Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1929, Page 5

* BOY MISSING YER S REPORTEDDEAD Melvin Horst Killed by Auto and Secretly Buried, Investigator Told. By the Associated Press. WOOSTER, Ohio, December 14.—The year-long search for little Melvin Horst Teached its bitterest point today as resi- dents of the village of Orrville, plunged overnight from high hopes to grim de- spair, fearfully awaited the investiga- tion of a report that the child is dead. ‘There have been nearly a thousand other “clues” which vanished into noth- gness since almost all of Orville’s 1n, 4,000 inhabitants turned out to search| for the chubby 4-year-old boy when he disappeared last December 27, but this time Special Prosecutor Walter J. Mougey feared he would find the boy dead. The story, given him from “reliable Sources,” Mougey said, was that Melvin had been killed by a youthful hit-skip driver the day he failed to return home and late that night was buried a mile from the village. Business Man Gives Tip. The information came by way of a Northeastern Ohio business man located 50 miles from here, according to Mougey. The hit-skip driver was driven by his consclence to tell the business | man of Melvin's fate only a few days | ago. The motorist, a young man, said | he was afraid of being prosecuted for murder, so the story ran. PLAN UNION SERVICE. Federation Worship on Christmas at New York Avenue Church. ‘The annual union Christmas service under auspices of the Washington Fed- ! eration of Churches will be held in New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at 11 o'clock Christmas morning. The ser- mon will be preached by Dr. J. J,I Rives, pastor of the Francis Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church South. As a special project this year the) Washington Federation of Churches is arranging for the distribution of 2,500 Christmas stockings in five of the local hospitals. The stockings will be filled with candy and to each one will be | attached a card of greeting from the churches of Washington. The hospital worker, Mrs. Elizabeth Whiteford Mur-; ray, is in general charge. The plans for the day include also special gifts and a | Christmas tree for patients in the wards | for contagious diseases at Garfield | Hospital. Early in the morning carols will be sung in varlous hospitals by groups of young people. ANNIVERSAR.Y OBSERVED. | Services Held Daily at John Wes- ley Zion Church. ! Celebration of the eightieth anniver- | sary of the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church, Fourteenth and Corcoran streets, has been in progress during the | past week Services have been held each evening. Sermons will be delivered tomorrow | by the following: 10:45 a.m., Bishop J. S. Caldwell, senior bishop of the A. M. | E. Zion connection; 3 pm, Dr. E. S. Smith, pastor Metropolitan Baptist Church; 7:45 p.m., Presiding Elder J. H. Tucker of the Washington District. Re- | ception of new members into full mem- | bership. Unlike countless other “revelations” of what became of Melvin, how: ) this report scemed to Mougey to bear the stamp of truth | Today the business man and the| youth who made the confession were to come here, tell their stories to Mougey | and then lead the way to the grave.| Mougey announced that he would make no promise of immunity to the youth. Tenseness Heightened. The report of Melvin's death last night heightened the tenseness ihat has revailed among Orrville residents since ‘hursday night, but it was a startlingly different emotion. Thursday night the residents had abandoned their streets to offer an anonymous letter writer every opportunity to keep his promise of delivering the boy safely home if he were not molested. Even last night, until the ominous rumor of Melvin’s death, groups collected to speculate on | FEAR IS SERMON TOPIC. | Dr. Wooding Will Preach at Two| Services. Rev. Henry B. Wooding, pastor of the | Eckington Presbyterian Church, will speak tomorrow at 11 o'clock on “The Bondage of Fear,” and in the evening on “Jesus the Savior.” The Young People’s Soclety will have @ session at 7 o'clock. ART LECTURE AT CHURCH. At the 7 o'clock service tomorrow | night in Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, Jocelyn street and Connecticut avenue, Dr. Earl Hutchins, professor of fine arts at American University, will the possibility of the letter writer \'e-!gh‘e an {illustrated lecture, “Christmas turning the boy when the excitement has calmed. At_Melvin's home his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Horst, turned eyes in Art. At the 11 o'clock service Dr. F. C. Reynolds, pastor, will continue his se- ries of sermons defining Christianity as hollow from two nights of vigil toward | based on incidents in the life of Jesus. ® withered, brown ristmas tree in the corner of the living room. They placed it there, green and adorned, a ear ago. They said it would not be en out until Melvin is found. “LIFE’S FOCUS POINT.” Rev. W. E. La Rue to Give Ser- monet for Children. At Takoma Park Baptist Church, Rev. Willilam E. La Rue will preach to- morrow at 11 am., a sermonet to chil- dren on “Life's Focus Point.” The regular sermon will be by Rev. Wesley Spencer of the Kernahan party pro- moting visitation evangelism. At 6:15 p.m., the Senior B. Y. P. U. will have a buffet supper in the base- ment followed by the regular meeting. At 8 pm. the sermon by the Rev. C. M. ‘Young, formerly rector of Trinity Epis- World Court to Be Discussed. “The World Court in Prophecy” is the topic of Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, dean of theology, Washington Missionary College, tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the Arcadia auditorium, Fourteenth street and Park road. FOR HACKING COUGHS “Woo THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 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