The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-10
Times Locates Broker
In Sanitarium Near
Baltimore.
Holders Of Martin
Notes Now BeSieg-
ing Receivers.

The search for securities that viii
wipe out the Indebtedness OF the in
solvent firm Of Martin Brothers. real
estate brokers. at 1925 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, had led through a
cemetery and among dead mems bones.
Unsuccessful in attempting to locate
the securities which Mrs. Thomas P.
Martin believes her husband. one Of the
nrm. has secreted somewhere. the re-
ceivers for the firm. Joseph D. Sulli-
van and Guy il. johnson. decided yes
terday afternoon 10 investigate the
theory that Thomas r. Martin had hid
den the valuable documents in the dark
recesses OF vault in Congressional
Gems terry.
Their search was fruitIess-
Times Locates 7. r. Martin.
Another development OF the case to-
day Is that The Washington Times To-
Gated Thomas r. Martin at the At
Hope Sanitarium near Baltimore. Nd Il
was stated at the sanitarium that. al
though Mr. Martin is not In bed, his
condition has not improved, either physl-
csliy or IN a mental way, since ne was
taken there by members OF his family
a short tine before the receivers for
the firm were appointed
Seen Near WatteTson Vault.
wor1 came to the receivers that with
in the last three weeks Thomas r,
Martin, the brother who is alleged -
be responsible for much Of the con-
fusion in the firms accounts ard for
much of its indebtedness. had been seen
several times at or near the old Waiter
son vault, the vault belonging 10 the
family for whose $4,000 estate Thomas
r Martin was executor It is also this
estate which Thomas r. Martin. accord
ing to the present showing of the rec
Ords OF the FIRMS offices, has looted Of
81, coo
Ii was suggested that Mr.. Martin had
taken the securities for the Watters0u
estate from his safe deposit box at the
Washington Loan and Trust Company,
and had secreted them IN the cemetery
1t was argued that, In his perturbed
frame Of mind, he might have preferred
the vaults OF the dead 20 the strOag
boxes OF the living as a hiding place.
Yesterday afternoon, therefore, Guy
H. Johnson one Of the receivers ae-
cOmpanied by several other men, Wc1r
to Congressional Cemetery. So long
had the vault been closed that consider
able difficulty was experienced IN open
ing It. Entrance was finally obtained
and the group entered the dank home
OF the dead, although they were al
ready convinced that their quest would
be Of no avail
In the light from sputtering lantern
one of the party noticed that one Of the
fiagstones in the floor OF the vault
showed signs Of having been recently
| tampered with The party raised the
fiagstone-and found nothing.
Gloomy Figure Haun Cemetery.
The vault. after careful search by
Mr.. Johnson, was reclosed.
Those who have been told the story
/ OF the solitary. gloomy figure haunting
/ the burial place of those who had left
property which was to have been
guarded as his life By him. are Won
/ dering what led Thomas r Martin TO
/ the cemetery. 1t is one of the m3st
mysterious chapters in one of the most
unusual histories of local financial life.
So far the receivers have heard moth
! ing from any bank or trust company in
dicating that Thomas II. Martin, who IS
now i'll at Mt. Hope, has any safe de-
/ posit box other than the empty one
which was found in the vaults Of jhe
Washington Loan and Trust Company.
The receivers are Kept busy pretty
much ali day answering qseries from
1 people holding Thomas r. Martin s
J notes or notes Of the firm. So far they
have determined one thing above all
lOthers-that the accounts are still hope
lessly entangled and confused, and that
il will be some time before an exact
statement Of the affairs Of the firm can
be made.
| Chief Justice CIabaugh. OF the Dis
trfct Supreme Court. has signed an
order that the receivers for the firm
pay over to the owners certain rents
as agent. This money which the receiV-
ers are tc pay over was collected be-
tween April I and the day the receiv-
ers were appointed.