The Ice Gave Way

Detroit, Jan. 15. - Leo Klinger, a 14-year-old boy living at 841 Twentyöt'th street, was drowned Sunday afternoon in the Rögue while skating. The accident happened in Delray, about half a niile above the river road, near the Lake Shore railroad bridge. Willie Krasine, a 12-year-old boy living at 1002 Michigan avenue, was skating with hiin. He narrowly escaped falling into the hoie in the ice while tryipg to reseñe his friend. Willie Krasine is onïy 12 yeara old, but made a brave altempt to save the life of his friend. When Leo feil iuto the water Willie pulled off his coat and, running to the side of the broken ice, threw it to hiin to catch hold of and be dragged to shore. The drowning boy paid no attention to the assistance oL■fered. He seeined dazed. He cried' twice for help and then turned around in the water. He stood there for a second and sank out of sight. The water where ha went in was only deep enough to come up to his chin, but the ioy water seemed to chili him so that he sank from exhaustion. The two boys started out about 1 o'clock torgo skating. They went to Fort Wayne and there ventured out into the Detroit river. They skated along to the fork of the two rivers and turned onto the Rogue. The ice was rather rough, so whenever they found a smoorh place they would stop and skate about. About 3 o'clock the lads had reached the point under the Lake Shore bridge across the Rouge river. The ice was sniooth there and they were skating along at full speed. "WilUe slipped andï'ell. He had been in the lead, but when he feil Leo Klinger shot past him. Bef ore Willie could arise to his feet he saw Leo skate out upon the thin ice. His skates cut through the ice. he feil, the ice gave way under his weight and he sank into the water. Willie heard two cries of "Help ! Help '." He hurried to the edge of the hole in the ice and saw Leo coine to the surface of the water. In a minute he had pulled off his coat and going to the edge of the hole threw his coat toward his friend. Leo stood still a minute. He was within 10 feet of the shore and could have easily walked to it. But he turned around in the opposite direction and sank from sight. Some men who were near by when the accident happened succeeded in rej covering the body in a short time, but i life was extinct.