Crawford County (IN) Democrat, February 26, 1903, p. 3. French Lick, Ind., Feb., 19-Sunday night at eight o'clock Hiram Burton, aged 36, left one of the saloons here for home. He passed several who knew him. He never reached home, but little was thought of his absence until today when searchers found his body standing upright against a rail fence about two miles south of here, frozen stiff. Many persons passing along the road had noticed the body but paid little heed, thinking it someone resting. On account of the badly frozen condition of the body, it is impossible to decide the real cause of death, but it is thought death came from exposure. He leaves a wife and five children, the oldest 12 years of age.