WENZEL WALESH
(1858 - 1927)
SCORES HUNT MISSING EAST SIDE RESIDENT
MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD IN CITY PARK
Search of Day Ends When Aged Man Found Hanging Early Today
The search for Wenzel Walesh ended at 2 o'clock this afternoon when a party of searchers found his body hanging in the woods at Neshota Park. Chief Schroeder notified Coroner W. G. Kemper and the doctor was on his way to the scene at 2:30. It was clearly a case of suicide. According to members of the family, Walesh had been worrying because of an operation last winter after which he had failed to regain his health. Searchers found the body hanging from the limb of a tree and indications were the man had committed suicide late yesterday afternoon or last evening. It is doubtful that an inquest will be ordered. No funeral arrangements could be completed today.
A man hunt that began shortly after noon Friday and continued through all last night and today failed up to the present time to find a trace of Wencel Walesh, 70, retired east side resident, who left the home of his daughter early yesterday morning and has not been seen or heard from since.
When Walesh failed to return home for his meal at noon, the children began making inquiries. It was thought that he might have secured a ride to Tisch Mills where he has numerous relatives and gone there for a stay but a telephone message brought the information that Walesh had not been there.
Coast Guard Joins Hunt
Men in the neighborhood were enlisted in the search last night together with members of the U.S. coast guard station, and the beach, Neshota Park, and the woods north and west of Two Rivers were thoroughly combed last night and this morning. But no traces of the aged man were found. Walesh made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Mach, Twenty-first and Lincoln Ave. He had two sons, Wenzil and Albert, both engaged in the meat market business on the east side. He has lived a retired life for some time and had often gone away on short trips so little was thought of his disappearance until late Friday afternoon when he failed to return to the daughter's home.
May Have Met With Foul Play
First the fishermen were enlisted as it was thought that Walesh had not strayed far and would soon be located. But when the search continued up the beach and to the fields and woods, it was decided that Walesh had wandered farther or perhaps met with foul play.
Search is Continued
Today the search continued with an even larger number of searchers, friends and neighbors in the vicinity of the home joining in the search. In all of the inquiries no one has been found who saw the aged man after the daughter reported his having left her home Friday morning, presumably on a short walk. As the day went on and no trace was found of Walesh it was the general belief that he had probably been stricken suddenly ill at some lonely spot. He had an operation about a year ago and it was reported at that time that he had a very weak heart.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday September 10, 1927
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(1858 - 1927)
SCORES HUNT MISSING EAST SIDE RESIDENT
MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD IN CITY PARK
Search of Day Ends When Aged Man Found Hanging Early Today
The search for Wenzel Walesh ended at 2 o'clock this afternoon when a party of searchers found his body hanging in the woods at Neshota Park. Chief Schroeder notified Coroner W. G. Kemper and the doctor was on his way to the scene at 2:30. It was clearly a case of suicide. According to members of the family, Walesh had been worrying because of an operation last winter after which he had failed to regain his health. Searchers found the body hanging from the limb of a tree and indications were the man had committed suicide late yesterday afternoon or last evening. It is doubtful that an inquest will be ordered. No funeral arrangements could be completed today.
A man hunt that began shortly after noon Friday and continued through all last night and today failed up to the present time to find a trace of Wencel Walesh, 70, retired east side resident, who left the home of his daughter early yesterday morning and has not been seen or heard from since.
When Walesh failed to return home for his meal at noon, the children began making inquiries. It was thought that he might have secured a ride to Tisch Mills where he has numerous relatives and gone there for a stay but a telephone message brought the information that Walesh had not been there.
Coast Guard Joins Hunt
Men in the neighborhood were enlisted in the search last night together with members of the U.S. coast guard station, and the beach, Neshota Park, and the woods north and west of Two Rivers were thoroughly combed last night and this morning. But no traces of the aged man were found. Walesh made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Mach, Twenty-first and Lincoln Ave. He had two sons, Wenzil and Albert, both engaged in the meat market business on the east side. He has lived a retired life for some time and had often gone away on short trips so little was thought of his disappearance until late Friday afternoon when he failed to return to the daughter's home.
May Have Met With Foul Play
First the fishermen were enlisted as it was thought that Walesh had not strayed far and would soon be located. But when the search continued up the beach and to the fields and woods, it was decided that Walesh had wandered farther or perhaps met with foul play.
Search is Continued
Today the search continued with an even larger number of searchers, friends and neighbors in the vicinity of the home joining in the search. In all of the inquiries no one has been found who saw the aged man after the daughter reported his having left her home Friday morning, presumably on a short walk. As the day went on and no trace was found of Walesh it was the general belief that he had probably been stricken suddenly ill at some lonely spot. He had an operation about a year ago and it was reported at that time that he had a very weak heart.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday September 10, 1927
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WENZEL WALESH
(1858 - 1927)
SCORES HUNT MISSING EAST SIDE RESIDENT
MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD IN CITY PARK
Search of Day Ends When Aged Man Found Hanging Early Today
The search for Wenzel Walesh ended at 2 o'clock this afternoon when a party of searchers found his body hanging in the woods at Neshota Park. Chief Schroeder notified Coroner W. G. Kemper and the doctor was on his way to the scene at 2:30. It was clearly a case of suicide. According to members of the family, Walesh had been worrying because of an operation last winter after which he had failed to regain his health. Searchers found the body hanging from the limb of a tree and indications were the man had committed suicide late yesterday afternoon or last evening. It is doubtful that an inquest will be ordered. No funeral arrangements could be completed today.
A man hunt that began shortly after noon Friday and continued through all last night and today failed up to the present time to find a trace of Wencel Walesh, 70, retired east side resident, who left the home of his daughter early yesterday morning and has not been seen or heard from since.
When Walesh failed to return home for his meal at noon, the children began making inquiries. It was thought that he might have secured a ride to Tisch Mills where he has numerous relatives and gone there for a stay but a telephone message brought the information that Walesh had not been there.
Coast Guard Joins Hunt
Men in the neighborhood were enlisted in the search last night together with members of the U.S. coast guard station, and the beach, Neshota Park, and the woods north and west of Two Rivers were thoroughly combed last night and this morning. But no traces of the aged man were found. Walesh made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Mach, Twenty-first and Lincoln Ave. He had two sons, Wenzil and Albert, both engaged in the meat market business on the east side. He has lived a retired life for some time and had often gone away on short trips so little was thought of his disappearance until late Friday afternoon when he failed to return to the daughter's home.
May Have Met With Foul Play
First the fishermen were enlisted as it was thought that Walesh had not strayed far and would soon be located. But when the search continued up the beach and to the fields and woods, it was decided that Walesh had wandered farther or perhaps met with foul play.
Search is Continued
Today the search continued with an even larger number of searchers, friends and neighbors in the vicinity of the home joining in the search. In all of the inquiries no one has been found who saw the aged man after the daughter reported his having left her home Friday morning, presumably on a short walk. As the day went on and no trace was found of Walesh it was the general belief that he had probably been stricken suddenly ill at some lonely spot. He had an operation about a year ago and it was reported at that time that he had a very weak heart.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday September 10, 1927
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(1858 - 1927)
SCORES HUNT MISSING EAST SIDE RESIDENT
MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD IN CITY PARK
Search of Day Ends When Aged Man Found Hanging Early Today
The search for Wenzel Walesh ended at 2 o'clock this afternoon when a party of searchers found his body hanging in the woods at Neshota Park. Chief Schroeder notified Coroner W. G. Kemper and the doctor was on his way to the scene at 2:30. It was clearly a case of suicide. According to members of the family, Walesh had been worrying because of an operation last winter after which he had failed to regain his health. Searchers found the body hanging from the limb of a tree and indications were the man had committed suicide late yesterday afternoon or last evening. It is doubtful that an inquest will be ordered. No funeral arrangements could be completed today.
A man hunt that began shortly after noon Friday and continued through all last night and today failed up to the present time to find a trace of Wencel Walesh, 70, retired east side resident, who left the home of his daughter early yesterday morning and has not been seen or heard from since.
When Walesh failed to return home for his meal at noon, the children began making inquiries. It was thought that he might have secured a ride to Tisch Mills where he has numerous relatives and gone there for a stay but a telephone message brought the information that Walesh had not been there.
Coast Guard Joins Hunt
Men in the neighborhood were enlisted in the search last night together with members of the U.S. coast guard station, and the beach, Neshota Park, and the woods north and west of Two Rivers were thoroughly combed last night and this morning. But no traces of the aged man were found. Walesh made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Frank Mach, Twenty-first and Lincoln Ave. He had two sons, Wenzil and Albert, both engaged in the meat market business on the east side. He has lived a retired life for some time and had often gone away on short trips so little was thought of his disappearance until late Friday afternoon when he failed to return to the daughter's home.
May Have Met With Foul Play
First the fishermen were enlisted as it was thought that Walesh had not strayed far and would soon be located. But when the search continued up the beach and to the fields and woods, it was decided that Walesh had wandered farther or perhaps met with foul play.
Search is Continued
Today the search continued with an even larger number of searchers, friends and neighbors in the vicinity of the home joining in the search. In all of the inquiries no one has been found who saw the aged man after the daughter reported his having left her home Friday morning, presumably on a short walk. As the day went on and no trace was found of Walesh it was the general belief that he had probably been stricken suddenly ill at some lonely spot. He had an operation about a year ago and it was reported at that time that he had a very weak heart.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday September 10, 1927
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