The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-06
YOUNG MAN. EMPLOYED IN &c
CAL v. S. ENGINEERS
OFFICE.
Meets Death In Seven Feet o. Water
while Bathing last Night.
No MIfneaaea 70 Tranrdu


Wallace " Wilson. a stcnogra ph . r
Boz the Office OF the Wheeling district
corps. T.. ). Engineers. was drowned
ln the swimming pool az the local Y
N. &. \. yesterday evening between
o and O'Clock The body was not
discovered until Q 80 @ clock He was
20 years old and boarded AZ 40. 622
Main street His home Is az i44i
Girard street. y W. Washington. D.
C.. where his mother resides. his
father being dead. \ brother. Donald
Wilson. who IL a government engineer
was located last evening az ST Tars.
ohio. where ne Is stationed.
Young Wilson was m he habit a
going 20 the Y NJ. e. a. each evening
between 9 and 8 O'Clock As usual
yesterday evening ne came about
$50. took his towel and went 20 the
locker So far as Is known, no one
was In the pool al that time
At $40 o'clock Herbert Jones. Jack
Bushheld. Frank Lyons. and David
Campbell went into the pool Al 2 ~
Lyons and Campbell left the pool and
went 10 the dressing rooms. Al . so
Bushheld went down the ladder a.
the North East end Of the pool. the
water being about seven feet deep
ar this the deepest end OF the poo.
A. he sid OF the ladder his feet
touched the body He immediately
got out OF the pool and told Jones.
They went together 10 the locker
room and told Campbell and Lyons
who were dressing az the time The
four then went 10 the plunge and then
hurried 10 the onice where they mott
he'd Charles Miner. who quickly ran
10 the edge Of the pool and Owed for
The body. This he found lying parallel
10 the end OF the pool the head be-
tng about two feet from the foot OF
the ladder The body was brought
out and DIT. o VI. stats was imme-
diately summoned. as was also Coro-
Miner and two other young men
worked over the body for - minutes
Dr stats then declared that there
was no hope The body was cold
when found by Mr. Miner
Cause Unknown
ne cause OF death is unknown hut
Ut l- thought 20 have been due 10 a
sudden attack OF heart trouble Youn ?
Wilson had finished work az the gov
eminent office az o'clock yesterday.
and had spent the afternoon an the
engineers tennis club AZ Warwood he
played several strenuous Games ana
10 Il thought that he. being In a heat
ed condition. when he entered Inc
pool drove the blood from the surface
ana 20 the heart. stopping the action
mere was no bruises or marks on the
BODY Tie was good swimmer
no pouN was removed TO the Men.
del undertaking. establishment where
an inquest Will De held sometime 10
day Efforts were Immediately start.
"a 20 get in communication with the
brother. Donald Wilson. who ~ was
thought was stationed az I'rbana ID
Tie was located. however. 40 81 Tar
ohio. ~ an early hour this morning
Z he friends IN Washington were wired
lur up until a late hour no reply had
been received
2 he young man first came 90 wheel.
inE last fall. as "a clerk boz the depart.
mental service OF the r. g. civil ser.
vice He entered tho s. ~ O. a
soon after. and ir The several morfra
since that time ha. made number OF
friends He was OF GOOD physical con.
df'on. about Eve feet ton inches In
hr.ght and weighed about one humid
red and nifty pounds BE was OF "a
quiet disposition and rarely had ars
thing fo say unle.a arsElr TO- Hr Wal.
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