Peter Thomas Muller died attempting to save William E. Preddy from drowning, Little Rock, Arkansas, August 5, 1933. While wading in a cove of the Arkansas River, William, 8, stepped into water over his depth and threshed at a point eight feet from the bank Peter, 12, schoolboy, swam four feet to William and put his arm around him, and William grasped Peter around the neck with one arm. Both threshed, were submerged together several times briefly, and then rose separated. Peter then sank and did not reappear. William was again momentarily submerged, moved his arms feebly at the surface, and then sank. Both were drowned. 33323-2800
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