The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-03-26
Thomas Gallagher, Old Resident
of City Supposed To Have
Been Drowned Saturday
DRAG LONG FOR REMAINS
Life Savers and Large Crowd of People
Search the Water in Hopes of
Finding Body of Missing
Man Without Avail

The Kenosha river has offered an
other tragedy for the solution of the
members of the life saving crew and
the city police and all day Sunday Cap
tain Fountain and number of the
members of the Kenosha Life Saving
Crew were dragging the river in hopes
of finding some trace of the body of
Thomas Gallagher an old resident of
the city who disappeared at eight
o O'Clock. Saturday and who it is
thought to be pretty certain is buried
under the dirty waters of the river Just
west of the Main street bridge. With
a great crowd Of men and boys patrol
ing the banks of the river, Captain
Fountain and his men kept up the
search for the body Of Gallagher all
day Sunday but they found nothing.
The search was resumed this morning
and it is thought certain that the body
will be recovered if it is in the river.
There has been little movement Of the
water since Saturday night when it is
thought Gallagher fell into the water
and it is not thought possible that the
body could have been carried out into
the lake. There are some people VINO be
leve that Gallagher is not in the river
but that he has left the city and gone
to Milwaukee or some other place but
this theory is not believed by relatives
of the missing man who eagerly watch
ed and aided in the search on Sunday.
The missing man was formerly en-
ployed as an assistant in the engine
room at the n. R. Allen S Sons tannery.
He was at work on Saturday morning
but met with slight injury and had
gone home to make an effort to heal
the wound. Gallagher made his home
at the old Tenhagan House on North
Main street and he remained there un-
til late Saturday evening when he re-
turned to the tannery engine room.
When he went into the place the en-
gineer noticed that he had been drink
ing some and yet he seemed to be able
to walk about. He sat talking with
the engineer for half an hour and then
declared his intention to 90 to his
boarding house. The engineer thought
nothing more of the matter until few
minutes later when he heard a call for
help and at the same time he heard a
splash in the waters of the river.
Lights were hurriedly procured and
men from the tannery hurried to the
bank Of the river to aid Gallagher to
get out of the water, but no sign Of the
body could be seen. There was moth
ing but the circles which appear on the
surface of the water when it has been
disturbed
search was at once made about
the yards Of the tannery and a mes
senger was sent to the boarding house
but he brought back the news that
Gallagher had not been seen since early
in the evening and the men at once no
tilted the police office who in turn call
ed out the life saving station.
1t seems rather rem arkable that with
such long period of dragging, the life
savers were not able to find some trace
of the body and this has added to the
belief that Gallagher may have fallen
in the water and manage to escape
without aid and had run away. The
missing man was half brother of Mrs.
Bernhard McGivern and Mr. McGivern
was directing the search for the body
on Sunday. He stated that he felt GER
tain that the old man had been drowned
in the river.
Gallagher was sixty-fve years of age.
He was a native of New York but had
resided in this neighborhood for many
years. He has two sons and daughter
living but none Of them are residents
Of Kenosha.
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