The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-05-22
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After eating slWef Ht NeeaUa
hall Saturday night some ~ tbe h0ss
arranged 20 80 10 the Naatouum t0
take a plunge 10 the pool The party
consisted Of Wade Kerr sam Hook
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/ dent The first three named reacaeu
the pool shortly after seven o'clock
aud had been swimming Tor some
lime when young Thompson. i3enhie
Shell and c r MAYS reached the
Naiatorium According Go their best
recollection of the tragic event b Was
about ten minutes until y O'CLOCK
when the last three named boys en-
tered the pool Il is said that this
was the finst time young Thompson
had gone into the pool and that be
! was unable TO swim. He was proyid-
! ed with & set OF water wings so il is
stated. and after using them awhile
il is said he declared he could swim
| without them. SO far as is known
| this is the last time he was seen
alive When the boys We're ready 10
leave the pool about nine O'Clock
| their companion was missed TWO Of
| the boys had already dressed and one
of these inquired about young
| Thompson. None of the others could
remember when they saw him last.
| Inquiry was made at the office and
| il was found that he had not called
| for his valuables A search was insti-
| tuted and when his clothing was
| found in his dressing room the boys
| became alarmed One of the boys
| who was vet clad in his bathing suit
| dived into the pool and a few min
utcs later he found the body in
about eight feet of water IN the
meantime young Mays had again
| In mi ha
pose of aiding in the search of the
pool. He assisted in recovering the
body and removing il to one OF the
rooms in the Natatorium Physicians
were hurriedly sommoned and when
they arrived a thorough examination
of the body was made. All attempts
at resuscitation failed The physicians
stated that from the observations
made by them death WAS caused by
drowning.
Justice of the Peace Tidwell was
called in to hold an inquest He
reached the Natatorium shortly after
ten O'Clock and viewed the body, at-
ter which it was turned over to The
undertakers to be prepared FOR bur
ial. Testimony in the inquest pro
ceedings was taken in Justice It'd
wells office Monday morning Hi:
verdict was that death was due tC
accidental drowning,
The unfortunate young man wa'
the son Of Mr. and Mrs. } II
Thompson of Whitesboro He was
about 10 years old and this was his
second year in the University liz
was a member of the freshman class
His parents were called up over tn
telephone Saturday night and tol'
of the accident. The remains wer'
shipped to Whitesboro over the cen
trail SUNDAY morning for burial Prot