Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-04-09
GAVE BACK THE DEAD.
The Waters Disclose the Body OF
Jennie Warren.
he Unfortunate Hampton Girl Found
at Davenport Last Evening....The
, inquesf. Etc.--A Sad Event Recalled.

The body of Jennie Warren, who wa
drowned at Hampton on the afternoon
OF Saturday, Feb. last, by breaking
through the ice while out with skatins
party, was found at the foot of Brown
street, at Davenport yesterday afternoon
Fol two days it had been visible to par.
ties on the shore-a small black speck. q
snort dists nee out in the stream, where
the body was lodged upon a sand bar.
There Was nothing about it to excite
special curiosity-it was like innumer-
able other black specks which dot the
the river at any time of low water. Blu,
yesterday afternoon at about O'Clock
Frederick Soerensen. impelled by curl
osity, rowed out to examine the object.
he found it to be the body of young
girl. and rowed back to shore for a rope.
When he returned the body had be.
come dislodged, and had started TO float
down stream. He fastened it to the skifi
and towed it ashore.
The Denloeart says of the discovery:
Chief Kessler, who is distantly related
to the Young girl. was summoned. and
was soon on the scene. With his help
and that readily given by other parties,
the body was soon removed from the
water and placed upon stretcher. 1t
was sickening sight. Long contact
with the water had bloated the featares
beyond recognition. The skin had peeled
of in great patches. Striking against
snags and rocks had bruised the once
fair face, and there was little in the
corpse as il lay upon the bank to suggest
the fair CIR of II, who. prior to Feb. l,
was one of the bellies of Hampton.
Parties in Davenport who knew the
dead girl say that she possessed wines
colored dress. This WAS evidently the
original color of the dress upon the body
found last evening, though the action of
the water ad left it in color only dirty,
faded red. A jacket toboggan cap and
button shoes with the dress, made up
the visible clothing upon the corpse as it
was taken from the river. Chief Kess.
Ter immed ately telephoned a report of
the find to the girls grandparents at
Hampton
The news soon spread through the
neighboring portion of town, and men,
women and children filled with morbid
curiosity, made up gaping crowd
of several hundred, who pressed around
and peered over the shoulders of those
who had arrived earlier and made UP the
front ranks
As soon as possible the body was re-
moved to John Stems undertaking estab-
lishment, and Coroner McCortuey was
summoned. 1t vas decided to hold the
inquest at $50 this morning.
AS related at the time. the young lady
had been er joying skating on an ice pool
above the government dam with party of
young people and had returned to Hamp-
ton, when it was proposed to cross the riv-
er, and the undertaking was attempted.
young man whose name is Charles
Skies was skating and pushing handsled
upon which Miss Warren was seated, and
when the channel was reached, the ice
suddenly creaked and broke, and both
Skies and the young lady went into the
river. The current was very swift at
that point and in an instant Miss Warren
was swept under the ice and lost, while
Skies and his brother, who was short
distance behind aud broke through the
ice at the same time. managed to hold on
to the ice and call for help. Their com
panions were powerless to help them on
account of the nature of the ice. but their
cries brought help from town with ropes
and poles, and the two boys were rescued
after being 10 the water twenty minutes.
From that day-two months and eight
days ago until yesterday, not word as
to the location of the body had reached
the sorrowing grandparents. with whom
the young lady lived. A reward of $40
was offered by them shortly after the ac~
cident. for its recovery, but all search
proved fruitless.
Charles S kes and brother to Miss
Warren arrived from Hampton last night
to testify at the inquest and accom-
pany the rem aims back to Hampton. The
latter sprained his ankle while alighting
from the train at the Milwaukee depot
and was driven to Davenport in car
rage.
At the inquest this morning the body
was fully ide ntified as that of Miss War
rem, and verdict of accidental browns
ing rendered The body was then taken
to Hampton by wagon for interment.