New-York tribune., 1910-06-30
FIND ANNAPOLIS BODIES
Mrs. BoWyer Upright in Water.
Middies at Her Feet.
STILL WORE BATHING CLOAK
Accidental Drowning, Says Civil
Coroner-Naval Board of
Inquest Called.

Annapolis. June 9.-Standing erect in tss
waters of the Severn River. the body -
Mrs. Marie Bowyer. daughter-in-law n
Superintendent John N. Bovyer Of ta
Naval Academy, was found this morning
some hours after the resumption OF "A.
search which continued long after dart
last night.
Stretched at her feet upon the river bot
tom were the bodies Of Midshipmen Grisby
e. Thomas, Of Union Point. Ga. and shss-
man VI. Mason Of Newport. r. l.
Less than twenty-four hours before ths
finding Of their bodies. the three had SEE
sail from the Naval Academy in half
rater for the academy bathing beach across
the river There they had donred bathing
suits. to which Mrs Bowyer added a long
cloak, which still covered her when her
body was brought to the surface
Re-entering the saiIboat. they went tow
ard the mouth OF the river 10 another
beach Though this Is within sight Of ths
Naval Academy. no one knows what oc-
Cured there The trio not returning q,
luncheon search was instituted YESTERDAY
afternoon, and the sailboat. empty save For
some pieces of the rnidshipmen's clothing.
was found a couple OF hundred yards from
shore and about half that distance from
the spot where the bodies werS found thI,
morning.
Small boats from the Naval Acadary
searched the waters. and a company Of
marines patroiled adjacent shores untl
long after dark last night. The efforts TO
find the bodies were resumed at O'Clock
this morning. Hosts of fishermen had
joined the torpedo boats and naval launches
in the search, and It was one Of these. Will
lam Branzel, whose graphing hook found
the bodies in about six feet OF water. In
her standing posture the top Of Mrs.
Bowyer's head was only about a foot under
water.
The bodies were brought at once to the
academy dock whence that Of Mrs Bowyer
was taken TO the home Of Superintendent
Bowyer. Those Of the two midShipmen
were taken 10 Bancroft Hall and their
families were at once notified
Superintendent Bowyer appointed a naval
board Of inquest. of which Lieutenant Com
mander J. J. Raby is senior member, with
Lieutenant Commander R 7. Curtin and
Surgeon z. L. Woods as the other menu
bers.
Academy authorities informed Coroner
John N Davis. of Annapolis. who after
viewing the bodies declared it to be clearly
a case OF accidental drowning.
Accompanied by Mrs Bowyer and Miss
Ruth Bowyer. the wife and daughter Of the
superintendent of the Naval Academy, the
body of Mrs. Marie Bowyer was taken from
Annapolis to Erie. Penn. this afternoon.
where It will be buried tomorrow in the
family plot beside the grave of her hus-
band. The bodies of Midshipmen Mason
and Thomas are still here, and no final ar
rangements will be made pending the ar
rival of representatives OF their families.
Funeral services. however viii be con-
Quoted in the academy chapel by Post
Chaplain H II. Clark at 10 O'Clock to-mor-
row morning
Washington. June 2a-News Of the re-
covery OF the bodies of Midshipmen sher-
man NJ Mason and Grisby Z Thomas and
Mrs Marie Bowyer was reported TO Acting
Secretary of the Navy Winthrop over tbs
telephone from Annapolis to-day.
1t was said at the Navy Department that
Mrs. Bowyer could swim only few strokes.
Thomas was poor swimmer. but Mason
could swim we'll So it is presumed that
the latter met death trying 10 save the
other two.
Nason's next OF kin is Frederick B.
Mason, OF Newport. r. l.. and Thomas's is
Mrs. Emma Hart Thomas, his mother
Mrs. Bowyers husband was Joseph Bowyer,
a son of the commandant Of the academy.
and who died in washington about two
years ago.
Pittsburg. June 29.-Mrs- Joseph McC-
Bower was a member of a we'll known
former Pfttsburg family. who were socially
prominent
Mrs. Bowyer before her marriage vas
the daughter OF Frank A Dean. until 1874.
the time of his death. general freight agent
OF the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
At the death of Mrs. Bowyer's father the
family moved to New York City.