The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-01-01

night, was not continued today.
The body of young Van Camp. who
was the son of Mr. and Mrs Samuel
G.. Van Camp 1142 N. Pennsylvania
ST.. and grandson of Cortland Van
Camp, president of the Van Camp
Hardware and Iron Company. was re-
covered about forty feet south OF the
automobile. Death resulted from
drowning. DR.. Paul F. Robinson. cor
oner, said today A cut in the right
arm was at first believed TO have sew
cred an artery, but DR.. Robinson
said this was not the case.
Travelling Fast
Police and the coroner say Van
Camp was drowned in the automobile
and the body was washed out of the
car through the broken windows by
the current.
The Cadillac sedan was travelling at
high rate of speed when the acci-
dent occurred. police say. Marks along
the bank showed the car skidded off
the road about 100 feet from the
point where it plunged into the creek.
A box elder tree six inches in diane
ter was cut down by the flying car
on the edge of the bank.
The fact that Van Camps watch
stopped at 1:10 o'clock led police to
believe the accident occurred shortly
before that hour.
Leaves FRIENDS
Van Camp had attended dances at
the Propylaeum and the Spink-Arms
in company with friends Shortly
after midnight he left in his car, tell
ing his friends he was going to Lau-
rel Hall, the home of Stoughton
\. Fletcher, TO meet a number of
friends who were passing the week
end there.
His parents became uneass s1aJay
morning when they found he had not
returned home. A search was started
by relatives. About a. m. Raymond
p. Van Camp, uncle of Cortland tele-
phoned the police and was told that
an automobile had been found in Fall
Creek. He Immediately went tC the
/ scene of the accident and as soon as
the body was recovered Identified 1t
as that of his nephew.
The body was found about IL q. m.
Maxwell Gravel Company, and his
three sons. who Joined the police in
the dragging.
The accident was reported to the
police by L. F. Beechler and Bernie
Wisemille, employees of w. H. Roberts
& Sons dairy, about q. m. They
passed the spot few minutes before
and noticed the automobile standing
upright with a few inches of the top
protruding above the water.
Father Ill
As soon as she learned of the find
ing of the body the mother, Mrs. Sam
uel Van Camp. and her daughter,
Miss Lillian Van Camp, were driven
to the scene.
The father has been i'll for some
time and was unable to- leave the
house.
It was pointed out that even if
Van Camp had succeeded in getting
out of the car alive. it would have
been almost impossible for him to-
have reached land. The concrete re
tanning wall at this point rises straight
up from the water for more than FIVE
feet. making it impossible to scale.
In order to have reached land it
would have been necessary for Van
Camp to swim several hundred feet
downstream to the end of the wall an
almost impossible task in icy water
for a person suffering from cuts and
bruises inflicted when the car crashed
into the tree and over the wall.
Was on Vacation
Van Camp was freshman at Yale
University. He was spending the holi-
days with his parents. Before enter.
ing college he attended Shortrdige
High School and graduated from the
Hill School for Boys. Pottstown, Pa,
last June. He was very popular in
the younger set in indianapolis.
Funeral services will be held at the
family residence on N. Pennsylvania
ST., at 2:30 p. m. Tuesday. Burial win
be in Crown Hill.
1t took many hours of work to re
move the car from the creek Two
derrick trucks were required to lift
the automobile, which weighed more
than 5000 pounds. With the exceps
ton of broken glass and a damaged
fender, the car was uninjured