Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-08-01
RIrRL KINCAID BROWNS in
THE RIVER NEAR EAGLEPOR1

The treacherous waters of the
Muskineum river claimed as their
victim Sunday, another of the coun-
tvs finest young men-Burl Kin
caid, youngest son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. M. Kincaid of this place. The
drowning occurred in the afternoon
about o'clock, at Rokeby Lock.
Sunday the Kincaid family reunion
was held at the Embree Park,
Pennsville. following which num-
Der of relatives stopped here at the
Kincaid home. While here some
young people formed a swimming
party to go to Rokeby Lock. In the
party besides Burl, were his cousins
Donald Kincaid and Miss Jean Kin
caid of Crooksville, and number
of other of his young friends from
here. Others from here and else
where were swimming at the same
place. which was below Rokeby
Lock. In all close to 20 were in
bathing there, or close by. Young
Kincaid was not very good swim
mer. He and his cousins Miss Jean
Kincaid, aged IA years, and Donald
Kincaid, about 21, started up
stream. The water was not deep,
and Burl was going somewhat fas-
ter than the others named Just as
he swung around the high lock
wall which extends several hundred
feet down the river from the lock
gate, he was caught in the under
current which there makes swift
eddy. and was carried up stream
Seeing his condition his cousin DON
aid Kincaid hurriedly went where
he was and put forth every effort,
and at great danger of losing his
own life, to get him out, and at the
same time he called for help. Very
shortly Brent Cochran and Dale
Walker of this place who were in
swimming further down, ran to the
top of the lock wall. Just as they
plunged in, one above and the other
below the Kincaid boys, they saw
the top of Burl's head. As they
struck the water, the two boys,
noting Donald Kincaid's exhausted
condition. called to him to give
Burl to them, to which he replied
"he has gotten away" They then
went to Donald's rescue and kept
him afoat until Oran Patterson
from the top of the wall threw in a
life preseryer, and Donald had
barely strength enough left to hold
on to it. Cochran and Walker, both
expert swimmers, then turned their
attention to the finding Of Burl.
They diyed repeatedly, until eX-
, hausted, in trying to find the body.
Soon others were diving in an at
tempt to locate it, but because of
! the very swift under current, they
were unsuccessful.
I Work of dragging the river began
! Immediately. Word was sent here
/ crowd from here had assembled,
and also number, aTns GAINESVILLE
brought grab hooks, and work of
| hunting for the body was vigorously
carried on until about Z O'Clock in
| the evening when Andrew Wilson
and Charles (Jack) Johnson of this
place got it, The place where BurI
went down was about midway of
the canal wall, and where his body
was found was about Is feet fur
ther up stream and out from the
! shore about even with the lock wall.
The under current had apparently
carried the body up stream to about
| the lock gate, and part way back
again. It is stated that the victim
! struggled but little, when his cou-
| sin was trying to rescue him. He
was not very robust boy, and had
suffered some with a weak heart,
and it may have been that heart
failure was partly the reason of
him becoming apparently practical
! ly helpless, when first caught in the
current.
Burl Kincaid, youngest son of AL
| bert M. (Bert) and Carrie Scott
| Kincaid, had passed his 18th birth
day, Feb %. He was born at
Crooksville and resided there until
about a year ago when he came
here. More than a year previous,
his father purchased the Chevrolet
| garage here. which bears his name,
! but did not move his family here at
the time, and the family home was
maintained at Crooksville. The
deceased attended school there un-
! til the past year, when he entered
M. & M. high school, and he would
have been member of the grad
uating class the coming year.
He was a good, clean7cut young
man with an attractive personality.
! Last school year he was sport
writer for M. & MS athletic activi-
ties, his accounts of the games ap-
pearing in this paper. He was a
member of the Christian church at
| Crooksville. He was a boy who
parents. He was good student,
and popular alike with teachers and
his classmates, and in the younger
society circle His death cut short
! brilliant prospects of a successful
life, and his tragic passing cast a
! deep pail of sorrow oyer this COM
munity, the blow falling heaviest
upon the grief stricken parents and
| his brothers and sister. His death
{, is the first break in the family cir
Gle.
Besides his parents, he is sur
viyed by two brothers, Amos M
Kincaid of New York, but who has
| been spending the summer here
with his parents; Miss Olive Kin
caid. home economics teacher at
Crooksville, who is attending Johns
Hopkins university this summer,
and Cecil E. Kincaid of the home.
| Funeral services which were
very largely attended were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Kincaid home. A large num-
| ber were present from Crooksville,
| the former home of the family. Rev.
! N. B. Martin of the Church of
J Christ, offered prayer and read the
scripture. An obituary sketch was
read by W. L. Brannon of Crooks
vile, and Rev. E. F. Kendle of the