The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-26
Work in Attempt to Rescue Body
of Bertha Grizzle Continues
Day and Night Along the
Washita.
FEAR GAZING BANK
HAS FORMED TOMB
Report That Girl Had Been TAX
en- from River at Paul S Val
ley Untrue; Father Elk
tends Thanks.

No clue as :, lne whereabouts OF
the body of Bertha Grizzle had been
found at l o'clock this faternoon,
saws message from Verden. A
man diver with the water circus Of
the Rice & Dorman shows, using
a divers equipment, has been work
ing increasingly in the Washita since
early this morning, but at l O'Clock
he had found no indication that
might lead to the recovery of tho
body. For a short time, the diver
worked at the place recommended
by the medium. This place was soon
abandoned however and work start
ed at the place where the girl fell
into the stream. AS fast as the
territory can be covered, the diver
viii work down the stream, making
thorough searches as he advances.
RESCUE workers toiled increasingly
Thursday night and Friday in their
search for the body of Bertha Grlz,
zle. 13-year-old Chickasha girl who
was drowned in the Washita river
near Verden last Tuesday. The site
of the search is now one mile down
the stream from the point of the
accident.
The body of the girl is lodged un-
der drift, declares the medium
who early yesterday morning To-
Gated the spot where, she said, ethea
spirits had told her the body could
be found. According to those in
charge of the rescue work the spir-
itualist designated the spot whero
she believed the body to be located,
before her arrival in hte town OF
Verden late Thursday afternoon. AT
9 o'clock Friday morning she, in
company with Sylvia Bushman, one
of the girls who was near the Griz-
zle girla when she fell into the
stream, went to the spot she had
previously described. Placing her
right hand in the palm of Miss
Bushmatl's hand, she executed her
usual ceremonies after which she
announced that's the spot; the girls
body can be found under the drift
Rescue Force Moves.
The army of rescue workers toiled
Thursday about one hundred yards
from the bridge, located one-half milo
northwest of Verdun. After
o'clock Friday morning the rescuers
moved to the point where the me-
dunn declared the body was lodged
Here they spent the day removing
the drift and diving. Divers could
reach the bottom of the river basin
at this place but could no. make
on extensive search due to tns rub
bish and debris of the drift Much
of this was removed, but no indi-
cations of the girls body ware
found.
Medium Persistent.
The medium was persistent in her
declaration that the body of the girl
could be found under the drift at
the point designated. After hours
of fruitless toll, she was asked to
return to the scene and again con-
fer with the spirits. She refused
however, stating that she could rem
der her decisions at her room in
Verden just as accurately as she
could on the banks of the river
THE body is there; do not give
ND your search is is said she told
one Verdenite. who asked her to re-
turn to the banks of the river.
"Wont Give Up"-Father.
I'VE won't give up until we are
convinced beyond a single doub
that the body can never be recov
cred said ]. F. Grizzle, father o.