death of Dennis McElhinney

New Jersey Courier 14 Nov 1930

A diver who spent Thursday and Friday of last week trying to find the body of Dennis McElhinney, in the bay between Dutch's Inn and the Bay Draw, gave it up on Friday night and did not return on Saturday, having found no trace of McElhenney. The missing man, believed to have drowned, was last seen at Dutch's Inn, on Saturday, Oct 25, with a strong northwest gale blowing. It is understood, from the story told by his companion, that he had been drinking and was taken by George W. Alsheimer that day and cared for, till he insisted on leaving with his chum, about dusk, when the latter came back from a gunning point to see how McElhinney was getting on.
What happened after that is a confused story. McElhinney is supposed to have fallen in the bay and to have drowned. The diver, Ray Hensen, on Thursday had a tear in the sleeve of his diving suit and so was in the water only about three hours. He waded about near Dutch's Inn dock. Next day he put in more time in the water, and searched the main channel near the draw. The chances of finding the body however was hardly a thousand to one. Baymen say that the body must have risen to the surface in the two weeks between McElhinney's disappearance and the search by the diver. With heavy winds from the east, west and south at that time, the body might have drifted most anywhere in the bay or up some meadow ditch. It may be found soon, or not for weeks.