Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1919 — DELPHI LAD DROWNS IN TIPPECANOE RIVER. [ARTICLE]

DELPHI LAD DROWNS IN TIPPECANOE RIVER.

Delphi, August 4.—Lloyd Armstrong, oldest son of County Superintendent Thomas W. Armstrong, iwas drowned while he and three I companions were 'bathing in the Tip-i pecanoe river, near Springboro, and the T. Frank Gaylord cluib house, Sunday afternoon. While the young, men were bathing, young Armstrong, decided to swim across the river,! and while on the way across was I probably seized with cramps and . was drowned before assistance could , reach him. There were four young mien and four girls in the party. The river was dragged for two hours before the body was recovered. The parents of the young man were away from 'home at the time of the accident, and all attempts to reach them (by telephone were futile, and they did not hear of their son’s death until they arrived home late in (the evening. Besides the parents he is survived by two brothers, Bitter and Frank. A boat used by Chief of Police Scherer, of Lafay-, ette, was used to search for the body.