St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-10-07
Hero of Santiago Died Sud-
denly In New York.
4
Body Identified by Papers
Found In His Pocket.
Fell to the Ground a Victim
Of Cerebral Hemorhage
Died in the Very Center of
New York's Club District

New York, Oct. 2.-Unrecognize
BY a single person in the curiou
throng. that rushed 20 his aid. Rea
Admiral Winfield Scott schly, I
5. ~, retired, fell dead in front O
tic Bcrk1ey Lyceum, on West Forty
fourth street, this afternoon. Th
death of this. notable figure in tn,
naval history of the nation wa,
thought for the moment that of ar
unknown man in strange crowd
Inc Admiral,s sudden death is at
trlbuted to cerebral hemorrhage
@hlch attacked him shortly after he
reached New York this morningafter
visit to Mount Kiso, and had call
ed at the New York Yacht Club for
his mail.
AS the Admiral was walking
through West Forty-fourtb street !.
paserby who saw him stagger grasp
Gu MS arm and tried to support him.
Desplte the strangers service. how
ever, the Admiral fell helpless to tho
street, and a physician who pressed
ms way through tie crowd that
quickly gathered, pronounced him
dead. There was a cash over his
right eye where his forehead struck
, the sidewalk. A slight fracture of
tue frontal bone had ensucd, but sur
gems who s4aminasset az al -rfils m5ufy n.
any way contributed to his death.
His identity was established by let
tiers and papers found in his pocket,
and from an inscription in ais gold
watch, which had been presented TO
the Admiral by his native state
OF MARYLAND "For his heroism ana
memorable services iG rcsculng Lieut.
"A. w. Greely, u. S. A., and six other
comrades, from death at Cape SABINE
in the Arctic regions, on June "a,
1854"
The spot where Admiral Schley
died is in the very center OF Ne"
Ycrk's club district, and members OIL
organizations whose houses are
thckly clustered there soon pene-
trated the throng and confirmed the
identification of the famous COM
nander, who figured so prominently
in the naval engagement OF 1888
at Santiago. The body was taken te
the nearest police station.
After the uusal formalities per
mission was given for the removal O
tho body to the Hotel Algonquin
where Admiral schley made hi
home while in the city. AS tn
hody was borne forth to thc wall
ing conveyance members OF the vas
th-ong about the station stood wit
barred heads.
One of the Admiral's sons, ID
Winfield Scott Schley, Jr., reache
the scene before the body was n
moved.
Admiral Schley. was born in Free
rick county, Md, in 1889. Alt'
graduating at Annapol:G in 1850 al
serving during the civil war IN mi
or capacities, he was commission
in 1865 as lieutenant commander
At the outset of the spanish-A'
erican war in 1898 Schley was pls
O., in command of what was knoN
"a the flying squadron, which 50
ed from Fortress Monroe to COZ
crate with Admiral Sampson In
erations in the Caribbean >
Under orders from Sampson
steamed through the Yucatan pa
are TO the vicinity OF SANTA
while Sampson passed around
east end of the island. Schle
sonadron stood before Santiago
some days, and was about to LEI
when it was announced that I
ycra's fleet was in Santiago harl
junction with Sampson occu
almost Immediately after ana
Iuly 8. 1897, Cervcra undertook
escane. At that time Samp
aboard his flagship, the New ~
was some miles away at Slpons'
onnferenee with Gen. Shaftef.
An engagement followed, IN W!
Schley's flagship, the BROOKLYN
an active part. o
After the war closed nulne
charges were made tnat ochics :
heen guilty of inefficiency II
cowardice, and he asked u coul
;nouiry. After a prolonged pc
he was acquitted, but faliea IN
Measure of advancement Which
friends had claimed was ms as
He was retired October y, lsgl
! Rear Admiral.-Times ~
crat.