Last Sunday afternoon a sad affair happened at Lake Manawa. Emil Goos with a brother and two sisters from near Minneola came to the city last Sunday morning and repaired to the lake to spend the day. The two brothers went in bathing in the afternoon. On the beach are two toboggan slides one terminating in the shallow water and the other at a point where the water is over eight feet deep. The two brothers put in some time at the toboggan slide in shallow water which is used for inexperienced swimmers. Neither of the Goos boys could swim, but they thought that they would try the other toboggan which leads into deep water. They were warned of the danger by several bystanders who had heard them say they could not swim, and there is also a placard in large letters on the toboggan informing the public of the danger to all those who cannot swim. The boys paid no attention to either the placard or the warning from the spectators and they proceeded to the tobogan to “try it anyway,” as one of them said. In a few minutes afterward one of them was discovered struggling in the water, and a faint cry of help indicated that he was drowning. One of the spectators plunged into the water and towed him ashore after he had gone down the second time. As soon as the man was able to speak he said his brother was in the water and a search for the body was hastily made. It was soon located and the drowned man was taken ashore where Mr. James Armstrong and F. J. Derpecher began the work of trying to resusitate him.

A physician was sent for at once, but it was several hours before he arrived and the case was pronounced a hopeless one. The coroner was summoned and ordered the body removed to W. C. Estep's undertaking rooms.

An inquest was held yesterday morning. The jury, consisting of Theodore Guittar, R. R. Armstrong and F. J. Derpacher, brought in the following verdict:

“We the jury find that Emil Goos came to his death from drowning in Lake Manawa, August 7, and said drowning was accidental, and recommend that the managers of all bathing places at Lake Manawa provide life boats and crews, and said crews be kept in operation during all bathing hours.”

The body was taken to his home yesterday morning over the Milwaukee.