Bufard E. Sheats, 39, farmer, died attempting to save Felix Stewart, 20, farmhand, from drowning, Trinity, Alabama, July 16, 1928. While Stewart was swimming in a pond, he went under the surface momentarily 16 feet from the bank and then threshed frantically. Sheats swam about 60 feet to him from the opposite bank. Stewart grasped Sheats around the body with both hands, and they sank. Both were drowned. 28439-2368
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