Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1911 — Kankakee River Has Victim; First to Drown This Year. [ARTICLE]

Kankakee River Has Victim; First to Drown This Year.

Kankakee Valley Review. Louis M. Kane, an attorney of Chicago, was drowned in the Kankakee river Sunday afternoon. He came out from the city Sunday, procured a fishing license, engaged a boat and proceeded up the river on a fishing trip. He was seen about four o’clock in the afternoon sitting on a limb of a tree fishing and passed the time or day to acquaintances who were on the river. It was the intention of the drowned manto return to the citv on the evenihg train and when he did not put in an appearance at Fogli’s resort, Landlord Fogli became alarmed and instituted a search. The boat, fishing pole and jacknife of the drowned man were found at the spot where he was seen in the afternoon. The river was dragged and the body found • about nine o’clock Monday morning. / The coroner of Newton county was notified and Undertaker Sheets, of Lowell, took charge of the remains, which were shipped to Chicago by request of relatives of the deceased. The drowned man had been a frequent visitor at the Kankakee river and was highly esteemed by Landlord Fogli and guests who .were acquainted with the deceaSStf. Hewas the president of the relief committee of the Knights of Pythias lodges of Chicago. The point in the river where tae drowning occurred was at the same place where the body of the late Henry Downer was found and the depth was about twenty feet