The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1906-05-17
PAUL HUTSlNPILLER
DROWNED IN RIVER
Sinks Under Bare Creek Railroad
Bridge in Eight Feet of Water
Albert Koltermann, His Only Companion, Saw
Him Go Down and Says He Did Not
Again Come to Surface

Considerable excitement was. man.
tested in the city Friday afternoon
when it was learned that Paul Hutsin-
piller had met death from, drowning.
1t was sweltering warm day for this
time of year and he with Albert Kolter-
man, boy of fifteen, laid aside the
arduous work of the school room and
took to the river, "just for swim. :"
They walked to the railroad bridge on
Bare Creek, two miles north of the
city and must have reached there
about two o'clock. Paul was last to
enter the water, but it seems could not
swim. He got beyond his depth, and
went down, and his companion says did
not again appear above the surface.
The Koltermann boy hung around the
bridge for some time, and on Otto Born
and James Nichols coming along he
told that Paul was drowned under the
bridge. He pointed out where the body
lay, and after getting help from the
city the body was raised by Otto Born
with common garden rake. The water
at this point was about eight feet deep.
Several ways were tried to see if
respiration could not. be started and
the physicians of the city tried their
skill to no avail. The opinion is that
his heart failed him.
The shock to the dead boys parents
was intense. Mrs. Hutsinpiller COM
pletely collapsed, and for a brief time
her life was despaired of, but she is
now recovering.
Paul was considered one of the best
behaved and Industrious young men of
the city. He was not given to frivolity
like most boys of his age, but was
of the steady, dependable sort-the
kind of boys that are wanted and
trusted in this day and age of the
world. Hehad just passed his sixteenth
birthday last fall, being born in River
dale township, on the 18th day of
September, 1889. With the exception
of about 81 years, which he spent in
Oakes, he has lived on the farm, four
miles south of the city. He was the
eldest child and only son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William M. Hutsinpiller, pioneer
and respected residents. The family
had taken up their permanent home in
the city last fall. They had lived in
the city three years before, but had
gone back to the farm.
Funeral services were conducted at
the residence on Sunday afternoon at
2:3O by Rev. ]. S. De Long of the M.
p. church, assisted by Rev. R. T. Full
ton of the Presbyterian church. His
minister spoke lovingly of the boy that
had just passed away. He had joined
the Methodist church on probation in
the fall of 1904 and was taken into full
membership in March, 1906 He had
done his part in the church and was
very quick in his daily school work.
Many wreaths of flowers decorated the
white casket, sent by the societies of
the church and his classmates, as we'll
as loving tokens from many friends.
His remains were laid to rest in the
Oakes cemetery.
Paul Gibson Hutsinpiller is no more,
but the way in which he met death
should serve as an example to the boys
that are left behind. This is the fourth
young man of Oakes and vicinity that
has gone to his death by drowning in
the past two years. 1t is true that it is
hard to keep the boys out of the water
on warm day, but the penalty is too
great and parents cannot hold too tight
rein on their boys in this regard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hutsinpiller and their
two daughters have the sympathy of
many warm friends in their sad loss.