YOUNG MANGOLD

IS STILL MISSING

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Five Days Dragging River Fails To

Turn up Boy's Body

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After nearly five days of dragging the muddy waters of the Mississippi, the searching party of the U. S. Engineers office, Memphis, had reported no luck late yesterday in turning up the body of Raymond Mangold, age 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mangold and brother of Mrs. Katie McNeill of Hickman, who was thought to have been drowned off the Dredge Potter at Harklerodes Towhead, 31 miles below Memphis, following his mysterious disappearance last Saturday night.

Formerly a West Point cadet, young Mangold worked on the Hickman-Dorena ferry for a long period of time. He was widely known here and had only gone to work on the dredge last week. The dredge was in full operation in midstream at the time of his disappearance.

Shortly before he was missed Mangold had brought a Negro from the shore to the dredge in a motor boat. It was thought that, after tieing the boat to the dredge, he slipped on the narrow guard and toppled into the stream. Because of heavy clothing, he was probably unable to swim in the swift current, and because the crew was busy, they may not have heard his distress calls.

A reward of 50 dollars for the boy's body was offered by his family following their trip to Memphis last Saturday. His description was broadcast as being five feet, seven inches tall, weighing 160 pounds. He had brown hair, a gold crown on his front teeth and was dressed in a jumper and blue overalls. He carried an Elgin watch and wore two emblems, one a St. Christopher's medal and the other an Elks insignia.

Reports concerning him were requested by the U. S. Engineers office, Memphis, and Mrs. Katie McNeill, Hickman.

The Hickman Courier -

Hickman, Ky

Thursday, May 9, 1935, p. 1

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Body Found in River

May Be Mangold's

HICKMAN, Ky., May 28 (Special) A body believed to be that of Raymond Mangold, 25, of Hickman, who disappeared from a dredge 31 miles below Memphis last May 4, was found today at Helena, Ark., according to word sent to his sister, Mrs. Katie McNeill here.

No details were disclosed. The body is held at a morgue at Helena. The description of the body tallied with that broadcast by the family. Mangold was a West Point cadet and for some time was employed here on the Dorena ferry. Mrs. McNeill has gone to Helena.

The Sun-Democrat

Paducah, Ky

Tuesday, May 28, 1935, p. 12

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RAYMOND MANGOLD

IS BURIED TUESDAY

Body Had Been Discovered Monday,

Three Miles Below Helena

Funeral services were at 9:00 o'clock Tuesday morning by Father Joseph L. Spalding in Sacred Heart church for Raymond Victor Mangold, age 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Mangold of this community, who was accidentally drowned May 4, while employed on the Dredge Potter at Harklerodes Towhead, 31 miles south of Memphis.

After three week's search, instigated by the U S Engineers office, Memphis, the youth's body was located early Monday morning three miles below Helena, Ark., by a colored man rafting logs and was taken to a funeral home there for indentification. The man was paid the $50 reward by the family.

Graduate of Hickman High school, he attended a military school in Missouri and was later connected with the Hickman-Dorena ferry. He was prominently known throughout this section. He disappeared from duty on the dredge shortly after taking a government position. The dredge was in midstream and in full operation at the time and it was thought that the youth slipped on a wet guard, after tieing a motor launch in which he had brought a colored employee from the shore to the dredge. No one saw him fall into the river at the time.

Besides his mother and father, he is survived by his half-brothers, Henry, Jr., Philip, Willie, and Bernard Mangold and Jake, Ben, Charles, and John Lattus; two half-sisters, Mrs. Katie McNeill all of Hickman, and Mrs. Rosa Kaufman, of Paducah.

Interment was in the City Cemetery in charge of H. C. Barrett, with active pall bearers, Glenn Stone, Elmer Murchison, Mr. Humphrey, Ernest Johnson, James Hogan and Bub Hunziker; honorary, J. A. Bush, Richard Smith, Jack Buck, Tom Hart, Edward Prather, D. L. McNeill, W. J. McMurry, Herschell Glover, R. L. Bradley and C. N. Holland.

The Hickman Courier -

Hickman, Ky

Thursday, May 30, 1935, p. 1

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DROWNED MAN'S

BODY RECOVERED

Remains of Government

Employee Drowned May 4,

Are Found, Identified

FRIAR POINT, May 29 -- The body of a man identified as Raymond Mangoldof Hickman, Ky., who was drowned when he fell from a government dredgeboat at Harcklerodes landing, May 4, was found floating in the river 15 or 20 miles above here.

A 1927 class ring bearing the initials AMS on top and the initials RVM inside was found on the body in addition to an Elgin watch and chain carrying an Elk emblem.

The body was taken to Helena, Ark., where it was identified as Mangold. The body Is being held pending the arrival of relatives.

The Clarion-Ledger

Jackson, Mississippi

Thursday, May 30, 1935, p. 7

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Arkansas Death Certificate: #719

Name: Raymond Victor Mangold (Note: Indexed as "Managed")

Sex: Male

Race: White

Marital status: Single

Age: 25 years, 4 months, 1 day.

Birth Date: January 3, 1910

Birth Place: Hickman, Ky

Death Date: May 4, 1935

Death Place: Narckeroden Landing, Phillips County, Arkansas

Cause of Death: Accidently drowned. Body recovered May 27, 1935 Floating in Mississippi river 2 miles below Helena.

Father: Henry Mangold (b. Ind.)

Mother: Maggie Stohr (b. Ind.)

Informant: J. H. Lattus, R#2 - Hickman, Ky.

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TO ENTER WEST POINT

Hickman, Ky., May 6, -- (Special) Raymond Mangold, of this vicinity has just received information from the war department that he passed the physical examination and was notified to enter West Point in July.

Young Mangold, was graduated from the Hickman high school two years ago at the age of 16, was not required to take the mental examination because of his excellent grades.

The News-Democrat

Paducah, Ky

Tuesday, May 7, 1929, p. 12

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OPERATE NEW FERRY

Hickman, Ky., Aug. 30. (Special) Hickman's new ferry boat, The Mary Jo, arrived today and was put in service between Hickman and Dorena, Mo.

Charles Lattus and Raymond Mangold of the Hickman ferry company, purchasers of the new ferry went to Cairo and brought the boat back.

It was formerly in the trade at Brookport, Illinois, before the building of the Paducah-Brookport bridge. The Mary Jo has a capacity of ten cars, and is believed to be large enough to handle the business at this point.

The Sun-Democrat

Paducah, Ky

Sunday, August 31, 1930, p 6.

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