The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-28
DROWNED in LAKE VADNAIS
EDWARD R. HALBE LOST HIS
LIFE WHILE FISHING
Three Others Who Were in the Boat
With Him at the Time Had Mar
row Escapes From a Like Fate
They Were Rescued, However,
by James and Winfred Fenxter-
maker.

Edward r. Halbe, barber employed
at 449 Jackson street, was drowned in
Lake Vadnais Sunday afternoon.
Charles Kohlmeyer, butcher at Uni
versfty and Marion streets, his eight
year-old-> son and Frank Parr, one Of
his employees, narrowly escaped a like
fate.
The four persons were fishing In a
boat about $50 feet from the shore,
when the craft capsized, throwing all
OF them into the water. Kohlmeyer
his son and Parr were rescued by
James F'enstermaker, a harness man
ufacturer at 395West Third street. and
the latter's eighteen-year-old son, Win
fred Fenstermaker, who were fishing
seVenty-f1ye feet away from the over
turned boat
The drowning occurred shortly after
o'clock. Halbe had been at the lake
all day with several companions, and,
when Kchlmeyer took his son and
Parr out to fish, Halbe secured permits
sion to go with them. The party had
been angling but IA short time when
Parr and Halbe, who occupied opposite
positions in the boat, attempted to
--change seats. Halbe tripped in the act
and fell heavily on the gunwale His
weight caused the boat to partially
fiji with water,a and, in his struggles
to save himself, he tipped the light
skiH so that the other occupants were
thrown overheard
Fenstermakeri and his son witnessed
the accident and at once rowed to the
rescue of those in the water. Young
F'enstermaker called to his father at
the oars to first save Kohlmeyer's lit
tie son, as the men could better care
for themselves Quickly reaching the
spot where the boat capsized, Mr.. Fens-
termaker saw the body of Kohlmeyer's
son slowly sinking to the bottom Of
the lake. Reaching down into the
water until one shoulder was sub
merged, Mr.. Fenstermalser managed
to grip sthe lads clothing land drew
him unconscious into the boat.
In the meantime, Kohlmeyer and
Paff We're trying to remain above the
surface by clinging to the overturned
and half-Sunkenr5 boat Halbe had
chung to one of the oars when thrown
out and, in frantic efforts to keep
from sinking, had forced himself fifteen
feet further out in the lake
Rowing to Kohlmeyer and Parr Mr..
;Fenstermaker cautioned them against
attempting to climb into the boat, and
succeeded in allowing each of the en-
dangered men to get a secure hold
on either end of his skiff, where they
were safe until another boat arrived
from the shore and took them aboard.
Proceeding as quickly as possible to-
!. ward Halbe, still struggling in the
deeper water, the rescuers had almost
reached the drowning man, when he
sank from sight. His body did not
again come to the surface 1t is be-
lieved that Halbe's body was caught
in weeds near the bottom.
The water works authorities were
notified of the drowning and at once
began search for the body, the de-
STABILITY of removing it from the
water at once being apparent, from
the fact that part of the city water
supply comes from the lake. The body
had not been recovered last evening.
The dead man was for several years
a music teacher and lived at 1913 East
University avenue. Recently, however,
he learned the barber trade, which he
had followed for several months. He
was married