Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1904-11-30
ALL THREE WERE DROWNED
Friends Of Oshkosh People Con-
WINGED They Have Perished.
CRIES FOR HELP HEARD
Developments Reveal How the Accident
Happened-Searchers Use Dynamite
Without Dislodging Bodies.

Oshkosh, Wis.,, Nov. [Special.l-
All hope of finding Carl Yoos, Mrs. Au-
gust Manner and Ada Stoll alive has
now been abandoned and the fondest
hope cherished by the relatives OF the
missing young people is that their OooleS
may be recovered before Lake Winnie
bago freezes over, otherwise they Will
not be recovered until next spring, II at
all.
That they have been drowned is now
almost certain, although no one actually
saw them in the water. It could not be
understood at first, how the young ladies
were persuaded to enter the boat, but
from developments it appears that the
two young ladies missed finding MI
iYoos at the foot Of New York avenue
where the boat had been moored, and SO
they continued OH to the shanty, 4 mile
and half distant. near the Silver
Springs distillery, where Mr.. 1oos was
known to be taking the lunch with them,
On arriving there it IS supposed that he
proposed to take them home by boat, and
That the three were drowned while max
ing the return trip.
searchers Use Dynamite.
4 search was made of the lstss by par
ties all day Saturday, during the night
and all day Sunday and into the evening
of Sunday About a hundred men con-
tstituted the searching party. Several
charges of dynamite were exploded IN the
water, hoping In that way to BRING the
bodies to the surface, but without AVIAN.
The searchers suffered severely with the
cold. The wind was icy cold and the
spray froze to the boats, but the water
in the lake has not yet frozen over.
No trace of the missing skiH has been
found. This is proving mystery, as IL
was thought that the boat would foat TO
the east shore and be returned, but no IN
Ioe -oolivnH of
Mystery Cleared Up.
William Kien, who lives near the Sill
iver Springs distillery, two miles from
young ladies stopped at his house at
about O'Clock Friday afternoon and
complained Of being cold and asked TO
Iget warm, and also asked which OF the
Eshanties on the point was the one they
sought. :,
After warming themselves they walked
on to the shanty owned by Mr.. Weide-
mann, where it is supposed they met Mr.;
Zoos Then. it is supposed, he proposed
ito take them back to the city. and MI
iKien stated that he saw some people
near the lake getting into boat. He was
of the opinion that the party was COM
posed of young ladies and companion
This was about 80 o'clock. It was not
later than o'clock when Charles Doe
mel. residing at DoemeIs point, in that
vicinity. heard the calls of help, which
were also heard by his man. The, men,
thought that the cry sounded like ma.
Father of the Girls.
Frank Stoll, father of missing girls,
says that he is sure that it was Mrs.
Manner who was calling for help. He
says that ever since she was a little girl
she had been in the habit Of calling
ma whenever she was in trouble and
never called ''help." He says that Yoos
had on several layers of thick clothing.
Including a sheepskin lined hunting coat
and rubber boots. and had in his coat
pockets about seventy-fye loaded shells,
all of which weight would tend to make
him sink quickly.
Location of Bodies.
The accident is supposed to have oc-
Cured between Libbey's point aud
DoemePs point, as that bay, which Is a
mile in width, is one of the worst on the
lake shore and it was from that vicinity
that the cries came for help. There is
where the searching parties worked Sun
day and are searching today.