The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-10-02
L. p. ADAIR DROWNED
IN LAKE WORTH

A solitary boatman in the middle
Of Lake Worth was heard to cry ous
and then was seen 10 leap overheard
az dusk Sunday. lie did not reap
pear.
The boat drifted to the west shore
and was found Monday morning On
the back Of an envelope found in
the boat was scribbled this message:
"Good-by, old world. am gone.
Notify"
The name Of /. p Adair, Lubbocs, +,
Texas. was the address on the enve-
iope. II contained letter written
Sept z, by George X. Barrows,
County Clerk at Loyington, n. NJ,
advising Adair that MS case in court
was Sc. for Sept. ", The letters
might have been lett IN the boat by
he stranger or by someone else-the
olice have no way of telling.
Polise took steps Monday to drag
he lake for the body.
Two Theories Advanced.
Two theories are advanced. One
y that 10 'sas q deliberate suicide The
other is nat Il was a fake suicide
lhat the stranger swan ashore More
creAeAce IS given 10 the first and u
been suggested that the man took
pains 10 tie q weight to his body be-
fore jumping into the water.
The scene was enacted at the wild
est part Of Lake Worth at a point a
mile off the Mosiah Mosque and
about midway between Goat and
Snake Islands. The water IS. f0rty
feet deep there
The only witnesses to the scene
were Ottmar Well, us East Terrell
Avenue, and a 10 year old boy. They
were rowing toward the Nine-Mile
Bridge when they were attracted By
the mans cry.
Tries to Find Man.
Il looked Just in time to see him
jump into the water said Well. We
were about 200 yards away then and
we rowed to the spot as fast as we
could Il was dusk but | could see
fairly well. There was no sign Of
the man anywhere We rowed
around and around looking for him
for a long time. ! noticed there were
some papers in the boat and !
thought | had better leave them un-
i'll notified the police"
Well got lost in his search for the
man in the water and il was nearly
midnight before he got his bearings
and reached the bridge.
The boat was found drifting close
to shore Monday by Policeman Bill
Little and jess Calvin. 1t had been
rented during the afternoon from
Hodgkin's boathouse.
The lone boatman is described as
being young-25 or thereabouts-
with black hair, well dressed and
wearing glasses.
Seen Rowing About
An old negro. known as Spec, told
Little that while fishing off Of Goat
Island late in the afternoon he had
seen the stranger rowing around a
few hunderd yards away.
Other letters found IN the boat IN
dicate that l. p. Adair has wife.
mother and younger brothers and
sisters living at Plainview. n. NJ.
Adair had written the county clerk at
Lovi6gton. as 10 the date Of a case in
court.
Il want 90 be- there on time,' he
wrote. Earrows answered on ne
bottom OF The letter that the ease
was slt for Sept. no.
There was one lcilcr from Adalrs
wife and Two from a sister. Police
find nothing ln these letters 10 lndi-
cate 4 sair'ic. All described a hap
py home life I'd plalnNiew, hul bes.
Fed Adalr to- write more often,
For n-lance. "A letter from he wife
told Adau hat the druulh had been
trokcn, lhs maize WAS IN bloom, The
frat match of corn had been cut ani
the family uaI eating roasting etf<
oul q lhs garden.
The lstlors from iha slater, launs
a Katharine A1aII. ara nIrTlsI|nN
'u|d IlIoan|a fai . little calf and
IurI l1I InfanHf88' - nWfI HIM
'CAa.|sl rall1n Ih1 eIola III|an,
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