The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-04-11
MRS. GREEVER DROWNED.
Friend Identifies Body Found in Po-
tomac River Near Fort Hunt.

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Washington, April 6.-Mystery
surrounding the disappearance in this
city on February II of Mrs. N. Ro-
Berta Greever, A years old, wife of
the Rev. Walton H. Greever, Of Co.
lumbia, S. c., editor of the Lutheran
Church Visitor, was cleared up, when
her body was washed ashore near the
wharf at Fort Hunt, on the Virginia
side of the Potomac, about IL miles
from Washington.
The discovery put an end to
countrywide search which had been
in progress for six weeks. The body
is in such a state that it cannot be
identified, but the clothing and a
plain wedding ring on the finger
leave no doubt that it is that of the
missing woman. Miss Frances S.
Ryan, of 1901 Corcoran street,
Northwest, who knew Mrs. Greever
well, went to the morgue last night,
soon after the arrival of the body
on the police boat Vigilant, and COM
pleted the Identification. That Mrs.
Greever was on her way to Tazewell,
Virginia, to see her three children,
and was accidentally drowned, is the
opinion of the police, which is shared
by some of the relatives.
A report received last night from
Fort Hunt seems to confirm this
story.
Mrs. Greever went away on Feb
ruary II, about $40 p. m. That night
about 9 o'clock, John L. Austin, a
member of Company Al, Coast Artil-
lery Corps, stationed at Fort Hunt,
was doing sentinel duty, when he
heard a woman scream twice. The
cries seemed to come from the river.
He investigated but failed to find
anything. Next morning he reported
the incident to Capt. R. T. Mcmillan,
who ordered a squad of men to
search the reservation, including the
water front. The men were unsuc-
cessful in the hunt, but the date OF
the occurrence was recorded.
There was thick ice all along the
shore and it is thought that Mrs.
Greever wandered down to the river
and that she fell through, not far
from the shore. The Mount Vernon
trolley cars pass Fort Hunt and it is
supposed that she boarded one Of
these cars and alighted at the fort.
She might have passed the fortifica-
tions at night without being seen.
DR.. Greever was in Columbia at
the time a telegram announced the
finding of the body. He and his
friend, Mr.. A. H. Kohn, left at once
for Washington, arriving there at 8
O'Clock Saturday morning. The be-
reaved husband stands high in Luth-
eran church circles, being editor of
the Lutheran Church Visitor. He
served as pastor of several churches.
Recently he returned from Savannah,
where he went to follow clue which
he had learned of from detectives. He
stated at the time that he felt his
visit would be without favorable re-
suits, but that he wanted to feel he
had left nothing undone that would
contribute TO the efforts to locate his
missing wife.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Greever
is survived by three children-Wal-
ton H. Greever, Jr., age 9; Marian,
aged 6, and Virginia, aged 8. Mrs.
Greever was A years of age and was
the daughter of the late Rev. G. A.
Bruegel, a Lutheran minister. Mrs.
Greever had been in bad health for
several years. At the time of her
disappearance she was in Washing
ton under treatment for distressing
nervous disorder. She was shopping
was a nurse and somehow eluded this
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