Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-15

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Fred Children, who Disappeared
Thursday Morning, Found Dead.
Ever since Fred Children, who, with his
father and brothers, has been running a
cutivator factory on South avenue, near the
School for the Deaf disappeared last Thurs
day morning. an anxious company Of friends
and relatives has been at work almost
night aid day looking for some trace Of him.
Now and then some one would come to the
front with the statement that he had been
seen, and the searchers would proceed to
follow up the clew, only to meet by dis
appointment.
Yesterday forenoon the men decided that
they had thoroughly covered every place that
he could possibly be alive. and determined to
begin to hunt for him dead as soon as they
had eaten dinner. Every well in the vicinity
was to be searched. About $50 in the after
noon the first we'll was opened 1t being an
old, unused one on the Children home
| stead, Just across the street from the factory.
That something could be seen at the bot
tom was plain, and William, one of the
brothers of the missing man, hurried to the
house for mirror with which to throw sun
light into the WE'LL At the first glance the
upturned face Of the missing man was
discerned. lantern was lighted and
| lowered into the well, but the gas at the
bottom extinguished the flame before it was
half way down. Another attempt met
with the same result, but 1t was unan-
| imously agreed that the lost had been found
William Children was almost frantic
when he saw the face of his brother, and
| leaped over the edge of the box and in an
| other second would have been at the bottom
| OF the well had he not been jerked back by
| some of the men who stood around He acted
very strangely from that time on, and his
| friends took occasion to stay around the we'll
! whenever he approached 1t for fear that he
would commit suicide.
The father Of the dead man was up town,
| but one of his sons went up after him, and
| In a couple of hours returned. AS soon as
| he reached the house graphing hooks were
| brought and the body was soon drawn up.
Coroner Jennings in the meantime had been
| notified but after asking few questions de-
cided that no inquest was necessary.
The remains were taken to Esteps UNDER
| taking rooms. In the pocket of the dead
man was a silver watch, which showed the
| time, 1915. 1t was thought at first that this
| might indicate the time at which he had
| fallen into the water, but on winding the
watch 1t was found to have run down. and
| started up Of its own accord DR.. Mont
gomery, who attended the dead man up to
| the time Of his disappearance, states that
| he had been unwell all spring, and for a
week or so past had been suffering from
maarial fever, which made him delrious.
| Wednesday he was again delirious. That
night he was unable to sleep on account of
the heat. He was heard to move about his
| room several times and is thought to have
| left the house at about o'clock Thursday
morning His room was empty when the
family awoke in the morning. When the
body was pulled up it was clad in shirt,
| trousers and socks
A class for instruction in artistic needle
work and embroidery on linen, etc., will
begin on Thursday from 2 to o'clock, at
Mrs. Anna B. Phelps, president Women's
| Christian association, corner First avenue and
Sixth street. The teaching will be under the
| direction Of Mrs. Charles Sherradin, who has
volunteered her services, and will give the
\ entire proceeds to the Women's Christian
association hospital. Miss Jessie Clark of
| 333 Broadway will donate one-half Of the
| stamping Daintily embroidered linen TOR
| the table and house decoration carries with
1t certain Sense of refinement due to the
housewife. and all who enjoy this work are
asked to be present promptly next Thurs
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