Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-07-23
A LADS SAD FATE.
WILulH ars DRsww IN THE RIVER on
vESpaY AFTERNOON.
with Companion. ne Enters the Stream
And Gets Beyond His Depth-1he
Funeral ON Friday.

CuauMpIA, July ga very sad drown
ing accident happened about o'clock
Yesterday afternoon I'm the Susquehanna
river nj this place, whereby Willie Russ
thirteen. .vear.old son Of Frederick Russ,
wholesale liquor dealer on South Fourth
street, met his death. The accident did not
become known until some time later,
owing to the boys frightened companions
being afraid to tell of the affair. Young
Russ, in company with Harry Appold,
James Brady, Fred Brosey and Harry
Queuzer, went 10 the river,
near the Susquehanna rolling mill,
and went in swimming. Willie Russ
rot beyond his depth, and being un-
Able to swim was washed off his feet The
other boys became badly frightened and
were powerless TO help Russ, as they couid
not swim. They boys ran away and
agreed upon story that while at the saw
mill: A bow had told them that young Russ
had been drowned This story they told
n lad named Willie Smith, who at once
told the BOYS mother, the father
being at Harrisburg at the time. The
bows stuck to their story, until he
roic measures were resorted to, when
hey told straight story and said that
they had been in swimming with Russ and
saw him drown. A searching party was
formed and the body recovered about o
o'clock last evening about twenty feet
from shore, almost at the, spot where he
went down.
Deputy Coroner Hershey empennelled
the following jury, who viewed the body,
Henry Westerman, Is. Schill, Alex Craig,
Peter Mummau, John J. Xeigler and Cyrus
Bruuer. A verdict of accidental drown
ing was rendered.
The body was removed to the parents
home, and the funeral will be held on Fri
dav afternoon at 2 o'clock from Salem
Lutheran church.
Officer Shil arrested man and woman
this morning about one o'clock on the rail-
road near town. They were very drunk
and had With them small boy. who bore
evidence of being shameiully abused. They
we're locked up over night and this morn
ing sent to Jail Tor thirty days by Squire
SoIly. Investigation will he made as to
who the child is and an effort will be made
to place him in some institution away from
the influences surrounding him.
A big wreck happened yesterday at 4 p
nj. on the Port Deposit railroad, about one
mile south of Peach Bottom. Engine No
500 struck COW, throwing the engine of
the track and wrecking nine cars NJ
person was hurt. The tracks were tori
up for some distance. The wreckers wer'
in service and returned this morning at
o'clock.
A monster excursion of one thousan,
people In eighteen ears went on tho excur
sion of the Washington Sunday school L
Gettysburg.
The Brotherhood of ST. Andrew, of st
s Paul's T. II. church, will Join the picnic o
the Sunday schools Of the same denomina
ton of Lancaster, Mannheim and Mt Hop
TO Penryn, on Thursday.
w. II. liogendobler, the only survivor o
Co. IT,, roth Regt., living in Columbia, il
attending a reunion Of that company a
Fishing Creek, to-day.
Uriah Holsinger, colored, sued Am
Richards for being drunk and disorderly
before Squire Evans. The evidence showed
that Uriah was the one who was drunk
and the squire sent him to Jail for fiv,
days.
w. b. Given and wife have gone on
strip to the Hdriondacks.