons. A woolen comfort was tied round the neck, and there was neither boots nor hat found. The corpse had been in the water from four to six months.