FRED FLOYD went hunting in the big timber about fifteen miles from
Atlantic and expected to return early in the afternoon. On his failing to
return a party went in search, and after tracking him for several hours,
found a body horribly mutilated and recognized as Floyd's by the bits of
clothing found. Around on the snow a good deal of blood was seen and a gun
barrel also found which was recognized and which gave unmistakable signs of
his having had a bad fight. A short distance away was found a dead sow, with
a broken leg and a shot gun wound in its side. Several hogs have been seen
running in the timber, and it is supposed Floyd wounded one of them and its
cries of pain brought the others and they becoming ferocious attacked him
before he could reach a place of safety, pulling him down and literally
tearing him to pieces bit by bit. He had been working in the neighborhood
only a short time and was single. His relatives are not known.
Source: Waterloo Daily Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, January 11, 1897
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