The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-05-01
HARVEY BODY DISCOVERED
ON LAKE TUESDAY BY BOY
Frostburg Man Found Floating
on Lake Surface 800 Yards
Above Glendale Bridge
MISSING SINCE APRIL 4

MlSSING SlNCE ANIL
Floating face downward on the
surface of Deep Creek Lake, in Gar
rett county, the body of City Engineer
William Harvey, so, of Frostburg,
who had been missing since April A.,
was found shortly after 6 o'clock
Tuesday evening, about 300 yards
above the Glendale Bridge, upon
which his automobile was discovered
the day he disappeared.
Sherman Friend, II, and his sister,
Mabel, IS, who live near the lake
were fishing along the bank when they
discovered the body, which was float
ing about four feet from the shore.
The youth notified residents of the
neighborhood, who summoned Garrett
county authorities before the body
was removed from the water.
Although the body had been in the
water more than three weeks, it was
in fair condition, probably because Of
the low temperature of the lake,
which is fed by mountain springs.
There were no marks on the body and
no indication that he had met with
foul play, according to Garrett county
officers, who said an inquest was not
necessary.
States Attorney Julius G. Rem
ringer, Sheriff William D. Casteel,
Deputy Sheriff Joy Griffith, and JUS
tice of the Peace w. A. Gender, of
Oakland, conducted an investigation
after being notified of the discovery
of the body, and gave permission for
its removal to Frostburg. Sheriff
William R. Harvey, Cumberland,
nephew of the dead man, aided the
Garrett county authorities in the in
vestigation. DR.. N. l. Broadwater, ex-
amined the body.
Harvey was fully clothed, except
for his hat and overcoat. A small
amount of money, his watch, razor
and some papers were found in his
pockets. Harvey's overcoat was found
in his abandoned car on the day he
disappeared, together with his pocket
book, containing a large sum OF
money. a number of blue-prints and
other papers.
The search for Harvey's body was
continued by relatives and friends,
after efforts during the first few days
after his disappearance had failed.
Allegany county officers and scores OF
volunteers aided Garrett county au-
thorities in dragging the lake and US
ing large quantities of dynamite in an
attempt to locate the body.
Two deep-sea divers, secured by
Frostburg lodge of Elks, of which
Harvey was a member, were brought
to the lake from Baltimore, but they
were unable to find the body, after
searching for two days.
Reports that Harvey was seen at
various points after his car was
found on the bridge, caused much
SPECULATION in this section, but rela-
tiyes and friends of the missing man
were convinced that his body was In
Deep Creek Lake. He was said to
have been worried in recent months,
because of i'll health, and had been in
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
for examination.
Harvey appeared to be in good
spirits when he left his home at z
o'clock Friday morning, April a, &C
cording to members of his family. He
transacted business in Oakland later
in the morning, and ate his luncheon
with his brother, John Harvey, at the
National Hotel in Grantsville. His
abandoned car was found at 1880
o'clock on the Glendale Bridge, about
ten miles from this city.
Harvey was always considered
man of rugged health and steady
nerve. He resided on Broadway,
Frostburg, with his wife and three
young sons, William, Jr., Robert, and
Allen. He also leaves five brothers
and two sisters.
Harvey was born in Frostburg, in
1880, the son of Robert Harvey
He graduated from Beall High school
in 1896, and the West Virginia Uni
versity at Morgantown in 1901. For
many years he was superintendent OF
construction of the Cumberland and
Westernport Electric Railway and
was county surveyor of Allegany
county for two years. He was ap-
pointed city engineer in 1904 and in
termittently has held Office up to the
time he disappeared. His term would
have expired May 5.
Funeral Wednesday Afternoon
Funeral services were held at :