Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1903-07-10
NO LONGER A MYSTERY.
The Body of Little Garnet McCready Was
Taken From the River Early Yesterday
Morning.


The circumstances surrounding
the disappearance of little Garne1
McCready the afternoon of July
1st are no longer mystery.
The belief, entertained by nearly
everyone, that she slept beneath
the placid surface of the old Viii.
lamette has been proved to be
correct by the finding of her
body Yesterday morning about I
O'Clock.
Four young men, Milton and
E. A. Mills, Chester Zumwalt
and Ed McCready, brother ot
the missing child, were patrolling
the river near a gravel bar, op-
posite the Swick home, below
the sawmill. Knowing that the
body was apt to come to the sur-
face on the ninth day, the pur-
pose of the child's relatives was
to ke1p constant watch, day
and night, u"t,l Friday. The
Mills boys were in one boat,
while Zumwalt and Ed McCieldt
were in another. The night was
cold, and they began racing
about one o'clock to warm up"
Suddenly Nd. A. Mills saw an OBJ
ject floating about three rods
from the west shore and investi-
cation proved it to be the body
of little Garnet. It was placed
in one OF the boats and brought
to the ferry landing. Coroner
Wilkins was summoned and he
had the corpse conveyed to his
undertaking parlors.
Preparations were made tor an
inquest. which was held yester-
day morning at 8 O'Clock in the
presence of the following jury:
J. w. Crawford, foreman; w. J.
Howell, J. c. Taylor, Wm.
Crees, B. F. Seely and w. G.
Lane.
After the Identification of the
body by Sam'l Mills, the grand
father, in the presence of the
jury and DR.. Pernot, the latter
was placed on the stand to testify
as to cause of death. He said
that the clothing had been re-
moved and the body carefully ex-
amined for marks or signs of vie-
lence, but none could be found.
The head and neck were badly
congested indicating that death
was caused by drowning.
Sam'l Mills swore to the iden-
tity of the body. The name of
deceased was Garnet Luella Nc
and she would have been
six years of age on July and. He
last saw her alive, just north of
E. w. Strong's residence about
1:o5 p. m, July 1st. She was
missed As minutes later. No
outcry was heard in the mean
time. Dan Read, of Wren, and
two other men who were picking
cherries nearby saw her about
1:25 O'Clock. Search was be-.
gun about ago p. m. Witness
said Garnet was tinid about
water. He had taken her out on
the boom at the mill last summer,
but she was very reluctant about
going. Earlier in the dav of her
disappearance she had called the
of playmates to this
boom and said she thought it was
rocking up and down.
J. Fl. Moore testified that he
was picking cherries at the Ger
Der place. He heard children
a boy and girl-playing on the
river bank nearby. When he
mounted the ladder, he saw
little girl out on the boom. She
was singing and dancing back
and forth. He came down the
ladder when his bucket was about
half full and saw the child still
there. When he looked a few
later she was gone.
That was about 2 O'Clock.
Milton Mills said the body was
found near the Swick place,
mile below town. With others
he began patroling the gravel
bar about o:3o p. m. They were
racing. when they discovered an
object about three rods from the
west shore. Guess its her." he
said, and they rowed toward it.
The body was floating face up
wards.
e. y. Mills stated that logs
were floating down the river, but
there had been no unusual COM
motion just previous to finding
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