Evening star., 1923-08-24
Found in State of Coma in
AIexandria-LiCenSe Re-
veaIs Identity.
FORMER WIFE LEAPED
FIVE STORIES TO DEATH
Mrs. Dorothy R. Bayliss, Fiancee
of Lieut.. Lewis, Gives Mar
cotic Theory.

Lieut. Frank Lewis. Pay Corps.
U. S. N. IS al the Naval General Hos
pital today. recovering from the
effects of a mysterious illness which
seized him Tuesday afternoon. on the
eve of the day of his wedding to Mrs.
Dorothy r. Bayliss of the Cairo
apartments. Lieut. Lewis was dis
covered yesterday in Alexandria, ap-
parently in a coma.
Kenneth w. Ogden. real estate man
of Alexandria. a member of the same
fraternal order as Mr.. Lewis, met him
and took him to his home. There he
found the marriage license. issued on
August 13. in his possession and
identified the naval officer
Two brother officers went to Alex
andria Immediately upon the receipt OF
the news OF the discovery and met
Lewis. to bring him back to Wash
ington. He failed to recognize either
OF these men. although he had been
aboard ship with one years ago and
was his intimate friend
Marriage Postponed.
Mrs. Bayliss said today that the
marriage was postponed indefinitely.
pending the recovery of Lieut.. Lewis.
but made 1t emphatically clear that
arrangements had not been called off,
Il am of the opinion. and many
of my friends share the same view,
that Lieut.. Lewis had been drugged.'
Mrs. Bayliss said today.
The pupils of his eyes were diIated
when he was met in Alexandria yes
terday and he did not recognize his
closest friends.
He Is Ill today at the Naval Hos
pitaI l have heard that he passed
to see him this afternoon"
Fiancee Became Alarmed.
Arrangements had been made for
the wedding on Wednesday night
The last heard from Lieut.. Lewis was
at 2:3O Tuesday afternoon, when he
telephoned to Mrs. Bayliss, making an
appointment for dinner that night
When he did not appear. Mrs. Bayliss
SAID she believed that there had been
a mistake made as to the time and
place of the appointment. When 81 q
called the Army and Navy Club, Lieut.
Lewis home. Wednesday morning
however. and found that he had MOI
been there the preceding night, she
became alarmed and a search was in
stituted. "
From 2:3o Tuesday afternoon until
yes.eruay the whereabouts of Lieut.
Lewis are unknown. He does not re-
member where he was or whom he
met. The happy chance of the mar
rage license being carried on his per
son was the means of identification.
VIII Visit Hospital.
Mrs. Bayliss said today that she
plans to visit Lieut.. Lewis at the hos
pital this afternoon. BY that time,
it is expected by physicians, he will
be sufficiently recovered to receive
friends.
Naval intelligence officers also. Mrs
Bayliss said. are to take up an imme-
date investigation as to the supposed
drugging of Lieut.. Lewis Mrs. Bay
liss declared that she would not ask
police investigation into this angle
inasmuch as the naval intelligence
was in charge of 1t.
Mrs. Bayliss said today that wber
he learned that Rev. Earle WflfIev
pastor of the Vermont Avenue Chris.
tion Church. could not perform the
ceremony, Lieut.. Lewis. on Tuesday
morning, went to the marriage license
desk at the courthouse and had the
officiating pastors name changed tf
that of Rev Carroll Q. Wright of ia!
Church street, Navy chaplain, and :
friend of long standing of Lieut.
Lewis.
In making application for tn,
license, 1t is shown that both con.
tracing parties had been previousI,
married. Lieut.. Lewis age was giver
at fifty-one. and Mrs. Bayliss a.
thirty-four.
Mrs. Bayliss is widow. Mrs. Mar.
jorie Manuel Lewis. late wife of Lieut.
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