The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-03

Rumors that John Jerumy, the ma
tionally known body hunter, would
be brought to Kenosa to search for
the body of Mrs. Julia Newcomer,
lost in the Fox river since early Sat-
urday morning, crystalized today with
the announcement that he will be
asked to lead the hunt here.
This statement was authorized by
the husband of the dead woman, who
has been in Kenosha since the tragedy.
Mrs. Newcomer was drowned when the
automobile in which she was riding
in company with Mae Doody and R. H..
Bell, plunged through the approach
to the Fox river bridge while enroute
to Lake Delevan. Bell, who was driv-
ing, escaped with painful cuts. Miss
Doody's body was recovered the fol-
lowing afternoon.
Two years ago Jerumy recovered
the body of Ferdinand Beck from just
above the Wilmot dam on the Fox
river in less than an hour after
searching parties, familiar with the
currents and the bed of the stream,
had failed to recover it after a search
lasting more than two weeks.
This was the second time the Ind
ian had been called here. The first
time was several years before, when
q boy had drowned in Lake Michigan.
For weeks the hunt was kept up, and
at last in despair the family sent for
Jerumy. He came accompanied by his
father. The father, an old brave,
claimed to have learned the secret of
locating bodies from an aged chieftain.
The old man did war dance on the
beach and went through series of
gyrations.
Then the pair put their boat out
and worked with their lines for sew
eral Hours. At last they put back to
shore and announced that they had To-
Gated the body, but that they would
not bring it up until cover of dark
ness had fallen. The old man stated
that if he operated in the daylight
he was afraid someone would learn
the secret. SO they waited for night
to fall.
But before they could get back on
the lake the body fioated to the sur
face. Proof that they knew what they
were doing, and that they had locat-
ed the body came when it fioated
just at the spot where they had been
working.
A few months after this the old
man put an end to his life, and the
son carried on: When he made his sec
ond visit here to recover the body at
Wilmot, he was alone. He said that
before his father died he had COM
81 ha ~
of body locating to him.
Upon his arrival at Wilmot he COM
manded that he be allowed to work
free from the prying eyes of the Curl
Gus. His first move was to make trip
20 Upper Camp Lake. This, he said,
would give him his bearing. In the
afternoon he returned, put his boat
on the dam pond, and in less than two
hours called for men. He then ordered
the mother of the dead boy to be
taken from the scene, and commanded
a detail of men to lower graphing
hooks at a spot which he indicated.
The body came to the surface.
As yet no answer has been received
to the request that Jerumy take
charge of the quest of Mrs. New
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whether he is at Saltwater, Mimi,
where he makes his headquarters, or
whether he is out working somewhere.
His services are in great demand, and
he is often called to make trips
across the continent. It is said that
as yet, he has never failed to recover
a body once he took up the search.
Divers Working Now.
Divers from the Great Lakes naval
station arrived at the scene and i'm
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