New-York tribune., 1912-04-15
SEA GIVES UP ONE OF
THREE LOST HUNTERS
Body of DR.. Carl Clement Washed
Ashore After Being in the
Water Four Months.
WIDOWS LONG VIGIL ENDS
Lived Near Beach Since Her Hus-
band, with E.. S. Bailey and
Thomas Veltman Started
Out in Furious Storm.
fBy Telegraph 70 The Tribune. :

Seaford. Long Island April 1.-THE
/ fully clothed body ot Or Carl Clement.
who. with Edward s Bailey. n insur
/ ance broker OF No f6 Broadway, and
| Thomas Veltman, was lost early in jan
uary in Great South Bay. after starting
IN hunting expedition. was washed M
on the ocean side ot Short Reach near
/ tho lifesaving station this morning. The
physicians wife. who has practically
/ lived = Bsv Shore since his disappear
ance, was called TO the IN prguo At Sea
ford. where she identified tho body.
Walter Ravnor of the Short Reach
lifesaying station. vas walking the
beach. when he saw something rolling in
the b.g combers a.out a hundred vard'
off shore. He waited until the object
came closer. and then seeing II was a
bod,. vaded out and pulled II M on the
sand
Except for the features, which had
! been much worn by the beating Of the
/ waves and the ice during tts four
months immersion. the body was in OK
/ cellent condition II was that Of man
six feet tall and Weighing $50 pounds
and was Dir, sed in q corduroy suit. short
felt coat and sweater. felt boots and
arctics There was Si1 in bills in . small
/ leather case. The body was taken 70
/ Seaford. where the first Identification
vas made by brother Of Veltman.
When Mrs Clement arrived she made
this identification positive.
The washing up OF Or. Clements body
after its long Uanderings in the heavy
winter seas is the first positive proof OF
the loss Of the hunting party. The three
men left Pay Shore in a storm on the
afternoon IT January ) for Little Fire
Island where BAILEY had shooting
shack They had loaded 4 motor boat
with provisions and intended 10 meet
Bailey's cook. who had gone ahead and
vas already in tine camp waiting for tha
party. The men put off into the hay
agsi,.st 10 advice OF every one At the
hotel
The next dav The motorboat vas found
sdrift near Fire Island Inlet with .
broken anchor chain. but the dory whicn
had been attached 10 it was missing and
there was no sign Of the provisions. II
was believed that the men had taken
10 the small boat which had been
crushed in the pounding pack ice in the
bav. Baileys cook never saw the party
and after he had spent q lonesome week
in the camp he packed up and returned
- New York.
Both Mrs. Bale, and Mrs. Clement
went 10 Bay Shore and tried every
means ~ finding their husbands. After
weeks Of Gnxiety Mrs. Clement began tc
offer rewards for the rescue Of the physl-
clan or the recovery Of his body. Thes-
rewards were gradually Increased unit
she had offered $1,000 for the recovery
Of the body, and IL was also reportei
that she would give the man who founc
it 500 q month for life as long as he
lived. The various sums offered will (:
to Raynor
The lifesavers are at Z loss 20 account
for the finding OF Or. Clements body or
the seaside IF Short Beach, which /;
nearly twenty-five miles from the proba
bic place where the party was lost. The
bodies Of Bailey and Teltman are stil
missing.