Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1911 — MAN DROWNS IN THE OHIO [ARTICLE]

MAN DROWNS IN THE OHIO

Evansville Electrician Falls from Boat While on River. Evansville, Ind., May s.—Parties searching the river failed to find any trace of the body of Robert S. Ferguson, thirty-four years old, assistant manager of the Evansville Gas and Electric Light company, who is believed to have fallen from his pleasure launch, the Dorothy. The launch was caught adrift in the Ohio river, near the Kentucky shore, with a hat and coat with many valuable bonds, checks and papers belonging to Ferguson in it Mystery is added to the case by the disappearance of two persons who are said to have been seen with Ferguson earlier, and who are supposed to have gone on the river with him. It is not known whether they were drowned with him, or left him at some point on the upper shore. There is no suspicion of foul play. ' w