Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-14

completion of plans for taking 1t to
Mexico City He said he had assurances
from Washington that the United
states Government would cooperate In
transportation of the body to Mexico
City, but whether by special train. air..
plane or battleship he did not know.
American soldiers and members OF
the American Legion stood as a guard
OF honor over the flag-draped body
of Capt CarranZa before the cortege
left for New York.
Crashed In Dense Woods.
Flying over unfamiliar terrain, dodg-
ing In and out OF terrific electrical
storms. his motor missing badly, the
Mexican Lsindbergh' crashed to his
death Thursday night in the dense
woods eight miles from Chatsworth. less
than two hours after he had hoped off
from Roosevelt Field, N. Y. on a pro-
jected nonstop flight to Mexico City
He had flown IS miles
His body, crushed and broken. and
the wrecked machine, a Ryan mono-
plane similar to that used by Col Lind
bergh In his transatlantic flight. we're
found yesterday by berry pickers
wandering through tee underhrush
shortly after another electrical storm
had swept through that section.
The cause of the crash was uncertain.
Two theories were advanced-one that
the plane was demolished high In the
air by lightning and the other that 1t
was wrecked by squall.
Heard Plane in storm.
The lightning theory was somewhat
substantiated by six residents OF Chats
worth, these residents heard the roar
o fan airplane about 3 O'Clock Thurs
day night few minutes before a
severe electrical storm swept across the
pines,
Aviation experts concluded Carran2a
had come to grief in attempting u make
a forced landing when the storm had
left him helpless.
In attempting 10 reconstruct the
tragedy. these experts noted that he
clutched fiaShlight in his left hand.
indicating that he was trying to locate
a landing place They believed that he
had come too close to the ground before
he was aware Of It's proximity. and that
the machine struck, the flyer was hurled
out and the plane bounced along the
uneven terrain. being smashed as II
hoped from point to point, until II
halted against a clump of trees.
o'clock yesterday afternoon the wreck
age lay, with the body OF the intrepid
flyer stretched out. face downward. go
feet away.
The tragedy was discovered by John
Henry Carr, his mother Mrs Mary
Carr, and his sister. Mrs Murray Ander-
son, who had been picking buck leberrieS
near The Sandy Ridge crossing Of the
Central Railroad Of New Jersey,
Weather Forecast in Pocket.
Making their way along rarely used
path, the trio came upon parts of an
airplnne wing. Still further along they
found piece Of the engine and then,
after circling clump Of trees they dis
covered the wrecked plane and Car
fanXas body.
In Carranza's pockets--and serving as
a means of ldentitication--wa tele-
gram from Mitchell" observer of the
United States Weather Bureau In Wash
ington. giving the weather forecast for
the route,
He was advised to fly high that IT
would be cloudy
In another pocket was 500 In Mex
lean money and SO in United States
currency Some of the bills had been
torn in two by the force of his fall
His wrist watch, which had licked
away long after Its owner had met his
tragic end, was found about 40 feet
from the body The hands had stopped
al 4.35, apparently am, more than
seven hours after the crash
After the airman's body had been
taken to n morgue In Mount Holly. the
headquarters troop OF the nth Division
New York National Guard stationed
for two-week training course at Camp
Dix, arrived and wrapped the body In
The folds Of an American flag,
Mai Gen Hanson Ely, commanding
General Of the I'd Corps Area, assigned
iaers as a guard of honor,
CAPE Catfanaa took off from Roose-
welt Field al TIA pm, Thursday In the
face of an impending storm and