The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
DOUBLE AND TRIPLE
FUNERALS ARRANGED
coxrIN5ED FROM FIRST PAGE

in his fifty-second year. He is survived 1
by his wife, Mrs. Cora King, two sons, !
Allen and Howard and n daughter. Eta. I
all of whom live at hts late residence at |
Kensmgton. Nd. The burial will probably /
take place at 2:30 tomorrow, from the /
Calvary Baptist Church. The choir of /
which Prof. King was the director Will /
render the music.
Double Funeral for Girl Chums.
High mass of requiem viii he said for
the repose of the soul of Miss Corinne NJ.
Bohrer. nineteen years old, and Miss
Rosalie Cross. twenty-one years old. at g
o'clock tomorrow morning. at Holy
Trinity Church. Georgetown.
Rev. Father Cahfll. pastor of Holy
Trinity, will ohiciate at the ceremonies. /
The remains Of Miss Bohrer will be in
TERED in Mount Olivet Cemetery. while
those of Miss Cross will rest In the fam
lily lot at Oak Hill
The arrangements for the double
funeral for the two girl victims OF the
Sunday night wreck were completed last
night, after a conference between the
families Of the deceased. The two young
women from girlhOOd had been chums.
That they should have met such tragic
.
pathetic. IL was holiday trip that took
them 20 Seneca, Md, Christmas eve. TO
visit the mother of one OF the girls.
Miss Cross was one Of the most efficient
telephone operators In Washington.
Preparations are being made by the en-
plOyes Of the telephone companies 70 send
a beautiful floral Offering to the funeral.
To Bury Miss KoIb Tomorrow.
/ The funeral Of Miss Lula V. Kolb OF 50
X street northwest, will be held to-mor-
/ row morning. at Frederick. where the re-
mains viii be taken by her family.
/ Miss Kolb was killed instantly. and her
/ body was crushed almost beyond. recogni-
/ ton. It was taken 10 the morgue, where
/ her effects were examined and the family
notified. Miss Sophie K0Ib. sister Of the
/ dead woman. went TO the morgue and
! identified her sisters body by her hair
and a portion of the skirt which she was
/ wearing
/ Miss KoIb had been spending the day
/ at Frederick, and was on her way home
/ when the accident happened. Her sister
/ and brother had expected to meet her at
/ the train. and when the news Of the
wreck reached the Baltimore and Ohio
depot they waited for nearly an hour
/ hoping she would reach the city un-
/ harmed
When the first relief train pulled into
/ the station they tried to ind her among
the injured passengers, but without sue
cess and they waited FOR the second train
90 come in. but there was such a large
crowd at the station that they went TO
the morgue where they found the body
LInnvyoOd Garrett Is Small Bcy.
II was first reported that Edward L.
Garrett was killed in the wreck. but it
was found that it was a small boy named
Garrett and nephew Of the former. His
full name IS Linnwood Garrett, and he
lived with his father and mother at Han
over. Va. and on Saturday went to Pcoles-
Vile to spend the day with his grand
parents Sunday afternoon he started for
this city with Miss Katherine Hughes.
who was seriously injured in the wreck
and was taken 10 her home. Young Gar
rett was coming to this city 20 spend the
remainder Of his vacation with his uncle
John Garrett. SO O street northwest.
When the news Of the wreck reached
the latter he went TO the mOrEue and
found the body OF the boy. II was in
a terrible state Of Disagreement. and in
his pocket was found a card " o. his
mother had given him so that q, might
find hts way II anything should happen.
In the lads pocket was also "a Sunday
school card and a few little trinkets.
and with these the boys uncle had little
trouble Identifying the body
/ The remains were sent to the undertak-
Ing establishment of Hindie & Bayless.
Fifth and II streets, where they will be
prepared for burial tomorrow afternoon
1 at HerndOn, Va. The boys father
reached the city yesterday morning and
, went 20 the undertakers' and viewed the
remains of his son.
To Bury Mrs. Purman at Arlington.
The body Of Mrs Marietta L. Purman,
/ OF North TakOma. is at the undertaking
establishment Of w. R. Speare $40 +
street northwest, from which the funeral
q Will be held tomorrow at noon. The in
, terment Will be made in Arlington Gene
, terry. Mrs. Purman was the widow Of Col.
Davis Gray Purman, an officer in the Fed
i eral army during the civil war and later
! an examiner IN the Patent Office Serv-
, ices will be held al the First Congrega-
, tonal Church, Rev. Arthur Little. of Peo-
ria, III, officiating. Miss Elizabeth s
, PUrman, her daughter. who was seated
next 90 her mother at the time Of the &C
F cident. and is now at her home. it IS ex-
pected. viii be sufficiently recovered from
injuries received TO attend the funeral
Mrs. Reed Was "A Widow.
Services will be held over the body OF
Mrs. Elizabeth s Reed. thirty-fye years
: old, Of POI \ street southeast, at Speare'
undertaking establishment tomorrow
evening at O'Clock Rev. DIT. W. L. De
vries. Of St. Marks Episcopal Church. vii
, oficiate. on the following day the body
will be shipped TO Washington. Pa. where
linterment will be made. Her daughter
Janet. a child of seven or eight years. who
was also in the wreck, is in Providence
D Hospital.
Mrs. Reed was the widow of Collins
Reed, formerly a clerk in the Department
of Justice.
No Date for Miss BOhrer's Funeral.
The body of Miss Alice Bohrer. forty.
- four years old, of Garrett Park, Md, {
\ sister Of Dr. Owings Bohrer, of that town
: is at the undertaking establishment O
Hindle & Bayliss, Fifth and H streets
northwest Private services will be helC
| at the chapel of the establishment Wed
= nesday, the time and place of intermen
y, not having been selected.
z Mrs. Butts Body Sent Away.
@ The remains Of Mrs Sallie D. Butts
d thirty years old, wife of w. J. Franz
: Butts, of the health department of tn
n District, was yesterday sent TO Middle
town. Md. for iuterment.
t. 4. Kelley Was Engineer.
Thomas a. Kelley, one OF the victims
until about a year ago worked for tn