Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-06
BOAT CAPSIZES AT OR EEN LAKE
NEAR lNTERLACHEN LAST FRIDAY

urOWnlng:
"A squall blowing up when they
were within 200 feet of shore at Green
Lake, Mimi, at 5 o'clock Friday after
noon. overturned the row boat in
which they were fishing and Charles
?. Bates, $50 South Minnesota Aven-
ue, widely known attorney, and Jack
Brenizer, veteran fisherman and guide
were drowned, and E. G. Kennedy,
723 West Eleventh ST., former United
States marshal, had a narrow escape
from death but was rescued. The bo-
dies were recovered and that of Mr.
Bates will be brot rere this evening
on the Great Northern by his son,
Chester who went to the scene last
evening. 1t will arrive at S:45 p. m.
and be taken to the Burtch chapel
The funeral will probably be Monday
afternoon.
Boat Tipped Over
Mr.. and Mrs. Bates, Lawrence
Bates. Mr.. and Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. E..
3. Northrup and Eugene Saenger and
son Ben were stopping at Larson's on
the lake. ut 9 o'clock yesterday NOR
ming the men went by row boats up
the lake for days sport, c. P. Bates,
+. G. Kennedy and Brenizer being in
one boat. Mrs. Bates, Mrs. Kennedy
and Mrs. Northrup drove down to the
outlet at noon to eat dinner with them
and then drove back after the men
decided to row home.
"ln some ineXplicable way the boat
turned over The lake was very rough
and in their efforts to right the boat
the anchor which was attached to a
long rope fell out and they were un-
able to get it back in the boat and in
their efforts the boat turned bottom
side up. No one heard their cries for
help until they had been in the water
fully Is minutes when thev were first
seen. All the men were lying on the
boat which was bottom side up. AL
fred Hanson. another guide. who was
working in the field. heard their cries
for help. He made all haste to get a
boat and get to their aid but he had
to carry q boat from the river so feet
away oVo' the lake. AS he was push
ing the boot into the lake he saw two
Of tn" men slip off the overturned
boat
Kennedy Rescued
He reached the stricken boat Just
as Mr.. Kennedy was about to lose his
grip but Hanson called him to grab
hold OF his boat which Mr. Kennedy
did land hanging on by his hands,
with his body still in the water, Han
son pulled him to shore, he then re-
turned to get the other two. Mr.. Ba-
tes and Jack seemed to be standing
erect in the water which was about
Is feet deep where the accident Oc-
Cured. Both Bates and Jacks heads
we're only about one foot under the
surface of the water. Hanson pulled
Mr.. Bates and towed him to shore and
then went back. Jack had gone to the
bottom. After about 10 or Is minutes
search Jacks body was located and
brought to shore and every effort used
to revive the two victims but without
avail. A pulmotor was used by doctors
who we're rushed there from Willmar
but all efforts were unsuccessful.
Lawrence Bates arrived some time
today and Chester accompanied by E.
| L. Knowles, recorder of Ell Riad
Shrine. and E. l.. Northrup went up
! from Sioux Falls on the night train
| arriving at the lake about o'clock
this morning.
| IT is expected that the body of Mr.
| Bates will arrive on the Great North
ern this evening at 8: As o'clock with
all of the Sioux Falls party except
the kennedys, as they will remain un
til Mr.. Kennedy has fully recovered
from his experience
In State 81 Years
! "Charles P. Bates was a native OF
/ Florence, N. y, being born Dec. 4th
1859 his father. Laban F. Bates, be-
ing a Congregational minister. He
graduated at Genesee Wesleyan sem
mary. Lima. N. Y. in 1881, studied
law in Rochester, N. Y, until 1888
when he came to Dakota, locating at
Ipswich and entering the hardware
business with Elmer E. Parsons In
March 1885 he came to Sioux Falls
and entered the Office of Hosmer H
Keith and four years later formed the
law firm Of Keith. and Bates which