DAILY REPUBLICAN 11/4/1896
WILLIAM DITZLER, A YOUNG MAN WELL KNOWN IN THIS CITY, WAS DROWNED IN THE SANGAMON RIVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE BODY WAS RECOVERED THIS MORNING ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE BOAT LANDING AT RIVERSIDE PARK. THE MAN HAD BEEN FISHING AT THE RIVER AND IT IS SUPPOSED THAT HE ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO THE WATER. SHORTLY AFTER NOON YESTERDAY DITZLER LEFT HIS HOME AND STARTED TO THE RIVER EXPECTING TO PASS THE AFTERNOON FISHING. HE SAID HE WOULD BE NEAR THE BOAT LANDING AT THE PARK AND WOULD BE HOME ABOUT 4 OCLOCK. HIS MOTHER WITH WHO DITZLER MADE HIS HOME ON WEST DECATUR STREET BECAME ANXIOUS WHEN HER SON DID NOT APEAR AT SUPPER TIME. HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS ALWAYS PROMPT AND HIS ABSENCE CAUSED THE FAMILY CONSIDERABLE WORRY. IT WAS SUPPOSED HOWEVER THAT HE WAS SOMWHERE ABOUT THE CITY LISTENING TO THE ELECTION RETURNS.
THIS MORNING R. RAMBBO, THE FATHER IN LAW OF THE DECEASED, LEARNED THAT HE HAD NOT YET COME HOME AND AT ONCE SUSPECTED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE WENT AN SEARCHED ALONG THE RIVER BANK JUST EAST OF THE BOAT LANDING. A BOTTLE OF BAIT AND A FISHING LINE WERE FOUND. NEAR BY WAS SEEN A FISHING POLE TO WHICH WAS ATTACHED A LINE. WHEN THIS WAS PULLED IN IT WAS FOUND THAT DIZLERS BODY WAS AT THE OTHER END. CORONER BENDURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DROWNING. ROY BENDURE THE CORNERS SON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REACH THE SPOT AND HE TOOK THE BODY FROM THE WATER. IN THE RIGHT HAND OF THE CORPSE WAS THE FISHING LINE, HOOK AND CORK AS THOUGH THE MAN WAS READY TO CAST HIS LINE AND HAD FALLEN INTO THE WATER. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CASE, AS DITZLER HAS BEEN TROUBLED WITH HIS EYES FOR SOME TIME, IN FACT HAD ALMOST LOST THE SIGHT OF ONE, SO THAT IT IS PROBABLE THAT HE STEPPED TOO FAR INTO THE WATER. THE POSITION OF THE BODY WOULD INDICATE THAT DEATH HAD BEEN ACCIDENTAL. CORONER BENDURE HAD THE BODY TAKEN AT ONCE TO BULLARDS UNDERTAKING ROOMS.
DITZLER WAS A MAN ABOUT 35 YEARS OLD. HE LEAVES A MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS, MRS. ELLA MEDCALF AND MIS BERTIE DITZLER. HE WAS A WIDOWER, HIS WIFE, WHO WAS A DAUGHTER OF R. RAMBO HAVING DIED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. DITZLER WAS A QUIET SOBER AND INDUSTRIOUS MAN BUT ON ACCOUNT OF HIS FAILING EYESIGHT HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK LATELY. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR SIXTEEN YEARS AT THE FURNITURE FACTORY AND HAS THE REPUTATION OF BEING AN EXCELLENT WORKMAN AND AN HONEST MAN.
THIS IS FROM THE SAME NEWSPAPER LATER IN THE WEEK.
THUS CLOSED A LIFE, THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WHICH WERE CLOUDED WITH SORROW. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO HE MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF R. RAMBO AND LIFE FOR THEM SEEMED EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT. WHEN THEIR CHILD WAS BORN THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMED FULL OF SUNSHINE AND BRIGHT PROSPECTS BUT THE YOUNG MOTHER DIED AND THE BOY SOON FOLLOWED AND THEY WERE LAID TO REST IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
WILLIAM DITZLER, A YOUNG MAN WELL KNOWN IN THIS CITY, WAS DROWNED IN THE SANGAMON RIVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE BODY WAS RECOVERED THIS MORNING ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE BOAT LANDING AT RIVERSIDE PARK. THE MAN HAD BEEN FISHING AT THE RIVER AND IT IS SUPPOSED THAT HE ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO THE WATER. SHORTLY AFTER NOON YESTERDAY DITZLER LEFT HIS HOME AND STARTED TO THE RIVER EXPECTING TO PASS THE AFTERNOON FISHING. HE SAID HE WOULD BE NEAR THE BOAT LANDING AT THE PARK AND WOULD BE HOME ABOUT 4 OCLOCK. HIS MOTHER WITH WHO DITZLER MADE HIS HOME ON WEST DECATUR STREET BECAME ANXIOUS WHEN HER SON DID NOT APEAR AT SUPPER TIME. HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS ALWAYS PROMPT AND HIS ABSENCE CAUSED THE FAMILY CONSIDERABLE WORRY. IT WAS SUPPOSED HOWEVER THAT HE WAS SOMWHERE ABOUT THE CITY LISTENING TO THE ELECTION RETURNS.
THIS MORNING R. RAMBBO, THE FATHER IN LAW OF THE DECEASED, LEARNED THAT HE HAD NOT YET COME HOME AND AT ONCE SUSPECTED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE WENT AN SEARCHED ALONG THE RIVER BANK JUST EAST OF THE BOAT LANDING. A BOTTLE OF BAIT AND A FISHING LINE WERE FOUND. NEAR BY WAS SEEN A FISHING POLE TO WHICH WAS ATTACHED A LINE. WHEN THIS WAS PULLED IN IT WAS FOUND THAT DIZLERS BODY WAS AT THE OTHER END. CORONER BENDURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DROWNING. ROY BENDURE THE CORNERS SON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REACH THE SPOT AND HE TOOK THE BODY FROM THE WATER. IN THE RIGHT HAND OF THE CORPSE WAS THE FISHING LINE, HOOK AND CORK AS THOUGH THE MAN WAS READY TO CAST HIS LINE AND HAD FALLEN INTO THE WATER. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CASE, AS DITZLER HAS BEEN TROUBLED WITH HIS EYES FOR SOME TIME, IN FACT HAD ALMOST LOST THE SIGHT OF ONE, SO THAT IT IS PROBABLE THAT HE STEPPED TOO FAR INTO THE WATER. THE POSITION OF THE BODY WOULD INDICATE THAT DEATH HAD BEEN ACCIDENTAL. CORONER BENDURE HAD THE BODY TAKEN AT ONCE TO BULLARDS UNDERTAKING ROOMS.
DITZLER WAS A MAN ABOUT 35 YEARS OLD. HE LEAVES A MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS, MRS. ELLA MEDCALF AND MIS BERTIE DITZLER. HE WAS A WIDOWER, HIS WIFE, WHO WAS A DAUGHTER OF R. RAMBO HAVING DIED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. DITZLER WAS A QUIET SOBER AND INDUSTRIOUS MAN BUT ON ACCOUNT OF HIS FAILING EYESIGHT HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK LATELY. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR SIXTEEN YEARS AT THE FURNITURE FACTORY AND HAS THE REPUTATION OF BEING AN EXCELLENT WORKMAN AND AN HONEST MAN.
THIS IS FROM THE SAME NEWSPAPER LATER IN THE WEEK.
THUS CLOSED A LIFE, THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WHICH WERE CLOUDED WITH SORROW. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO HE MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF R. RAMBO AND LIFE FOR THEM SEEMED EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT. WHEN THEIR CHILD WAS BORN THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMED FULL OF SUNSHINE AND BRIGHT PROSPECTS BUT THE YOUNG MOTHER DIED AND THE BOY SOON FOLLOWED AND THEY WERE LAID TO REST IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
DAILY REPUBLICAN 11/4/1896
WILLIAM DITZLER, A YOUNG MAN WELL KNOWN IN THIS CITY, WAS DROWNED IN THE SANGAMON RIVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE BODY WAS RECOVERED THIS MORNING ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE BOAT LANDING AT RIVERSIDE PARK. THE MAN HAD BEEN FISHING AT THE RIVER AND IT IS SUPPOSED THAT HE ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO THE WATER. SHORTLY AFTER NOON YESTERDAY DITZLER LEFT HIS HOME AND STARTED TO THE RIVER EXPECTING TO PASS THE AFTERNOON FISHING. HE SAID HE WOULD BE NEAR THE BOAT LANDING AT THE PARK AND WOULD BE HOME ABOUT 4 OCLOCK. HIS MOTHER WITH WHO DITZLER MADE HIS HOME ON WEST DECATUR STREET BECAME ANXIOUS WHEN HER SON DID NOT APEAR AT SUPPER TIME. HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS ALWAYS PROMPT AND HIS ABSENCE CAUSED THE FAMILY CONSIDERABLE WORRY. IT WAS SUPPOSED HOWEVER THAT HE WAS SOMWHERE ABOUT THE CITY LISTENING TO THE ELECTION RETURNS.
THIS MORNING R. RAMBBO, THE FATHER IN LAW OF THE DECEASED, LEARNED THAT HE HAD NOT YET COME HOME AND AT ONCE SUSPECTED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE WENT AN SEARCHED ALONG THE RIVER BANK JUST EAST OF THE BOAT LANDING. A BOTTLE OF BAIT AND A FISHING LINE WERE FOUND. NEAR BY WAS SEEN A FISHING POLE TO WHICH WAS ATTACHED A LINE. WHEN THIS WAS PULLED IN IT WAS FOUND THAT DIZLERS BODY WAS AT THE OTHER END. CORONER BENDURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DROWNING. ROY BENDURE THE CORNERS SON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REACH THE SPOT AND HE TOOK THE BODY FROM THE WATER. IN THE RIGHT HAND OF THE CORPSE WAS THE FISHING LINE, HOOK AND CORK AS THOUGH THE MAN WAS READY TO CAST HIS LINE AND HAD FALLEN INTO THE WATER. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CASE, AS DITZLER HAS BEEN TROUBLED WITH HIS EYES FOR SOME TIME, IN FACT HAD ALMOST LOST THE SIGHT OF ONE, SO THAT IT IS PROBABLE THAT HE STEPPED TOO FAR INTO THE WATER. THE POSITION OF THE BODY WOULD INDICATE THAT DEATH HAD BEEN ACCIDENTAL. CORONER BENDURE HAD THE BODY TAKEN AT ONCE TO BULLARDS UNDERTAKING ROOMS.
DITZLER WAS A MAN ABOUT 35 YEARS OLD. HE LEAVES A MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS, MRS. ELLA MEDCALF AND MIS BERTIE DITZLER. HE WAS A WIDOWER, HIS WIFE, WHO WAS A DAUGHTER OF R. RAMBO HAVING DIED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. DITZLER WAS A QUIET SOBER AND INDUSTRIOUS MAN BUT ON ACCOUNT OF HIS FAILING EYESIGHT HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK LATELY. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR SIXTEEN YEARS AT THE FURNITURE FACTORY AND HAS THE REPUTATION OF BEING AN EXCELLENT WORKMAN AND AN HONEST MAN.
THIS IS FROM THE SAME NEWSPAPER LATER IN THE WEEK.
THUS CLOSED A LIFE, THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WHICH WERE CLOUDED WITH SORROW. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO HE MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF R. RAMBO AND LIFE FOR THEM SEEMED EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT. WHEN THEIR CHILD WAS BORN THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMED FULL OF SUNSHINE AND BRIGHT PROSPECTS BUT THE YOUNG MOTHER DIED AND THE BOY SOON FOLLOWED AND THEY WERE LAID TO REST IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
WILLIAM DITZLER, A YOUNG MAN WELL KNOWN IN THIS CITY, WAS DROWNED IN THE SANGAMON RIVER YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE BODY WAS RECOVERED THIS MORNING ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE BOAT LANDING AT RIVERSIDE PARK. THE MAN HAD BEEN FISHING AT THE RIVER AND IT IS SUPPOSED THAT HE ACCIDENTALLY FELL INTO THE WATER. SHORTLY AFTER NOON YESTERDAY DITZLER LEFT HIS HOME AND STARTED TO THE RIVER EXPECTING TO PASS THE AFTERNOON FISHING. HE SAID HE WOULD BE NEAR THE BOAT LANDING AT THE PARK AND WOULD BE HOME ABOUT 4 OCLOCK. HIS MOTHER WITH WHO DITZLER MADE HIS HOME ON WEST DECATUR STREET BECAME ANXIOUS WHEN HER SON DID NOT APEAR AT SUPPER TIME. HE WAS A MAN WHO WAS ALWAYS PROMPT AND HIS ABSENCE CAUSED THE FAMILY CONSIDERABLE WORRY. IT WAS SUPPOSED HOWEVER THAT HE WAS SOMWHERE ABOUT THE CITY LISTENING TO THE ELECTION RETURNS.
THIS MORNING R. RAMBBO, THE FATHER IN LAW OF THE DECEASED, LEARNED THAT HE HAD NOT YET COME HOME AND AT ONCE SUSPECTED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. HE WENT AN SEARCHED ALONG THE RIVER BANK JUST EAST OF THE BOAT LANDING. A BOTTLE OF BAIT AND A FISHING LINE WERE FOUND. NEAR BY WAS SEEN A FISHING POLE TO WHICH WAS ATTACHED A LINE. WHEN THIS WAS PULLED IN IT WAS FOUND THAT DIZLERS BODY WAS AT THE OTHER END. CORONER BENDURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DROWNING. ROY BENDURE THE CORNERS SON WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REACH THE SPOT AND HE TOOK THE BODY FROM THE WATER. IN THE RIGHT HAND OF THE CORPSE WAS THE FISHING LINE, HOOK AND CORK AS THOUGH THE MAN WAS READY TO CAST HIS LINE AND HAD FALLEN INTO THE WATER. THIS IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CASE, AS DITZLER HAS BEEN TROUBLED WITH HIS EYES FOR SOME TIME, IN FACT HAD ALMOST LOST THE SIGHT OF ONE, SO THAT IT IS PROBABLE THAT HE STEPPED TOO FAR INTO THE WATER. THE POSITION OF THE BODY WOULD INDICATE THAT DEATH HAD BEEN ACCIDENTAL. CORONER BENDURE HAD THE BODY TAKEN AT ONCE TO BULLARDS UNDERTAKING ROOMS.
DITZLER WAS A MAN ABOUT 35 YEARS OLD. HE LEAVES A MOTHER AND TWO SISTERS, MRS. ELLA MEDCALF AND MIS BERTIE DITZLER. HE WAS A WIDOWER, HIS WIFE, WHO WAS A DAUGHTER OF R. RAMBO HAVING DIED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. DITZLER WAS A QUIET SOBER AND INDUSTRIOUS MAN BUT ON ACCOUNT OF HIS FAILING EYESIGHT HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK LATELY. HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR SIXTEEN YEARS AT THE FURNITURE FACTORY AND HAS THE REPUTATION OF BEING AN EXCELLENT WORKMAN AND AN HONEST MAN.
THIS IS FROM THE SAME NEWSPAPER LATER IN THE WEEK.
THUS CLOSED A LIFE, THE LAST FEW YEARS OF WHICH WERE CLOUDED WITH SORROW. ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO HE MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF R. RAMBO AND LIFE FOR THEM SEEMED EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT. WHEN THEIR CHILD WAS BORN THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMED FULL OF SUNSHINE AND BRIGHT PROSPECTS BUT THE YOUNG MOTHER DIED AND THE BOY SOON FOLLOWED AND THEY WERE LAID TO REST IN GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
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