Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1930, Page 11

Prfi{mvngm' 'Clubman Posted fier_« to Undertaker Friend wBefore” Shooting. Self. Asgocihted, Press. IT, November 13—Bart H. Manning, prominent Detroit clubman and financier, 0. shot. himself early ‘. b dled last nllht at Cottage . Grosse Polnte. ag 47 years old. B reversés were sald to ac- .. He. was reputed to n the stock mar- et. Manning posted a special delivery jetter Tuesday night to Edgar C. Mar- hall, a close friend, who is an under- er. In that letter Manning an- founced his intention of taking his life | r-m told where his body might be ound. Immediately upon receipt of the let~ ter, Marshall called the police at Grosse Pointe Parms and Lochmoor, suburbs of Detroit, then led them to the spot desig- nated by Manning in his letter. Manning was found there, a bullet wound near his heart. Mumxn; came_to, ‘Detroit when 17 oldfrom Thamesville, Ontario. ame associated with the Unfon Trust Co as a junior clerk. Unusual keenness in judging real estate values accounted largely for his rapld rise and when in his early thirties he was made vice president of the com- p.ny Subsequently he became a di- He Tesigned in January of this year to engage in real estate financing and appraisals, Two months ago Manning and his wife were made defendants in a suit asking judgment on a note for $350,000 and foreclosure of the Man- ning Manor Apartments, an exclusive apartment house he owned on Grand Manuing is survived by his widow and an ve two chitiren. DISTILLERY LOCATED AT BOTTOM OF WELL Secret Chamber Entrance Only Through Trapdoor—Plant Is Well Equipped. By the Assoclated-Press. TLANT Ga., November 13.—Fed- 3 mflhiflo‘n agents said yesterday they found a liquor distillery in & ! subterranean reom that could be en- tered only t.hrouxh n trapdoor at the ' bottom of a dry w ‘They said the disthllng chamber was uipped with electric lights and a % connected the distillery with a eh.l.nnq in a farm house above. In this manner an outlet for smoke was afforded in a manner to avoid sus- llgm‘ agents did not «isclose their manner of discovery, which was in Clayton County, Ga. MARY GARDEN TO TOUR CORSICA ON MULE BACK -Opera Star Buys Home on Island and wm Become El'plonr ‘After Engagements. By the Associated Press. f' LOS ANGELES, November 13.— Translation from ‘the rtole of opera to that of explorer astride a coniun mnle h the professed ambition $ m met.l.mm‘phods will occur at the conclusion of her present operatic con- tracts extending for two years, informed frien Served as Waitress NINA GABRILOWITSCH, Granddaughter - of Mark Twain and daughter of the director of the Detreit Symphony Orchestra, who was one of the waitresses at the Golden Rule din- ner, given by the Golden Rule Founda- tion in New York City. She is a student in Barnard College and is one of 75 who volunteered to “do her bit” in the great charity function. Copyright by Bachrach from Associated Press. MAN RETURNS TO KILL SELF BESIDE WOMAN Had Fled After She Was Shot Nine Times—Jealousy Blamed in Tragedy. By the Assoclated Press. ‘WHEELING, W. Va,, November 13.— Returning to the spot where & few min- utes before he had shot a woman {3 death; Lee Grimm, 40, hardware sales- man, akul to his knees beside her body and sent & bullet erumu through his brain here h-lt night. Infatuation and jealousy bred by lis- tening to her telephone conversations, caused the medy‘ investigators be- lieved. A wln-unmnl outfit was found in the man’s pocket. Grimm, who leaves a widow and three children, had been paying attentions to Mrs. Ella B. Downing, a widow, police said they learned. He visited the Down- ing home last evening and a quarrel en- sued. Neighbors heard shots. They saw Mrs. Downing stagger into her back yard, then fall. She was wounded nine times. A short time later, police were told, Grimm, who fled after the shooting, returned. “I shot this woman—now I am going to kill myself,” Grimm is sald to have exclaimed, as he fell on his knees, ‘ Be- fore bystanders could wrest the gun from:him, Grimm shot himself. T. D. C. 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Delieved. fo" be from Gataey. 8. 0 Dermslt and fusisted uhe giri had come 5 pl to her death from the four- m!l!‘imnl-mn S Ty Mrs. E. B. Davis Dead. Teenth floor of & "hotel hee late herif that her life Tad been threats | YINCHBURG, V. November 13 g SO0 ened and she was afraid escape. (Special) —Mrs. Eliza B. Davis, 85|signed “M. The sheriff said he was informed |years oid, widow of Thomas N. Davis, | sbparently were % for many years city collector here, died herself as in Gll;lmy Pl come home.' Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at her home, 315 H‘rfllom. n street. TS British _ Columblia, nma Renahan and two com By the Associated Press. ROBINSON, Ill, November 13.—The of & woman who posed as & man lo'?rynlne munflll while working on & in and when un- Mu:tnd e daughter of her By the Associated Press. 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