Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-19
FIVE FOUND IN ROADS YESTERDAY
Rear Admiral Emory Gives Out State
ment Before Leaving for Washing
ton to Confer With Navy Depart
ment in Regard to Tragedy Which
Resulted In the Death of Eleven
Neutrality-suspicious. In Norfolk.
(Trom a STAN Correspondent

Urom STAFF Correspondent.
OLD POINT COMFORT, VA. June
1S.-Of the eleven men VINO went
down with the launch of the battle
ship Minnesota in Hampton Roads
a week ago Monday night the body of
only one is missing Thar one is Mid
shipman Henry Clay Murphn, of Wis
consin, who graduated from the naval
academy last February and was at
tached to the battlesfip Iowa. Today
lI0qL9H uould!Vsp!W 10 solpoq Gun
Leander Holden and Walter Carl
ulrich, both of whom were attached
to the battlcship Minnesota: Ordi-
nary Seaman l.. II. Plumblee and II.
l.. Van Darcn and Coalpasser Jesse
Conn were picked up near the Rip
Rap, not over Il mile from where the
launch sank.
Several days ago the report that
the body of Seaman Dodson, who
was CoXswain of the launch, had
been found was denied. but the re-
port was officially confirmed today.
AS stated in these columns yester-
day, three bodies were found Mno.
day. One WAS in the sunkcn launch
and five were recovered yesterday,
making ten in all
The search still goes on. and il is
expected that the last of the bodies
Will be found within the next twenty.
fou hours.
Admira's List of Dead.
Admiral Emory. who left for Wash
mgton this evening, told the
Daily Press correspondent that when
he left the Ohio. his flagship AT .
O'Clock this afternoon. nine bodies
had been recovered and Identified.
While the admiral was in cunversa.
ton with the Daily Press representa-
tive. one of the launches from the
ONO came to the wharf and reported
that the body of another victim of
the launch had been picked up.
Admiral llmory's list of the dead
recovered follows:
Midshipman f. p. IIolconr,.
MidshiDman w II. Stephenson.
Midshipman II. H. Field.
Midshipman Walter C. Ulrich.
Midshlpman II. L. Holden.
Seaman r. II. Dodson. who was
coxswnin of the launch
Fireman G. W. WestphaI.
Coal-passer Jesse Conn.
Ordinary Seaman II. l.. Van Dorcn.
Seaman f. p. Plumbee.
Admiral Emory said that he hoped
to see the body OF Midshipman Muir
phin recovered today
Goes for Conference.
Further than the fact that the ten
bodies had been recovered Admiral
Emory said he could not give out
anything for publication. lie was
making the trip to WASHINGTON to
confer with tha
tive TO the accident The admiral
seemed to be very much distressed
over the accident. but was glad that
the bodies of the unfortunate mid
shlpmcn and seamen had been recov-
cred. He also stated that he desired
to keep the public fully conversant
with all facts in connection with the
terrible accident. but he knew moth.
ing new to give out
1t is understood that Admiral
Emory will remain in Washington
until Saturday. He carried with him
an official report, containing all the
facts he has obtained In connection
with the launch accident
Bodies Taken to Hospital.
The recovered bodies were taken
to the naval hospital in Portsmouth.
"i'Ni iiit DOulu vi physicians 1du eN-
amined them on the Minnesota and
satisfied themselves as 40 the dentl-
fication. The remains of the dead
will he held in Portsmouth until the
relatives of all them have been CON
suited as to what disposition they
desire to make of the bodies.
Finding of Two Midshipmen.
This morning the tug Mohawk
found the body of Midshipman Wal
Ter C. Ulrich floating near The Rip
Raps and little later the remains
of Midshipman II. l.. Holden were
picked up In the same vicinity by
the same tug, The tug carried the
remains of the unfortunate midship
men to the Minnesota, where the
Identification was made by the board
of physicians.
At 1880 O'Clock this morning the
steamer SMabel Goldman. picked up
the remains OF seaman Harry L.