Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-04-11


That Mrs. Greever was endeavoring
to make her way to Tszewell to see her
children and was accidentally drowned
is the opinion of the Washington au-
thorities, and this opinion is now gener-
ally shared by relatives of the unfortu-
nate woman. She had been separated
from her children about seven months,
and had frequently expressed desire
to see them; statement given out at
Fort Hunt Friday seems to bear out the
theory of accidental drowning. John
l.. Austin, member of Company AZ.
coast artillery, stationed at the fort,
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 any one.
The next morning he reported the incl
dent to Captain R. 7. Mcmillan, who
ordered squad of men to search the
reservation, including the water front.
The men were unsuccessful in their
search, but the date of the occurrence
was recorded, however, which was Feb
ruary 17th.
There was thick ice along the shore
of the Potomac at the time, and it is
thought Mrs. Greever undertook to
cross over to Virginia on it, thinking
that the river was frozen all the way
across, and that she fell through not
far from the shore. Just why she did
not take the train direct for Tazewell is
not known, but it is the belief of those
who have been prosecuting the search
that she feared she would be detected
and returned to Washington. Trolley
cars from Washington to Mount Vernon
pass Fort Hunt at short intervals, and
it is supposed she boarded one of these
cars and alighted at the fort, which she
could have passed easily at night with
out being seen.
The first seen of the body was on
Thursday night, when the lookout of a
steamer reported woman's body float
ing in the river, and police boat was
sent in search, but failed to find it. The
next day, however, about 1:30 in the
afternoon, the body was washed ashore,
and after being removed to Washing
ton was identified as being that of Mrs.
Greever.
The remains of Mrs. Greever reached
here on Monday afternoon from Wash
ington. In the funeral party were the
husband, Rev. w. H. Greever, of Col.
umbia, S. c.; her mother, Mrs. Olivia
Bruegel, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio; Mr. Thee
Bruegel and Mrs. W. j. Obi, of Phila.
delphia, brother and sister of the de-
ceased, end Mr.. E. L. Greever, of this
city, brother of Rev. w. H. Greever.
The remains we're taken to the Luth.
eraD church and the funeral services
held from there on Tuesday morning
conducted by Rev. C. Armand Miller
D. D, of Charleston, S. c., after which
the body was gently laid to rest by low
ing hands in Maplewood cemetery.
Mrs. Greever was forty-four year,
old. She was the daughter of the lat.
Rev. G. A. Bruegel, Lutheran clergy
man, who had charges in Syracuse ant
Utica, N. Y, and Erie, Pa, and sever
al other cities in the Lehigh Valley.
In addition to the relatives befor
mentioned, Mrs. Greever is survived b,
three children-Walton, aged 9, Mari
am, aged 6, and Virginia, aged 8. Th
children have been making their hom
with their grandfather, Mr.. John d
Greever, in Burkes Garden, while thei
mother was in Washington.
Mrs. Greever had been a frequen
visitor to our town and county, and b
her gentle disposition and kindly man
ners made warm friends of all wit