The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01

friend Of DR.. Belt. who had spent most
Of the night at the mOrgue endeavoring
20 identify the bodies. She had heard Of
the wreck earlier, when here brOther-in-
law. N1cGnl Belt. who heard Of the wreck
at his home in Frederick. telephOned to
her. and told her that her husband and
sons were on the train. Mrs. Belt inn
mediately called on DR. Griffith for adj
vice, and he hurried off 10 the scene OF
the accident At IL O'Clock the frantic
woman received word from Terra Gotta
that q doctor, with two little boys ac-
COmpanying him. had been seen minis
teriBg 10 the dead. For brief hour her
fears were partially allayed, but. at II
o'clock message from the doctor told
her that her loved ones had not yet been
found All through the night she stayed
by the telephone, waiting and praying
and calling on DR.. Griffith for some
word
Boy Found First.
Shortly after o'clock the body of one
Of the boys was discovered. and a mo-
ment later that Of the doctor. It was too
great a task for the doctor to tell the
anxious woman, and his last word 10
her Sunday night. was that all three had
been found and were seriously. but not
fatally hurt. Early yesterday morning Nc
Gill Belt. an elder brother Of the doctor,
arrived in Washington, and was met by
Dr. Griffith at the station. Hurrying 10
the morgue, they identified the last OF
the boys. and with heavy hearts decided
that Mrs Belt must be told at once.
Dr. Griffith entered the room where the
youngest boy was lying and found the
mother PROSTATE on her child's bed, with
/ her arms wrapped around him She heard
I lhe news with wonderful composure, and,
/ kissing her remaining child, left the room.
/ McGW Belt, fighting 10 keep back his
tears. said. Since the time We used TO
/ ride in the same saddle around the
/ grounds Of our old place at Frederick
have had more than a brothers love for
/ him. / am older and always took care Of
him in the old days. and it seems cruel
/ that he has died before me. He was In
/ the finest spirits yesterday. and several
/ times said his only regret was that his
/ wife and the other little fellow were not
with him.
Boys Addiction Saved Him.
IF the little fellow NorveI, who is
I
+ in good health. no doubt both he and Mrs.
Belt would have been among the dead to-
day. Yesterday at my home in Frederick
I weighed each of the boys and wrote
their weight on pieces of paper, which
they put in their pockets, intending tO
show them to their mother. This paper
was my means of identifying Edward. as
there was but little else about him which
could aid ne a Sunday-schooI paper also
was found in the little fellows pocket
and this, too, made me certain that II
was he"
DR.. Belt was forty years of age. II;
was born at the family place. Rock Hill
in Frederick After going through Fred
| erick College he entered Maryland Uni
versity, where he graduated in medicine
He took postgraduate course at Johns
| Hopkins, and soon after became attached
10 the Presbyterian Eye and Ear Hos
pitaI in that city. Moving to Washing
ton, he, with Drs. Wilmer. Fox. and 9th
ers, founded the Episcopal Eye, Ear, am
Throat Hospital in this city. He has beer
at the head of the institution for 81:
years
In addition to his wife and one child
six sisters and two brothers survive DI
Belt They are Mrs. Lottie B. Cham
bers. OF Brunswick, Nd. Mrs ThOma
AIcIlvane. Of Magnolia, Md; Mrs. Ellie
Reich. of Brunswick Nd. Mrs. Lawrenc
A White, of Dickerson, Nd; Miss 5
Virginia Belt and Miss Julia Belt, q
Frederick, Nd; DR.. Alfred VI. Belt q
Baltimore. Nd. and DR.. McGiu Belt, o
Frederick. Md.