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Domestic News
April 28, 1926
Keowee Courier
Walhalla, Pickens, Oconee County, Pickens County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
In Chattanooga, Tenn., an old negro fiddled all day on the Emory River bank to raise the body of drowned Walter Johnson, believing in the fiddle's power, but failed; searches have not found the body.
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Negro Hoped to Raise Dead Body by Fiddling
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 21. — As he stood on the bank of the Emory River an old negro fiddled all day in an effort to raise the body of Walter Johnson, who was drowned in that stream recently. But the drowned man's body did not rise.
The fiddler, who is a firm believer in the power of the fiddle to raise from the water a drowned person's body, and who claims to have raised the bodies of seventeen persons in his time by music, was not discouraged after his apparent failure, but was convinced that Johnson's body was not in the river at the place where he is supposed to have been drowned.
All efforts have failed to find the body, although the river has been systematically dragged and examined with searchlights.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 21. — As he stood on the bank of the Emory River an old negro fiddled all day in an effort to raise the body of Walter Johnson, who was drowned in that stream recently. But the drowned man's body did not rise.
The fiddler, who is a firm believer in the power of the fiddle to raise from the water a drowned person's body, and who claims to have raised the bodies of seventeen persons in his time by music, was not discouraged after his apparent failure, but was convinced that Johnson's body was not in the river at the place where he is supposed to have been drowned.
All efforts have failed to find the body, although the river has been systematically dragged and examined with searchlights.
What sub-type of article is it?
Death Or Funeral
Accident
What keywords are associated?
Chattanooga Drowning
Fiddling Body Recovery
Emory River
Walter Johnson
What entities or persons were involved?
Walter Johnson
Old Negro Fiddler
Where did it happen?
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Event Date
April 21
Key Persons
Walter Johnson
Old Negro Fiddler
Outcome
walter johnson drowned; body not recovered despite fiddling attempt and dragging/searchlights.
Event Details
An old negro fiddled all day on the Emory River bank to raise Walter Johnson's drowned body, believing in the fiddle's power after claiming success 17 times before; he concluded the body was not there after failure; other search efforts unsuccessful.