Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-21
TO BE BROUGHT HERE
REMAINS OF MIR. GATEWooD Io
ARRIVE THIS EVENING.
WILL BE BURIED IN ASHLAND
,,u,eroI and In.erment There To-
marrow AfternOon-service he'd
I'm JncISsonvilie-Detni Oh
sudden Death-Sketch of His Life'

The tragic death Of Mr.. James T. Gate
,yood Jr who was struck by lightning
al Pablo Beach. Fla, on Sunday and in
stantIv killed. was the subject Of many
expressions Of deep regret here yester-
day. Though Mr. Gatewood hVed with
his mother i'm Ashland, at the nome Oh
his grandfather. MIR. William Wood ne
was very well known IN this city, having
.pent his earlier years here, and latteriy
having been employed by prominent law
yers as a stenographer, and the word
that is spoken Of him is one OF almost
enthusiastic laudation.
Deceased left Richmond last THURSDAY
week TO act for Major-General F1tzhugh
lee I'm the capacity Of Private Secretary.
He had helped the General with his cor
respondence while in this city, and the
latter had become much attached to him.
DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY.
Young Gatewood went over to Pablo,
which is quite a popular resort about
sixteen miles from Jacksonville, Sunday
TO spend the day. A few minutes after .
o'clock in the afternoon he and Chris. Ro-
bertson. of Jacksonville, were lying on the
sand talking and watching a small black
cloud of peculiar shape in the southwest
ern sky, nearly the only one visible III
fhe time
Private w. b. Robertson, of Company
NJ, of the Fourth Virginia, VINO was
standing on the sands short distance
away. was an eyewitness of the tragedy,
of which he gave the following account 10
the Dispatch correspondent: There was
small pistol. L saw both Gatewood
and Robertson fall and ran toward them,
ACCOMPANIED by several soldiers ana
others. When we reached the two men,
Robertson was lying ON Gatewood ana
trying TO rise TO his feet. Gatewood was
motionless, and / DO not think he moved
after the bolt struck him.
Private Richard Gwathney, OF company
M; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES II. X. DON
nan and Private Gerald r. Hlsglns, Oh
Company II. Fourth Regiment, and Pr
Nate Bernstein OF Company b, Second
Regiment, were the first four men 10
reach Messrs Gatewood and Robertson,
and assisted i'm the effort TO revive them
nuf with the former all efforts We're IN
vain Mr. Robertson, whose acquaintance
with young Gatewood was only OF a
weeks duration, stated afterwards that
ne was reaching out his left hand TO eaten
Gatewood. who was about to run. HIS
hands had touched the sleeve OF Gate
woods right arm when the binding flash
of lightning came The electricity seem
ed 10 be communicated from Gatewood 10
Robinson instead of from the nash.
scoi ehed place was left, showing where
The electricity had passed. 1T felt" Mr..
robertson said. "iust like an electric
shock. and threw me TO the ground in
ntautly When they picked me up and
carried me in / could feel when they
touched the upper part Of my body but
there was no feeling in the lower part OF
the body
MIR. GATEwOoD'S FUNERAL
A special received by the Dispatch last
night from Jacksonville says;
The body OF young James T. Gate
wood. who was killed by lightning at
Pablo Beach yesterday afternoon. was
started 10 Richmond over the Plant sys-
TEN at z o'clock tonight. The body re-
NAMED al the undertaker's last night and
to-day under guard. d detail being sent
down for the purpose from Company M
formerly u, of the Blues, under orders
from General Lee. At 5 o'clock this az
fernoon the body was taken TO ST. John $
Episcopal church. where a short funeral
service was conducted by the rector, Rev.
Van w. Shields, ID. ID. There was large
crowd present. including General Lee and
stan. Al the conclusion OF the service the
body was taken TO the Union Station, fol-
lowed by General Lee and STAFF and escort
from Company NJ and many soldiers and
citizens The pall-bearers. all members
OF Company NJ, were Quartermaster-Ser-
eeant Robinson and Privates Gentry Nor
feet. Cranberry, Taylor. Burton. Isaacs.
and Boisseux. The escort I'm charge OF
Sergeant Jones consisted OF Sergeants
Brock ana Guy Corporal Holiday. and
Pflsates Mclean and Darlington First
Sergeant Blankenship. OF Company NJ ac-
sompnnied the body TO Richmond, having