The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-13
BODY Of HE|RESs
IS: FOUND ] ] IN LAKE 1
Search for Beautiful Helen Blood
E good Ends With Tragic
5Discoyery.
HAD #LEAPED 70 HER DEATH
Accident to % oatn1at1 Brings e
Close Exciting Pursuit Of
False Clues.
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f5 New: York,s March 12.-The long and
Sfar-reaching search for Miss Helen
ABloodgood. tho young heiress to the
fortune of William Bloodgood. of this
city. came to an unexpected end this
afternoon when. bySa strange accident,
I she was found dead in the waters Of
( Lake Carasaljo less4than a mile from
the cot tage where she had been living
In Lakewood. N.
The fourth day Of the exciting pur-
suit Of false clues was coming to a
close when William Pendel and John
SDaug llty. two of tho boatmen employ!
cd by Mr.. Bloodgo good ri to search the
lake. heard cries for help coming
from point on the wa ter a few hun-
fdred feet from the Laurel-in-the-
Pines. one Of the fashionable wood
hotels, The boatmen put out in a
Fsklff and about thirty yards of Time
Point they rescued Henry Cassel, a
iCarnegi es, hero, who had been plunged
2in6the lako5 by the overturning OF his
5rowboat. Fl .5, Sis:t s II II & III II
These boatmen had been dragging
the lake with graphing irons for two
days and believed they had covered
every foot Of the bot tom. but n ow. by
the disturbance OF the water at this
point by the cnpsizlng5 OF Casselss
boat, tho body was dislod ged from
the tangled weeds and they espied It
about three feet und or the surface
Where She Leaped to Death.
IL They, towed the bod 81 to the Kissing
Bridge, a narrow span across the inlet
ito the lake, which,, according to all
the theories. was most likel y i he place
from which Miss Blood ood sleaped to
zhori death a few minutes after her
escape from the co tage. 81 |5,3 SstsS
The bod was clad In only the night
robe. wllic CHI Miss Macarthur, one OF
tho nurses; sal she wore when she
tleaped from tho wind owl and Il fed Il In
the dawn of last NV ednesday morning.
The girls great beauty was appar-
sent even in deaf h. T he garb ainSwhich
ssheS WAS found full zorro borated THE
STORY Of Miss Mac Arthur, Who s9 was
ssubjected to severe examinati Ion on
riday, Miss Smith, the other nurse
was summoned to- the kissing Bridge
Sto identity the body NJ Meanwhile
hundreds Of patrons from tn e Laurel
Z tn-tte ines and 4 rom OF her Lake
hotels had rushed to the scene on
receiving news that tho search which
had aroused all d LAX ewood had ende cd
In the tragic discovery. \, 3a55s
The body was B soon removed 10 an
undertaking establishment to await
the arrival OF the county coroner.
3s Dr.. RELY went immed iately to the
cottage where Mr.. Blood good was
staying, sS s sS IA Il, n III 4 .;5
Mr.. Bloodgood came to the door
He was exhausted FROM the long
search, and when he heard OF the dis
3covery of tho body of Ills daughte he
collapsed utterly. 81 81 AZ
Is Mrs. Bloodgood was absent when
the news was brought to tho cottage.
J sho returned carly In the evening and
was mot by her husband mt i The door.
one look at his face told Ih her tho
truth. or nearly SOL and SHE fell faint
Ing in his arms. 'Sss ;Ss d
Roth Of tho stricken parents were
under tho care OF nurses to nj Eht, i9s.
Edison Offers Assis tn nee. Il a.
The search for Miss BloodGood wa
ono OF tho mos thorough ane ffar-
Sreachings ever con duct ed In New SIer-
sey And was particularly notable
for the rovelatlo Y Of anot her Of Thorn,
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