The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-06-01
WIN. AMBERLANG
IN BOLD RESCUE
Pulls Drowning Boy, Four
year-old Robert Houser,
from River.
MOTHER HEARD SPLASH
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Houser of
Salem Avenue, Declare
Friend Saved Son.

: A little, four-year-old boy, Robert
Houser, better known as "Bob," son of
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Houser, 1870 Sa-
lem avenue, was alive today instead Of
dead, and his father and mother were
transformed into twin grateful hearts
singing the praises of VIII Amberlang,
for they were sure that it was he only
who enabled them today to rank them
selves among the rejoicing instead of
among those who mourn.
Amberlang, who lives at GIT Charles
street, was with the others in an out
ing party on the banks of the Fox
river near Wilmot Tuesday afternoon
when little Robert slipped into hole
in the stream, and was only rescued
by the daring and timely action of his
tall friend. No one saw the boy slip
into the stream, and the men had gone
fishing, when splashing sound in the
water warned the mother that some
thing had happened. Amberlang had
gone fishing too, but had returned,
and on the cry of the mother he leaped
into the water and pulled out the boy.
Planned Pleasant Day.
The party of friends, including Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Houser and their son
Robert, Mr.. and Mrs. Will Amberlang
and Joseph Barber, Ieft KKsilcsha e{5rly
Tuesday morning and motored wet n
the county for days outing, When
they reached the banks of ithe lovely
winding Fox river, they halted the car
and made camp for their short stay.
The spot they had chosen was a mile
and half north of the village of
Wilmot. The car was left in the
driveway about 100 feet from the
banks of the river.
Dinner was prepared out-of-doors
with fire on the river bank, and
shortly after the midday meal the
men prepared to go fishing, and the
three, Houser, Amberlang and Barber
left for spot farther north on the
stream, leaving the two women and
child behind. Amberlang, however,
had been fishing half hour when he
returned to the car, saying that he
did not care to fish any longer.
Mother Hears Splash.
Mrs. Houser was engaged in getting
out the camera, assisted by Mrs. Am
berlang, and the child played coptent-
eddy around the automobile. While
Mrs. Houser was still busy with her
plates and preparing to take some
snaps Of the scene, she heard a splash
the "plop!" sound of something falling
into the water. She looked up hastily
and saw that Bob, her little boy, was
no longer at the wheels of the car.
He was nowhere to be seen.
She ran to the river bank and could
not see the boy, either above it or
below in the stream. cry of anguish
came from the mothers breast and
rent the air in piercing scream. With
one bound, Will Amberlang was at her
side and in the river. He caught the
little balloon of a body just as it came
to the surface. 1t was Bob. 1t was
pale, frightened, wet and dripping Bob,
but a Bob very much alive, as his
mother was assured in her first terri
fed embrace.
Meanwhile half mile off in the
woods the other fishers, Houser and
Barber, were on their return home.
They, too, heard the scream of the
mother and came on the run towards
the scene of the accident. 1t was their
relief to find the whole party assem-
bled and little Robert none the worse
for his adventure in the cool waters
of the Fox.
eve cannot thank Mr.. Amberlang
enough" said the father with feeling,
as he narrated the story. "There is
deep hole at the point where the child
fell in and he would certainly have
drowned had not our friend been to
the rescue"
Mrs. Houser joined in the warm
praise of their friend and declared
that it seemed as if some inkling of
disaster had turned his steps back TO
camp.