The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-07-11
NOT MYSTERY NOW.
Body of Little Garnet Mccready Found
Floating in the Willamette.

Floating in the Willamette.
The mystery surrounding the
disappearance of six-yearold Gar
net McCready was solved Thurs
day by the finding of her 1ife1ess
body floating on the surface of the
Willamette river. The discovery
| was made by E. A. Mills, uncle OF
Garnet. and Chester Zumwa1t,
who were patroling the river in a
boat, in the hope, that if drowned,
the body of little Garnet might rise
to the surface of the water. The
boat, in company with another,
manned by Emery J. Mills and a
| brother of the unfortunate child,
had begun the watch at eventide,
and as darkness settled down, had
lighted bicycle lamp with which
to continue the vigil. At one
o'clock in the morning sdark OBJ
ject appeared floating on the sur
face of the water, about the middle
of the river, opposite the John
Swick place. two miles north OF
town The boat was quickly pull
ed nearer, and the strong light OF
the lantern soon told the watchers
that the object was the body of a
child. A moment more, and the
uncle gently lifted the little form in
to the boat, and at once recognized
the dripping mass as the mortal re-
mains Of the missing Garnet. The
body was brought at once to Cor
wallis, where at four o'clock the
following afternoon, quiet funer-
al, flowers and white casket clos
ed the chapter that begun eight
days before in the sudden disap
pearance and long continued search
for the little girl. J. D. McCready
the father of Garnet, had been with
the party in the boats until mid
night, when he put ashore and
came to Corvallis after lunch for
the party. On the way back with
the lunch, he met the boats bear
ing the body of his lost child.
The facts connected with the
discovery of the body were brought
out at an inquest held at the un-
dertaking rooms of Coroner Will
kins early Thursday morning. The
coronor's jury was. j. w. Craw-
ford, foreman. w. J. Howell, J. c.
Taylor, B. F. See1y, w. G. Lane.
and William Crees. DR.. Pernot
was the attending physician, and
after examination>of the remains,
announced it as his opinion that
death resulted from drowning.
Samuel Mills. grandfather of the
child, identified the body as that of
Garnet McCready. The jury was
present while the physician made
the examination.
Of other witnesses, Emery Mills
testified as follows: I'VE were on
the river, switching back and forth
in the stream. We began the look
out at half past nine. and watched
until half past one a. m. The boys
were getting cold. and in order to
warm up we began racing up the
river. Five or six rods above where
we began racing, we saw an object
and circled about it E. A. Mills,
said to US, I guess it's She Il
said. Yes, it's Garnet Then we
backed up close and drew the body
into the boat This was probably
three rods from the west shore.
The body was floating, face sup.
We brought the body up to the
landing at the foot of Polk street.
We did not remove her from the
boat Chester Zumwalt was sent
to notify the coroner, who came
down to the river and took charge
of~the remains
E. A. Mills said: Between one
and two, we found her in the river, J,
and took her into the boat. She /
was floating on the surface of the !
water at a point about 100 feet
rom the west shore. The place is
said to be opposite the John Swick
arm, north of Corvallis. AS we /
raced mp the river. our backs were
:urned up stream, and we did not !
see the object until we had passed
t. I'D McCready was in the boat
With me, and he recognized the
oody as that of his sister,"
Chester Zumwa1t gave testimony
,orroborating the statements of the
,thers, adding that it was the pur-
pose to keep up the patrol of the
liver until the body was recovered.
J. H. Moore who was the man
hat saw a child out on the boom |
estified that he was picking cher
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