Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1924, Page 15

.$84,000 in Hut Ruins Revives Story Of Hermit Who Once Lived in Log Neighbor Poking Ashes With Stick Finds Money Overlooked by Nephew, Who Set Fire to Dingy Shack on Maryland Far_m. Bpecial Dispateb to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., June 13.—After Phoenus Warner, eighty-six years old, who lived the life of a recluse on a fifty-acre farm near Finzel, Garrett County, about five miles from Frost- burg, died in Nis dingy, one-room shack, his nephew. Calvin Paul, to whom he left his property. razed the shack, using the good lumber for re- pair work on his property, a short distance away. He burned the de- bris. A few days ago levi Garlits, a farmer of the vicinity, taking a stroll through the woods, happened upon the charred remains of the Warmer hermitage. He was whisking a stick through the dried embers, dislodging a stone, which uncovered, amazement, $4,000 of paper money, half burned. He had dislodged the keystone to the hermit's money cache. The bills ranged in denominations from $1 to $100. Part of the burmed money was redeemed at a bank at Meyersdale, Pa., this week. Warner had said nothing about the FARM HOME BURNED. Mrs. Samuel Redman, Widow, Near Tyson's Corner, Va., Sustains Loss. spatch 10 The Star. NA, Va, June 13.—Fire last night destroyed the home of Mrs. Samuel Redman, a widow, one mile and a half north of Tyson's cormer. The loss is estimated at 35,000 with > practically no insurance. Nothing was saved. Mrs. Redman and her seven chil- dren were absent at the time and the cause of the fire has not been ascer- tained. The fire departments of Vienna and McLean made the run to the scene. but were not in time to conguer the blaze before it had razed the building. Merchant Defeats Bandit. Special Dispateh to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va, June 13. —Frank Evans, merchant. was wounded in a hold-up Wednesday midnight as he was nearing his home in the suburbs, but routed his as- sailant after a fifteen-minute fight. Train Whutlea Curbed To Give Revival Sexrvice to _ his: Sway in Virginia'Town Special Dispateh to The Star. L¥YNCHBURG, Va., June 13.—Be- cause of a revival meeting ‘near the railroad tracks.in Farmvilles Supt. A. S. Payne of the Norfolk division of the Norfolk and Western railroad has issued instructions to trainmen to sound their whistles as little as possible fa proximity to the meeting. Enginem, are asked vm( to ll—ke water at ville if avoided. T rder prev‘l to the period between nd %lock In'the ovenings during. the continuance of the revival. e G IO Chemists in Worcester Polytechnic Institute ,analyze brine with a com- mon radio vacuum tube instead of a chemical balane hidden' money. and, after his death, only $7 was found in the house. Rela- tives think there may be gold buried on the farm, for a former sweetheart claims Warner displayed gold about eleven years ago. Found Dying on Straw Bed. Warner was found dying on a bed of straw on the ground floor of his cabin. Undernourishment had hasten- ed his end. He had accumulated money by doing odd jobs. He be- came a hermit following separation from his wife many y wgo. Once he was robbed of ubout $1,500 by ban- dits, two of whom were apprehended and sent to prison. He then uban- doned the shanty in which he had been living and plunged deeper into the woods, where he built the hut where he died. While he was build- ing his first house he spent his nights in a hollow log. He was of kiddly disposition. His clothing was scant, and during the last twenty-five vears of his life he never wore socks. His fare consist- ed chiefly of pinch cakes, made of corn meal. potatoes and eggs, and at times he dined on bran, corn and oats chops. PRISON DEATH DELAYED. Alienists Test Sanity of James Christoff, Virginia Slayer. Special Dispaich to The Star. RICHMOND, Va. Jume 13.—James Christoff of Hopewell will not go to his death in the electric _chair today for the muder of Peter Petrofft of Hope- well on Christmas day. The man has been twice respited, and alienists are making observations of him. He is a native of Bulgaria, it is said, as was also his victim, and has not a friend or_relative in the country. The dead man owed Christoft money and declined to The man has never denied the kmmg The respite this time is to August 28. 2 T 2T DURANT “Just a Real Gaod Car” 111110 L L AL 1 2L LI LT 2L EI LI AL SALVKG' Bl Steel Hurled Into River by Cum- berland Flood Being Taken Out. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBER! , Md., Jume u-—su vaging of the twisted from the ola Potemac Nnr.u ll ley bridge the Western Maryla) railway, e B washed out, together with fifteen steel cars, during the flood of March 29, Is in progress by the Western Maryland rallway wrecking crane forces that the bridge will Eagles Piek Ihh “Offoers. Special Dispateh te The Btar. 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Yet, with a repricing of a quarter of a mil- lion dollars’ worth of genuine Life- time Furniture that has made values NOW commensurate with sale-time prices, we feel that you should know about it, i Distinctly different from our famous Au-. gust and February Sales, this repric- ing does not include everything in stock. Yet, there are hundreds of fine suites and single pieces priced as low now as any sale has ever offered, - - Prices are indeed remarkably low. Lo :Morest Fata b T lv ¢"av Wegs convention ‘yestewday; sesulted as fol. lows: Past president, A. H. Eichern, Lonaconing; president, Herman C. Joseph J. Herr, Baltl-} Col 11 Kitzmiller. Claréndon Pllnl Fl‘g Dny. AUTOMOBILES A Name DON une 13.—Flag duy exercises will be held ut the Clars endon Methodist Church Sunday, com- mencing at $;45 o'clock a.m. There will be a special speaker, and iss Sara R. Lerch, soloist, of Wash- ingten, D, C. will sing “In Flanders Fields." Miss Lerch will also render “Open the Gates of the Temple” at the 11 o'clock church service. The pastor, Rev. Charles 1. Flory, will preach both morning and evening. OVERHAULED Painting and Trimming - Bodies Built to Order .’ 4-Hour Service CellnlAltoWothGluu Ie.ln. Prop. 'nflun .W. Herdss, Chesapeake City; vice pres! dent, Charles .F. Desk, Brunswicl chaplain, Charles J. Cumiskey, Cu: hl:rul. ‘wnluv r. W. 8. Budl . Three in Overturned Sedan. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ughter, on Long Hill, on the mmm. turnpike just east of this clty, yesterday, when tho machine . B, Bary, ard, Albert ' Bohls wuard, skidd No . one eutside James M. Stener, Wenmjuur trustees, John Zink, THE MEN’S STORE OF WOODWARD & LOTHROP Tomorrow—2,000 Fine Quality Genuine “Fairfax” English “Broadcloth Shirts $9.25 3 for $6.50 There have been many sales of Engllsh Broadcloth Shirts at less than $2.25. 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