Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-15
DEATH FOUND THEM.
Two Youths Are Drowned Under Pc
culiar Circumstances.
ONE OF THE BOYS A SWIMMER.
He Was Discovered Standing in the Mud ut
the Bottom of Fond.
KILLED ON BIS WAY TO PAY A BILL

Three violent deaths were reported YES.
terday. The saddest and most peculiar was
that of William Anderson, aged 1S, OF
Sewickley. Immediately after dinner he
asked his two brothers to join him in a
walk, and together they went to the dairy
pond. The three boys contented them
| selves, when lying under a tree, for about
an hour, when William suddenly arose and
walked to the edge of the water toward the
dam. At this particular point there
is steep embankment Hardly had he
reached the dam when his two brothers saw
him throw up his hands and disappear.
The boys ran to their brothers assistance,
but never saw him again until he was taken
out of the water an hour later. The bank
on which William had been standing
crumbled and gave way throwing him into
the water.
What surprised his two brothers most
was that after striking the water he did not
reappear, for he was a clever swimmer
After waiting few moments for William
to come to the surface the two brothers ran
for assistance. They met q couple of men
to whom they told their story. The men
volunteered to accompany them to the place
where their brother had disappeared.
Standing Upright in the Water.
A thorough search was then made for the
body. He was found Just where he fell in.
His feet was imbedded in the mud at the
bottom of the pond and he was in stand
ing position. This explained why he did
not come to the surface after sinking and
could not save himself
William Anderson was the son of John G.
and Rose Anderson. His funeral is an
nounced for tomorrow morning at 10 O. clock
from the residence of his parents in Sewick-
ley.
A boy whose name could not be learned
was drowned in the Monongahela river at
point nearly opposite the Union Foundry,
yesterday afternoon. The case is a mys-
terious one, and the police are investigat-
ing it.
The boy was bathing with two other lads
from Mt. Washington named Otto
and jackson. At o'clock the
two Mt. Washington boys came running up
Carson street and told Officer Rich that
drowning had occurred. The officer has,
tened to the spot and found the unfortun-
ate lads clothing on the bank near where
he had disappeared. Nothing could be
seen of him. and the search which followed
was fruitless.
Mystery In the Case.
In the meantime the Mt Washington
boys had disappeared, and consequently
nothing could be learned about the victim.
The material and general cut of the cloth
ing were such as to suggest that the wearer
might at some time have been an inmate of
the reform farm or some other public insti-
tuition. One of the socks was marked 20.
H." but there were no other marks on the
clothing, and the pockets were empty. The
Mt Washington boys will be hunted up
and the matter thoroughly sifted.
Early yesterday morning the dead body
of James c. st. Clair, 80 years old, was
found lying on the edge of Turtle Creek, a
short distance above Wallis station. Early
OH Saturday morning the deceased started
from his home to 60 to Turtle Creek to pay
a butcher bill and it is supposed that in the
darkness he tripped and fell over the steep
embankment, breaking his neck. The money
taken from home was found on the dead
mans person, so that there was no suspicion
OF foul play. The deceased is son of Ex-
Sergeant st. Clair, of the Nineteenth ward
station.