The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-09-18
a TALE OF TWO CITIES

John v. - nourke. % -. Louis. and $50
Mary f.arned. 81 C,sicAgo. do fur boss
Ride ON Lake Michigan and Fail - Re-
tarn-Thcir boat Pound on the Laks
shore Partially Pulled with water and
Broken Oar.
CHICAGO liz, September 6.--John +.
O'Rourke. . lawyer from St. Louis, ana
Mise Mary Larned, daughter Of Albert
Larned, e546 Dearborn street. went In .
row boat from the foot Of Twelfth street
for row on the lake Friday afternoon
and have not been seen since. Mr..
O'Rourke Is thIrty-flve years old, has
wife and three children ut krkwood,
Mo-, a suburb Of ST. Louis, practices law
In the st. Louis courts, and Is said to DO
In wealthy circumstances Miss Larned
is twenty-six years old. Her father Is
Secretary and Treasurer OF the w. \.
Frost Manufacturing Company, corner
Canal and Twelfth streets. Miss Larned
was a boarder at ladies' seminary In
Kirkwsod for the school year ending
June last and during her residence
there became intimately acquainted with
the O'Rourkc family, who occupy high
position in Kirkwood society. MIR.
O'Rourke Is an expert oarsman and an
owner OF several boats, which he keeps
for his own amusement Miss Larncd
and other friends were FIRE quentiy
| treated to boat rides on the Missls-
| sippi BY Mr.. O'Rourke dur
| ing her stay In WILDWOOD
She returned homo In June
when school closed, and In July Mrs.
| O'Rourke spent week In Chicago as the
guest OF the Larned family. Mrs.
| O'Rourke was delighted with this city
| aud desired her husband to settle here.
Mr.. O'Rourke came here Tuesday last
with the expressed intention OF buying
property here aud making this place his
permanent residence. He put up at the
Sherman and was . frequent visitor at
Mr.. Larned's. Thursday evening, when
at supper at the Larned residence, he
spoke OF negotiations he was en-
gagged In for the purchase OF
property on Lake Park avenue,
near Twcnty-third street. He ar
ranged to take Miss Larned for boat
ride Friday afternoon aud return in time
for supper at Mr.. Larned's, At $3.50 or I
O'Clock. He hired = boat from Jno Fer
haux. at the foot of Twelfth street, and
started, as Ferhaux's slate shows, 81
5:25. The boat was Q good, well-built
row-boat, sixteen feet long and three and
. half feet beam, one that would be DIFF
fcult to capsze There was no sail
taken, nothing but 3 pair OF oars, and
O'Rourke and the lady evidently intended
to be back within an hour.
Fernaux aud other boatmen on the
shore commented on the expert manner
In which Mr.. O'Rourke handled the oars.
They saw him row around the Twelfth
street pier and head irectly south, and
that was the last seen OF the boat or its
occupants. Yesterday Fernaux had q
number Of men searching the shore Is
far south as South Chicago, but the boat
was not found. Several theories are
propounded TO account for the
disappearance One Is that an oai
was broken, aud the occupants OF the
boat picked up by a vessel bound for the
. other shore. Another Is that Mr.
O'Rourkc, who is said TO have suffered
from heart affection, after severe physi
: cal exercise may have been overcome
when far out on the lake. Another Il
that be lost his way in the fog-ther'
, was q slight fog that evening-ans
rowed the wrong way. There ar
, other theories, equally vague
, and unsatisfactory. Mrs. Larned
, the young woman's mother, y
|, almost distracted, as she believes boti
are at the bottom Of the lake. The fac
,, that the boat has not been found favor
.. the theory that the two are still alive
but there Is grave reason u 'elieve tina
! serious accident has occurred. Their
was neither wind nor storm Friday after
. noon or evening. Mr.. Larned telegraphe'
the facts yesterday to Mrs. O'Rourke'
, brother in st. Louis.
: CHICAGO, III, September THE boa
ia which J. +. O'Rourke and Miss Larne'
went for row Friday afternoon wa
] found yesterday afternoon on the bcac
I At the foot OF Sixty-third street. It wa
: RICH: side up and half full OF water, an
!. contained the row-locks and broke
q oar. Mr.. Larned isnow satisfied that tn
r missing couple are still alive. He bs
q lieves they broke an oar when far out Q
!, the lake and were picked up BY sailin
vessel bound north. ia which case the
o may not be heard from for some days.
hOWGATE AGAIN.