The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
C.. Mcdonald of Chicago,
browns at Camp Lake
After Party.
HE NEVER CAME UP
Came to KenOsha County Re-
sort to Escape Heat of City
With Party of Five.

Charles Mcdonald, aged "a years, a
resident at 1881 South Richmond
avenue, Chicago, was drowned at Camp
Lake, Wis, Sunday afternoon. To-
gether with party of friends, includ-
ing James S. Masek, Otto Silhan, their
wives and another young woman whose
name was not reported, Mcdonald
motored to Camp Lake from Chicago
on Saturday afternoon. They register
ed at the Columbia Star Club house
| there for weekend stay.
On Saturday afternoon the party
motored around the vicinity of Camp
Lake and Salem, and later went fishing
in row boats. Along with the great
number Of tourists who were spending
the day at the lake, they enjoyed
themselves to their fill with the beau
ties Of the lake. Toward the end of
the afternoon the party went bathing,
but the water was too cold to stay in
long, according to Mcdonald, and it
was agreed to wait until Sunday noon
to go in bathing again.
The next morning Masek and Silhan
left for a motor trip, and the three
women and Mcdonald chartered a boat
for the day and with Mcdonald at the
oars, the party prepared to spend the
rest Of the day frolicking in, the water.
They rowed about quarter of mile
along the northwest shore of the lake
until they came to quiet spot where
the boat was pulled up to shore. The
next hour was spent in wading and
splashing about the water not 60
ing, however, further than thirty feet
from shore.
Walked Off Ledge.
The women in the party were con-
tent to remain near the shore where
the water did not reach higher than
their waists. Mcdonald waded out to
distance about thirty-fve feet from
shore where the water was about five
feet deep. Walking along the women
noticed all of sudden that Mcdonald
had disappeared under the water. One
of the women became frightened and
screamed for help. motorist ap-
preaching on the highway nearby,
heard the appeals for help and after
hearing their story he sped to Keno
NlaIk,
of the United States Coast Guards,
then on duty at the life-saving sta
ton in Kenosha.
Armed with graphing hooks and
nets, the two returned to Camp. Lake
where with the assistance of some ex-
pert swimmers in camp there, the body
of Mcdonald was recovered shortly
after three o'clock Sunday afternoon,
after two hours of search. Mcdonald
had waded out to the edge of a ledge
which dropped into large hole in
which the water was twelve feet deep.
The water was cold and springy, and
| it is probable that he was seized with
cramps and was unable to assist him
self out of his predicament. The wom-
en- who were with Mcdonald declared
! that he never came up once after he
| first sank into the water hole.
Family Connections Unknown.
Coroner Truman 7. Parker was cali
ed and after an investigation Of the
circumstances surrounding the acct
dental drowning, the body was ordered
taken to the Mischler funeral home
| in Kenosha.
Word was sent to Chicago announc-
| ing the death of the drowning victim,
and it is expected that some relative
from Chicago will come to Kenosha
this afternoon to declare what DISPOSE
ton is to be made of the remains.
None of the friends of Mcdonald were
able to state definitely any information
| in regard to the family connections
of the deceased, nor what his oecu-
patton in Chicago was.