The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-07-10

plunged past the approach or the FOX
River bridge at the east end and into
the water. Bell survived, Miss Doodys
body was recovered, but that of her
companion had slipped down in the
arms Of the stream.
The Body Above Water.
Throughout the past week, divers
and swimmers connected with the
sheriff's office, directed by Coroner
Parker and Sheriff Pabst together
sought to locate the body of the sec
ond dead woman but in vain. John
Newcomer, the bereaved husband, fin
ally succeeded in securing the services
of john Jeremy well known in this
section, who came here as soon as he
was released in another case.
But Jeremy scorned to receive any
special praise for the services he
performed here.
"The body was above water" he
said. "Anybody could have seen 1t
who was looking for it, and who went
far enough down the river. There was
a tree thrown into the river when the
bank sagged and gave way, the kind
of tree we call a sweeper. About
forty or fifty feet from the bank the
body had caught on this tree, pushed
against it by the water, which was
pretty high at that time. AS the water
fell, the body remained in the air. |
could see the back sticking up as we
came along in the boat. Only the face
and feet were in the water"
Body in Sad Condition.
There was no criticism Of the men
who have been looking for the body in
the stream and failed to find 1t in
Jeremy's remarks, but he indicated
that the only fault to be found with
their work was that they did not
understand how far along the stream
they were to operate, and that they
did not know the whims and vagaries
of the river itself as it went its
wayward way.
The body was said to be in sorry
condition, and well-nigh past recog-
milton. This was due to the fact, ac-
cording to Jeremy that it had been up
i'm the air and exposed to the sun ever
since last Wednesday at the latest.
The Indian said that since the drown
ing took place last Saturday week, the
body raised Monday or Tuesday, and
came to the surface, and that at any
rate certainly by Wednesday it was
above water.
"There was no protection for the
lady at ALL" the Indian said in his
quaint way, for he mingles courtesy
and kindliness of manner with one of
the strangest trades by which man
has ever earned a livelihood.
Is a Scientific Game.
Jeremy was more frank about his
work and his method than he has ever
been before and quite willing to talk
about his odd trade.
"In this case, if / had not found the
body where | did, l would have gone
a couple of miles further south down
the stream but no further" he said.
II figured that 1t had not been car
ried more than about six or seven
miles. In a crooked river like the
Fox, one should find body within
five or six miles of the place where
it went down.
"Once l chased a body for thirty
miles in the Mississippi river. A fish
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thai was in straight river. In a
crooked river one expects the suc-
ton that there was in this case, which
pulled the body between the island
and the place where I found it. The
suction was stronger than the river.
Then it snagged on the sweeper"
Not the Only One Working.
"Lots of men recover bodies" said
Jeremy, indicating that boasting was
outside of his line altogether. 81
haven't recovered all the bodies that
have been recovered in my lifetime.
But / have recovered most that l have
gone after"
Jeremy with his companion, William
Law, sat in District Attorney Morris
Barnett's Office Sunday afternoon, tell
ing Mr. Barnett, Sheriff Pabst, Coro-
kner Parker and a newspaper represen-
tative, about his work.
al should not have known you if |
met you on the street." said the dis
trict attorney. "You haven't the
feathers or the war paint of an Indian
and | am afraid many people would
be disappointed to see you looking
| like a street car conductor or a
garage man."
They've said so much about me,
that they can't hurt me any more"
said the Indian.
John Jeremy and his companion
Law, who by the way is not an Indian,
came here just after having recovered
the body of a drowned boy at Little
Falls. He was on the job there thirty
five minutes and found the body, after
others had tried six days in vain.
Today he will be at Minnetonka, on
similar case.
He received the urgent call for Min
netonka just before leaving for Ke-
nosha but as he had pledged his as
sistance to Mr.. Newcomer, he came
here first.
Jeremy and Law arrived Saturday
night and together with John Step
han, went out TO the bridge. Jeremy
and Law pushed off in boat at six
o'clock Sunday morning. There was
no one about as he slowly rowed down
the stream. When he had recovered
the body he rowed back and ordered
that the corner be notified. Mr.. Park
er arrived ten minutes later, learning
on his arrival that a message had been
sent him when he was already on his
way. Just a little later Sheriff Pabst
arrived together with Hansen's am
bulAnce.