The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
Burial At Notre Dame On
Tuesday Morning-Body
Found July Fourth
WAS % YEARS OF ACE
Two Young Men Plunged In
to Lake When Boat
Capsized

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Schneider
of this city, received the sad news
last week Thursday Of the drown
ing of their son, Alfred, % years
old, theological student and mem
Der of the Holy Cross congregation
at the House Of Studies, connected
with the Catholic University in
Washington, d. c.
Alfred and a friend, Francis Re-
zok, of st. Paul, Mimi, both mem
bers of the summer camp conduct
ed by the Holy Cross Order OF
Priests, with headquarters at Notre
Dame, South Bend, Ind, were
drowned Wednesday when their
boat capsized on Deep Creek Lake
ten miles from Oakland, Maryland
When the news of the sad acct
dent was conveyed to Mr.. and Mrs
Schneider, the bodies of the two
young men had not been found, and
the authorities of Garrett county
Maryland, stated that they were
unable to locate them. They were
however, dragging the north shore
Of the lake and on the Fourth of
July the bodies were located, and
the message arrived soon after. Mr.
and Mrs. Schneider and three
daughters, Alice, Grace and Rose
and their son, Edward, left at three
o'clock the afternoon of the Fourth
for Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind,
where the body had been taken for
burial The last sad rites were
conducted Tuesday morning and in
terment was made in the Notre
Dame cemetery.
Alfred had visited in Sank Cen
tire at times and was known to few
people. His parents and family
came to Sank Centre February 1884
when Mr.. Schneider took over the
management of the Sank Centre
Implement Co. Mr.. and Mrs
Schneider have the sympathy of the
entire community in the loss of
their son. This sad tragedy was a
severe shock to the family.
According to the Cumberland
(MarylandD Daily News, Alfred and
his friend had been out boating
Wednesday afternoon and when
they failed to return to camp about
8 p. M, for the evening meal, a
search was ordered Other students
rowed into the stream and after a
search of more than an hour found
the capsized boat, minus the oars,
Floating nearby were tho caps
that had been worn by the two
students when they left camp. Re
turning to the camp, the students
notified Father Kenna, who sought
aid of the county authorities and
the Oakland fire department.
The names of the two victims
could not at first be learned, due
to the lack of communication with
the camp, which Is in charge OF
Father Kenna, who was aiding In
the rescue work.
Early Thursday evening the find
ing of two pairs of trousers, iden-
titled as those worn by Alfred and
his friend, led camp officials and
searchers to believe the young men
had made a valiant attempt to
save themselves.
The time Of drowning was set at
sos p. M, as watches, found In
the pockets of the trousers, had
stopped at that time, said Freder-
lex c. Dryer, of Cumberland, who
aided in the search. One pair OF
trousers was turned inside out,
which Dryer believed, was done
during a struggle to release some
of the weight which was increased
when the heavy trousers became
water soaked.
It Is the opinion of searchers
that after the two young men were
plunged into the lake, they crap
pied at the sides of the boat and
attempted to save themselves by
removing their trousers, each help
ing the other, until they became
exhausted and sank.
With the finding of the trousers,
searchers were Of the opinion that
they would find the bodies before
Friday morning as they had a def
mite clue to work on, however, the
bodies were not found until Satur-
day. When the search was started
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