The Lake County star., 1877-06-07
From the Chicago Iuter-0cean.
A TRAGEDY OF THE LAKE.

From the Chicago Inter-0cean.
A TRAGEDY OF THE LAKE
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Chance Acquaintsns eshipAnd !,
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Ing with her parooty - - 180SA
4treet ibuq excepf1on - the gepep
run OF young girls. She dideno1 us
dain 9 chance acquaintanceship, ant
= shoyt time since met . young mar
who told her his name was Uupuy
H0w,many times- they Saw each othsl
,snA 0nlked and talked'fs not exsotly
kuoWn out thuthe was known 10 I.eI
family, or engaged to her, or was any
thing more than q chance acquaint
ance does not appear. It also comes
out now that the young man had toiC
the companion OF his walks q falsehooc
to start with that his name Is moi
Dupuy, but Walter G. Randolph, and
that he Is q book keeper residing n
900 Wabash avenue. 1t would appeal
that Randolph and Mary Blide had an
engagement to meet on Thursday
evening last, In the Lake Park, and
that, as Mary was to bring her cousin
Annie with her, 1t was arranged thai
Randolph should also be accom- panied
by y nasle friend. The first part of the
arrangements was probably the fond
Idea Of mistaken mother that "Mary
would be all right because Annie was
withzher."
Be that as 1t may, the parties met,
and, lntr0ductiOns over, they paired
off, RaHdolph with Mary Rlide, and
Annia Blide witha young fellow nam.
ed Chares Brust, living at 864 Indiana
avenues After strolling about for some
time, it was .pcopOsed that the party
should 70 out on the lake for row.
This being eventually agreed TO, at
about 8 o'clock two small skifts were
hired from q b0at-house at the foot ol
Twelfth street, the four embarking In
the same order as they had walked.
The young men pulled southwark but
only . short distance Oft shore, and the
b0sfs keeping butt little way apart.
When near Twenty-second street, the
time being somewhere about $50
o'clock. 1t is supposed, 1t became evi-
dent TO Mary aide and. Randolph that
thSte was something wrong In
the other boat, There was q
scream aud Mary II stated to have
said that she heard what' t'souDded like
scufii ing In the boat Then there was
q splSsh and all was quiet. Randolph
rowed his boat to the spot and sue
ceeded In saving his companion Brust,
but Annie Blide had sunk and was
beyond help. The spot was searched
for some time, but unavaiiingly, and
the three then proceed to shore. Ran
dolph says all he can to shield his
companion. He says they did all In
their power TO save the drowned girl
weH. they could do no less, He says
further that Brust h q modest young
fellow and no villain"-that remains
to be proved. Regarding the capsizing
of the boat Rrust says that II Was oc-
casioned by the female occupant and
himself turning suddenly to one side
to look for their COMPANIONS. The
question here occurs, why should both
turn to look, when in the ordinary
positions occupied by two persons In q
Q
he says that when In the water he sup
by one hand while clinging to the
boat with the other, but he was forced
to release her owing to the boat turn
ing over keel upward, and covering
them. This would indicate that before
the boat could tuyn keel up and cover
them It must have been In an upright
position, in which case the pair must
have beep standing up, and FALLEN out,
leaving the boat upright, or in falling
they must have capsized the boat and
lighted her again. This part, this i'm
portant part, relating to the occur
renee, evidently needs some explains
ton, E
And 90 the matter stands, 1t js In
deed 3 distressing case to chronicle.
Without prejudice to any Of the parties,
1t must be said that at present the case
presents q rather rugged aud upsatis-
factory front. There has been as vet
no clear and lucid Interpretation of the
affair from the only eyewitness of the
accident. 1t Is safe, probably, to infer
that IL was an accident, but grave
suspicion presents itself that 1t may
from criminality.
HEA. COMMENTS.
Tho ease Of Annie Blide, the unfor-
tunate young girl who met her death
by drowning on Tuesday evening, pre-
sents solemn warning to parents and
others having Charge Of the young and
-.a
Mary Blide, q pretty, attractive. and
from all ACCOUNTS, ihnocentgirl, formed
the Acquaintance Of q young book
keeper on the street, In the parks, or
outside Of the regular pale
of respectable and honorable introduce
ton. The hookkeeper, who gives q
wrong name, belongs to q class of
young gentlemen to be met with in
every large city, youths to whom the
and seduction of young girls
Is fine art, and u thing to be bOasted
about amOpg their fast and dlscredita-
BILE companiOns. In street. parlance,
he is known as q "masher."
Having met t'clandestinely upon five
or six occasions, the young girl agrees
to bring her cousin, the young man q
friend. The night is fine, the moon
beams temptingly upon the lake; q
row Is proposed, and two giddy and
girls trust themselves In sep
arate skiffs with their equally light
headed but designing escorts. The Sc
quel Is known. A scuffie takes place
in one of the skiffs, the boat Is upset,
Brpst is saved, but the. girl
who had trusted her safety in the
hands of q stranger goes down within
the sight Of home to dream her prom
ising life away in the cold embrace of
the cruel waters. Then these three
return home--the foolish girl to weep,
the youthsto brood upon their precious
nights work; one Of them. IL he has
spark OF manhood within him, TO carry
to the grave the burden Of remorse.
It Is q terriblesad story; one Of those
episodes in the history Of evil, IL not
intent, which rise before us
every now and then like q hideous
,pecter, pointing Its bony finger at the
axity Of our social laws and the falsity
,f our system OF mental and moral
That there is something
wrong In the freedom per-
mitted between the young Of both
sexes is evident. In no country In the