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U. 3. MISSIONARIES BRUTALLY KLLED Cold-Blooded Execution of Stams and Rescue of Baby Daughter Told. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, December 15.—The cold blooded, public execution of two American missionaries by the Chinese bandits who looted Tsingteh was de- scribed in reports received today by the China Inland Mission Station. Details of the fate which befell Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stam, young vic- tims of the outlaws’ brutality, were communicated to the mission head- quarters by Rev. George Birch. Mr. Birch, a Canadian missionary, was one of a group which brought the Stams’ orphaned daughter, 3-month- old Helen Priscilla, to Wuhu after the pillage of Tsingteh. Bodies Found by Chinese. ‘The missionary said the Americans were slain by the bandits, apparently with the object of embarrassing the Chinese government in its relations with the United States. Their bodies, abandoned on a battlefield 15 miles from Tsingteh, were discovered by Chinese, who risked their lives in the search for the family. A Chinese Christian pastor, Mr. Birch related, found Helen, crying and hungry, in a deserted house. Chinese harbored the infant in a rice basket until the long trek to Wuhu began. Chinese mothers nursed the baby, the missionary said, and volunteer nurses cared for her. The infant ar- rived at Wuhu in apparent good health. She beamed brightly from the improvised crib, Cared for at Hospital. Arrang>ments were made to care for her in the Episcopal Foreign Board Hospital at Wuhu. In this same hospital Helen was born last September. The bodies of her parents were placed in coffins purchased by their Chinese friends at Tsingteh. They were ordered sent here for identifi- cation. Meanwhile, government troops hast- ened westward in hot pursuit of the band believed to have perpetrated the outrages. Military leaders suspected a mob of about 1,000 outlaws led by Fan Chin-Ming, who were driven from Kiangsi by Gen. Chiang Kai- Shek's campaign to eradicate ban- ditry. Letters Reveal Persecution. Poignant details of the events which preceded his execution were disclosed in the second of two letters which Stam wrote P. W. Gibbs, director of the mission here. The letter was written the day after the raid from a village a few miles outside Tsingteh. It related that the Stams had been forced by their captors to walk most of the dis- tance between the two towns, carry- ing Helen in their arms. Stam wrote he implored the out- laws to permit his wife and child to return to Tsingteh, promising to sac- rifice his own safety for their sake. The offer was refused. The bandits, Stam’s letter said, took all his family’s personal and household effects and also the mission relief funds which he kept in his home. The previous letter to Gibbs re- lated that Stam and his family were held for a ransom of 20,000 Chinese silver dollars (about $7,000). WOMEN RULE TOWN OAK PARK, Ga. (#)—The women are 100 per cent in charge of this Emanuel County town of 300 persons. The new mayor is Mrs. S. F. You- mans. Council is composed of Mrs. J. J. Powell, Mrs. J. D. Tyson, Miss Ada Thompson. Mrs.' G. C. William- son and Mrs G. C. Corson. They have not announced whether 8 woman will be appointed chief of police. SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Real Estate Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbia for the purpose of electing fifteen trustees of the company for the ensuing year will be held_at ‘the office of the company. 503 E St. N.W.. on Tuesday. January 15. 1935, at 1 o'clock. The polls will be open be- tween the hours of 2 and 3 o'clock p.m. The transfer books will be closed from January 5. 145 to January 15. 1935. bath dates inclusive CHARLES E. MARSH. Secretary. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE annual meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank of Washington. of Washing- ton C.. for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. Will be held at the banking house. Seventh st.. corner of “C” st. and Indiana ave. n.w.. on Tuesday, January &, 1935, at 17 o'clock noon. The polls will' remain_open until 1 o'clock p.m. _J. FRANK WHITE. Cashier. NOT! iE ICE_THE ANNUAL MEETING OF the shareholders of the Second Nationa Bark of Washington. Washington. D. C.. for the election of directors for the ensu- ing vesr. and for the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting. will be held at the bank at 13 o'clock rioon on Tuesday. Janu- ary 8. 1034, Polls will be open between the hours of 12 noon and 2 o'clock p.m. VICTOR B. DEYBER. e President. THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF the shareholders of the Columbia National Bank of Washington, will be held Tue: January §, . at its banking house, Fst.nw ington, D. C.. for the elec- tion’ of directors and ‘such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Polls open {rom 12 nocn until 1 o'clock p.m. _ ROBERT H. LACEY. Cashier. _ THE NATIONAL CAPITOL BANK OF WASHINGTON. D. C. ‘The annual meeting of the stockholders of the National Capital Bank of Washing- . for the election of directors and bank between the hours of 1 and_3 lock m. (Sianea.; H, C. STEWART. Cashier. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Columbia Title Insurance Company of the District of Columbfa, for the purpose of electing ffteen trustees of the company for the ensuing vear. will be held at the office of the company, No. 503 st. n.w. on Monday. 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He arrived early this month from Paris to consult special- ists, but his condition became steadily worse, Funeral services will be held Thurs- day at Rosemont, Pa. burial will be in Philadelphia. Mr. Drexel took an active part in the Drexel banking interests for a number of years, but retired when he inherited a huge fortune from his father, Anthony J. Drexel. He moved to England in 1906 and lived there and in Paris since, al- though he maintained a house at Byrn Mawr, Pa. He was known abroad for his palatial yachts and lavish entertaining. He was an intimate of royalty, including King Edward VII, whom he entertained at his town house in Grosvenor Square, London. He was married in 1886 to Miss Margarita Armstrong of Baltimore. She obtained a divorce in England in 1917. Surviving are four children, An- thony J. Drexel, jr., of Biarritz and Nassau, the Bahamas; the Countess bf Winchelsea and Nottingham, the former Margaretta Drexel; and John Armstrong Drexel and Louis C. N. Drexel, both of London. MRS. T. P. M’ALISTER FUNERAL TOMORROW First White Woman to Penetrate Lands of Philippine Headhunt- ers Died Here Thursday. Funeral services for Mrs. Theodosia Purman McAlister, wife of Lieut. Col. John A. McAlister, U. S. A., will be held in the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints tomorrow at 2 p.m. Burial will be private. Mrs. McAlister, the first white woman ever to penetrate the lands of the Philippine headhunters in North- ern Luzon, died Thursday at her home, 110 Holly street, Takoma Park, Md., after a long illness. Besides her husband, Mrs. McAlis- ter is survived by a daughter, Mrs. James T. Hardin, wife of Lieut. Hardin, U. S. N, now stationed in Panama. WALTER B. DAVIS, 72, SILVER SPRING, DIES Native of Virginia Had Lived for 19 Years in Maryland Community. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., December 15.—Funeral services for Walter B. Davis, 72, who died yesterday at Georgetown Hospital following & month’s illness, will be held from his residence at 8626 Colesville road Mon- day morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Charles O. Rosensteel, pastor of St. John’s Catholic Church, Forest Glen, will officiate and burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Davis, a native of Richmond, Va., spent the greater part of his life in Washington. He and his wife had made their home here for 19 years, His widow, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Davis, is the only survivor, W’ADOO RECOVERING FROM INDIGESTION < Senator, at First Thought to Have Suffered Attack of Appen- dicitis, Soon to Leave Hospital. By the Associated Press. MANILA, December 15.—Senator William Gibbs McAdoo, Democrat, of California, who became ill Thursday while on an inspection trip to the Southern Philippines, will be out of the hospital in a day or two, it was reported today. Examination showed the Senator was suffering from an attack of indi- gestion, rather than appendicitis, as had been feared. Thief Operates on Doctors. OKLAHOMA CITY, December 15 (#).—Three doctors and a thief oper- nm simultaneously at General Hos- i \ While the surgeons were busy on & patient, a pickpocket extracted $64 from their street clothes, hung in an adjoining room. Bank Refuses Bees. AUGUSTA, Ga. (#).—A Richmond County citizen proposed to pay his county taxes with a swarm of honey bees. Collector Charles S. Bohler agreed to accept the bees if a local bank would place them on deposit. That ended the negotiations. ] f BELL ‘BREAKDOWN TOLDBY PARTNER Says Accused “Acted Like | Crazy Man” in Row 1 Over Stock. (Continued From First Page.) organizations. Bell had been active in charity drives for the Salvation Army here. In the last two years, however, Bell's personality showed a decided change, according to John F. Goldman, & lead- ing banker, who has known the de- fendant for the last 35 years. Goldman said Bell underwent an operation three years ago and had | never been quite the same since, either | in his manner or his handling of | business affairs. “Now he's a serious man,” Goldman said. “He never jokes. He has seemed | intensely worried as if under some | strong pressure.” Goldman revealed that Bell h: been required within the last 30 days to put up collateral on a $6,000 note which the bank had held on his per- sonal signature for the last three years. State Rests Case. The prosecution rested In the case late yesterday shortly after presenting its key witness, Mrs. Ella McMullin, 35, of Richmond, Va. In a brief ap- | pearance on the stand, Mrs. McMullin admitted she knew Bell and had re- ceived money from him. The prosecution earlier had pre- sented evidence to show Bell paid $705 on a car purchased by Mrs. McMullin in 1932, and that the woman charged $50 worth of clothing and merchandise at a Richmond dry goods store, having the bill sent to Bell. A “confession” letter from Mrs. McMullin to Bell also had been described in the court. After Mrs. McMullin testified, the Bell family physician, Dr. John E. Cole, took the stand. He said Mrs, Bell, who is 58 years old, became seri- ously ill last February. Previously, he said, she had been a comparatively active woman, whose absorbing in- terest was her children, although she found time to participate in Baptist Church affairs and do a little work in her flower garden. Iliness Purzled Doctor. Mrs. Bell’s illness was in the nature of a nervous shock. Puzzled, Dr. Cole called in other physicians for a con- sultation, but they could not locate the source of the trouble, he said. Nurses in attendance on Mrs. Bell said Bell at this time was troubled by “expenses.” He constantly com- plained of the mounting costs of the household and left slips of paper about on which he had written figures in an apparent effort to balance the budget, it was testified. Time after time Dr. Cole pleaded with Bell to send his wife to the hos- pital. Always, he said, he received the same reply—“We can't afford it.” Mrs. Bell's condition was becoming chronic. Se did not respond to treat- ment, and Dr. Cole could not diagnose her case, although he was in frequent attendance upon the woman. It was about this time, in the Spring, that « colored maid noticed Bell sprinkling powder on foods intended for the in- valid, Dr. Cole said. Food Burned Her. Mrs. Bell only took a few mouthfuls of chicken, grapefruit and salad be- lieved by the prosecution to have been contaminated. The foods burned her and she would have none of them, it has been testified. The colored maid testified she was afraid to reveal her observations to any one in the house- hold. The two registered nurses, Miss Hill and Mrs. Viola Jones, had been called in, but they did not become sus- picious for several months. It was in September before they began to watch Bell and search for poison while care- fully guarding the patient’s food from contamination. They communicated their suspicions to Dr. Cole, who told them to set “trap bottles” for the sus- pect. These bottles were contaminated, the nurses said. The doctor and two nurses were proceeding with caution. The situa- tion held too many distressing possi- bilities for hasty acton. Dr. Cole had been a friend of Bell for years and had a keen affection for him. On the other hand, he was fond of Mrs. Bell, wishing to protect her in every way. Through many a sleepless hour, as he tossed in bed, Dr. Cole wrestled with the problem. Should he de- nounce Bell to the authorities? Should he warn the patient of the danger he believed to be hovering over her? Such a shock might prove fatal to the sick woman. Nurses Tell of Cache. MRS. LEO A. BORAH EXPIRES IN KITCHEN Husband and Son Find Gas Jets Open in Stove on Re- turn Home. Mrs. Juanita Borah, 32, wife of Leo A. Borah, associate editor of the National Geographic Magazine, was found dead in the gas-filled kitchen of her home at 1415 Whittier street last evening by her hnucband and son, Leo A, jr. A certificate of suicide was issued by Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald. Mr. Borah and his son returned from downtown about 8 o'clcck, they told police, and, on entering the house, immediately hurried to the kitchen, where they could smell gas. They said they found Mrs. Borah seated in a chair with all the jets on the kitchen stove opencd. Fire Rescue Squad experts and Emergency Hospital internes re- sponded to a call for reviving ap- paratus, but Mrs. Borah already was dead. Dr. Howard H. Howlett, the family physician, when called to make an examination, said he had attended Mrs. Borah personally for nervous disorders frequently during recent months. A native of Spokane, Wash., where she lived for many years, Mrs. Borah was graduated from the Jniversity of Washington and later became an £s- sistant professor of classical languages there. not know what would happen, but expected Bell's arrest when he went downtown. As a matter of fact, Bell was ar- rested but permitted to make $5,000 bond. As he returned home, the nurses saw by his face he knew he had been exposed. One of them de- clared she spent the most anxious night of her life that night in the Bell household. She said they were wailting for Bell to tell his wife he stood publicly accused of attempting to poison her. Ordered Out by Court. Soon, however, Bell was ordered by the court not to live in the same house with his wife. He was per- mitted however, to take her automo- bile riding when accompanied by the nurse. Four additional witnesses have been summoned by the prosecution and one by the defense. The latter is J. E. Tigley of Stafford Oounty, near here, & painter. Prosecution witnesses are Mrs. Mc- Mullin’s former husband, Walter Mc- Mullin, a Richmond printer; G. L. Williams, Richmond merchant; Leon- ard K. Baker of the John Marshall Hotel, at Richmond, and Walter D. Stuart, jr., Richmond hardware dealer. RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. followed g-IE.N-t'Y-flm - WALTER J. BUZBY, INC. < | [ Woman and Doctor Key Witnesses at Bell Trial Upper left: Mrs. Ella C. Mc- Mullin of Richmond, who told the court she had received gifts of money from Edward C. Bell, Fred- ericksburg civic leader, on trial charged with attempting to poison his_wife. Upper right: Bell shown talking to Commonwealth’s Attorney W. B. Cole, during a recess in the trial. _ Cole is not presecuting this case, but has appeared as a witness for the Commonwealth. Lower: Dr. John E. Cole, the the Bell family physician for 19 years, who testified that Mrs. Bell had shown arsenic poisoning symp- toms for almost a year. —Star Staff Photos. PRECEDENT SEEN IN NUMBERS CASE APPEAL REJECTION (Continued From First Page.) the delays in Police Court cases go- ing to the Court of Appeals. Under & recent ruling, the Court of Appeals has decreed that a bill of exceptions must be settled within 10 days after the judgment, unless the Police Court judge grants an extension of another 10 days. The judge of Police Court is permitted only two such extensions. Any other grant of time must come from the Court of Appeals itself upon written application. Gives U. S. Weapon. ‘Thus, the case of the United States vs. Bowen, Brewer, and Allen gives the United States Attorney’s office & stronger weapon in fighting the num- bers game, in one phase of its exist- ence, and fewer court delays are ex- pected hereafter. With almost a year of freedom be- hind them, after their trial and con- | viction, the three aforementioned de- fendants appeared in Police Court yesterday and surrendered themselves for imprisonment. They must serve the 60 days imposed by Judge Given. In the bill of exceptions which at- tempted to block this procedure, at- torneys for the defense set out, among other things, the subjoined claims: 1.—The court erred in taking judi- cial notice of the game called “Num- bers”; 2.—The court erred in taking judi- cial notice of the way in which the game called “Numbers” is played: Error in Evidence Ruling. 3.—The court erred in ruling there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury that a gaming table was set up on the premises. 4.—The court erred in ruling there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury that the public might resort to the premises to bid or wager. In December of last year, police offi- cers visited the Ridge street residence where the three men were said to be engaged in “writing numbers.” The" officers placed two bets—with marked money. This was considered evidence. Prosecuting attorney in the case was Roger Robb, assistant to Leslie C. Gar- nett, who for some time has been try- ings to break up the numbers game. Mr. Robb said today: “I am glad to know the Court of Appeals has sus- tained us.” In the past, according to attorneys in the District Attorney’s office, it has been almost impossible to secure convictions in cases involving the numbers game, especially in trials by jury. Several isolated cases, where convictions were obtained, are re- corded, Precedent Obtained. In securing the decision handed down by the Court of Appeals in the case of the United States vs. Bowen, Brewer and Allen, the district at- torney’s office has what many believe to be “the necessary precedent upon which to establish future convictions.” Prom now on, the lawyers agree, it should be easy to get convictions in the numbers game when the cases are tried under that section of the District of Columbia code which relates di- rectly to “setting up a gaming table.” There still remains, however, the problem of convicting numbers gamblers arrested on the street and charged with “possession of numbers slips.” Corporation Counsel Prettyman is prepared to present amendments to the District of Columbia code when Congress convenes next month—in the hope of further strengthening the law. Medic Group to Meet. The George Washington University Medical Society will meet tonight at the Medical School at 8 o'clock to hear a series of 18 case reports from 18 past presidents of the society. Christmas FUNERAL TODAY FOR J. E WILKIE Former Head of U. S. Secret Service Became Public Utilities Magnate. Funeral services today for John E. Wilkie, former chief of the United States Secret Service, recalled many of the spectacular exploits of the man who directed the Government's agents from 1898 to 1913. Mr. Wilkle, 74, died in Chicago Thursday and the funeral was to be held there today. Prior to his career as secret service director, he served as city editor of the Chicago Tribune and later became a public utilities magnate there. Mr. Wilkle’s most brilliant achieve- ments as head of the Secret Service were checkmating Spanish spies dur- ing the Spanish-American War and the smashing of a $100,000,000 coun- terfeiting ring in Philadelphia. He broke up the latter by opening an engraving office in the Quaker City. Advertising for expert engravers, he soon found the one who had made the plates for the counterfeiting gang, and through him sent 13 persons to prison. Story of Spanish Spies. One story of Spanish spies, at least, comes down to us. The Spanish agent in Toronto, a Senor Carranza, for- merly naval attache in Washington, was closeted in his quarters for an hour and a half the morning of May 6, 1898, with a black eyed, dark faced young man whom the American secret agent had never seen before. He heard enough of their conversation through the walls to Jearn that the newcomer had been ‘engaged as a special agent of the Spanish govern- ment. After the ipterview, the young man boarded a train for Washington. Formerly a British subject, he had been naturalized and for a time served on the cruiser Brooklyn, but had lost his place. He was willing to sell any information he could get. Agents picked up his trail when he alighted at the Washington terminal, followed him to his boarding house on E street, saw him enter the Navy Department, where he remained for two hours. Then he returned conven- | tionally enough to his boarding house. Not long after he again emerged, making his way to the Post Office. As he dropped his letter in the slot, the deft hand of an operative snatched it quickly out. Taken to Mr. Wilkie, it proved to contain important naval | information. The young man was | arrested at 11 that night, and hanged himself in prison two days afterward, | Most Satisfying Achievement, In 1911, when a reporter asked Mr. Wilkie his most satisfying achieve- ment, the former newshawk replied | immediately: “My happiest achievement was the introduction of the one-day-off-a-week system among the reporters of the Chicago Tribune when I was city editor.” Born in Elgin, I, April 27, 1860, he was the son of a noted newspaper man, Frank B. Wilkie. He began on| the Tribune in 1877 and was twice sent abroad as its representative. He was chosen chief of the Secret Service by Frank A. Vanderlip, then Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, whom Secretary Gage had told to en- list a gentleman, a diplomatist with executive ability, a man who can be at home with prince or pauper, of perfect honesty and, above all, a man of perseverance. Mr. Wilkie accepted the surprising offer after a week of deliberation. His widow, Mrs. Jane Ormsbee Wilkie; & daughter, Mrs. Ira J. Owen, and a | son, Donald W. Wilkie of Los Angeles, who has just published & book, en- }t‘itled “Secret Service Agent,” survive im, ANDERSON FUNERAL TO BE HELD TONIGHT | Body of Liquor Warehouse Fore- | man Will Be Sent to West Virginia. Special Dispatch to The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md., December | 15.—Funeral services for Benjamin F. Anderson, 29, who shot and fatally | wounded himself in his apartment here | Thursday night, will be held this eve- ning at 8 o'clock at the Warner E. Pumphrey funeral home. Rev. James | 8. Cox, rector of the Church of Ascen- sion, will officiate and interment will take place at Wardensville, W. Va. Anderson, who is survived by his widow, Marie Ready Anderson, was | employed as foreman at the ware- house of the Montgomery County | Liquor Dispensary. —_— LINER BREAKS RECORD Cuts Panama-San Diego Time by Nearly Four Hours. SAN DIEGO, Calif, December 15 (#)—The Panama Pacific liner Penn- | sylvania arrived here yesterday from | Panama, making the trip in 6 days 7 hours and 19 minutes. This was 3 hours and 5C minutes better than any other liner ever logged, marine g Turn your old trinkets, jewelry and watches into MONEY at A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. | 42 YEARS at 935 F STREET Memorial Wreaths at a very special price Made up of m‘$35‘-—9 nolia leaves, cluster of pine cones, thistles, poppy pods, red ruscus, and ar- ranged on palm leaves and filled 1407 H St. N.W. Nat’l 4905 with statice and JOHN E. WILKIE. TROLLEY POLES REMOVAL SOUGHT Citizens Ask Wire Appara- tus Be Removed From Georgia Avenue. Removal of the center trolley poles on Georgia avenue from the car barn to the District line will be requested | of the Public Utilities Commission by the Brightwood Citizens' Association, & resolution Yo this effect having been adopted last night. A tribute was paid by A. Y. Casa- nova to William McK. Clayton, Public Utilities Committee chairman of the group, for his efforts in securing a reduction in telephone rates. The association also went on record as reaffirming its previous action fa- voring double-tracking of car tracks on Kennedy street from Third street to Georgia avenue, installation of a curve at Georgia avenue and Kennedy street for the purpose of switching a portion of the Takoma Park cars via Georgia avenue, and continuation of the present single-track line on Ken- nedy street west from Georgia avenue to Fourteenth street. In this con- nection the association voted to re- quest the utilities commission to have a check made of the number of pas- sengers transferring at this point go- ing south and those remaining on the cars westbound. Charles W. Ray, president, ap- pointed Prof. L. J. Cantrall, chair- man, Dr. W. B. Bell and John Clagett Proctor, a special committee to in- vestigate recreational facilities in the Brightwood section. Favors New “Loop.” C. E. Bogardus, secretary, presented a resolution favoring the construc- tion of a loop at Fourth and Butter- nut streets and Georgia and Alaska avenues in order to accommodate the new cars of the Capital Transit Co., which can only be operated where loops are provided. Capt. Joseph Morgan, commander of the sixth precinct police station, addressed the meeting on police pro- tection and announced that three new scout cars were installed in ser- vice a few days ago for the suburban section. A. J. Driscoll appealed for food, clothing and toys, asking the contri- butions be left at the police and fire houses to be distributed to the needy at a later date. Outlines Aviation Plans. Clarence A. Miller, chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Washirg- ton Board of Trade, outlined in detail the aviation situation here. lie pre- sented the plans as approved by the Board of Trade committee favoring the Gravelly Point as the logical site for a municipal airport and told of methods by which an airport at Grav- elly Point could be constructed with- out saddling the entire cost on Dis- trict taxpayers. A3 105S OF §530,000 THOUGHT ACCIDENT | Police Seek Trace of Notes That Vanished From Bank Cage in New York. | By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, December 15.—Con- | vinced that the strange disappearance | of $590,000 in United States Treasury notes from a teller’s cage of the United | States Trust Co. was an accident and not a theft, police today continued their search. They held one hopeful clue to the | mystery. Several outgoing packets of securities were dispatched at the time, Thursday, that two messengers de- | livered the notes from the First Boston rp. The police today will trace those deliveries in the hope the notes were placed in the wrong envelopes by accident. Suspicion of theft was defifinitely dismissed by the police, who pointed out the thief would have considerable difficulty disposing of the notes, five of which were of $100,000 designation. | Officials of the trust company held | no suspicion that there had been an ¢ “inside job.” All the employes in the cage were of long service. They are remaining at their jobs. An “outside job” theory also was disposed of after examination of the wicket for fingerprints and question- ing of persons in the lobby at the time W. A. WITHERS DIES Prominent Berryville Man Wq: Native of Maryland. Special Dispatch to The Star. BERRYVILLE, Va., December 15 Funeral services were held yesterday |for Walter A. Withers, prominent farmer and business man, who died at his home, north of Berryville, Wed- nesday, following paralysis. Mr. Withers was a native of Cum- | berland, Md., having been born there in 1870. He came to Clarke County when a young man and married Miss Alice Young, who survives with two children, Holmes Withers of Rich- mond and Robert Lee Withers of Ber- ryville. Open Tonight | | 1314 F Street N.W. Bededodododobododdt bbbt e ANNOUNCEMENT! CALLAN MOTORS, INC. FRANKLIN—REO Now Located at 1733 Fourteenth Street N.W. 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