Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-19
CODY NOT RECOVERED
AFTER LONG SEARCH
Three Boy Companions Witness
Tragedy and Sound Alarm-Lad
Tries to Mako Stump by Swimming.
and Goes Down Almost Within
Reach Of Log.

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drowned at about ) O'Clock Saturday
evening, when the river bank at the
spot where Euziere was standing caved
in.
The water az this point IN the river
is very swift, and at present high,
owing 10 recent rains. Young Euziere
battled in the swift water for a few
minutes, heading against he current
for a stump not far away He had al
most reached the log when he Went
down for the third time. ard few
bubbles on the surface Of the water told
the frightened boys on shore that ali
vas over. The river is ahout ten feet
deep at the point the Dody disap-
oeared.
Lads Try to Throw Lines.
Master Euziere was in company with
Aibert Geary. aged 10, son Of {. NJ
~. 209 South seventh street: and
Neivlr I'd George Rohr5ach. aged Is
nd ~ respectively, sons Of DR.. f. g.
Rohrbach. The lads had gone 10 the
river at about s O'Clock.
The Geary boy gave a very coherent
account of the accident following the
alarm that brought the police patrol
TO the scene a half hour after the
drowning.
Young Geary said tina, after he and
his companions had tired of fishing
the younger Rohrbach boy in playing
with his niger shooter" had dropped
il in the water. E,uziere asked him II
he might have il if ne fished il out
with his pole. The little Ronrpacn
lad answered in the negative. and alter
hooking it once EuZiere threw it out
farther in the stream. He made an
other cast for it. and as ne Gid so the
bank slid into the water beneath his
feet.
Geary said that as soon as Euziere
landed in the water he and the older
Rohrhach boy threw out their lines
and tried to have Euziere take hold of
them The boy paid no attention to
his companians at all, and the first
thought of those on shore was that
Euziere was not afraid, and would
swim to shore with the current.
Instead of going with he current
however, Euziere started up stream,
evidently hoping to reach a stump. lie
managed to make Roadway for almost
fifteen feet Geary thinks. and then
Went DOWN. re rose, pduui-I w IN MS
hands. and went down a second time,
and again arose. An instant later the
waters closed over the lads head, and
his hat and a log that his companions
had thrown into the water IN the hopes
of helping him. noated off down
stream.
Young Geary rode his bicycle to the
water works, and telephoned the police
he I;,,ly .av
minutes from the time the lad first fell
into the water. Twenty minutes later
the work Of rescue began.
Search For Body Unavailins.
Fire Chief Kirby and Tuey Snalley,
from the central station, were first to
respond TO the call for rescuers and
Chief Kirby took charge OF the first
party which attempted to recover the
body. This party was soon joined by
another In charge Of Commissioner of
Public Safety Nicholson. The river
was dragged for some distance below
the scene of tragedy until a late hour
on Saturday evening. when work was
given up for the night owing to heavy
fog which settled over the bottom lands
making the efforts OF the rescuers haz-
ardous. r. w Brewer, grandfather OF
the lad, was with the rescuers turnout
the evening.
The work was resumed early Sunday
morning. in charge OF CHIEF kirby.
Commissioner Nicholson, and Sheriff
J. G. Edgar Before leaving Satur-
day night the rescuers had thrown
ropes across the river in the hope that
the body. II carried down stream during
the night, might be caught on the OBJ
struction. Sunday the scene Of the ex-
pIoration OF The river was greatly eN-
tended, and the rescuers resorted TO
dynam1ting. Blasts were fred up and
down the stream from where the boy
went down to a point near the Third
avenue bridge. The river was again
dragged, the rescuers traversing the
distance from the spot vnera the bank
gave way TO the bridge again and
again. All these efforts proved I'M
availing. The work was again contin-
ued until dark, when more entangle-
ments were placed and the task left to
be resumed this morning.
During the work Sunday divers made
mn unsuccessful attempt to locate the
body, and today professional Indian
diver from the Tama reservation was
brought to the city to take up the
work.
The river is high for this time OF the
year. and the current is swift. The
Temperature of the water is low. and
this, coupled with strong undertow.
makes the work Of the divers difficult
Hundreds of persons lined the river
bank all day Sunday 20 watch The work
many remaining until darkness stopped
further efforts on the part Of the res
cue parties.
Mother Frustrated by Shock.
Mrs. Euziere. who is employed as
head Of the millinery department of the
Fair store, is at the home Of her
mother. Mrs. F. w. Brewer, Frustrated
by shock Mrs. Brewer, too, is III as a
result OF the nervous strain incident to
the tragedy.
Leon Louis Euziere was a native of
this city, where he was born June 81.
1902. He was an exceptionally bright
and manly little fellow. and was ia :
sor!te among the pupils of the seventh
grade Of the Abbott school. II addition
to his mother the lad Is survived by
enc brother, Melvin, aged 8. The boy 5