The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-11
Little Body Discovered Floating on
Surface of Old Cistern in Yard Of
Allison G. South.
WAS FOUND BY SIMEON C. EoYL
CAPTAIN OF FIRE COMPANY
MADE CAREFUL SEARCH.
Cistern Covered by an Old Board and
Child Had Fallen i'm While at Play
Mothers Condition.

Shortly after the break of day yesterday
morning the body of Teddy Kendall the
three-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs H. S.
Kendall, 1926 Hall place, was found in an
abandoned cistern in the rear of the resi-
dence of Allison G. South, 1922 Hall place,
scarcely three hundred feet from the home
where the anxious parents waited day after
day for word from their lost one. The
body discovered in the cistern by
Capt. Simeon c. Hoyl, of company No.
of the city fire department.
The child disappeared from its home on
Friday afternoon and since that time until
the discovery of the body yesterday morn
ing the police and organized searching par
ties made up of citizens from all over the
town hunted high and low without a single
clew as to where the boy haa gone. 1t was
rumored that he had been abducted, and
the idea of death was doubted and scoffed
at by all the searchers. The wells and cis-
terms in the neigh5orhood of the Kendall
home were all searched the day after the
boy was last seen and the identical cistern
in which he was drowned was peered into
by hundreds of people before Captain HoyI
rescued the body.
CAPTAIN HOYLS SEARCH.
the Kendall home and asked if he and his
firemen might make search of the prem
ises for the missing boy. Mr. Kendall told
him by all means to go ahead and in a
short time the captain with three of his
men, William Ruse, Robert Bruce and
Thomas Duncan, were searching the prem
ises around the Kendall home. Captain
Hoyl went on ahead of his men and discoy-
home. The cistern was in evident dsuse
and was covered with a large board On
raising the cover the first thing that greet
ed the eyes of the seacher was the body
of the child floating on the top of the water.
He reached for the body, but found that
it would be necessary to use a hook to get
ii out. The other firemen were called and
i'm a moment the dripping form of the
missing boy who for three days was un-
avaiingly sought was carried to the fire
station nearby and the father was notified.
When told that the body of his child had
been found in the cistern, Mr.. Kendall fell
TO the floor in a half-swoon and sobbed i'm
grief, while Mrs. Kendall, who, since the
disappearance of her boy has been in a
serious condition became unconscious
MOTHERS CONDITION SERIOUS.
The condition of Mrs. Kendall is consid-
cred extremely critical and it is feared
that her death may result. 1t is necessary
for DR.. Bull. her attending physician. to
keep her constantly under the influence
of opiates. and he is nearly worn out by
his exertion. having found it necessary to
be at the side of the distracted woman al
most all the time since her boy disappeared
| last Friday. DIR. Bull said last night that
Mrs. Kendall was resting trife easier than
she had at any time since her condition
| became so serious and he expressed a hope
| that she would be on the road to speedy
| recovery within few days.
The cistern in which the child lost its
life contains about six feet of water and
is nearly full. The boy evidently lifted
the board cover and In peerin4e into the
| water lost his balance and fell.
Great crowds were attracted around the
( South residence by the presence of the
| firemen and excitement was at the high
| est pitch when the body of the babe was
| drawn from its watery grave. For a mo-
/ ment a deathly silence held the witnesses
| of the sad affair. and then sobs and cries
were heard and many u tear was shed a.