Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-11-21
GILES A. lA|NIDR
MEETS SUDDEN END
Falls From Gang Plank Into
Mississippi at st. Louis and
Is Drowned
BODY NOT YET RECOVERED
Harbor Boats Start Down the River
Monday in a System attic Search FOR
the Body-Accident Follows Pleas
ure Trip in Company With Party Of
Friends-Young Wife Frustrated.
BODY NOT YET RECOVERED


city, while in the employ Of the gem
eral freight department Of the Iowa
Central as travelling freight agent, met
an untinlely end at st. Louis Saturday
night, when he was drowned in the
Mississippi river. Tho accident oc-
CURED after an afternoons pleasure
party of friends. After dinner at the
Missouri Athletic Club the party Of
young men returned to the launch Sat
urn, and in attempting to board 1t
Taintor slipped from the gang plank
fell into the river, and was carried
by the current underneath a coal
barge. The ACCIDENT happened SO
quickly that none Of the party realized
just what had happened until all was
over.
In company with party Of twelve,
Taintor started out III the early hours
Saturday afternoon, pleasure bent,
with the Chain Of Rocks, a picturesque
spot down the river, as the destination.
The launch Saturn was borrowed from
Peter e. Wilson. of the Wilson Land
and Lumber Company, by H. D. Meth
am. Jr., who invited the others to join
in the trip. Among the party were
3. A. Hoberg, deputy harbor commits
sioner: Harry F.. Fulks, G. H. Lille.man
and w. d. Walsh, chief clerk to Water
Commissioner Adkins, Mr.. Walsh re-
sides at the same address as did
Taintor. 5172 Morgan street, and was
the only member of the party who had
q personal acquaintance with Taintor
before the trip.
Drowning Unavoidable.
The drowning Of Mr.. Taintor fs de-
clared by the members of the party to
have been entirely unavoidable. After
returning from the river trip, at about
8 o'clock, the party went to the Mis-
souri, Athletic Club for dinner, and
thence to the Planters Hotel to look
for Mr.. Wilson, owner of the launch
that he might join the party for the
evening. From the hotel the party
took carriages to the launch, which
was anchored at the foot of Wash
ington avenue 1t was raining, and
IN the darkness, and the hurry to get
aboard, Taintor slipped on the wet
4 plank and plunged into the river. He
disappeared at once, and was carried
under a near by coal barge. William
Feehan. mate of the launch, vert into
the river In an effort to find the body.
The swift current, however. had swept
Tafntor out Of sight before there was
any chance Of reaching him.
s.s Mrs. Taintor Frustrated.
Mrs. Taintor, bride of only two
YEARS. became hysterical when Inform
ed of her husbands death, and is now
Frustrated. She irnagines Giles will re-
turn. and keeps insisting that he will
surely come back to her. Every ring
Of the door bell or the telephone lends
additional hope to the grief stricken
wife, who thinks surely that her nus
band is at the door or phone.
Taintor Well Known Here.
Mr.. Taintor was well known IN Mar
s1alltown where he made his nome
during the greater part OF the Tune
that he was employed by the Iowa
Central. He had many warm, per-
sonal friends, who will regret exceed
ingqy to learn of his untimely END.
Mr.. Taintor was OF al. artistic tenn
nerament. and for an amateur was
one Of the finest entertainers imagin-
ahle He was an excellent reader, a
f,re mimic, and was always In demand
when his friends gathered for social
evening. He was also an artist In his
way unsteady, and has also done some
very pretty things In water colors, Oil
and crayon.
Mr.. Taintor was son Of 6. =.
Taintor. q well-known Wall street
broker, and for many years director
of the Iowa Central Railway Conn
pany. Mr.. Taintor had only been TO
st. Louis last week to visit his son.
Giles Taintor was 81 years OF age,
having celebrated his anniversary only
last Tuesday. Two years ago he was
married to Miss Jessie Hague, OF To-
ledo, Ohio. He had been in st. Louis
about three years, or nearly all the
time since he left the employ OF the
Central. and at the time Of his death
was manager Of the st. Louis office OF
the Remington Typewriter Company.
Body May Never Be Recovered.
It is feared In st. Louis that Mr..
Taintor's body may never be recover
ed. If it has been lodged, by catch
ing against some snag, there will be
hopes Of getting it. The police spent
all Saturday night and Sunday drag
cling the river. but without avail. Dyn-
amiting began on Monday, and still
no signs of the body could be found.
In the meantime all the boats and
cities down the river have been no.
tilted to look for the body, and on
Monday all harbor boats started down
the river to engage in a systematic
search.