The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-19
-FOUR more BODIES
come TO SURFACE
But One Midsl,ipnan and Two
Scamcn Now Missi,1g-Prob-
ably Pick Up Three To-day.
GOES TO WASHINGTON
Rcar-Aelmiral Emery Will Mako
Report to Secretary Of Navy
Of Tragedy.
Special to The Times Dispatch.l

Especial to The Tmes-Dispatch.J Y
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, Juno 49,
Within II mile Of where the battlcship
Minncsotas launch went down near
tho Rip Rups Il week ago Monday
night, tho bodies OF two mldshipmcn,
an ordinary seaman and coal -phsser
Were picked up to-day. Or the six
midshipmcn ana i've blucjnckets who
were on board the lost launch, only
the bodies OF ono midshipman and two
men are missing. Tho bodies found
to-day were those of Mdshipman w.
|C. Ulrich, Wisconsin,; Midshlpnnn Herr
bert L. Holden. Wisconsin; Ordinary
Seaman Horley l.. Van Dorm, and Co.l-
Passcr Jesse Conn. All Of the corpscs
Iconvcyed to the battleship MinnesotL
and there identified and examined by
Il board OF surgeons. In the afternoon
the tug Potomac took tho bodies to
the Naval Hospital at Portsmouth,
where they are 70 he held until In
structions are received from the relu-
tives. For q week launches and tugs
have bean securing Hampton Roads
and lower Chesapeake Bay for bodicA
and evidence In connection with tho
sinking OF the LAUNCH. This morning
about 10 O'clock the Excursion steamer
Mabel Goldman sighted and picked up
tho body of bluejacket. which was
la ter Identified as that OF Van Dorm.
Tho steamer towed It's CHASTITY hnd
TO tho Old Point wharf. ind later lt
was taken aboard tho Minnesota.
Find Three More.
The other three were found in rapid
succession and later In the afternoon
all four wcr aboard tho Minnesota.
Tho naval tug Mohawk found the pody
OF Mldshipman Holden. the tug Poto.
mac that OF Aidshpnan Uirich, and
the launch of the battleshtp Maine that
OF Goes. passer Conn.
Rear Admiral Emery, commanding
the American Squadron, now in Hamp-
ton Roads, left for Washington to-
| right on the Norfolk and Washington
steamer Washington. II Is understood
ference with the Secretary of the Navy
In regard to the sinking OF the launch
and that lie Will personally make
detailed report OF all the facts in cons
Injection with the case which have len
| learned Standing on the wharf this
evening, tho admiral officially confirms
| ed tho list OF bodies recovered given
above, and said that the names Of
those found heretofore given by TINS
correspondent were correct. mo
bodies still missing arc those OF Mid
shipn,an Henry Clay Alurin. Jr, OF
ohio, who graduated in February and
was attached to tho bottleship Iowa;
In II. Dodson seaman, OF New York;
Il. r. Plumber. ordinary seaman, Of
Mnbtor. Washington.
All OF the bodies found to-day were
| floating near the Same spot, about a
mile from the Rip Raps. and near
where tho launch went down. 1t ~
expected that the Other three Will be
| picked up tonight or Tomorrow. To-
4 night every ship has Its searchlights
playing and the launching and tugs
are dragging the lower bay and Hamp-
ton Roads.
Examine Crlsicld Crew.
The examination to-day OF Captain
Erownlcc and the crow OF the New
York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Rall-t
road tug YCrisl,eld by j. r. Tapley and
EsW.s Bray, United States local In.
spectors OF steam vessels. revealed abb,
solutcly nothing that would throw
light on the loss OF tho launch. Ono
Ithinp made plain was tho fact that no
one on the tug of cur float, which is
was towing, knew Of the running OF
4 the launch.
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