The Washington herald., 1911-07-13
DR.. WALCOTT HERE
WITH WIFE'S BODY
Taken to Family Home in
Twenty-second Street.
PERFECTING FUNERAL PLANS
Husband of Wreck Victim Receives
kilograms of Coincidence from
Washington Persons Injured Doing
Well in Bridgeport Hospital.

The body of Mrs. Charles D. Walcott,
wife of the Secretary OF the Smithsonian
Institution, who was killed in the Bridge
port railroad wreck Tuesday morning,
arrived in the city at 9:55 o'clock last
night, aboard the Colonial Express. The
body was accompanied by Mr.. Walcott
and DR.. George Otis Smith, director of
the Geological Survey, who went to Con-
necticut with the Secretary Immediately
upon hearing of the accident.
It was announced at the home, 1T4a
Twenty-second street northwest, last
night, that funeral arrangements had
not been completed, but would be made
known this morning. Mrs. Walcott left
the city Monday for Boston, where she
intended meeting her daughter and 60
ing with her to Maine to spend the sum-
mer Secretary Of the Navy Meyer,
who is at Matapedia, Canada, sent the
following telegram Of coincidence to Mr..
WaIcott yesterday:
Pray accept my most sincere SYM
pathy in the tragic loss which has be-
fallen you"
VIII Take Charge.
The Secretary of War telegraphed
Gen. Frederick Grant, commanding off,
Ger of the Department of the East. with
headquarters at Governors Island, to
take charge Of the case Of Sergt. Rogers,
Of the Coast Artillery Corps whose wife
and baby boy were killed In the wreck.
Gen. Grant has been instructed to offer
any assistance to Sergt. Rogers that is
needed. No information respecting the
funeral arrangements has been received
at the War Department. 1t Is thought
the railroad company or the Bridgeport
authorities will defray the funeral ex-
penses.
Mrs. Anna Page, wife Of Logan Waller
Page, director Of the Bureau of Public
Roads, OF the Department of Agriculture,
and their son Lee, who were bruised in
the wreck. will rest day or two at
Bridgeport, and then proceed to their
summer home, at Marthas Vineyard,
Mass. ..--.. e.
Mrs. James B. Royce, who was badly
shaken up, is at the st. Vincent's Hos
pital, Bridgeport, gradually recovering
from the shock. After she has recov-
cred. she will continue to her summer
home in New Hampshire
Sarah Clark, the maid for Mrs. Walter
C. Clephane, of Chevy Chase, Nd, was
cut on the head, but not seriously IN
jured. She will probably accompany Mrs.
Clephane to the latters summer home
at Haven, Me.
Isabel Dorsey, cook, who was ac-
companying Mrs. Joseph H. Crawford TO
Haven, Me-. was badly shaken up. and is
at Bridgeport hospital Mrs. Crawford
was uninjured.
Miss Mildred Earnest, Of 1s4s Newton
street, who was on her way to Deer
Island, Me-, is suffering from shock and
minor bruises. Miss Helen H. Gibbs,
who was accompanying Miss Earnest.
was slightly injured. but will continue
her journey to Maine.
Miss Angelina Grimke, who was on
her way to 4Roxbury, Mass, to join her
father, Archibald H. Grimke, Is suffering
from q wrenched back, but Is not seri-
ously hurt
Mics Jessie Gray Nickens. of 1s22 New
Hampshire avenue, who was en- route
to Boston, received few bruises. and
Is being cared for at the home Of Rev.
John p. Wagner, pastor OF the Sum-
merfeId NJ Z. Church. at Bridgeport.
All efforts to locate the residence Of
Mrs. Mary Note. Of Washington. who
was reported to have been seriously IN
5urcd have been futile. The