The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

misunderstanding The body was eventu-
ally turned over 70 the Rockville under
takeT.
Brother Finds Miss Cromwell.
The body Of Carrie ". Cromwell.
daughter of Frederick W. Cromwell, OF
1913 L street. vas identified by her
brother. who haG passed the night wan
dering from hospital to hospital, and
finally discovered her at the morgue. Her
body was in such a horrible coalition
that no attempt will be made by her
parents 10 STE her. as they prefer TO re-
member her as she was ia life.
The funeral services will be held at the
home Tomorrow At O'Clock Dr.
Butler will oficiate at the ceremonies.
The body viii be removed To Frederick
/ on Thursday.
To Remove Miss MuIIicnn's Body.
The funeral Of Miss Lucy Mullican,
former head mllliner at Kings Palace,
will be held this afternoon AT $3.50 o o'clock.
from the chapel of William II. Sardo d
Co. Interment viii take place nj Der
wood. where Miss Mulhcan lived.
Miss Mullican had spent Sunday with
relatives and friends at Derwood. and
| was returning to Washington at the time
/ Of the wreck She was twenty-seven
years Of age. and made her residence at
the Christian FIome, 81 c street north
west
! To Bury Mrs. Sturgeon With Baby.
/ The bodies Of Mrs. Mabel Hoskinson
| Sturgeon and her son, Raymond. year
/ old. will be placed in the same Eearse and
inferred in the same grave in the Con-
/ gressicnal Cemetery tomorrow. The ser
vices will be held al the home of Mrs.
1 Surgeons mother. 1861 Wisconsin avenue,
4 and will be conducted by Rev. DR.. Ris-
niger.
( Mrs. Sturgeon was one Of the last of the
wreck victims to be identified yesterday
afternoon. Her brother went down 70 the
morgue after the husband and several
friends had failed TO identify her. and
after a long search succeeded in finding
her. Her baby died an hour or two
Iafterward at the Freedmen's Hospital
and was Immediately conveyed TO the
home Of HIS grandmother.
The husband. young fellow Of twenty
. two. rushed from hospital 10 hospital
Sunday night, and, finding no trace either
Of his wife or child, found his way to The
morgue. where his pitiful search and th'
| determined courage with which he lifted
! the sheets from the still forms drew The
deepest sympathy from all witnesses
/ Failing to find the woman among those
at the morgue, he rushed back TO tho
scene Of the wreck in vain hope thai
/ some of the ueighboring farm houses hac
/ sheltered her. There, too, his search was
unavailing. Sturgeon remained at th'
morgue until late yesterday morning
when his nervous condition forced hin
to place himself under a physicians care
Little Hope for Merkling.
| Gloom shrouds the Merkling home al
7OS NJ street northwest, where the body o.
Mrs. Minnie Barron Nerkling was brought
from the mOrgue late yesterday after
noon. The body was not identified readily
because Of its condition. Mrs. Merk
ling and her husband had been visit
; ing at Washington Grove. The husband
lies critically i'll at the Emergency Hos
pital, and until a definite verdict as t
his ultimate chances of recovery is re
ceived from the doctors, no funeral ar
rangements will be made. Mr.. and Mrs
Merkling had been married only on
wear.