The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-06
BODY OF DROWNED
 BOY RECOVERED Man Almost Paints When
 He Touches Arms STORY OF ACCIDENT Young Grinius Had Taken Hold of Boat But Was Pushed Off Be- cause Occupants Thought He
 was Playing
STORY OF ACCIDENT

The body of Arthur Grinius, the young man who was drowned in East Lake on the Fourth of July, was recovered yester- day afternoon at 12;15 o'clock. The drag ging of the night before and yesterday morning had been unsuccessful but the management of the park kept up its dili- gent search The body was recovered by Will P. White, a conductor on the South ern railroad. The body was immediately taken to the city and given to Lige Loy for funeral preparation.
 The remains were found when White was walking on the bottom of the lake. rope had been stretched from one side to the other and as White was nearly in the middle he felt that he had stepped upon the body and as he attempted to come to the shore his feet were caught between the drowned boys arms. He called to the other men who were search- ing the lake to come over and just as they came near him he collapsed. White saio that the sensation of touching drowned body was such a shock to him that he felt as if he would faint and had not the men immediately come to his assistance he said he would have been surely drowned He was carried to the shore, where he regained his strength.
 Although there are several conflicting stories told of how the boy met his death the story accepted by the father of the boy and the authorities is that young Grinius, who was unable to swim, had been bathing in water that was not over
 his head. But a rowboat came by and
 he caught on behind it and had been lowed some distance without the observa-
 ton of the party in the boat. When the
 man in the boat noticed that the boy
 was on behind he told him to get off. But Grinius pleaded that he was unable to
 swim and said that he only wished to
 stay on the boat until they could reach shallow water, but the occupant of the boat, evidently thinking the boy was
 merely saying that so he might be able to have a free ride, further commanded
 the boy to get off. When Grinius did
 not obey he was pushed off
 The shock of knowing that he was unable to swim must have partly. para iyzed the young boy, as the water was
 not over his head. but he, thinking that it was, gave up and called for assistance. As he went under the second time the 1 party in the boat realized that the boy l had told the truth and turned to save
 him but it was too late. the boy had | gone under for the third time.
 l The park authorities upon hearing the report, rushed several boats to the scene of the drowning, but as the boys in bathing seemed to be joking in their state-
 ments the management paid little atten- tion to the case until some time later when, the report was verified. Following 1 this the lake was cleared of the boaters and bathers and the management imme- diately started dragging for the body l But their efforts were unsuccessful unti | yesterday afternoon when the body was l found.
 The deceased was IS years of age
 CTS, the furniture dealers, in the ca
 pacity of messenger boy. The young
 boy was of foreign parents. his father | having been born in France, and his l mother in Russia. Lately. it is said, the | boy had Anglosized his name and was
 known as Arthur Green. He is sur vived by a mother. a father and several l brothers and sisters. His father is | connected with Loveman, Joseph & Loeb | in the furnishing department. The de- ceased formerly had resided with his 1 parents at 5S0 South Twentyfirst | street, where they had been living for 8 short while.
 The funeral services will be held this
 afternoon at the family residence at
 o'clock. After the funeral services the interment will be made in Elmwood cemetery.