The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-27
Was Found Seven Miles Below City. REMAINS BADLY UNSECURED Two Negroes Bring News to Re-
 latives. uerxed Portion of Hendersoa's Farm--Funeral Services to
 Be Held Today.
REMAINS BADLY UNSECURED

Caught asainst A mass of debris. and floating in the backwater of the Ala hama river, the body of Tom Harper. the boy who was drowned on March II was found yesterday afternoon by two negroes, George Grant and sam Parks, at about sevep miles peiow Montgomery, near Henderson's farHi.
 The negroes, who had been employ -ed as searchers sthe relatives or Willie billiard and Pom Harper. two or the party who went to their oee.h' hurried immediately to Montgomery after securing the body to the raft or logs and brush. and notified the reia- lives. At about o'clock, after the steam launch of Goodwin Jones was secured, Frank billiard and Ed Ellison, both uncles of Harper. with an Adver- tiser reporter, put out to the scene, returning with the body.
 The body fioated in the river on the side opposite to- that on which Mont gomery lies. bloated to an enormous size The face was swollen and black ened and badly decomposed, the fea- lures being eradicated in the swollen mass. But from the clothes and the general appearance, the two kinsmen recognized the body as that of Tom Harper. The boy lay. with his back to the surface, his body huddled. with limbs drawn up and stiffened.
 Harper was attired in a suit of oy-' eralIs. and the otherwise loose gar ments were tight about the body. in its swollen condition. The remains were placed in a small boat in tow of the launch. and conveyed to the lanj- Ing at the foot of Commerce street.
 A large crowd had gathered. hearing the news that one of-&he ill-fated party had been found. owing to the decom- ,f.I tions were conducted at the river front. in the presence of the morbidly curious men and boys who crowded about the remains,
 The negroes who found the body were part of a number of searchers who have been busy. since the day of he tragedy. over two weeks ago, ply Ing the river on the outlook for the drowned men. The search has been being engaged in the task. some both night and day. The two uncles of the boys have led in the search for many days. relfnquishing their part in the work only after every foot of the Hooded river within ten miles of the city. had been gone over
 It is thought that the bodies had be- come entangled in the submerged brush and logs, the body of Harper coming to view after the river had fallen somewhat. It Is expected that the re- mainder of the bodies will be found within the next few days. as the wa ter is subsiding rapidly. The negroes employed in the search are still on the outlook.
 The remains of the unfortunate boy, after the work of preparation at the river front. were taken to a local un- dertaking establishment, and thence to the residence of Harper's uncle, Ed Ellison. on French Street, from which place the funeral will take place to- day at 3 o'clock.
 Mrs. King, the mother of Harper, returned to Atlanta Thursday morning, after having been in the city more than two weeks. during the search for the bodies. She was summoned to Montg emery immediately, and will probsS;y be in the city in time for the funeral today.
 Harper. though his mother resided in Atlanta, was a Montgomerian, living in this city with his uncle for the most part.
 Harper's cousin. Willie billiard, and two negroes, Bob. the ferryman, and