The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-28
Rock Island Man Locates Drown
ed Girl in Washita Below
Bridge; Big Crowd Attends
Funeral.
POINT NEARLY MILE
FROM MEDIUMS SITE
Father Prostarted; Uncles Here
Thank People for Loyal, I'm
firing Service in Rescue
Work.

Lodged under log at point one
hundred and fifty yards down the
stream from the scene of the acci-
dent the body of Bertha Grizzle, 13
year-old Chickasha girl who was
drowned in the Washita river near
Verden last Wednesday, was found
Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
Although a larger portion Of the
body was covered with brush, sand
and other debris, it was not marred
to any noticeable degree. e. R. Dew
ey, an employee of the Rock Island
shops here who was one of the dele
cation of forty from the shops here,
found the body.
Burial in Verden.
In the midst of one of the largest
crowds that ever attended funeral
in the town of Verden, the body of
the girl was laid to rest in the Ver-
den cemetery Sunday evening at $50
O'Clock. Relatives who attended the
funeral we're: j. F. Grizzle, father of
the drowned child; Mr.. and Mrs. j.
A. Byrd and Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.
Byrd, of Chlckasha and Mr.. and Mrs.
P. H. Byrd of Verden, grandparents
of the girl j. A. and J. #, Byrd of
Chickasha, are employed at the Rock
Island shops here Miss Grizzle had
been making her home there for the
past five years.
Miss Grizzle is also survived by
four brothers land stepmother, all
of whom live with Mr.. Grizzle in
Writ, okla. Neither the stepmother
nor the brothers were present when
the last sad rites were said over the
girls body.
Father Breaks Down.
1t was a period Of restless sus-
pense from the time Mr. Dewey said,
i've found her" until the body had
been extricated from the muddy
stream The father broke down in
sorrow as the body was raised to the
surface by the use of rope. he was
in a Frustrated condition for several
minutes
How Body Was Found
Mr.. Dewey, the man who discover
ed the whereabouts of the body, re-
lates the following story OF the dis
covery
I'VE had started at the place
where the girl was last seen, and
were working down the stream
Every place where we could find a
drift. or place where it would have
been possible for the body to have
washed, we would examine thorough
ly. After we had worked down the
stream as far as thirty feet from
the bridge just northwest OF Verden,
| was attracted by a settlement oil
brush extending several fee from
the bank When | began removing
this brush, | noticed a foul 0dor Con
tinuing, | soon was ready to make
my first dive in which found a
piece of the girls dress. The next
time | dived, | touched one of her
hands; then was convinced that l
had found the body of Bertha
Grizzle. A rope was tied around the
body and it was brought to the banks
of the river"
The body was not completely dis
robed when it was brought to the
surface,
spirituaIist Fails.
The body Of the drowned girl was
fund three-quarters of a mile up the
stream from the place where the me-
dunn had said it was located. The
medium, named Teesch, told 0. G.
Linn, city chief of police who viist-
ed the scene of the search Saturday,
that she could not specifically desig-
nate the spot, but said that she
could see the body lodged under a
log. other Chickasha people who
were present when the spiritualist
went through her ceremonies on the
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