The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-07-14
MEXICAN ACE
DIESIN CRASH
ON HOME TRIP
Berry Pickers Find Body and
Wrecked Plane in
Pine Woods
Plane Falls in Heavy Storm;
Believed Struck BY
Lightning

Washington. July ll.-(AP)
President Coolid4e has ten.
dered Presid.nt Gales Of Mex.
leo the battleship Florida to
carry the body Of Captain
Emilio Carranza, air ace, back
Mount Holly. N. J., July l4.-1N-
His homeward flight having ended
tragically in the South Jersey pine
belt, American soldiers and members
OF the American Legion today stood
as a guard Of honor over the flae.
draped body Of Captain Emilio Car.
ranza. Mexico's great air hero.
Flying over unfamiliar terrain.
lodging in and out Of terrific elee.
trical storms, his motor missing
badly, "the Mexican Lindherrh"
crashed to his death Thursdsy night
y the dense woods eight miles from
Chatsworth, less than two hou1s
after he had hoped off from Rooss.
ve!t field, New York, on . projected
nonstop flight to Mexico City. He
had gone IS miles.
His body, crushed and broken, ana
the wrecked machine, . Ryan mono
plane similar to that used BY Col
Lindbergh in his Transatlantic 4lieht,
were found yesterday by beYry.piek-
ers wandering through the under.
brush shortly after another electrical
storm had swept through that sec.
ton.
Crash Cause Uncertain
The cause Of the crash in which
the 22-year-old Mexican army flyer
met his death, after having brought
by air message Of good will from
his native lana to the United States,
was uncertain. Two theories were
advanced-one that the plane was
demolished high in the air By light
ming, and the other that it was
wrecked by q wind squall.
The lightning theory was some-
what substantiated by six residents
Of Chatsworth. These residents heard
the roar Of an airplane about 8
o'clock Thursday night. . few min
utes before revere electrical storm
swept across the pines.
Today men Of the United States
army and members Of the Mount
Holly post Of the American Legion
stood as guard Of honor over Cap.
tain Carranza's body. over which IN
American flag had been draped.
awaiting the arrival Of the aviator's
father from New York and the Mexi-
can ambassador from Washington.
A certificate Of accidental death was
issued by Coroner Benjamin F. FAR
ner, permitting the removal Of the
body from Mount Holly without any
other civil formality.
Plane Examinec
Portions Of the mono~lane that
were recovered were placed in tho
armory Of Company N. 1l4th In.
fantry. to await examination by avi-
alton experts from Mitchell field and
by Lieutenant Bullock, u. s. A., from
Fort Monmouth. Oceanuort. N. j., in
an effort to determine the cause of
the accident.
Captain Carranza took off from
Roosevelt fiel' at .:16 p. rn. Thurs
day, in the face of an impending
storm and against the advice Of ex-
perts At the field. So isolated is the
spot where he crashed that the
wreckage scattered through the
woods was not found until 10 hours
later. Another three hours elapsed
before identification was established.
In the meantime efforts were made
all alonk his route to find trace Of
him. Not once was he reported.
There was no news at al until the
berry -pickers' discovery.
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