Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-09
THEIR BODIES FOUND.
REMArxs OF kIRKrATRIcK AND
WHEELER WASHED ASHORE.
The SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD.
Ifrgtnian and Acknowledging side
BY sfde--Former West Point
Grnduatc--Latfer Son OF General
~Joe- whccIcr's.

LEXINGTON, VA. September s--(spe-
eiai.)--Mr r. D. Kirkpatrick, of Mon
mouth. about five miles from here, re-
ceived this morning the following dis
patch from General Wheeler, at Camp
Mikoff:
'Lieutenant T. D. Kirkpatrick was
11rowned while bathing, about o'clock
r. NJ, on 7th instant. His body has been
recovered. Have you any wishes regard
eng the disposition Of his body7"
The news OF Lieutenant Kirkpatricks
! death came like a thunderbolt 10 the
communlty, for he was well known. His
. sad end ADDS another TO tho many deaths
| recorded here during the past few
months
Mr.. Kirkpatrick was promptly informed
pf his sons death by means of tele-
phone message, and he has requested that
the body be sent here for interment
In the family plot. OF Bethesda church,
near Alone.
A BRAVE YOUNG OFFICER.
Lieutenant Kirkpatrick took part with
his troop in the fight near Santiago, and
was also al San Juan. He was ever at his
post OF duty, but escaped unscathed the
perils OF battle and climate. In a recent
letter he stated that che could not wish
for better health" He was on duty at
Eeneral Wheeler's headquarters at the
rime OF his death.
Lieutenant kirkpatrick was born near
Monmouth twenty-five years ago, AMI
attended classical school here. lie
afterwards went 10 Washington and Lee
University, but left 20 accept an appoint
raent at West Point. made by Hon, st. |
George Tucker, under a competitive ex- |
animation. lie graduated from West |
Point in 1896 was then commissioned Sc |
cond lieutenant in the First United |
States Cavalry and stationed in arizona |
until sent to Chickamauga last spring.
BODIES WASHED ASHORE.
The following account of the lamenta-
bic accident, whereby Lieutenant Kirk
patrick and Naval-Cadet Thomas II.
Wheeler, a son Of General Wheeler, lost
their lives. was sent yesterday by tie AS
ISOLATED Press representative at Camp
Wikoff, Montauk Point:
1UAuD Nlhh4tf AlWnlhAh UNIT L. Asf ~ y
tember S.-The bodies Of Naval-Cadet
II. Wheeler, the son Of Major
General Joseph Wheeler. and of Second
Lieutenant Newton ID. kirkpatrick, Of the
First United States Cavalry, who were
drowned while bathing in the sea yester-
day. came I'm with the tide and were
thrown on the beach about o'clock this
The corpses were found lying
close together just below the life-saving
station, about a quarter Of a mile from
where the young men had gone in bath
ing.
A detail of sixty men from the Second
Cavalry had been patrolling the beach
With lanterns. The life-savers, who know
he coast. had predsted that the bodies
would drift In where they did. 1t was
here that the bodies of the twenty-five
;hinnocock Indians who were lost in the
wreck OF the Circasslan were found.
on THEIR RUDE BIERS.
Two rude biers were formed out Of
blanks taken from near the life-saving
tation and the bodies placed upon them.
n the mean time the cavalrymen had
,athered from up and down the beach
nd followed the bodies TO General Wheel
RS headquarters.
with General Wheeler were three of his 6
daughters, who were in camp. nursing the !
lex. The sorrowful father and his daugh
ers will accompany the remains of the !
Generals son 10 the family home, in \
Wheeler. Ga. The party will probably go Z
0 New York tonight or tomorrow morn J
ng at the latest. !
WILL BE SENT TO LEXINGTON. S
The body Of Lieutenant Newton d. }
Fitzpatrick, who was drowned with l
Dung Wheeler, win be taken TO the home g
{ his father r.. ID. Kirkpatrick Of Lex
lgton, Va. The War Department has
cen requested 10 detail an officer to ac-
ompany Lieutenant Kirkpatricks re- r
lains TO Virginia. c
President Mckinley and a very large j
lumber Of other officials in Washington o
ave sent messages TO General Wheeler, y
Expressing the greatest sympathy for Y
i'm. General Shafter called upon the be- D
saved officer before going 10 New York J.
IFS morning and remained with him half d
q hour. X