Delmar Franklin Shuey, aged 20, of Quentin, on Saturday afternoon lost his life while swimming in the private dam on the Freeman property at Cold Spring, about two miles south of Quentin. While Coroner J. Herbert Manbeck issued a certificate of accidental drowning, in accord with the facts learned from those present, there was considerable doubt on the part of witnesses and the coroner himself, as to whether that was the real cause, as the body was subjected to vigorous treatment in an attempt to induce artificial respiration, but little water came from the stomach or lungs. It was believed by some that a heart attack might have been directly responsible for death. Shuey, with Fred Shenk, Lincoln Hoke and Fred Carpenter, all of Quentin and all about the same age, left their homes immediately after noon, and walked to the Pennsylvania bridge on the road to Hull's tavern. The little Ice dam is on the property hidden in the woods along the railroad just west of the bridge. All four swam across the dam after the first plunge, but on the other side Shuey was seen to be shivering, and his companions noticed that his face was blue. Shenk suggested that Shuey stay out of the water and walk or run around to the starting point on land, but Shuey said he was too cold and would therefore get back into water which he figured to be warmer than the atmosphere. They set out for the return trip and three out for the return trip and three of them made it in safety, but when they reached the bank the fourth was not in the party. They looked around just in time to see him disappear under the water, about the middle of the dam. They stated that they were sure Shuey did not utter any cry of alarm, or make any sound. Word was sent to Quentin regarding the mishap, and Victor Messinger, Richard Fisher and Harvey Longenecker, of that place, assisted the bathers in searching for the body. It was nearly an hour afterward, however, when Messinger located it and it was brought to the surface. Meanwhile word was sent to the Pennsylvania Military Reservation at Mt. Gretna and Judson Timm, former All American football player at the University of Illinois and new head football coach at Pennsylvania Military College, who is in charge of a camp of P. M. C. students at Mount Gretna, was summoned and attempted to resuscitate Shuey, without avail. Timm and Galen Warren and Englebert Loeper, of the same camp, worked for a long time with artificial respiration methods, but finally gave up the effort. County Detective George Tucker was also on the scene for a time. Relatives of the deceased directed Undertaker Roy Arnold to bring the body to Lebanon, where it was prepared for burial. Although but twenty years of age, Shuey was of robust build. He was employed as a laborer by the Bethlehem Mines Corporation, but had been idle for several months past. Besides his parents, Isaac and Maggie (Dissinger) Shuey, he leaves two brothers—Austin and Kenneth, and five sisters, Agnes, Erma, Lucille, Arlene and Kathryn. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dissinger are grandparents to the deceased. [Lebanon Semi Weekly News, June 1, 1931, Page 1 & 9]