The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-19
D. A. Evans, Prominent Ohio
Business Man, Drowned
at Saltair.
ACCIDENT OCCURS WHILE
HUNDREDS ARE NEAR
Found Floating Face Down,
With Life All but
Extinct.

d. A Evans. so years old. a we'll
known business man Of J~ckson. Ohio.
was drowned in the heavy salt water OF
Great Salt Lake while bathing at Saltair
yesterday afternoon shortly before
o'clock, The unfortunate man was TAX
ing his first dip in the famous water and
evidently knew nothing OF its dangers, He
strangled to death surrounded by large
number of frolickine bathers who realized
his predlcament too late TO render effeC-
tive assistance The first TO reach him
was e. a. Vanderventcr. OF the Evenn 6
Telegram, who found him floating face
down in water below his ,,S dePth Avs short fp
railroad trestle. Frank l.. Gardner of
the Gardner e. Adams clothing firm WAS
The body was taken 10 the pier with
signs of life noticeable. DR.. Ira K. Hum
phrey, who was among the bathers, made
every possible effort to save the mans s
life. without avail
Mr.. Evans. accompanied by his wife.
Mrs A. D. Evans. and his nephew, D, M.
Beman. of Thurman, Ohio, arrived in Salt
louial hotel on West First South street
They left Ohio June 8 and were en- route
TO Los Angeles. from which place they
were intending to go to San Francisco to
attend the International Sunday school
convention to be held there this week.
They were then TO make tour Of the
northwest before returning home.
Attracted to Saltair.
Early yesterday afternoon. the trio
. o'clock. Mr.. Evans declared that he had
heard so much of the summer bathing at
the noted resort that he intended to take
pleasure Both Mrs. Evans and Beman
were indisposed. and according to their
assertions asked him to ss postpone sdn his dip
seemed bent upon enjoying the new expe-
rence and went into the lake alone. little
realizing that he was going to his death
Mrs Evans and Mr.. Beman arranged to
meet him later on the train leaving the
pavilion AT 7;15 o'clock In the evening
The next time they saw him and the first
was when his dead body was being taken
past them TO the baggage car.
Just when and how Evans's strangula-
ton came about is not known, Nearby
bathers who chancod to glance In his di-
rection saw him floating on the water
with his face down. Some say that he
and that they thought he was attempting
one of the Floating pranks' others eN-
perienced in swimming and bathing In the
Salt water have been seen TO do. Not
far from him. a young boy was seen. who
was thought at the time 10 be Ills son,
Plight Discovered.
Two young Salt Lake men, r. Dewitt
Foster, of the city board of health. and
Dennie Murphy, floor manager at Keith
OBrIens. had stopped AT the railing near
est Evans on their way TO their bath
rooms After watching him for somc
time; thhey suddenly realized that the
mans movements were not natural and
that his face had remained under water
longer time than, possible without
breath. F.. a, Vanderventer, a nearby
bather, also directed his attention to
Evans. While Foster 'and Murphy were
calling To bathers to go to the mans
assistance, Vanderventer and Gardner
made their way to his side. Lifting up
Evans's chin. they found his face purple
and realized the man was drow ming.
With tho assistance OF Deputy Sheriff
\. a. Butler. William ices and c. ID.
F'oltz. bathhouse employees and others,
lVanderventer and Gardner carried the un
conscious man from the water to the pier,
DR.. Humphrey. who had also rushed to
the scene. took Evans In charge and made
heroic efforts TO restore him. Liquor was
ADMIR- istered AMI then strychDine was ap-
piled typoderTicallv. The hands and feet
We're rubbed e. START circulation and every
lresource known TO modern science was