The sun., 1890-09-02
THE DRoWN1Ne or ME-. EIELI1h
TIE Body Remained at che surGass LenR
After Ne was Apparently Dead.

AFTER he WAS Apparently Dead.
The wife Of Mr.. r II. Fielitz. who was
drowned ct Point Lookout while he was bath.
Ing on Sunday afternoon. IL frantic with grief
and 1t is feared the strain may unbalanco her
mind. Mr.. Fislltz formed enc OF q party of
four oxcursionists who visited Point Lookout I
The other three were MrD FiSlitz. her brother
Mr. Paul Lincoln Bryant and friend OF Mrs.
Fielitz Mrs. A. B. Murray. They arrived at
the Point Lookout Hotel at about noon, and
alter eating q hearty meal retired 10 the
vsranda, whore they sat for About fifteen min
utss. Shortly aftsrward Mrs. Murray. who is
an expert swimmer. expressed desire to
10 into the water. Mr.. Fielits offered to
for bathing suitA The manager. Mr.. R ]. De-
vine. warned them not 70 70. as the surf was
running unusually high And the undOrtoW
was very strong. Al they insisted, however.
he gave them suits and keys for bathing
houseA They had hardly got out Of his
sight before he regretted his action.
Ho overlook them before they reached the
bathing houses and repeated what he had told
them In tho hotel Mrs. Murray made fun Of
his fears and begged him not to worry for her
as she had swan In many Q roughor sea than
that which .yaa running ct the time. Mrs.
beach and were WaitIng for the bathorS to ap-
pear.
Fitlttz and Mrs. Murray plunged into the surf.
aS Fl.t5 could mot swim a,s1sRSs
p surmised. However. that he Kept walking
further and further 9pt until the undertow
POND bis depth. His wife and her brother ' saw SS
bin throw up his arms, and. after giving q
Mrs. Murray. Who was swimming. saw his
danger and attempted to reach him. She
failed to do So and she was alm9st exhausted
Ssr she turned to swim in she
on shore had a,trsetod 8 orewd. Among
the A woman. and she would probably have
tsS op
hearing the shouts, had rushed to the beach.
Sd sDS The Sh Glance
plunged into the SURF Hs islled IL sSVsrSi az:
STES 70 %as get past TnS SS TSo
e60.e had By this tMia san'a given
waiter WS.tons cottage; which q The last on
bS7nS s. sSpSS os
through the breskoEe Eo reached her Just In
SnS & sGSSh ~ s5S o sssp
himself
came hysterical. and between sobs and laughs
bORG0d Devine TO leave her alone and rescue
Flolits But Devino waS exhausted BY his
Efforts.
After considerable trouble . lifoboat had
been secured from the life saving station on
the Point; and manned BY volunteer crey
the men struggled horoicaliy they were unable
70 launch the boat apeeessfully. It was near
ly swamped apd they were comPolled to
roturn. and with the crowd watch the body
slowiy disappear from view, 1t was curious
fact that Mr.. Ftelft1 was in view long time
after he ceased 70 show siRns of life. 1t is con-
ieeturod that he died OF heart disease or ADO
ploxY. and that his lungs were still full OF air.
he hoatoi with arms outstrotched and face
GubmerRed
Mr Fielitz was about SO years old. He was q
salesman In the cloak Aopse Of 2. g. Hess 4
was for many years sup0riptsndent Of the Bry-
ant EapthR L4qndyy. He lived at Sutton
suit Of bis exert3ens and win probably not 10:
cover fST several days yet This iS the second
Coney Island six years aRo.