Loot

In Red Dead Redemption the player can loot dead bodies of enemies or citizens. Doing so will sometimes find money (usually between $3-$10) and other items such as pardon letters. Although sometimes you will find someone who was very wealthy and will have more than $30 to loot.

When you loot a body the game will show a short animation of Marston searching the body, similar to that of skinning animals.