Herman Ruess's obituary, Manitou Beach, Lenawee County, Michigan Copyright © 1999 by Lenawee County Family Researchers. This copy contributed for the use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. _____________________________________________________________________________ DEVIL'S LAKE DROWNING The Young Son Of a Toledo Preacher Goes Under The Third Case of Drowning In Two Years Selah Raymond of Manitou Beach, brings the news of another case of drowning at Devil's Lake, this morning, the third sad casualty of this kind in three years. Particulars furnished by Supervisor Raymond are as follows. A party of boys from Toledo, in charge of two men, having been tenting in Green grove near the old camp meeting ground. A sand bar extends from this point into the lake, and suddenly shifts into the deepest part of the lake. This morning the boys took their boat and went out on the sand bar to bathe. Young Herman Ruess, a lad of fifteen; jumped into the water, saying, "Boys, I'll show you how to swim." He sank immediately and came up and grasped the boat. The waves were rolling high, as the wind was strong. In an instant he lost his hold and went down again. He came up again and his excited companions thrust an oar at him for support. He clutched it, but weakened and strangling, he loosened his grasp and sank to rise no more. It is very deep water where the body lies, and it is very uncertain whether the boys can exactly locate the place of the fatality. When Mr. Raymond left the beach the body had not been recovered. He could not swim, and was undoubtedly mistaken in the depth of the water. He was a son of the Rev. E. R. Ruess of 2313 Erwin St., Toledo.