Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-08-01
WITNESSES or PENICkS
JUMP SAY TWAS SUICIDE
he Clarion Banker Is Declared to
Have Said Gcodby" Be-
fore lsapirS.
3ao1,Ila THINKS IT NERVOUSNESS
sugEcsts That Blowing of tho Boa.'s
Whistle So Startled tho Man That
He Internationally Threw Hi,n-
self Overheard.

ftacilie. ~, .NCs. l4aintre ia q
ieep mystery In regard to the drown
ING of Charles Edward Penick cashier
of the Charlton. Ia. bank. Who either
Jumped overheard from the steamship
Virginia OF the Goodrich lire or WAS
frightened by the sounding of the whis-
tie and thought when he jumped from
the deck sl,at he would land OH the
OF Penick were convinced il was 1, case
of suicide and it was claimed tina.
while the steame. was entering the
nalihor and after the steamer had sig
i'a!ed the warehouse, peaick jumped
from his chair and cried ont: aG;oos!-
by boys. ann going to leave y0t." lie
jumped from the steamer into tho
river and although chairs We're thrown
TO him lie Did not grasp any of them
heard cries OF man overheard he
s;snaled the cngnee. 10 stop the en-
gines and Their b.i Sel up. Boats were
lowered, but not,iiig tou, the hat of the
IONA banker eciil. ba found Without
q cry for help Penitl disappeared and
he seemed to make no effort to save
ii,mselt
The men abo4r, the Virginia
searched for the man and the members
al the life saving crew We're out with
i'm few minutes and made Il most
careful search j, WAS not until late
in the noiaing ;hat the hat Penick
iNore was found and two hours later Il
l,ceknthopk containing a $40 bill. q ~
ceipt for life ilstrdme" policy pre-
,is.l-,
f"uNa Ia the iis...
Ddn't know iie Was Lost.
Messls. lloasiuni and Brown. WHO
accompanied l'cnisk from Charlton To
t'hiva:,n Win ten es,,'ioa,s of .:.,tlt..
ana boarded the Nirgili. With him for
& trip To Milwaukee,. returned to Ra-
Gille latsr and stated that the hat and
poeketbuoh belonged, TO i'enick. When
the two friends OF penicls arrived ia
the city the agent OF the Goodrich line
and The !i.s!ic% had dynamite. bombs
exploited III he river, but with no re
SAT-. ard il was claimed by sailors and
members of he life-aasins crew lsat
the bo,i. had been carried into the lake
and that there was no possible chance
OF ihe body heit.e recovered for at
least nine days. Some feared that the
body Est.i beea drawa into the wheel oil
the steamer and ground to pieces
whilc Others claimed that the current
of the river could haye taken the body
up the river or into the lake
IoaSlund ana Brown did not miss
their friend until several hours after
the arrival of the steamer i'm Milwali-
bee. They said the three had been
drinking some. but noa" of them was
intoxicated Ihe.y left Penicl. at mid
might seated in a chair, near the purser's
Office and ictusiiia. later Guild not find
him. They .cnclu led le had secured a
berth and though .@tllina more Of him
until the steanl"r cached the Miiwau-
kce dock. Upon lNi,hing Inquiries they
learned man Lad been lost overheard
at l;,4sine and ;ilnn tacy decided their
friend WAS the ore who had lost HIS
life. The two ,ae:, returned to Racine
and had the assistance of many per
sons i'll the attempt To recover the
body. From tic end n' the piers tn the
Goodrich docks, q Distance of 600 feet
east and west of where the man dis
appeared tie dynamite was exploded,
hut with no result.
Relatives OF the missing banker have
visited Rarin" and requested the mem
he,'s of the life sasing crew and the
police To DO the..Y best to recover the
body I,cv offered n eward of 500.
Mans idle men about Racine Joined i'm
;i:a search when they Learned that
James Pefics. Il brother of the missing
banker. had offered q reward of 5000.
they are patroiiEe the beach from the
:laihor to points five and six miles
north of the pier. James penick stated
To the Racine police that his bro:liu,
vas subjected to Merry severe nervous
at,ae KS md he believed that when ti,e
whistle was sounded for Racine harbol
the brother was flis5htened and leaped
cSsrhoard The brother. who is IL law
yer. has been Seol;iMg evidence in the
9.;.tter In order ih3t he ma. preseat
clitlas 10 several life insurance SO
S'etirs IN which his brother Was in
Stlit.l 10 tho alENN!lt- of GOO.