Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-28
DIED WHILE BATHING.
Sudden Death OF DIR. Jos. :. shaw, of the
Order OF Christian Brothers.

The CAPITAL briefly mentioned last
evening OF the sudden death at Bay Ridge
of Joseph 5. Shaw. better K II o W n
rs Brother Julian, of the Order of Chris
tian Brothers, of Rock Hill College,
Ellicott City, Howard county, Md, of
which he was professor of Chemistry.
The Baltimore SUa gives the following
particulars of his death:
"With number Of his colleagues of
the Order of Christian Brothers, Brother
Julian had gone to Bay Ridge for day S
cutting. Nearly all of them went bath
ing soon after they reached the grounds.
They had been in the water but 4 few
minutes when Brother Julian complain
ed of feeling sick and started to return
to the shore. AS he made his way back
through water not more than two feet
deep he staggered and fell forward.
George Freeman, who is in charge Of
the tobOggan slide st Bay Ridge, saw
him, went down the slide like a flash
and, with the assistance OF several per-
SONS, removed Brother Julian to the
bath-house, where efforts were made to
revive him, but without avail.
Brother Maurice Pres, of the college
was in the party. "BrOther Julian said
he, "had been complaining of feeling bad
for some time, and was somewhat sur
prised at his going in bathing. After he
had gotten into the water he complained
of his being cold and 1 advised HIM to
plunge in, so rs to wet himself all over
at once and prevent being chilled.
did as hadadvised him to do and struck
out for deep water, so as to have a swim.
noticed that Brother Julian remained
in shallow water, which was unusual,
as he was splendid swimer.
"While out in deep water / heard a
commotion and saw Mr.. Freeman shoot
down the toboggan slide and pick some
thing out of the water, but did not know
just then what it was. A crowd gath
cred and some one said that one of the
brothers had been drowned. hastened
in and found that Brother Julian had
been taken to the bathhouses. He was
black in the face, and several persons,
supposing that he had been drowned,
were trying to resuscitate him. They
worked on him for more than an hour,
K. Marchand, of Annapolis, and DIR.
Hay, who had gone to Bay Ridge from
York, afterwards said that death had
resulted from apoplexy.
brother Julian had been threatened
WIFI dpOplcAy kOI bOIuC llluC. lie WdH
heavily built, with short neck and a
large, fully DEVELOPED brain, and was
the tye of man who would receive a
stroke like that which caused his death.
For the past month he had been using h
galvanic battery for numbness in his
hands, caused probably by insufficient
circulation of the blood.
IA short time ago he remarked to me
that he thought an OF can trip would dc
him good. / asked him If he thought
he was strong enough to. cross the
ocean, and said that probably he was
not. suggested that he take his tril
by degrees, to 90 to Bay Ridge first. then
to New York by sea, and on. lie
laughed and agreed to the plan.
Coroner Basil held an inquest and
the jury, of which T. ID. Geoghan, was
foreman gave verdict of death by apop.
lexy. The body was prepared for burial
| by Undertaken Taylor, of Annapolis
and taken to Baltimore on the o'clock
train and taken to Rock Hill College
later III the night by Brother Maurice
Pres. The burial will be on Saturday.