Newspaper Man Writes Son's Death.
Newspaper Man Writes Son's Death.

NEWSPAPER
MAN WRITES
SON'S DEATH
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Prepares Tragic Story for
Publication Following
Recovery of Lad's Body
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[EXCLUSIVE DISPATCH]

    NEW YORK, July 11.--Garner P. Roney, a newspaper man, recovered the body of his only son from a creek near Kinderhook and then calmly wrote the story for his paper. Here is the story:
    "Kinderhook (N. Y.) July 10.--Sought by State troopers, Boy Scouts and posses of citizens since his disappearance Wednesday, James Wynkop Roney, 9 years of age, son of Garner P. Roney, an assistant city editor of the New York Herald-Tribune, was found drowned in Kinderhook Creek here today.
    "The boy, whose parents live at 200 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, had been living here with his grandmother, Mrs. Helena G. Roney. He left his grandmother's home Wednesday afternoon for a bicycle ride. When he did not return State troopers were notified and search started. Boy Scout troops and posses joined in the hunt.
    "Boy Scouts searching along the creek came upon the boy's bicycle and clothes on the bank. Divers at once went to work to locate the body and after hours of effort it was found."


Source:

Unknown, "Newspaper Man Writes Son's Death," Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Sunday, 12 July, 1925, p. 5.

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