Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-18
Two Young Skaters Met
Death in Chevy Chase Lake.
sKATED INTO OPEN WATER
Tragedy Happened Soon After They
Went on Ice.
STEAM PREVENTED FREEZING
Only Thin Coating of Ice Over Part
Of Lake Where Miss Kaufman
and Locke Went Down.

man and Norman T. Locke were re-
/ lake this morning.
Convinced by the finding of the seven
teen-year-old school girls red and white
| tasseled stocking cap and her black
| sable mum by her father. and brother
| yesterday and last evening, and the dis
covery of two pencils known to have
been the property of her young skating
escort, that the icy surface hid the
grewsome evidences of the tragedy,
| searchers started work shortly after
dawn this morning with renewed energy
and at $50 o'clock the body of the girl
was brought to the surface. Three
quarters of an hour afterward, at 9:3j
o'clock. Locke's body was found and
taken to the engine room of the Capital
Traction Company's power house, where
it was placed beside that of the girl.
Bodies Found Together.
Policeman Preston of the harbor pre-
| cinet and Charles Little, deck hand on
the police boat Vigilant. found the girls
body. That of the boy was located py
HI. H. Claude, superintendent of the
Chevy Chase division of the railway, and
DufOrd Kenney, a conductor on that line.
The bodies were found few feet apart.
in water between eight and ten feet deep.
The Outstretched arms Of both indicated
they had gone down together and had en-
deavored to cling to each other.
The father of the girl, c. E. Kaufman.
a real estate operator. arrived at the
lake shortly after the body of his daugh-
ter had been recovered and witnessed the
finding of Locke's remains. He bore with
fortitude the loss he had suffered. al
though his anguish was plainly discern
ible on his features. He traced the
progress Of the skaters from where they
started, at the south end of the boat
landing. westward for little distance
and then north into the open water
where they were found and which had
been prevented from freezing by the big,
exhaust pipe Of the pOWerhOuse on the
north bank. Yesterday there was a thin
coating Of ice at the point where they
sank. but today the water there was
clear, the concealed surface having been
melted by the thaw.
No Inquest to Be Held.
DR.. William l. Miller Of Kensington.
Md. viewed the bodies and gave cer-
tificate Of death by drowning. and Alfred
Wilson. justice OF the peace Of Chevy
Chase. certified their deaths were acci-
dental There will be no inquest Ar
rangements for the funeral Of Miss
Kaufman have not been completed, but
interment probably will be at McAllister-
Vile, Pa, the former home OF her par
ents.
Young Locke's body will be buried at
Milledgeville, Ga, formerly the home of
his mother. L0ckes father, who died
about two years ago. is buried at Berry
vile. Va. His body will be reinterred
alongside that of the son. Mrs. Locke,
although nearly Frustrated. is caring for
her mother. Mrs. White, who lies seri-
ously III at the North Carolina avenue
home as result Of the shock Of her
two years old. and her condition is re-
garded as grave,
Invited to Go Skating.
The youthful couple evidently met their
death some time between 9:4O and 10
o'clock Tuesday night. Locke who for
three years was a student at Central
High School and was employed by an F
street book store. lived with his widowed
mother at 1868 North Carolina avenue
northeast. Miss Kaufman was a student
at Central and would have graduated
IN June The invitation to go skating
A0CSAoy hiShS C0Alc " Tie SITI ITOul
Locke in the form of a note. She replied
her mother had acquiesced, and they
started from her home, 1904 Girard street
northwest, with their skates over their
shoulders. about $50 o'clock. At 14th
and U streets they boarded the Chevy
Chase car which left 10th street and New
York avenue at o'clock. The car was
In charge OF Conductor L. Morrin and
Motorman J. d. Marshall They arrived
at Chevy Chase lake at 9:35 o'clock, and
last walking a m fo-
ward the lake by the two members of
the car crew. They had obviously not
skated more than forty yards before they
plunged into the water to their death.
Long Search for Bodies.
Following q vigil Of hours Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning, during
which fears for the safety of their daugh-
ter and her escort were mingled with the
hope they had been delayed and had OBJ
tanned refuge in some residence near the
lake. the girls parents telephoned to
Rockville. Alexandria and other towns in
Maryland and Virginia on the possibility
they might have eloped. Unable to learn
Of any marriage license being issued to
them, Mr. Kaufman communicated with
Inspector Boardman. who assigned De-
tective Berman to the case.
Accompanied by his son, Edmund J.
Kaufman, who had reached home I'm the
morning from q trip south. unaware his
sister was missing. Mr.. Kaufman ar
rived at the lake about O'Clock yester-
day afternoon. Employees of the traction
company, by order OF Supt. Claude. inn
provised some graphing hooks and a
search of the lake was begun.
Mr.. Kaufman returned to the city with
the cap and mum of his daughter. found
on the ice. and Sergt. Raney Passeno
and Policemen Osterman and Preston Of
the harbor precinct were detailed to con-
and aided Dy traction employees from the
car barns and residents Of the neighbor-
hood, an area Of about 40 feet was care
fully dragged. but with no success.
During the night the dam at the south
eastern corner of the lake was opened
| and the water lowered nearly two feet