Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-24
HEART STROKE
CAUSED DEATH
OF BOY,BELIEF
Ted Heidi Drowned in
Shallow Water Near
la Feria; Subject to
Heart Attacks
Especial to The Herald)


La FERIA, June ga heart
stroke is believed to have caused the
death of Ted Heidi. re 16. local
youth, who fell from a boat into the
sediment basin OF the La Feria
water district second lift pump rear
here early Saturday. according to the
belief Of relatives and friends.
All efforts to revive the youth
proved futile.
The body was sent Saturday night
from the Thompson Mortuary in
Harrington TO Carthage. North Da-
kota. the old family home. where
interment will be made. The boys
mother. Mrs. Joe Heidi. was on her
way to Chicago. and was stopped
while enroute by a telegram sent
Saturday morning. She will go 10
Carthage. and Mr.. Heidi. who accom-
panied the body, will m set her there.
According to friends Of the young
man, he was subject 20 occasional
heart attacks, although they were
not considered serious. Ii is believ-
ed he suffered such an attack while
rowing the boat before breakfast,
and that he fell out OF the boat.
overturning Il as ne fell out.
Camped at Basin
Young Heidi with two other boys,
the Ritter ~b1others. were camping
on the bank Of the basin overnIgnt
and had arisen early Saturday.
Heidi went out in the boat TO about
the middle of the lake. The otner
boys were busy about the camp and
did not notice him for 2 time. wnen
one of them looked out into the lake
ard a,ww - AAA
sign of Heidi.
The Ritter brothers Immediately
swan out to the boat. and started
looking for the missin : youth. They
found him in less than two minutes,
they said. in a STOPPING nosition,
with his head under water several
inches.
The theory Of the heart attack IS
based on the fact that young Heidi
was an excellent swimmer. md that
even had he not been able 10 swim.
he could have stood up in the water
and been in no danger. because il
was not five feet deep at the place
where the boat overturned.
The Ritter brothers carried the
body to the bank. and one worked
with the youth. while the other ian
- aAas ACt4A IiUE Will MI. AIOGkGIA.
manager of the pumping plant. The
latter placed young Heidi in his
automobile and rushed him 20 the
city. summoning Or. L. L. Sharkey.
The latter Immediately telephoned
the Thompson Mortaarv at Harlin-
gen. and an ambulance left at once
with the pulmoter of he Harlinren
lire department. reaching here IN
record time.
Try TO Revive boy
Another pulmoter was summoned
from Mercedes. and arrived shortly
afterward.
The FIGHT 10 revive the boy. which
started as soon IS he was in rne
hands of the physician. continued
for three and a half hours. but 10
no avail. The physician was unable
TO say how long the boy had been
in the water.
The body was taken 70 the Thomp-
son Mortuary in Harrington shortly
before noon. and the father and a
sister. Mrs. Arthur Martin Of this
city went there later in the day. and
departed Saturday evening for the
north.
The Heidi family has lived in this
section for IL years. having come
here from Carthage. North Dakota.
The family live on a citrus and
truck farm near here.
The lake On which the bows were
canned Is just outside the city
limits.
Young Heidi was a Junior in the
La Feria high school. He would
have finished the high school course
in another year.