| Show I BOY DROWNED IN RESERVOIR Brother of Thomas Matthews Says He Was Pushed Into Water by Companion CALL RESCUER TOO LATE JOHN LIFE SAVER FINDS CHILDS BODY Thomas Mathews the Id son of ofT o oT T IV an em of or the ht Railway R company com of o i East First Sooth th street teas drowned yester yesterday day ay afternoon 1 o In m the res reservoir east cas of 0 Mr t cemetery His body was not net recovered for nearly n fifty minutes after he disappeared dL ed beneath the surface ef e the water Wlter and although gh every evey effort effert was made to revive him hira his res es cuers were wee net able to revive re e the spark pa of or Efe le leThe The story told toH by his companions U Is I His younger er brother Glade I who accompanied him states I that the two Mathews boys left their hose shortly sho before noon with I Darts Dals a colored ed boy bov u years Jea of a who lives lI es at East First South The I boys went Teat to te the cemetery and the two colored boys took off oI their thel clothes with the thoe intention OCl ef Into the wat water I Glade ws says l that they teased and dared his brother r Tom to go in also aLq and andI even en wanted anted him to go O OI I I Says oy Was Vas Pushed In InI I hen Tom lad removed mo ed his clothes d hes he d ani refused to 0 A the water wale H He was standing on 01 the bank I ta f awa Aua f the water ac cordEr cord ts t Ga G e Ll Jd Davis pashed p hed him J off tle e bank Into the water Tate The other omer boys TIt ed his struggles st es for some soe I j I pc J i I r f I t I I I I I I I THOMAS MATHEWS From Fr m a photograph ph taken several years age believing beI that he was vas all bet he had bd sunk s three Lee ties Carl Scott b s came ae frT te aad traded faro the tra ter te after Th Tb reservoir rese deepens d for several seT aI feet f irom 01 the b when it suddenly 1 attains a depth de th of six ix or t feet teet where the he boys oo entered was nearly opposite n te th the outlet a ad d the body of o the co boy was draws beyond be Scotts reach by bT the current cu to toward to toward ward Seeing that at they codd net reach do boy boJ Carl CL Scott o oa cl a Davis slipped oa oc and aDd ran to the cemetery where they notified a number of ef men employed there thee Th Se s men at once tele to tot police headquarters arid Chief Pitt Pi sad X Detectives Chase and ey berried b to the sera ae la m a wa on Before they y yI arrived Joba n J McDonald the e of oC oCth th electric locomotive e on 01 the Canyon Bae tod arrived at the reservoir off his bis he besan fer th the body bedy H He It I near n neo th eo outlet t is in an aD sl osa aad carried ca ed it to the bank bankHe He Ht was as joined by bJ th ue police officers aad zd worked r ked over the body bed fer o an 1 hoc hock aad a te k i When it was finally d de that t Sf lite was Ute body ro teas taken to be Mathews h Th Ih Davis Davk boy boJ aad aM the Ie Scott sOtt boy both bot assert that they dm y e sr Mas elES fat the water bet that ec the m contrary they ther warned ed him h o as fa 1 T nt did cJ t return t to tk resErvoir after t the Ue alarm ah bet be ran hee m Im 1 Immediately mediately ae Dangers ef he ia r reservoir has ned cI more o e Tc and aad fa is da ky liT liTs s that Ua T t g is e The of the reservoir is thickly grows with h weeds and extremely enre elJ for fo even aa 1 eipert swimmer e Nan Sone of ta boys of 0 th loe party wr a t ta swim The Th police potice deportment is aa ta Q of 0 th the s1 and aad the red boys bon wai nn be re examined by bJ Chief Cie Pitt 1 ob at 1 I J Jia McDonald fo foa d l the th bos s a 3 record as u a life saver saTe He was fo x a resident re a cf 0 k S f ew r here b be saved sv a I from v Ee He is th tt possessor re reL a L rn dal edal rOC from the ES I aad also so rom from th the British B h Human so f fee er saving sa Kf e e TS The al s swa wa forwarded ed to him i m In this x try aad was pes to him ely by I ZoC James y s |
