Gunnison news-champion., 1908-06-05
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nag the recent tragic death of yoanS
. sdnev Olney.
The news ssy..
Never has the city Of Sandposnt
received sach . shock as when the
ne~s spswsd lss, Thursday morning
thai Rodney IL Oln~y had met death
by dro~ ninG the evening before In
Lake Pend d'Ore,lIe at Blscktail
Mr. Olney accompanied by Dr >
H. Ph,nney, u ID Silva and c. A
Roe left the city last "Wednesday
mosniag in Mr. Olney's launch, the
Lady Of tAe Lake, for Blscktall 10
spend tso days outing, hunting and
hsasinG. They took with them q
new Shs~l Lake canoe, Which Dr
Ph,nney had lss, received from the
eoaa
The afternoon was an ideal one
The san shining warm and there not
beng a ripple ON the surface Of the
lake. On account Of the heat, Rod
ney had taken of his heavy shoes
and put ON q pair of moccsslns, and
after being out in the canoe . few
minutes had Kicked them of. 40 well
as taken of h,s bunting !jackst, and
wss Just in the act OF lighting his
pipe when he had strike on the
line he WAS carrying and in his
hurry TO grasp the line the canoe
WAS overturned like fash aud the
two young men found themselves in
the icy water Neither of them look
ed upon the accident as serious, as
they were within less than hundred
yards from shore and after coming
up from the first splash they each
caught hold Of the canoe aud Rod
nev remarked: well this is
pretty predicament we're in isn't ii
Doc. What shall we dor DIR. Phin-
ney replied by stating that his legs
were tangled up in their fishing
lines whereupon Rodney said: well
this canoe won't hold both OF US
You stay with it and | will swim
ashore" aud he struck out swim
,aing for shore with Q good stroag
stroke. After having covered about
half the distance to the shore DIR.
Phinney asked him how he was com
ing and he replied that he was get
ting pretty tired and Phinney rec
commended that he turn over on his
back and float awhile and rest,
which Rodney did, and while he
WAS thus floating DIR. Phinne, OBJ
served that Elmer Robinson who
had been loading wood into a row
boat, had unloaded the boat and
was rowing rapidly toward Rodney.
Phinney told Rodney to hold out
lew minutes and the row boat would
pick him up just then Rodney
turned over On his face aud started
swimming again but after two or
three strokes he threw up his hands
and disappeared from sight without
a struggle or an outcry.
All night parties searched the
lake until next morning at seven the
boy was raised by graphing hooks.
Undertaken Bower reported that
ON preparing the body he found no
water in the lungs or stomach and
no signs of strangulation which goes
to prove that Rodney did not drown
but died from heart failure before
going down, which accounts for his
sinking without struggle and not
coming up after going beneath the
surface.
All Friday afternoon and evening
and all day Saturday steady con-
course Of friends and admirers of
the deceased visited the undertaking
parlors to take a last look upon the
face and form of one whom they had
admired and loved in life and the
gloom which had settled on the city
with the first report of the accident
would not dispel.
Commencing Saturday morning
there was a steady stream of floral
offerings being carried to the under
taking parton. until by evening the
cut flowers. wreaths, pillows and de-
signs filled the pariors. Nor even
on a Memorial or decoration dav has
there been such a profusion of flowers
as was sent as a last token of the
sorrow felt in the untimeiy death of
this promising young man.
At first the family requested g
private funeral, but the mother upon
seeing tlle universal grief of the citi-
zens Of this city and realizing that
all were joining in mourning the loss
If her son, announced that she
swould consent TO public funeral
and arrangements were made to hold
funeral services Sunday afternoon
at 2:3O at the knights of Pythias
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