Show drowned in the ashley sunday afternoon the eight year old son of john sessions who lives on tho the creek a few miles above chero it empties into green river was drowned ile he hod had been sent to picket a horse and not returning after he had been gone about a half hour a search was made to find his whereabouts he was found in the creek on the opposite side from where he was to picket the horse with the picket r rope ope tied around his ankle tho supposition is that the horne horae got the best bert of the little fellow and crossed the creek dragging the boy through the water and drowning him some childish whim must have caused the boy to tie tho the rope to his ankle |