Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-16
CROSS OCEAN IN FIRST NONSTOP FLIGHT
COUSINS MEET SAME FATE. SAME
NIGHT, IN SAME BODY OF WATER

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loaFeS Two Siater6' MIS, Injuries 'd-
GODS anu MISS ENC Cth' anu thiee
'f"therS' Joseph ana lhoiil'S ol thia
Guy ana Nlllidih OF the y. Il. ~ no"
! on service III france
The funeral services will be held
, tomorrow afternoon at ? o'clock from
! The family home 90 st. Patrick q
ChHrch. buriai Win De made at 81
i"'i''N 'eiiiet''S'
Thomas Nenton
/ The body OF Thomas FcnLOn, a
/ resident Of Broadway street. Mar
settles was recovered from the Illinois
/ Michigan canal yesterday morling
about 1880 O'Clock in what Is known
as the third wide waters oIe mile
and a half west Of that city.
The bodv was first seen nv , boya
Tbe.dore and Thomas Gasb who live
nearby while thev were in swim.
ming It. was lodged in the bush
along the south bank about ten feet
from shore The bovs with the helm
of two other youths. who apueared
later dragged the noating corpse
upoa the bank ana notified their par-
cnts The police authorities wer,
informed and they in turn got in
touch with the local undertaken and
foItoy,,nc tha hoId,no of an i,o,....
the body was removed tn the under
taking rooms
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evening ae was laIer seen by =
girl from the na.gbborhood crnssiua
the canal bridge going nm TOWN
SHORTY afterwar,l, me entend the
Collier Cigar store on Main street
and purchased a uackace Of gum
This Was the last trace of him that
could be found.
IN the progress of the search this
morning ms loot prints were discoy
cred aIoag The canal bank near ,be
Mccormick Grail elevator. lie was
wearing a pair of house Slippers II,
the time ne disappeared and the i'm
1rlnts were positively DISTINGUISHED
How he had gotten into the canal is
still a mystery. Fenton shortly be
fore leaving his home was lot in d.
dcmenlcd state OF mind and had nos
at any time mentioned anythln9
about cddilg hi5 life. lie had not had
any trouble Of any kind either with
his family or outsiders and his condI
tlon financially was such that he had
no cause TO worry,
When he was not iound about the
city arrangements were made to dras
yhe canal, which followed the dis
yoyery Of the foot prints ON the bank,
and this was being done up TO the
time has body was found ii the wide
waters.
Fenton was 10 years Of age and re.
sided in Marseilles almost twenty
years lie Was a graduate of the Uni
yeIsity of Notre Dame in 1891 and
following this entered ilto the hard
ware business with Frank Kuhn in
that city. Five years later he ap-
piled for dram shop license and
was engaged in this for a period of II
years. At the time OF his death he
was in partnership with Baptista
MorellO.
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