HUMAN REMAINS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6037, 20 September 1887, Page 3

HUMAN REMAINS.

A Strange Story Revived.

[Special to the " Star."]

INVERCAEGILL, Sept. 20.

While Herbert Lyons was cutting firewood in Trumble's Bush, East road, on Saturday, he came across what were unmistakably I human remains. The police were immediately communicated with, and Constable Ferguson thoroughly examined the spot. He found nearly all the bones of a human skeleton, besides an clastic-side boot, the buckles off a pair of braces, and some clothing in an advanced state of decay. The size and form of the bones indicate that they are those of a fully developed adulfc. The body must have lain there for mp.ny years. There was nothing to point to the identity of the deceased or to the cause of death. The finding of the remains has brought to the recollection of old identities the mysterious disappearance about twenty-five years ago of Yankee Clark, a bushman, who lived in & hut somewhere in the locality. It is impossible from the appearance of the remains to say how long they have been lying where they were found, but examination by professional men would no doubt determine the sex and the probable age. The supposition at the time was that Clark, who was believed to have had a considerable sum of money in hispossession, had come to his end hy foul playj and various surmises as to the perpetrator or pei'prflra^ors were m circulation for years afcer a.-b disappearance.