Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-06-10
Remains Of aura Limersand and
Fritz .Falk Found Tuesday
AfterFFiye Days Search.

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Recovered by j. A. Buchanan
Before Arrival Of Diver.
Lake Was Dynamited.
After lyingat the bottom Of Spirit
wood lake in the Icy waters for near
" 1--WE days the bodies Of Laura Linz
ersand and Fritz Falck have at last
been recovered. A continuous search
had been kept up by the bereaved
parents and friends since Friday
morning when the couple were first
missed and their empty boat found
on the lake shore and the assistance
Of residents from all over the county
was brought In to help In the search.
At 3:l5 Tuesday afternoon J. a.
Buchanan, who was dragging with q
Small line and hook, found the body
of the girl and 1T was brought to the
surface. a few hours later Mr.. Bu-
chanan also found the body OF Fritz
Falck. Both were lying In water
about IL feet deep and 30 feet from
the west shore Of spiritwood lake.
The remains we're composed and IN
perfect condition and gave no evil
dence Of i struggle and 1t seemed
that death must have come easily.
The search for the bodies Of Miss
Limersand and her companion has
aroused the interest Of the entire
county. The drowning and subse-
quent suspense was one of the most
tragic events that has occurred in its
history.
The exact story and details Of the
drowning will never be known. Al
ter the young couple had taken tho
boat from fuckers landing last
Thursday night, beautifnl evening
with 8 full moon shining brilliantly
over the lake, they probably rowed
vest for . while and passed of the
I G. A. X. camping ground.
william sperner who lives about
three miles from Courtenay, was
camping ct the lake near the G. A..
r. grounds at the time and late
Thursday night heard . girl shout
ssswim hard, swim hard" followed
by q mufled scream. He also remem-
bers seeing indistinctly boat with
two people about 500 feet from the
shore line near the old fence that
runs down to the sandy beach and
thought that one was standing up.
He heard them beach the boat
and then leave. When he again
heard the splashing he thought that
they were only in swimming and tenn
porarily forgot the whole affair. Sat-
urday residents Of Courtenay, excited
over the drowning, heard Of Sperner
and believing that he might know
something of the accident, brought
him back to the lake Immediately.
It was greatly thru sperner's assis-
tance in locating the site that the
bodies we're found, altho both bodies
were brought to the surface some
distance west from the spot where
sperner first located the boat and
the sound OF splashing and screams.
The tin boat, hall fullof water, the
float Ing check book and hat OF Fritz
Falck we're the nrst evidences found
Of tho drowning Friday morning BY
II. LaBrasche when searching for the
boat which had not returned to the
dock. All were surprised that the
bodies were found go near the shore.
sDragging Wa done in 4. some places '
forty feet deep.
Tho systematic dragging Of the Jake
was commenced ct once and three
launches, bel longing to ". B. DEN Nault,
s0so. Tucker ana y. aBrasche; were
III commission nearly all the time,
assisted By many row boats. More
than 50 people were engaged n the
{ search sc times !. Buchanan
4 was one Of the first and most perse-
zverant and his efforts we're rewarded
:sby finding the bodies. ynamite had
been explod led Al the yiclnity
The boats and launch q crossed the
sbaiy time and again III parallel lines
oovering nearly every ootsof the bot bo
tom. Many lines were roker Z and a
ss84hooksg lost, catching ih the rocks and
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