The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-04-26
Boy, Marooned
On Island, Dies
OfOverexposure
Ten Year Old Harold Herbert
Found By Two Baymen
Yesterday
HAD BEEN MISSING
SINCE SATURDAY
Mortified Police, With Pri-
vate and County Detectives
Conducted 48 Hour Search
For Missing Lad

A small rowboat, which drifted
- from its moorage on the Bakers
Vile Creek in Mortified, Satur-
day morning, and was carried by
the strong wind down that stream
of water and across Risley's chan
nell, to lodge on deserted Kiah
Islands mudflats, carried small
boy to his death as he found him
self marooned, over the weekend.
The boy. Harold Herbert, 10-year
old son of Edward Herbert. of 143
4 S. South Carolina avenue, Atlantic
u City, a pupil at the Pennsylvania
avenue school, in the resort, was
j passing the weekend, as was his
custom, with his grandfather,
Edward Herbert, ST., who lives on
Mthe Shore road next to Mayor
Eugene Swilkey.
: Leaving his grandfather's home
about 10 o'clock Saturday morning,
young Herbert failed to return.
His folks were not seriously
. alarmed when he did not show up
q for his dinner, believing that he
had gone on hike or was playing
with some of his companions.
However, when darkness came,
and the lad failed to return, they
became more and more alarmed,
finally calling the Mortified police,
x, who started search Their efforts
were futile, and the Globe Detect
i've bureau, of Atlantic City, was
notified. Detectives, assisted by
the boys father, continued the
search during the night.
' Resources of the Atlantic City
police department were called to
aid Sunday. and flyers were sent
all South Jersey and Philadelphia
police departments. Despite the
search, not a trace of the missing
youngster was found. Believing
that he had gone to Bakers ditch,
= detectives dragged that stream for
the body several times Sunday.
Two baymen, John w. Naylor, of
: the ShoJs road, Mortified, and
Raymond Somers, of the Shore
road, Linwood, on their way to the
bay to fish, found the boat, and in
it the lad, early yesterday morn
ing The youngster had died from
over exposure during the two
nights and day he had passed on
the deserted island.
They at once notified Chief of
Police Wilson. of Mortified, and
Coroner William Parsels, of this
city. with County Physician
Souders, viewed the body, declar-
ing that death had been the result
of overexposure.
The boy, Chief of Police Wilson
land others who sought him during
r the two days of his disappearance,
believe, found the boat Saturday
morningson the Bakersville Creek,
and jumped into it. The jar must
have caused it to shoot out into
the stream, where the wind took
it out into the channell and then
onto the deserted island.
Here it was lodged on mudflats,
and the youngster without oars,
found himself powerless to again
reach the Mainland
But few boats pass that section
OF. the channell during this time OF
year, and none put in appearance
to rescue the boy over the week
end. Saturday night was exception
ally cold for this time of year,
Chief Wilson declared. the
thermometer being at the freezing
point all the evening.
The boy had been dead for
sometime when the fishermen
found him, and it is believed that
he failed to withstand the first
night of exposure. He was lightly
clad. wearing blue overalls, gray
jacket, and cap, for the cold