The evening world., 1911-07-13
HUNT IN RIVER
FOR THE BODY Of
!. MISSING ENSIGN
though Superios Doubt
1 Noung's Suicide Note,
Search Is Kept Up.
NkN1SHED m NIGHT.
Was to Have Faced Court
Martial Yesterday and Had
Talked of Suicide.
Wk11SHED IN NIGHT.


Nov Y3d and he poefos re Ani
vUse4ng to-day On shs mystery Of ne
A6nOosaranos Of Dnsisn Robert simoo-
"a Young tr. from the torpedo boas
destroyer Perkins. anchored OF the
yog0. neither Admiral Lsutse. in COM
mAnd Of the yard. nor NsutLCommand
Prfngie, Of the Perkins, believe the
m11sins oficer drowned himself. A. he
thesasened IN a note left behind. The
hAfoor squad and details Of blue Jack
81 ere dragging the river for his body.
p~svsrtheless.
Young was confined to quarters and
an his honor not to leave the ship pend
hg court martial set for yesterday for
Overlapping his leave Of absence by I'VE
4Ays on his last trip ashore.
Many OF the officers refer to the sui
0de only ten days z Of Lieut.. Thomas
L. Osborn Of tho navy who sho. himself
under exactly similar circumstances in
the yard. and think Young followed his
sxampie.
Young was a grea. favorite with the
orsw and other officers. when he got
into the trouble which led to the order
for . martial several tried to cheer
him with an assurance that he would
set on with a light punishment. Per-
haps they had IN mind the fact that
down In Norfolk. Va. a young woman
whom the Ensign had been visiting and
was to have wed this fall would be
considered a mitigating circumstance
BY the officers of the court. She 10 Miss
Mary Merritt.
HEAT MAY HAVE AFFECTED
MIND OF ENSIGN.
The last seen OF Young was at 10
O'Clock Tuesday night. Some OF the
ofncsrs went to his quarters to say a
few cheering words. but they found him
very bfus.
Osborn found the way out. guess
rs my turn" he said gloomily. II was
fearfully hot on the Perkins. her steel
structure making tho mercury. which
was at % ashore. leap to LOG on the
boat. The ofncers noted that II WA
probably wen hotter in the Young
quarters than elsewhere. II - suggested
that this heat affected Youns's mind.
"A'b " hAb AtA vobD
The next morning tho ONCE OF the
day ordered a marine to tell Young to
report to him. He was missing.
The note was found on the table. and
one line of II read:
4 intend to commit suicide by drown
ing" The rest Of Il Admiral Leutze
declines to reveal.
Tho Ensign's revolver was found in
his room fully loaded. but with one Of
the cartridges ntoked where the trigger
had snapped but had not exploded Il.
some Of the officers believe he FIRST
tried to shoot himself. and failing de-
cided TO 20 overheard.
Others instst he has simply cleared
oue and probably rome up to his father.
Dr.. h. 8. YounG. They nay. too. that
he will probably ave . good talk with
hAs parents and. advised by them.
return and take his medicine"
POPULAR WITH OTHER Off.
GERS ABOARD PERKINS.
Young entered Annapolis In l90< a
wns made q ensign in 1910. Since his
sraAuation from Annapolis in June.
1900, he has beem attached to the Per
ktns. He Wa popular With other naval
ofaosrA They regarded him " . happy
go-oucay sort OF chap. . good friend
ana an agreeable companion His home
vas N North Carolina
WhSn Lsut. Commands Prusle went
ashore yesterday afternoon he left
IAsut. 0raAy, chief engineer. In COM
mand Of the Perkins. and told him not
to talk about YouuS.
Tue enaign NJ Transferred last win
ter o the cruiser North Carolina to
The Perkins. and presently became chief
engineer Of the torpedo boat destroyer.
Ho ubsd the Job and the ere liked
him, bat before long Lieut. Grady wa
Transferred to the Perkins from the
Dtx1s end was made chief engineer ~