The Sentinel=record., 1911-08-16
Wives of a half dozen other av.a-

Wives of half dozen other av.a- tors whose attention had been rivet- ed on the plunging machine that was to carry the second victim of the day to his death, rushed to Mrs. John stone's side, and as the machine hurled into the lake and out of sight, they tried to assure her that Johu. stone would suffer nothing worse than a ducking.
 Possibly not" exclaimed the fear stricken wife. but you could see, the
 way the machine plunged, that St.
 Croix mad lost control If IL. Oh! why don't they hurry up and get ou: to him?" For several minutes more
 Mrs. Johnstone pleaded to be allow ed to go out on the lake where her Husbands machine had plunged. A mechanic rushed up to the crowd and assured Mrs. Johnstone that her hus.
 band had been plucked out of the
 lake unharmed that boat was bring. ing him ashore and that ne would join her in the hotel immediately. Reas-
 sured by this information, which mad
 been deliberately invented to calm her fears, she went back to her ho- tel and hurriedly laid out ry apparel for her husband. For half an hour and more she waited, then a member of Johnstone family took ner word of the aviators death.
 The young wife was prostrated. Twenty minutes before the accident that sent young Johnstone to his death, his father, Dr. Stuart John stone and Mrs. Johnstone stood in front of the Moisant hangar with St. Croix's wife, watching the young av- iator in what they thought would be the last few minutes of the flight. He had started from the field at 3:l5 o'clock and had sufficient peSrol to keep in the air until 6:30 o'clock. Finally an engagement in mind, Dr. Johnstone turned to his wife and daughter in law and remarked: Well, must be going "Oh, don't go yet" dhoTused Mrs Johnstone, and the aviator's wife, "st.
 Croix will be down in few minu tes."
 No. I must go,' rejoined the doc- tor. Tt doesn't look as though e.
 Croix would lose his life today. He
 seems to be flying too smoothly fol
 any mishap He's been up two hours
 now"
 Then he and Mrs. Johnstone turn
 cd away.
 Less than twenty minutes later the
 warping strand in the Moisant broke the wings of the machine crumpled like paper, and the machine fell Into
 the lake. it's heavy engine and tangled
 wire dragging it's pilot to death. Like Badger, Johnstone flew as an
 amateur. His father. Dr. Stuart
 Johnstone, practicing physician here
 however, had refused to buy him an Iaeropane. Johnstone started to
 build one, and went to France where
 he entered the Drexel School of Ayia tion. He then went to the Bleriot School.
 Then Johnstone,s father again rerus- ed to buy him machine and his answer in letter written by the fath. CT to his son, almost year ago, seemed to foretell the fatal accident.
 My cocseience won't permit to con tribute to your certain death by pro viding you with flying machine T he wrote. "I can't buy you one. St. Croix.'
 After learning to fly in Fransa he went to Havanna where he was .ne first to fly around the wreck of the
 battlesnip Maine. He returned tc I'hS Chitco otdttS tdbS lI tIt spTiu4 and was immediately engaged by Moi sant, and has since been with the
 group of French aviators. This was his first serious fall. 4 month ago in Detroit his machine dropped some distance, but he eseap-
 ed unhurt.
 At an exhibition at Mineola, Au- lgust 5, he remained in tne air four hours. ore minute and 5S9 seconds establishing a record.
 Johnstone had been one of the spec
 tacular flyers during the Sur days
 of the meet just besore his death
 Although he had wo1 ID races he rad
 become favorite with the crowds
 which had come to know him as dar ing aviator. He made several start ling descents from the clouds yes
 terday. the appearance of number IS,
 his Identification flag as the meet,
 always was the signal for special at.
 tention from the grand stand.
 LYNCHERS ARRESTED. [