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5 oo 5:00 p.m. Body not found. October 1. Arrested R. Lawson for disturbing the peace. Fined $3*20. October 7. Had telephone from 22nd St. to move tug "Champion" and tow of five schooners. Nov. 30. Recovered body of Alex Allen. Dec. 18. Arrested man supposed to be insane. Chief Borgman let him go. 1890 Jan. 12. Dragged for body of man who was supposed to be drowned off ferry "Victoria." Did not find him. Jan. 26. Investigated about some boy breaking into schooner "Montblanc", and setting fire in forecastle. April 29. Recover body of Louis Ronky at foot of First St. May 3. Brought back life preserver from steam barge "Missouri", damaged by a horse. Had it repaired. June 1. Dragged for body of Irving Craven from Fort Wayne. June 15. Dragged for Charles Hurst. Dragged until Us CO p.m. Did not find body but on my way back my attention was attracted to a crowd ^of people at the canal near Waters. Went over and found there was a boy drowned. Took booty- to foot of Joseph Campau and delivered it to Coroner Brown. June 16. Ordered to get body of Charles Hurst seen floating down river. It was picked up before I got there. June 17. Dragged for Jos. Tindale. Did not recover body. June 18. Had orders to drag for body of Mr. Stickney, drowned off steam barge "Ka-sota," sunk by "City of Detroit." Worked all day and came back to arrange for marine diver to go in diving dress to look for body. Had orders from Supt. Pittman to go with divers to look for body. June 19. Started at 7:00 a.m. far wreck and got back at 7:20 p.m. Did not find body. June 20. Had orders to go down to wreck with divers to look for body. Worked to 5:00 p.m. Did not find the body. June 21. Ordered to go down to Wyandotte, stay overnight and pull back up river to intercept body. Left at 5:00 p.m. and went down to Clark's dry dock. Got another boat and crew and left at 6:30 p.m. Got to Vfyandotte at 9:00 p.m. Stayed until 3:00 a.m. and pulled up the river to wreck. Did not find body. Notified lighthouse keepers at Fighting Island and Grass Island to look out for body. Worked at wreck until 6:00 p.m. and started far Detroit. Body raised at 7:00 p.m. Found by watchman on "Kasota." Thus go the entries, day in and day out. Mostly dragging, but once in a while other things. One of the tragedies was given a humorous ending by the verdict of the coroner who came up with, "Drowned from unknown causes." To get away from the macabre, let's take this one. Oct. 12. Scow named "Red Cloud" was stolen from foot of Adair. She was loaded with lumber and shingles. I told the owner to get a boat and go down river and he would probably find her. He done so. Afternoon: Called to Michigan Central De- pot waiting room to arrest a man for seduction at the request of M R---e, of Detroit I called patrol wagon and took them to police H.Q. The parties got married. Dec. 21. Notified several parties along river about dumping ashes in the river. 1892 Jan. 1. Office caught fire. I got the office all soaked up with water and stayed until midnight. Jan. 2. Looking after burnt stuff. May 10. Heard of the drowning of James McLoughlin. He was watchman on Str. "Ren-cora." Dragged for body but did not find it, but I found the body of F. Conlon while searching for McLoughlin. Verdict: Drowned from causes unknown to jury. May 19. Ordered to drag for the body of T* Cicotte, drowned the night before off a yacht. I was called out the night before to take off the woman and I found her drunk on the floor. I took her off in the "Fesen-den's" boat and took her in the patrol wa-hon to the 9th Avenue Stations and had her locked up. May 20. To court for the woman's trial but it was postponed until she sobered up. Then a rash of drownings followed: June 15. Got permission to go to Amherstburg to appear as a witness in a case of nonsupport of the roan I arrested for seduction. He was convicted of nonsupport and escaped from the officer the next day. I saw him in Detroit July 23# (Last sentence done in pencil at a later date.) June 29. Had call from Ann Arbor far diving rig to drag for a student who drowned at Whitmore Lake.