The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1882-02-09
SECOND EDITION
LADY LOST AT SEA.
A MILFORD WOMAN DROWNED ON A
TRIP TO NEW YORK.

a hELFOhD WOAAN OhOW NEIL ON "A
TRIP TO NEW YORK.
From the N. Y. Sun.
The steamship AlbemArle Of the Old
Dominion line, which lett Lewes, DEL,
on Tuesday evening, took among her
passengers q couple registered as Mr..
and Mis-. Richard V. ROat. They came
to the vessel as passengers by the juno
tion and Breakwater Railroad from the
town of Milford, Del. Both went to their
state room, just aft the wheel, and nei-
ther one appeared at the supper room.
Soon after 7 O'Clock the stewardess
opened the donr Of the stats-room and
saw MIR. and Mrs, Roat side by side sea-
ted on the settee, opposite the bunks.
When she closed the door Mr.. Boat
came out into the passage way and sat
down in the cabin near The entrance to
the passage. He afterward said 1t vas
nearly half an hour sfterward that be
returned to the stateroom, but the stew
ardess thinks that not more than ten
minutes elapsed before he returned to
his room and then reappeared in the
cabin.
"May wife has gone overheard" said
he.
The stewardess suggested that she had
had come out and gone aft, but passen
ger who sat opposite the passage way said
positively, that nobody came from that
sLateroom. The vessel was searched, but
no one had seen Mr.. Roat after her ar
| rival on the vessel. Her bonnet and
shoes, which she removed IN her state
room, were no longer there, but the
window of the stateroom was open.
This window Is square one, four feet
from the stateroom floor, and Is but 9
foot and half or two feet from the ves-
sells rail-, and person bent on suicide
could easily caawl from this window
out over the rail. The vessel was at tha
time few miles south of Atlantic City
under full headway. The night wa
pitch dark, land strong southwest breez'
was blowing. 1t is Capt. Mallet's opin
ion that Mr.. Roat never rose after 81
sank beneath the waves.
: Mr.. Roat Sas found last evening a
3 his handsome residence 10 Highland
Park, a suburb OF Paterson. He is
real estate dealer, and about As Yeal
d old. He said that five weeks ago b
I wife being in bad health, it wa
9 thought visit TO her daughter, Mr
Homer Belts, of Milford, DEL, woul
d do her good. Her health improve
, there aud they concluded to return c
n Tuesday. She was not feeling as we
+ that day as she had been, howeve
and when the Albemarle got outsiC
N of the Breakwater she got very sci
+ sick. She felt so ill that he wei
a without his supper to remain VITA he
i She did not unGress, but took of b
shoes, wrapped herself up and Ii
down IN the berth.
! "As she seemed quiet" Mr.. Ro
+ continued, 81 stepped out about
= O'Clock and chatted few minut
with 3 young man in the saloon,
stranger to nae. had not been o
n more than ten minutes when we
back to see how she was getting aloD
. . To my astonishment she was missin
8 So were her shoes, her hat and b
shawl. The room opened on ore si'
into the saloon of the steamer, and
J. the other side there was q Windo
% reaching down to the floor, a sort
S door, which opened upon a mario
J gangway on the side of the vesst
Ills khnRWdy was ga aAOAHA SAS SA'
- - of the vessel, and was protected
>. the outer edge with railing. ca
e not imagine why she should have gol
out of the window. She was very Sc
Is sick but it not appear to affect b
!, b cad. She had been melancholy fol-
III long time. She was not more dow
hearted on Tuesday than usual, ho
ever. think perhaps she may ha
gone out to the railing to vomit, VIII
r. she lost her balance and fell over.
al forgot to tell you that we searched t
c, vessel all over before we got to t
IN idea that she was lost"
ar Mrs. Roat was the daughter of
10 Mrs. Rutan, now the wife of ex-A
- semblyman Joel NJ. johnson. 5
- married Mr.. Roat about twenty d
q years ago.
., ., DIR. W. A. Decker, of Patersc
u u says Mrs. Roat's disease was &C
~ ~ firmed case of melancaolia. She "
u. In an insane asylum for some til
about twenty years ago. This
after her marriage. For eight wet
Sc recently she refused to taste any fe
to unless Or. Decker fed it to her, a
,r; he had to go to her house every d
Id to feed her. DIR. Decker thinks
at was becoming insane again.