The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

ana buried the propclers.in tho soft
earth.
The report that AIoisant. who had
cndcarcd himself 10 thousands OF Ncw
Orleans citizens, had met with :, SO.
rious accident, spread rapidly. ma
wien the special bearing his podY ,1.
rived ut the Union Station there wa.
vast crowd surrounding the iro,n
shed. An ambulance and several ,;ur.
geons were in waiting. and as t,o
train drew in several men leaned In
the platform and, running TO inc am.
bnlancc. told the surgeons that Moi.
SAINT was unconscious, hui stiu alive
The first surgeon. however, VII,
reached the fiat car saw that Mojs,nt
was dead. \ hush fell over The thrnn,.
as attendants bore the body u an ams
BROTHER Gricr-StrIri>cn.
When Albert Moisant entered m,
uhdcttakinS parlors where his dcud
brother was laid ont. he would NOT
TOOK at TIC CORPSE Tor n few moments
put gradually he turned around. and
alter taking few chances AT tho SIN
colu body. lie finally fixed his gaze unon
inc ii"lcsS FORM lie stood Inotiouless
! for Il rev moments ana then seemed In
| break down completely. He turned 10
| loo. for chair as though To sumner,
| himself, and seeing one at tie furtho,
corner of the room. he walked un.
steadily toward II ma sank down
complete picture of grief.
lie did not remain long seated how.
eyer but walked over and looked again
AT his dead brother. then turned ana
walked away. repeating this act fou,
or ivc times. Then he paced the t,ooI
ior about ten minutes, ALI the while be-
coming more and more excited ana al
tifncS becoming exceedingly hystcrlcal
Crawford IL. Ellis. WIN Nyns Drovn,,
In the room. tried 10 console The grief
stricken man. but 10 no nvall.
The sight Of the dead brother finally
became so unbcarablc that aTr AIoisapt
| let the room and hurried To tho hotel,
! where an attempt was made by re-
| porters to talk with him. but hc was
20 overcome that he Was unable to bo
| seen
The international Ayiators. lncor.
| poratcd. have lost s2So.OOo on tho
southern tour, according to Albert,
| Moisant The loss nj the New Orln,na
meeting ha. been $4,000
| The New Orleans meet was abruptly
| terminated by to-day's accident. an,
/ tile machines are being packed FOR
shipment. rho meet scheduled to be
| held by The International Aviators a,
Dallas Fort Worth Havana, Cuba.
and other points. will not DO interforcd
with.
John =. MoIsant was th,rty-scycr
years of age. He was a widower ana
4 IS survived by a son, Staiilic aged
| iitteen. student at the san Rafuci
/ Military Academy, in California
| Funeral services will be conducted
! at 10 o'clock Tomorrow. and his body
| viii bo placed In q vault here. Al
/ trough the dead aviator WAS not !.
member OF any Church. tho funeral will
| be conducted under Catholic rites.
VIII Nor Deter IImmIIton.
| Charles Is. Hamilton ono Of the in
,er IN ionnl aYiatora hero. commenting
! it-nay on the tragic d.e.th Of Archie
| hnNscy. AT Los angeles. said:
| IT ~ "A singular coincidence that
| tilc leading nvintnrs. Who We're close
| friends, should Ice Killed on the inst
| daN OF the most notable year in In.
development Of aerona,,tiss. 1Jaxs"v
| WAS Il great nicr and had u brillianr
| future. He and John Il. Moissant had
eArhanged letters within the week.
II Is funny luck-scvcn aviatora
I klited in three days
! However. that tshrstly record shall
hot deter mo. | am as convinced aa
LIVER That aviation cannot lie hold in
Irhcck. and these martyrs arc merely
llnlIestones on the road toward ulti-
mate success and practicabIity
Warming had been given Moisapt
! hS MS fellows ilinc and again thu.
ne could not negotiate the dangerous
fiSht-hand dive IN a nonopiincH cor
linu"d Hamilton. This typc OF ma
can be manipulated We All anticinatcd
ito-'lay's tragedy, because Moisant iii
sisted that lie could dip Tie oar with
one plane"
me two sistcra Of MoIsant are locked
in their rooms 1T the st Charles Hotel
ana arc inacccssiblc II is supposed
that they will leave for Chicago to-
morrow morning