The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-05-12
THE LAKE
ENCULFS
ANOTHER
Don CowieFal from Launch
and Disappears Beneath
Dark Waters

The drowning Of Don Cowie wna a
sad ending 20 u pleasure outing Of a
party Of well known young men and
women on Lake Washington last
evening, Cuwie dropped from the
ntrfn of launch lN which the party
was cruising and despite the efforts
Of his friends 20 save him. he sunk
from sight beneath the water. Don
Cowic was "a collector IN the employ
OF the standard Furniture Co. for
ave yeafs. but left their employ q
little more than week aEu. He in
a Young man - yeara % age, and has
q host Of friends ia Seattle. ttig
sudden death came al a great shock
10 many That he was attacked with
heart failure. and then fell into the
lake last evening. n the theory ad-
Nsncod today accounting for hlH
death. The disoaHo ~ hereditary IN
his family.
About 4 year and a-haif ago the
dead mans father. Wm. IL. Cowle,
dropped dead Of heart failure. Ia a
jackson street ear
How II All Happened
W. n Belond Of this city took out
a party in his private launch last
The start was made from LeEchl
park al 40 o'clock ~ the evening
The party consisted ~ Leopold NJ
stern. Ara stern, ". 1t Bel0nd
Miss Fannie neHElnRrr. Miss RUBY
Friend and Don Cuwie. Tho enKin.
eer 81 the launch was also iu the
party. Tho launch proceeded toward
Madison park The boat Was run
ming At good speed, when about 100
yards on the Madison park band
stand. Don Cuwie and Mr. Helond
were az the stern % the craft. The
latter was arranging the flag pole,
and had his beck turned toward his
com uanion. Hti0nd was startled ~
a splash. and looked around IN time
to see Cowie'E form IN the water. The
boat was turned around as quickly
~ possible and brought back 10 the
Mace where Cowie had gone over
board. Mr. stern threw a rope 20
the man IN the water. hut for some
renHon Il WIS not taken By him. II
Mr. C0wi. was Htill alive. he evident
~ could not see the rope. but the
general impression II that he died
~ heart failure al or before the time
he struck the water The fact that
he did not speak or call for help IN
also accounted Tor BY this theory.
Mr.. Storms Opinion
Leopold N. stern. an attorney who
was with the party and who threw
the rope 60 cuVis. said today that "
was very probable that the man
died 81 heart trouble before falling
ln1o the lake. lie stated that u was
very dark 90 the lai ana that q
rulsfd have been IN tnfS asa ter foT
Cowie not 70 have seen the rope
thrown 10 him.
After Cnwie had dropped into the
water and had disappeared. several
Hrnati boats collected around the
scene Of the tragedy sNd assisted In
the search for the body. The search
w'nH stopped at 10 o'clock last even
ing. but began again this morning.
The body has not yet been found.
His Old Employers
Al the STANDARD Furniture Co. the
dead man was spoken 81 only In the
highest terms. "He was an omploye
OF this firm for i've years. said Ralph
schoenfeld today. and n more hon
ent and Trustworthy young man
never worked for us. lie left Of his
own accord on account Of ill-health.
Al the time Of his death Don Cowic
was IN the employ u GottHteiu a
Gordon. cigar dealers At 60. Second
avenue. A widowed mother. a
brother Charles A.. and two sisters
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