Emmetsburg Democrat Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa Wednesday, 11 May 1921 BODY OF BOY STILL MISSING Details of Drowning of M.F. Brennan's Little Grandson M.F. Brennan and his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Currans, arrived home from Milwaukee Sunday evening where they were called two weeks ago by a telegram announcing the drowning of Mr. Brennan's grandson. For ten days several hundred friends and neighbors labored diligently to find the body of the missing child but without success. The river was dragged, several divers searched the bottom of the channel and a dam of sacks filled with sand was thrown across the river. Members of the life saving service of the city were in constant attendance but they could not find any trace of the body. We need not say that Mr. Brennan, our efficient city marshal, was one of the hardest and most persevering workers in the long but fruitless search. On the day of the drowning the oldest brother, who is about six years old, was let out from school half an hour early and on his return home, he and his younger brother who was something over four, together with a companion, went to Silver Creek, about a mile away to play. As they were walking along a high bank, loose dirt gave way and the older brother fell into the water. The younger child, Lawrence, grabbed him by the hand and he succeeded in catching some grass or shrubbery and landed on the bank in safety, but in the struggle, the younger brother lost his balance and tumbled in. A neighboring lady witnessed the scene but, instead of notifying the police station, as is generally done on such occasions, she walked nearly a mile to the home of the boy's mother, Mrs. M.J. Brennan, and notified her of the sad affair. Silver Creek is not very deep but there was a cloudburst a day or two before and the water raised rapidly and the current was swift. A short distance from the scene Silver Creek empties into the Menomonee river. Four miles farther down the river reaches Lake Michigan. A reward has been offered for the recovery of the body. This will cause many to watch closely for it, should it rise to the surface of the water. The Sunday before Mr. Brennan's grandson was drowned a man sank in the Wisconsin river. The body came up last Friday. Two men were drowned in a lake some distance from Milwaukee on April 10. The bodies came up to the surface on May 1. Hence it is likely that the remains of the missing child may be recovered. When the weather is cold parties who are drowned do not come to the surface so soon as they do during warm weather. It is claimed that the water in Lake Superior is so cold that parties that are drowned never come to the top. We need not say that Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Brennan are heartbroken over the sad affair. Lawrence was a stout, hardy, lovely child and was a favorite among his little companions. The afflicted parents have the sincere sympathy of a wide circle of Palo Alto relatives and friends, all of whom will be anxious to learn of the recovery of the missing child. 000525 Cathy Joynt Labath