The Richmond (IN) Palladium, Wed. Feb. 13, 1907
PLAYFUL PRANK AT COST OF HIS LIFE
HOWARD MOUSER BROKE THROUGH THIN ICE ON MILL POND AND WAS DROWNED
HIS PLAYMATES HELPLESS
OTHER LADS WHO WERE WITH YOUNG MOUSER COULD NOT LEND HIM IMMEDIATE AID AND HE DIED IN COLD WATER
Howard Mouser, the ten year old son of Adam Mouser, of 837 North Twelfth street, broke through the thin ice on the pond adjoining the Richmond Corn mills yesterday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock, and was drowned before the eyes of his companions. They all being youngsters, were almost powerless to render assistance to the unfortunate lad. After the alarm had been spread a crowd soon gathered around the pond and with the assistance of a rake and an ice raft, Sam Wickett dragged the lifeless body from the cold water.
Young Mouser was a student in the fourth grade at the Whitewater school and yesterday afternoon after adjournment, he, in company with Willie Holmes, Herbert Williams and Dewey Wiggins, started for the pond to slide on the ice, neither one of the boys having skates . Ice had but recently been harvested from the east end of the pond and only a thin scum of ice overlaid it. The boys slid around on the more substantial ice for several moments, when young Mouser called to his companions:"Say, fellows, I'll banter you sliding toward the thin ice."
His companions protested against the action. Young Mouser simply smiled, and with a gladsome cry took a long run and slid to his death. He realized as he was fast approaching the thinner portions of the ice, and according to the statements of his companions, tried in vain to stop himself.
Willie Holmes ran to the edge of the thicker ice and said that Mouser rose to the surface only once and sank. A cry of alarm went up from the boys and several men came running to the scene of the accident. C.W. Hill, the miller at the Richmond Corn mills, who happened to see the boy break through the ice, ran to a nearby barn and grabbed a rope with the hope that he could yet save the life of the boy. It was of no avail however. Sam Wickett, who soon arrived upon the scene, secured a rake, and with the aid of an ice raft, which he floated, pulled the lifeless body from the water. The city ambulance was called and removed the body to the hone.
PLAYFUL PRANK AT COST OF HIS LIFE
HOWARD MOUSER BROKE THROUGH THIN ICE ON MILL POND AND WAS DROWNED
HIS PLAYMATES HELPLESS
OTHER LADS WHO WERE WITH YOUNG MOUSER COULD NOT LEND HIM IMMEDIATE AID AND HE DIED IN COLD WATER
Howard Mouser, the ten year old son of Adam Mouser, of 837 North Twelfth street, broke through the thin ice on the pond adjoining the Richmond Corn mills yesterday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock, and was drowned before the eyes of his companions. They all being youngsters, were almost powerless to render assistance to the unfortunate lad. After the alarm had been spread a crowd soon gathered around the pond and with the assistance of a rake and an ice raft, Sam Wickett dragged the lifeless body from the cold water.
Young Mouser was a student in the fourth grade at the Whitewater school and yesterday afternoon after adjournment, he, in company with Willie Holmes, Herbert Williams and Dewey Wiggins, started for the pond to slide on the ice, neither one of the boys having skates . Ice had but recently been harvested from the east end of the pond and only a thin scum of ice overlaid it. The boys slid around on the more substantial ice for several moments, when young Mouser called to his companions:"Say, fellows, I'll banter you sliding toward the thin ice."
His companions protested against the action. Young Mouser simply smiled, and with a gladsome cry took a long run and slid to his death. He realized as he was fast approaching the thinner portions of the ice, and according to the statements of his companions, tried in vain to stop himself.
Willie Holmes ran to the edge of the thicker ice and said that Mouser rose to the surface only once and sank. A cry of alarm went up from the boys and several men came running to the scene of the accident. C.W. Hill, the miller at the Richmond Corn mills, who happened to see the boy break through the ice, ran to a nearby barn and grabbed a rope with the hope that he could yet save the life of the boy. It was of no avail however. Sam Wickett, who soon arrived upon the scene, secured a rake, and with the aid of an ice raft, which he floated, pulled the lifeless body from the water. The city ambulance was called and removed the body to the hone.
The Richmond (IN) Palladium, Wed. Feb. 13, 1907
PLAYFUL PRANK AT COST OF HIS LIFE
HOWARD MOUSER BROKE THROUGH THIN ICE ON MILL POND AND WAS DROWNED
HIS PLAYMATES HELPLESS
OTHER LADS WHO WERE WITH YOUNG MOUSER COULD NOT LEND HIM IMMEDIATE AID AND HE DIED IN COLD WATER
Howard Mouser, the ten year old son of Adam Mouser, of 837 North Twelfth street, broke through the thin ice on the pond adjoining the Richmond Corn mills yesterday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock, and was drowned before the eyes of his companions. They all being youngsters, were almost powerless to render assistance to the unfortunate lad. After the alarm had been spread a crowd soon gathered around the pond and with the assistance of a rake and an ice raft, Sam Wickett dragged the lifeless body from the cold water.
Young Mouser was a student in the fourth grade at the Whitewater school and yesterday afternoon after adjournment, he, in company with Willie Holmes, Herbert Williams and Dewey Wiggins, started for the pond to slide on the ice, neither one of the boys having skates . Ice had but recently been harvested from the east end of the pond and only a thin scum of ice overlaid it. The boys slid around on the more substantial ice for several moments, when young Mouser called to his companions:"Say, fellows, I'll banter you sliding toward the thin ice."
His companions protested against the action. Young Mouser simply smiled, and with a gladsome cry took a long run and slid to his death. He realized as he was fast approaching the thinner portions of the ice, and according to the statements of his companions, tried in vain to stop himself.
Willie Holmes ran to the edge of the thicker ice and said that Mouser rose to the surface only once and sank. A cry of alarm went up from the boys and several men came running to the scene of the accident. C.W. Hill, the miller at the Richmond Corn mills, who happened to see the boy break through the ice, ran to a nearby barn and grabbed a rope with the hope that he could yet save the life of the boy. It was of no avail however. Sam Wickett, who soon arrived upon the scene, secured a rake, and with the aid of an ice raft, which he floated, pulled the lifeless body from the water. The city ambulance was called and removed the body to the hone.
PLAYFUL PRANK AT COST OF HIS LIFE
HOWARD MOUSER BROKE THROUGH THIN ICE ON MILL POND AND WAS DROWNED
HIS PLAYMATES HELPLESS
OTHER LADS WHO WERE WITH YOUNG MOUSER COULD NOT LEND HIM IMMEDIATE AID AND HE DIED IN COLD WATER
Howard Mouser, the ten year old son of Adam Mouser, of 837 North Twelfth street, broke through the thin ice on the pond adjoining the Richmond Corn mills yesterday afternoon about 3:30 o'clock, and was drowned before the eyes of his companions. They all being youngsters, were almost powerless to render assistance to the unfortunate lad. After the alarm had been spread a crowd soon gathered around the pond and with the assistance of a rake and an ice raft, Sam Wickett dragged the lifeless body from the cold water.
Young Mouser was a student in the fourth grade at the Whitewater school and yesterday afternoon after adjournment, he, in company with Willie Holmes, Herbert Williams and Dewey Wiggins, started for the pond to slide on the ice, neither one of the boys having skates . Ice had but recently been harvested from the east end of the pond and only a thin scum of ice overlaid it. The boys slid around on the more substantial ice for several moments, when young Mouser called to his companions:"Say, fellows, I'll banter you sliding toward the thin ice."
His companions protested against the action. Young Mouser simply smiled, and with a gladsome cry took a long run and slid to his death. He realized as he was fast approaching the thinner portions of the ice, and according to the statements of his companions, tried in vain to stop himself.
Willie Holmes ran to the edge of the thicker ice and said that Mouser rose to the surface only once and sank. A cry of alarm went up from the boys and several men came running to the scene of the accident. C.W. Hill, the miller at the Richmond Corn mills, who happened to see the boy break through the ice, ran to a nearby barn and grabbed a rope with the hope that he could yet save the life of the boy. It was of no avail however. Sam Wickett, who soon arrived upon the scene, secured a rake, and with the aid of an ice raft, which he floated, pulled the lifeless body from the water. The city ambulance was called and removed the body to the hone.
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