Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-07-08 | Page 8 | Lost Lad Drowned in Liberty Park Duck Pond

LOST LAD LAO DROWNED IN LIBERTY PARK DUCK POND Lester McCallister Aged 6 I Falls to His Death in Pool The Tho solution of ot th tho mysterious disappearance disappearance dis dis- appearance of ot old year L Lester ster McCallister McCallister Mc Mc- cCallister c- c Callister Third East street was WM brought about last night when what was purported to be a a. confession wa was obtained from another year old boy Harry Lewis Owens Place a n playmate playmate play play- mate mato of ot the McCallister lad According to Officer Shields of ot the Juvenile court the tho Lewis bo boy was helpIn helpIng helping help- help In Ing Lester ster McCallister over tho fence surrounding the duck pond at nt Liberty park on tho lImo afternoon of or the Fourth when tho little fellow slipped do down don n tho the bank and into tho the water drowning without witnesses other than the tho Lewis boy in the murky pond Tho The two boys bos said Officer Shields had had a a. quarrel about four tour or five tive tiveda's days das previously and when the they met I again at nt Liberty park on tho Fourth l started quarreling again As the they passed over the bridge at the northe northeast northeast north north- e east end of ot the pond the Lewis boy dropped a n. penny penn through tho the bridge and onto tho the sloping bank batik The quarrel was Immediately forgotten while the penny was being searched for tor and when they espied It it became necessary necessary sary fo for tor the Lewis boy to give tho the thoc McCallister McCallister Mc Mc- Callister lad Jad a boost the latter being be being be- be ing unable to lift lItt tho Lewis bo boy on account of or a bad leg les due to a stroke I of ot paralysis suffered two years ears before As the tho boy cleared tho the fence accordIng according accord accord- Ing to Shields his good leg les gave I away I and he rolled into the pond to his death Juvenile officers declared that the lad Jad reported tho the affair to an nn year 18 old sister the following morning and the sister In turn told the tho mother of ot H it Hand and Mr Lewis the father tather learned it from Mrs Lewis No o report whatever said tho the officers had been made to the police or Juvenile authorities by the parents or older sister of ot tho Lewis bo boy and the tragedy was only learned larned when tho the officers persistently questioned ques ques- honed the youngster who at first told tolda a n number of ot conflicting tales Officers and park attaches immediately im immediately Im- Im mediately set to work to drag drab the pond and later to drain It but up to 8 S o'clock this morning the childs child's bod body had not been recovered