The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-09-12

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CHics0r iit, September g iohH
O'HoufEe. hwyef from st i0nIs, end
Miss Mar Llfasd dturhiof n Albert
iafned 3tlg Daafbufn street went lna
fow.boaf from tho loot n fveIith sifeol
Tor afow on tho lake Friday afternoon
and have NOT been seen since Mf
OHoafkf ls thirty i've years old, has
wife ani three children at KukSood,
Mo, suburb Of 50 Louis, practices law
IN the ~ Louis courts. aud s said TO be
In wealth, efeHns .anrrs Nst Lamcd
IA twenty ts y.af old llor father la
Secretary aud Treasurer Of the " T..
FROST Manufacturing CJmpi y, cornor
Caunl aud Twelfth streets Miss lBrned
was boimrr at a ladies' seminary 10
Kirkwood for the school year ending
June last aud dudng hcr rod .cuCo
there became infinitely acquainted with
the O'Roufk' family who occupy q hi1h
position In kukwIoi society Me-
O'Rourko is an Expert 0ar.Wln anil lg
owner Of several boats, which hrkrors
for his own amusement Miss lIrnrl
aud other friends were Frequently
treated To boat rides on lhr ll.ss.
slppl by Mr. O'Rourkc dnr.
Ing her stay In klrkwood,
She returned hom' IN June
when school closed, aud IN July Mrs.
O'Rourko spent week iu Chicago as lhe
guest OF lhe lpmrd family Mts.
O'Rourkc was delighted with this city
and desired her husband TO settle hero
MIR O'Rourke came here Tnr,dW ln.t
with the expressed Intention of buying
property here anl making ibis p'a'p Dts
permanent residence. llr put ur lt tic
Sherman and was iIclu ut visitor l.
Mr. Larntd's 1hurlly evening" whom
at supper at the llrUuj residence, uN
spoke OF ncgott'luu, Doc WAS uu-
gagged In Tor Oboe IurN of
property on Lake laIn ay"uHNr
near Twcnly.thrl street. IIr 400.
ranged TO take Mis-, Llm.I lar a 1ul.
ride Friday afternoon ruI u.'u. u I|mn
for supper at Nj. LlmrI's, Bl ...I ur Z
O'Clock lie hired boat from J.r Fnr
hauy, at the foot Of Twelfth street. aud
started, as Fcrhaur's slate show, ni
b;26 The boat was good, well Jul.t
row-boat, sixteen feet long and three and
u half feet beam, one that would ha dIi.
1cult 10 capslzc There was no sail
taken, nothing but n pair of oars. and
O'RDurke aud the lady evidently intended
10 be back within m hour.
Fernanx aud other bOatmcn on The
shore commented ON the expert manner
in which Mr. O'Rourke hnndicl the oars,
They saw him row arOunl the Twelfth
street pier aud head Dir city south, and
that was the last seen Of the boat or lt'
occupants. Yesterday FcrnauX had 4
number OF men searching the shore a'
iar south AS South Chicago, but the boat
was not found Several theories az,
propounded to- account for The
Disappearance. One Is that an oi
was broken, and the occupants OF II,
boat picked up by a vessel bound Tor lh'
other shore Another Is that Mf
O'Rourkc, who Is said Ia have SUI n,fel
from heart aif c!lon, after sry r. pny'i
cal cxcicisc may have been oycrcom
when far out on the lake. Another
that he lost his way In The fog Their
was slight fog that evening an
rowed the wrong way. There nr
other theories, equally yhgn
and unsatisfactory Mrs L1rncd
the young womiu's mother,
almost distracted, Ms she believes bot
arc at thu bottom ol the lake. The fac
that the boat has not been found favor
the Theory that thu two are stlll alive
but there Is grave reason % believe lh1
serious accident has occurred. Ther
was neither wind nor storm Friday aitel
noon or evening. Mr. L1rned tclcgraphc
the facts yesterday 10 Mrs. O'Rourkc'
brother IN st. Louis.
CucAGO, It'll, September The boa
IN which J. r. O'Rourkc aud Miss l.arnc
wen, for a row Friday afternoon wa
found yesterday afternoon on the brac
at the foot oi sixly.thlrl street Il wa
righ. side mp aud hall iull Of water an
contIiucd the row.looks aud a broke
oar. sir. Larncd lsnow sa isii,d that N
J missing couple are still alive. lie b.
lcycs they broke an oar whel far out O
the lake aud wsrn picked up BY s1iliu
. vessel bound north, IN which case Tho
may not be- heard from lIr some day.