The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-15
TWO LADS DROWNED
ZOE AT "DARBEns HOLE, I'M
WHITE RIVER, GAVE WAY.
eroi Efforts Of Otto Greerx.,..
and John stuppey-Greenwardt
end Horehammer Dead.

the narrow escape OF one OF their COM
panions about 4 o'clock yesterday. Johnnie
merchantmen Otto Greenwaldt and John
stuppey; together with three or four other
lads were playing on the ice near the
pool AT that point the ice was very thin
and a little lower down the river WAS q
large body OF open water, the current at
mat place having broken I'D the ice. Rast
hurst a young fellow about twenty years
OF age accompanied by three or four conn.,
panions, had been skating further I'D the
river ana passed along the high bank
opposite the pool. Hurst had an ear of corn
In MS hand and tossed It on the ice be-
Tween tne point where the boys were play
ing and the open water. John Hore-
hammer thoughtlessly raced after the ear
ana when within ten feet of the edge OF
the Ice the thin crust beneath his feet gave
way and he plunged in. Hurst saw the acct
uent and hallooed to the other boys 70
run to Johns assistance. Otto Greenwaldt
ana John Stuppey rushed to the aid of
she struggling lad and were in the water
themselves In a moment. Otto was a lit
'ie anead OF Stuppey and the ice gave way
oeneatn him first. Stuppey went down
WITHIN a foot or two Of Otto and tried to
heip MIN. Otto got his arms about Stuppey
ana the two went under the water to-
setner. Meantime Hurst and his compan-
ions got a plank and rushed down the steen
oank as rapidly as they could. They got
10 the edge OF the hole Just as stuppev
came to the surface and thrust the plank
out to him. Stuppey was hampered bv the
mold Otto had upon him, but By a desper-
aye enort ne succeeded in grasping the
p-dnk- Al the same moment Otto's hold
relaxed and he fell back into the water
anu sank from sight. Stuppey was pulled
OUT and AFTER a few moments ran home.
John horehammer was still struggline
an the water and his hands were above the
surface. Hurst cried 10 him TO take hold
OF the plank. but he was too badly frighr-
ened or else so overcome with a crsmn fha,
ne could not grasp il, and after a few sec
onds ne also sank from sight. Horehammer
was ten years of age, while Greenwaldt
was but seven. Stuppey is thirteen.
Mrs: H~orehammer and Mrs. Greenwaldt
are sisters. and the fact that John Hore>
hammer was his cousin may have had some>
thing 10 do with the bravery. displayed by.
little Otto Greenwaldt in going TO his res
cue. John Stuppey's parents 1--we next door
90 the Horehammer family, and the bows
nave always been more or less thrown to-
gether. They have always been chums,
Srien5 5'1Ppey ) nrsi hougnt was to AID his
Otto could have held cut a half minute
longer he would have been rescued.
Mr.. G~reenwaldt OWNS a garden farm on
the Crawfordsville pike, near Haughville,
but works in that town during the winter.
He and his brother-in-law. Horehammer,
NNAoAA ONAAO MP
Yesterday Mrs. Grenwaldt was visiting her
sister and took Otto TO Haughville with her.
Inc three boys started out to spend the
afternoon together and were cautioned TO
keep away from BARRIERS Hole. Mrs. Green
~aldt was preparing to go home when word
was brought TO her of the accident. She ana
her sister rushed to the river, a half mile
away. while someone went to notify the two
fathers of what had occurred. In a short
time a large crowd had gathered and means
were taken for the recovery of the bodies.
The ice below the point where the boys
went down was cut away and foated 20 the
lower. edge of the open water, where it
lodged against the ledge of solid ice. Mes
sengers were dispatched TO the Indianapolis
police station for graphing hooks and lines,
but none could be found
George and John Barnabee, two fishermen
who have recovered a number of bodies
from the hole, We're sent for, but
after arriving they had TO Wait until boats
could be brought down from a point fur
anything could be done. Barrels of tar
were rolled TO the bank and set on fire
men went out in their boats with trot-lines
Rnd bolder-hooks hoping TO grapple the
bodies of the dead boys The mothers
were induced TO return TO Horehammers
house. where they spent the long hours
anxiously waiting for tidings of the re-
fathers marched back and forth from the
river TO the desolate home. trying to COM
fort the weeping women In broken Ger
man words they bewailed the loss of their
boys and nothing could quiet them. The
scene was heartrending in the extreme. a
NOOK ana ldOQeT company lTOm the city
went to the spot TO render such assistance
as was possible, but as nothing could be
done. it returned to town, 1t is feared the
bodies cannot be recovered as 1t is thought
they have drifted below the open water on
under the solid ice three hundred feet down
the river, but for many hours last night
the Barnabee brothers continued their eff
forts 10 haul them up They worked in
boats-one rowing up and down the shore
while the other took the side or the stream
hear the ice-ledge. "A trot-line with hooks
stretched from boat to boat was towed up
and down the stream without result. \
large crowd Of people stood back of the
burning barrels of tar on the high bank
and watched the weird scene. Lanterns in
the boats cast out a faint light over the
waters and the only sounds that could be
heard were occasional commands given by
the two fishermen to men who were
in the prows of the boats owing.
Dead wagons from two undertaking es-
dead bodies TO the morgue II they were
recovered. There Is an open space In the Ice
extending from the west bank TO about the
where the boys went down perhaps three
hundred feet south. Up and down this open
space the Fishermen rowed time and again,
each time without getting hold Of anything.
Once the line was drawn taut and IL was
thought one of the bodies had been FOUND
but a moment or two later IL was diScoV-
cred the hook had caught on a snag- Many
people thought the bodies would not be
found. as IL Is said there Is a strong under
current which would carry them under the
fee. At a late hour last night the dragging
still continued.
Little JOHN OltpPCN vas
mended for his heroic efforts to save his
COMPANIONS. As soon as dragged from the
water he rushed home. but said nothing
about the accident. He was terribly fright
ened by what had occurred and was almost
benumbed by his cold. watersoaked clothes;
His father noticed his clothing was wet and
told him TO take them of. He was too cold
10 use his hands and his father helped him
10 disrobe. when he told what had occurred.
He was wrapped in hot blankets and put
10 bed. where ne was resting comfortably
while telling the story last night. He will
null through all right. He said last night:
:If Otto could have held on a little longer
ne would not have drowned 1 guess john
ME Ho~rehammer must have taken the
cramps. because his hands were sticking
out OF the water. and Rast Hurst touched
them with the plank, but he didn't take
hold OF il. The water was awfully cold"
He was considerably agitated by the oc-
currence. He Is a bright little fellow, and
deserves great praise for his bravery and
presence of mind
II is said no less than twenty-eight people
have met death by drowning in BARRIERS
hole in the last dozen years Tradition has
81 that a number or years ago a crowd OF
BARRIERS held a picnic at that place and
went in swimming. All but one were
drowned. Since then the pool has been
known as BARRIERS hole" II Is said this
last summer was the first one In years that
passed without three or four cases of death
BY drowning.
Sergeant Kruger III.
Sergeant Kruger contracted a severe cold