Out at the Ferneding farm about six miles northeast of Manning a dead man was found in the barn Tuesday forenoon by some young men. The body laid on the straw floor stiff and partially frozen. He was well dressed and a stranger to those finding him.

The coroner and sheriff were at once notified and came down the same evening and held an inquest, later sending the remains to Manning. The man was about six feet tall and had one gold tooth and a flat miss-shaped nose which would easily identify him. His check bones were high, his eyes large and deep set. He was found to be Soenke Christensen of Holstein, Iowa. John Hass of this place identified him having known him for years.

Wednesday his brother came down from Holstein and took the remains home for burial. On interviewing the brother we learned that two weeks from the day he was taken home, his mother died and that day he disappeared. As his mind was off at times his relatives were anxious about him. He probably got down in this part of Iowa and wandered out into the country. Corn was in his pockets and he probably entered that barn about the time of the big storm.

Starving and demented he ended his life by cutting the artery in his wrist. Financially he was well fixed, having property near Holstein. On his body he had over two hundred dollars.