Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-17
RIVER GIVES UP BODY
At TER LONG SEARCH
Remains of Mrs. Supplec Found
Floating in Mouth of App"-
ma,toy, Near City Point
CORONER WILL INVESTIGATE
Life Preservcr Is Found Floating on
River Two Miles Below Scene OF
Northumberland That DR.. sun
plce Suffered From Cramp.

The body Of Mrs r. y Supplee
drowned with her husband off a land
Ing on Curles' Neck Farm called Brerno
Sunday afternoon Two weeks ago, was
found floating in The Apponlattox
River off CITY Point yesterday after
noon. y comparison between Dr. sup
plec's watch aud the time the body
vas discovered yesterday by J. y Croy
e. =. Myers and w l. Simpson, or
Tho l1u Pont force. showed that the
body had been IN the water exactly
two weeks with tho exception 81 ,,yo
and "uo-half hours
Cgoy and his frieads were boating an
;h"i river and sax the object which
"a, first appeared 10 he log. floating
near them They approached closer 20
i. and recognized in il tho partially
nude body Of woman simpson So
cured II with a rope, aud The body was
t"w"d 10 tho city Point wharf Tier.
Coroner J. II HarEravv viewed d; ard
determined that = vas The bo,;y 1f
Airs Swpplac
II was later turned over 20 :, Hope
well undertaken. who will ship tho
body 20 Undertaken Nelson. % This
city some time to-day The bodc 90
pr. supple" is being held at this under
takers establishment, and, together
with that OF his wife, will be shinpcd
20 Alexandria or Washington TUESDAY.
u is thought. Definite ARRANGEMENTS
for the shipment had not been con-
Guided last night as II. T. Supp!ec. a
brother OF thc drowned man. was
awaiting word from his father
PIAIN GOLD RING
BEARS no INSCRIPTION
From ono OF the fingers OF the
drowned woman Coroner Hargraye YES
terday drew plain gold band ring
Although there was no !nscIiuttor
within it, The circle OF gold is thought
TO have hccn the ring Dr SuppIee
gave his yomns wife sevcrl months
ago when they were married in Wash
lnst"n. and which she wore when they
lost their lives together
The only other article. which rigi!,
he used as a positive means OF idcu
ticati"n. thai "as found OH ,hr bod.
was lavailierc. The chain ,ha! sun
ported the ,rirkrt around Mrs. sun
piccS Hcch was OF finely spun gold
and, although most OF the clothing mad
been torn from the body during the
Hn'r II was being huf ct"d down tE,
seven miles OF i:".r by current and
i;de, the slender chain had held firm
II IS thoughC that the body has been
swept from one side Of the river H.
the other: that the tides have carried
II against jctties mud banks and rocky
lcdEcs. and have noated IL into Iitti,
pockets along the river bank AT low
tide. only /" sweep it further d.wm
tho stream on the flood tide This
theory accounts. in the minds; Of the
river men and officials at tho TDu POM
plant, for the fact that tho clothing
was badly torn and that the body it
self showed some evidences OF rough
handling.
decomposition was we'll advanced. n
IS said and ii iS feared that It may
I've Impossible to cmbalm the body
However. nothing was noticed y.stcr-
day abou; the body which would lead
Coroner HargraNe "a believe Mrs
Suppce had been the victim of foul
play. Tho coroner instructed the
undertakcrs. though. TO examine the
body carefully for any evidence Of vio-
lcnce
LEFT HERE APItiL {.
FOR CANOE: "TRIP on RIVER
Mrs. Suppicc and her husband a
stalwart young man OF less than thir-
ty and we'll known as an expert swim
mcr and uarsman, left Richmond sun
lCOntinued on Second papaA