The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-08-28
MISSING MAN
DEAD in LAGOON
Alfred Bergquist, of 923
Erie ST., Meets Death
In the Waters.
FAMILY STARTS SEARCH

Alfred Bergquist, SO, of 923 Erie
street, was found dead in the north
west lagoon of Lincoln park Saturday
night. The man who had been report
ed missing from his home since Aug.
20, had apparently been in the water
several days. There was a possibility
that he had fallen off bank into the
water, as he had. been suffering for
some time from lapse of memory &C
companying nervous breakdown, and
had been wont to fall into a stupor
from which it would be difficult to
rouse him.
Found by Park Policeman.
Park Policeman William Johnson was
making his way through the park
Saturday about 7:10 p. M, when he
saw an object floating in the water
which he thought at first was a cat. He
pushed off in a boat and seized the
figure, and found it to be that of a
human being, dead. He pulled to shore
alone with his burden. None of the
crowd which presently gathered could
recognize the features of the dead man,
but when the police arrived with the
ambulance, they recognized the body
as that of Bergquist, who had been
reported as missing from home since
Wednesday.
Bergquist's family notifed-the police
Wednesday night that he had not been
at home since 10 o'clock that morning.
They said that he was in i'll health and
had wandering memory, and for that
reason feared that he had met some
misfortune or been lost He had, when
he left home, five dollar gold-plece
and two one-dollar bills.
Had the Money in Pockets.
The Identification was made GER
tain when the drowned man was taken
to Hansen's morgue and search of
his clothes revealed the 5-dollar gold
piece. There was also sta, the re-
mainder of the So, showing that Mr..
Bergquist had not gone far since he
had left home Wednesday morning.
1t is believed possible that he went to
the park and sat on the edge of the
water idly. watching the stream, and
that overcome by stupor he fell into
the lagoon.
He was formerly employed at the
Nash factory, and he carried in his
pocket a statement from the Nash ply
stefan stating that he was suffering
from lapse of memory.
Lived Here for Many Years,
The deceased was born in Sweden,
September 8, 1864 and lived his early
life in his native country. When he
was nineteen years of age he came
to America, settling first in Chicago,
where for many years he was chief
inspector for the Monarch Bicycle
Works. He came to Kenosha with the
Thomas B. Jeffery company by which
he had been employed for some time
and later by the Nash Motors COM
pany. He was we'll known among the
older employees of the company and
the news of his death will come as a
personal sorrow to large circle
of friends.
Mr.. Bergquist was member of the
Vikings in Kenosha and had taken an
active interest in the work of the
order. He was for many years a dea-
con and a trustee of the Swedish Bap-
fist church here.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs
Amy Bergquist, 923i Erie street, two
sons, Walter, 706 Sixth avenue, and
Clarence, 923 Erie street, and one
grand daughter, Shirley.
The funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at two thirty
o'clock at the Swedish Baptist church
with interment following in the family
plot in the Green Ridge cemetery.