Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1912 — YOUTHFUL BATHER DROWNS IN LAKE MICHIGAN. [ARTICLE]

YOUTHFUL BATHER DROWNS IN LAKE MICHIGAN.

Chester Shields Siezed With Cramps While BathfngH-Companlens’ Attempt to Sane Futile. Word was received Sunday by Willis Hurley, of Barkley township, of the death of his nephew, Chester Shields, of Indiana Harbor, by drowning in Lake Michigan. Sunday afternoon, Chester, with three other lads, went bathing in the lake, which is a short distance from his home. They, together with a large, crowd of other boys,, had been swindling and splashing in the water for some time When they were attracted by young Shields’. cry for help. He was siezed with a cramp while quite a distance from the sTiore where the water was about ten feet deep, and was unable to swim. Several of she lads swam to his rescue but he struggled so frantically with them that their efforts failed. They left the lad alone in the water and ran to his home nearby to notify his father. Before they returned the boy had drowned and his body disappeared.. The accident occurred about 3:30 in the afternoon. A search was instituted for the youth’s body, which was found one hour and forty minutes after it disappeared for the last time. The funqral Will be held this Monday afternoon at Indiana Harbor and

the body will be brought here Tuesday morning at 11:48 o’clock and taken to the Hurley cemetery, north of town, for burial. Short burial services will be held at the grave in charge of a Christian minister from Benton Harbor. Miss Lillie Hurley, a cousin of the ill-fated youth, and Herbert Garrlott went to Indiana Harbor to attend the funeral