The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15

4 Ing the Innocence o1S3Oryfus. !. Isl IN
|RIVER GIV' |. D! BODY
0 GORDON
Continued from First s,P'age.)
streamn, and found II exactly At the
point named 4s n II
Mr.. q. e. Walker his son. Colonel Boy
Kin, & Mr. CASTOR Myers and Mr. E Ii z.
ID. Myers were ION \ the tug and at once
placed on 4 board and 4 brought n to Il Rich
8mond. Be 3 S ~
Mr.. w alker5 tel phoned to Y. T. Chris
Ist1an the und ert aker, who y had his fun;
eral riage let the wharf 81 by seven ~,
O'Clock ~ 8 SSk3
IN No Way Disfigured. s3I
In the meanwhile the tug remained IN
the stream, and no II one on shore was
aware that Miss satterfiel g bod was
aboard. The III remains were taken 81 To-
Christians rooms where they were view
ed BY Coroner ylor and prepared - for 81
burial Tx :3s M
who saw the body. that NJ ISIS Satterfield
was In no 4 way dis igur ed. and that no
dist iRurenont . had w been accustomed L by
the blasts OF q dynamite. One 3 gentleman
who was Il present when the bod was
taken from the we ter said that Y her face
was In ABSOLUTE repose. "A
The funeral took place at $50 clock
from Holy Trinity Church ,8s the r eV.8 !. "
j. Gravatt offlciating. The pail -bearerss
were Messrs. p. T. D. Myers, Z u. \, z homas
Adkins, George Benson, lillian Friend,
Robert Pullia m, SS J ohm I. Price and ~ Judge
Samuel $B. Witt. while the young men
and women who were wit Miss satter7}}
field on Il the slau nch when the accident
occurred acted as ~ guard o.. ho g .l5&
terrified at such an early hour was some
what unexpected, for It was thought that
it3 would not rise until midday Friday
night all the craft had left the sui posed
scene OF the accident except three h watch
boats manned by six rtvernen, and under
the control Of Mr., 5s CASTOR 5 Myers, 81 Mr..
tDabney Carr and Mr.. 4 p It'd. II Myers.
river, waiting for light, when Cap
tain Thomas Cunning ham was to return
with the N city tug towing a d tail I Of
Howitzers and their guns. t
s The tug had Just irea ched p cad Mans
SReach'.S and y I he 4 Howitzers had begun
firing. when the brandon, coming up
the river, reported the discovery OF the
body. Captain Thomas sCunningham says
be had Just started to- so do vn the river f
when the Brandon - spoke him ]" "
Account Of the Finding.
e Captain Horribly, OF tle9 Brandon" said
that he was asleep when the p0dyS was
passed "a but was awak ened d by tn lire
i Of THE IIowitzers, and upon, asking what
the matter was, learned OF the sd l covery.
#PurserF Myers gives this account;
ut was nearly six q cl ock. and we We're
IL ietty No. 81 about four miles below
richmond. The Brandon was stirring the
VA ter I'D pretty roughly and the sue
\ ton OF the ship must have ca used the
body to rise, for It was not seen q our
ater and could not nave peen
Sin5the current in front Of u.s. t535} & 455
Two colored cond- cla ss 3. passemsers
from I New z ork. y who were at andlng on
4 the quarter deck. were the first 70 see
the body. OF the port side, 3ust behlnd
Ssus. One OF them called out 81 II here's 9
$iady hoating on the wa ter As we went
by the tug and the bo ats this man ana
others .of the crew hailed Captain Guns
bingham and told him OF the discovery,
III have often SEQ launch parties on the
\ river, and nearly always ] nave h peeh
afraid Of accidents, for very few O. tRose
In q charge seem to a unde tand hoW 70
manage the boats when high waves are
made by large ste Hlers ~ WA. toopsn9
4 to allow passengers to sit on enc ROOF
4 OF the ca bin,''S ~.
AXE Up Search Again,
! "A der landing the body Of Miss satter-
field, Captain Cunning m teamed BAG
down the river to where the HoWltz
under command OF Captain Myers. wore
firing every five minutes a one pou ~
charge across the river, Colonel Gordon
9fatherEof Mr.. John w, Gordon, ] ri, wa
present and directed the mel ncholy oper-
ations. With him were his bro ther-ln ~ y,
Mr. George Pender, his som law, MI.
Castor Myers, and Mr., pa bney Carr. In J
addition to the firing Of the IIoWltzers
q number OF boats continued dragging the
Is Atmidday,S the TIowitzers having herd
flftyf rounds, 1t was thought unnecessar ~
to- continue, and the tug 1T hoHas CIV
5ningham, sr,''. lowed the cannon tn FloH-
lmond where 1t was unlimbered ana taken
!to the armory by the detail OF cannonlery /
In lkhak unit orHl. s i. ~. s55fa
y Colonel Gordon, who has been unceaa q |
ing In his pers onal efforts 70 recover ns
body OF his son, remained g T the scene g
the accident and Erected the 9op era t1ons
iot9 "a number Of launches and row poafs
which continued to- drag the. flyer until
the body was found, i a
Colonel Gordon went Town the rly q /
a O'clock on the VI Thomas Cunnin 6 ham
as far as Dutch Cap and accom- pa MED
iDyi three launches, met and IS llow!ed the
d Pocahontass up the IriY r, hpplng tina
i1ar speed through the wa ter5 Would brln 3il