CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-06-30
FOUND IN THE RIVER,
The Remains of Pearl May HoI-
land, Drowned at Salida May
3Oth, Taken From The
Water Last FRIDAY,

The body Of Pearl May Holland, the
six-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. E. Holland of Salida, drowned
in that city on Decoration Day, was
found by Roy Reeves, Rert Hughes
and Willard FELTON, lodged against a
large boulder in the Arkansas river a
short distance this side of the telegraph
station in the Royal Gorge shout 10
O'Clock last Friday morning. D. 4 R.
G. trainmen had reported seeing a
corpse floating in the river the previ-
Gus afternoon, and, as 1t was known
that reward Of fifty dollars was Of
fered by the city council Of Salida for
the recovery of any of the bodies lost
in consequence Of the collapse of the
footbridge over the river at that place
on May 3oth, the three boys mentioned
started up the river early Friday morn
ing with the istention of making a
search for them with a view osclaiming,
the reward, if successful.
Protruding rocks afford a Temporary
lodging for much Of the drift and
wreekage carried down the-riverby the
current and the boys scanned such
places very carefully in the hope of
finding one Of the bodies. but to no
purpose until they had penetrated
about three miles into the canon, when
they saw what seemed to be a, human
body circling about in an eddy On the
south side Of the river They crossed
the stream on a prospectors, bridge
about mile below the point where
they had made the gruesome discovery
and made their way back again on the
opposite side, and, after considerable
difficulty succeeded in dragging the
body ashore.
One Of their number returned to
Canon City to inform. the authorities
Of the find, the other two remaining on
the river bank to see that nothing hap
pened to it and to prevent other elsim-
ants from coming alongan demanding
a portion Of the reward offered for its
discovery. On being apprised Of what
had taken place Coroner W. t Little,
Undertaken A. E. Wilson and John
Shaw, assistant to Mr.. Wilson, drove to
the Hot Springs hotel from which place
they walked up the. railroad track to
the point where the boys were keeping
watch over the body of the unfortunate
girl.
Having crossed the. river Mr. Wilson
and Mr.. Shaw lashed the remains to a
small raft and endsavored to. throw a
rope to Coroner Little on the opposite
side Of the stream for the purpose. o
permitting him to guide the body in
its course down the stresm, but ths
rope was found 90 be of insuficien
lenght to permit this to De done ana
the swiftness Of the current rendering
it impossible to swim the river the rsf
was turned adrift and was soon beinI
carried down towards Canon City a
the rate of ten or twelve miles an hour
A half mile from the starting poin
it foated into a swirling eddy and wa
carried upon a small sand beach on tn
south side of the river where 1t coul
not be reached and Coroner Little an
l party came back to town for assistance
} Later in the afternoon Marshal MAJ
I Kenzie, Alderman Houle and Mr.. Sha'
returned to the place where the bod
had been left and brought it here, al
\ irving at Wilson's undertaking parloI
about O'Clock.
Salida had been communicated wit
x by telephone and F. e. Morgan Of tn,
place was here when the body ",
brought in, but he was unable to ider
D tify the remains owing to their ad
\ vanoed state Of decomposition Cha