"Paul" drown in the Ohio River between Illinois and The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 10 Apr 1936
RIVER GIVES UP DEAD AFTER SIXTEEN MONTHS
The body of Robert Paul Castor, of Olmsted, floated in near the Bruce plant in the Cairo Drainage District last Saturday and was recovered. It had been in the river since December 1, 1934.
Identity was established at the inquest by the clothes and teeth. So long in the water rendered all other marks useless. A belt, tie pin, a watch and high top shoes proved beyond all doubt that it was Castor, who, with Vernon Hughes, started to return from the Kentucky shore that night. Rough water upset their boat, it is presumed, and all that was known is that their cries were heard and that the cries finally died out.
After the inquest, the body was taken by G. A. James to prepare for burial.
The body of Hughes was found last June, but the body of Castor must have caught or lodged under the water and remained until the present flood tore it loose.
Castor is survived by his mother, Mrs. Kitty Castor, of Olmsted; one brother, Lloyd Castor, of Danville; and three sisters, Miss Vivian of Olmstead, Mrs. Jeannette Bevans of St. Louis and Mrs. Ruth Holman of Olmsted.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the M. E. Church South of Olmsted, by Rev. Kazee, assisted by Rev. McKinney. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery. George Bellamy, Carl Eiselmeyer, Carmon Albright, Roy Edwards, Chilton Ramsey, and Clyde Burd carried the remains of their former companion to its last resting place.
RIVER GIVES UP DEAD AFTER SIXTEEN MONTHS
The body of Robert Paul Castor, of Olmsted, floated in near the Bruce plant in the Cairo Drainage District last Saturday and was recovered. It had been in the river since December 1, 1934.
Identity was established at the inquest by the clothes and teeth. So long in the water rendered all other marks useless. A belt, tie pin, a watch and high top shoes proved beyond all doubt that it was Castor, who, with Vernon Hughes, started to return from the Kentucky shore that night. Rough water upset their boat, it is presumed, and all that was known is that their cries were heard and that the cries finally died out.
After the inquest, the body was taken by G. A. James to prepare for burial.
The body of Hughes was found last June, but the body of Castor must have caught or lodged under the water and remained until the present flood tore it loose.
Castor is survived by his mother, Mrs. Kitty Castor, of Olmsted; one brother, Lloyd Castor, of Danville; and three sisters, Miss Vivian of Olmstead, Mrs. Jeannette Bevans of St. Louis and Mrs. Ruth Holman of Olmsted.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the M. E. Church South of Olmsted, by Rev. Kazee, assisted by Rev. McKinney. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery. George Bellamy, Carl Eiselmeyer, Carmon Albright, Roy Edwards, Chilton Ramsey, and Clyde Burd carried the remains of their former companion to its last resting place.
"Paul" drown in the Ohio River between Illinois and The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 10 Apr 1936
RIVER GIVES UP DEAD AFTER SIXTEEN MONTHS
The body of Robert Paul Castor, of Olmsted, floated in near the Bruce plant in the Cairo Drainage District last Saturday and was recovered. It had been in the river since December 1, 1934.
Identity was established at the inquest by the clothes and teeth. So long in the water rendered all other marks useless. A belt, tie pin, a watch and high top shoes proved beyond all doubt that it was Castor, who, with Vernon Hughes, started to return from the Kentucky shore that night. Rough water upset their boat, it is presumed, and all that was known is that their cries were heard and that the cries finally died out.
After the inquest, the body was taken by G. A. James to prepare for burial.
The body of Hughes was found last June, but the body of Castor must have caught or lodged under the water and remained until the present flood tore it loose.
Castor is survived by his mother, Mrs. Kitty Castor, of Olmsted; one brother, Lloyd Castor, of Danville; and three sisters, Miss Vivian of Olmstead, Mrs. Jeannette Bevans of St. Louis and Mrs. Ruth Holman of Olmsted.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the M. E. Church South of Olmsted, by Rev. Kazee, assisted by Rev. McKinney. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery. George Bellamy, Carl Eiselmeyer, Carmon Albright, Roy Edwards, Chilton Ramsey, and Clyde Burd carried the remains of their former companion to its last resting place.
RIVER GIVES UP DEAD AFTER SIXTEEN MONTHS
The body of Robert Paul Castor, of Olmsted, floated in near the Bruce plant in the Cairo Drainage District last Saturday and was recovered. It had been in the river since December 1, 1934.
Identity was established at the inquest by the clothes and teeth. So long in the water rendered all other marks useless. A belt, tie pin, a watch and high top shoes proved beyond all doubt that it was Castor, who, with Vernon Hughes, started to return from the Kentucky shore that night. Rough water upset their boat, it is presumed, and all that was known is that their cries were heard and that the cries finally died out.
After the inquest, the body was taken by G. A. James to prepare for burial.
The body of Hughes was found last June, but the body of Castor must have caught or lodged under the water and remained until the present flood tore it loose.
Castor is survived by his mother, Mrs. Kitty Castor, of Olmsted; one brother, Lloyd Castor, of Danville; and three sisters, Miss Vivian of Olmstead, Mrs. Jeannette Bevans of St. Louis and Mrs. Ruth Holman of Olmsted.
Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the M. E. Church South of Olmsted, by Rev. Kazee, assisted by Rev. McKinney. Interment was in the Masonic Cemetery. George Bellamy, Carl Eiselmeyer, Carmon Albright, Roy Edwards, Chilton Ramsey, and Clyde Burd carried the remains of their former companion to its last resting place.
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