The evening world., 1890-01-27
BOY and DOG Both DROWNED.
Young Wallace Mcfarland Net His
Death While Skating.
Evidence of His Dogs Heroic Efforts
to Rescue Him.

From the moment that one steps of the
Staten Island Rapid Transit car at AFRO
char station 10 day one feels that he is III
MI atmosphere of sorrow.
Policeman James Fitzpatrick, when
asked for directions to- Arrochar Park,
the estate of Lawyer William Wallace
mcfarland. of Boardman, Tracy, Mac
Farland Il Piatt, gives it in a subdued
voice. .....:. t....
Passing up the winding gravel roads,
with the deserted pavilions aud cottages.
merry. go.rounds and hotels of South
Beach behind and the Gothic brick man.
sion of the MacFarlands before, on the
highest eminence of the ninety-eight
acres. an EVENING WoRLp reporter en-
tered Arroclrar Park to .dny.
As lie nenred the green. houses he heard
heart-rendiug suba, coming from the tool
house connected with the conservatory.
and through nh oren window he saw n
glriish form. with d~isordered brown hair.
kneeling over the body of q great st,
Bernard dog.
"Oh. Bob! Bob! Poor Wallace! Poor
Wallace ="
II was the voice of agony. and Patrick
W NbO WV bNA'ANIlihhs NAlNN
tears from his eyes rs he said to the re-
porter
ut is Miss Efie, poor child. think
her heart will break since Wallace was
drowned" -.a
Lying in a plain dark casket, in the
mansion on the knoll, is the lteless
form of manly young William Wal
lace MacFarland,, the life and, the
loved of Arrochar, Park, and on
the floor above his father, the
accomplished and successful lawyer. il
Frustrated and agonized with the shatter-
ing of his greatest hopes, his most cher
ished plans. white the mother, suffering
with an intense though q~uieter grief,
tries bravely to comfort him.
The falr-faced. brown haired lad
whose body lies below 3 airs. left the
house Saturday Mt IL in the morning never
TO return again alive With his skate and
bob" the noble ~. Bernard that had been
his playmate and stanch frien since the
hoy VAS u child hi the dog II puppy,
Wallace MacEarlRnd set out for a small
pond Just beyond u little rise Of ground
on his fathers park.
He d Il not return to lunch. and the
AFTERNOON wore on without his coming.
Iopsy. the chestnut pony that had
borne HIM on n thousand rides aud was
known all over Staten island, and was
growing old and babyish, whinnied COM
plainingly in her stall for her master
was not i'll the habit of neglecting her 30
long.
Dinner was on the table. but there was
no occupant Tor one chair. and mother
and Sister Etfie were nervous and anxious.
They could not eat, and finally the house
hold WAS aroused.
1t was learned that Wallace had gone
skating. and old Wheel!han and his sons.
Patrick and William, the c~oachmen. set
out to search for the lat. He was not on
| tl,a littla .It,1 th4luh fhaFa mara fnarka
of his skates there and the track. OF the
st. Bernard. A man said he saw boy and
dog gong towards Brady's pond, a mile
to the west.
II was very dark. Int the hunters. re-
in.orced by other employees of the Park
continued their search al! night long.
At 6 o'clock III the morning one OF them
found WallMce's hat and n glove on the
ice of the Four Acre pond. and then q
break in the ice was viewed askance.
Policeman Fitzpatrick aud a posse of
citizens arrived Il little later, but the
Wheelihans refused to abandon the
search to them.
Grapplers and ice-hooks were obtained,
ard the 10 tom OF the pond was dragged.
Trustee Marsh and Policeman Romer as
sisting. The Ice was less than two inches
thick, and was broken by the men 30 as
to admit of the working of q boat.
After six hours OF unremitting labor
tAS R"t ~ NAff~h cA ~
the surface. 1t was the body of the
faithful dog, Bob, aud a little later the
body of the lad was taken from
the water. His remaining glove and his
clothing wal torn in places, showing
whore Bob had seized his young master
iu his efforts TO rescue him.
By this time fully one hundred resi-
dents of Staten Island had gathered at
the pond. and there was grief in every
heart, for the lad and his pony and dog
were known to every II III Richmond
County.
Standing there by the lake OF death
they could see in fancy the struggle for
life. How the boy went through the ice;
was seized by the faithful dog was drawn
to the edge of the ice; how he placed
his arms on the treacherous frozen film,
and how it broke again and again under
the combined weight until the noble Bob
was precipitated into the icy water. and
then how they sank together TO d ath.
The body of the lad wa gently taken
up and conveyed to the desolated home.
where the o~bsequies, attended only by
the members of the family. occur at .. 30
this afternoon, Rev. Dr. John @. Eggles-
ton, OF st. Johns Episcopal Church,
Clifton, where the family worshipped,
officiating,
Every employee Of the big Park was
plainly a mourner to day. and the bearers
who follow the body to thu grave in the
MoraylRn Cemetery are old Patrick
Wheelhan aud his sons James and
William; William Sennett. the lodge
keeper; John O'Neill. a laborer, and
Policeman James Fitzpatrick.
Young MacFarland was fourteen years
old last week. He was u manly lad. and
the youngest child of his parents. He
was preparing at Francis Drissler's school
in East Furty-nipth street for entrance
TO Columbia College. lie had planned to
become "a lawyer, and gave promise OF
much strength of character and mind.
One of his sisters married Prof. Driss-
Ter, but is now dead. Another is Mrs.
Frank Lord. of Lord IL Austin, and
another Mrs. Hettie FuIness. Miss Efie,
the nearest u Wallace in age, was his
~fayorite companion, and the affection be-
tween the two was remarkable. A brother,
Richard MGeFarland, survives.
Hundreds of the residents of Staten
Island called at the house to-day, aud
OF coincidence have been received
from hundreds OF others.
The form of the faithful Bob will be
preserved by "a tRxldsrmist. lie was a
noble specimen of the ST. BeTnards,
about Ave years old. He weighed more
$50 pounds. aud am offer of $500 was
r. fngen for him FapantIV 81