Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Ganley's Horse in Yard.


coal oil. The door seemed to be fas-
tened.
Ganley's Horse in Yard.
She succeeded in getting out In the
yard she found horse said to belong to
Ganley.
Ganley had trouble with Doy here last
night. and is said to have threatened to
get even with a torch" He was found
in cider mill and was brought before
Justice c. H. Grimes. who committed
him to jail for a hearing here next Tues
day. when State Attorney Bowie F..
Waters will be present.
Indignation ran high this morning
There have been several cases of incen-
diarism in this vicinity recently. For a
time 1t looked as II Ganley would be
roughly handled.
He is now in Jail at Rockville. The
penalty for arson in this state Is death.
Recent Incendiary Fires.
Several days ago an attempt was made
to burn the property of Mrs. Sarah
kingsbury. Fire had been set to straw
rick within a hundred feet Of the house.
which was saved only by the prompt ef
forts of volunteer force Of citizens.
Some months ago the big livery stable
and barn of B. r. Hicks was burned and
two horses were killed. An attempt was
Richard Lamar.
Three or More Incinerated.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, December 25.-
Michael Malone. Michael McGraw and
Fred Malone were burned to death early
this morning. near Harrison. w. Va. In
Mineral county. about fifty miles south
west OF Cumberland. on the Western
Maryland railroad.
The men lived at the boarding house
Of J. O'Brien. at Oakmint. near mine
No. Il. OF the Davis Coal and Coke
Company. although the men were miners
in the employ Of the Abrams Creek
Coal and Coke Company, in the same
neighborhood, on the Elk Garden branch
Of the Western Maryland railroad.
Patrick Malone and Frederick Dugan,
who also boarded at the O'Brien house.
are missing.
Officers are working on clue that
the house was fired after Christmas
orgie by a man who had been elected
and who then threatened to burn the
stroyed. and those who escaped were
In their night clothes.
A search is being made in the ruins for
the missing men.
Bank President Is Suicide.
WINTERSET, Iowa, December 25.-J
H. Winterode. president of the Citizens
National Bank. committed suicide today
by shooting himself through the right
temple. Ill health is said to be the cause
The janitor and bookkeeper left Mr.
Winterode at the bank about noon Hall
an hour later w. j. Cornell, the cashier,
president sitting at his desk with bull
let hole through his head.
He was a native of Pennsylvania, and
Is survived by a wife and three children
Man and Woman Asphyxiated.
BOSTON. December 25-Whether Eric
Hanson and Terspen Flyg. whose bodies
! were found today in lodging house in
the Dorchester district. were accidentally
| asphyxiated or committed suicide the po-
lice have not determined.
The gas jets in the room were open
| Hanson was twenty-five and Miss Flyg
twenty-five years old.
Kills Wife and Himself.
NEW ORLEANS, December 25.-Be-
| cause his wife had expressed a desire to
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| mas James B. Blakely, railroad fore
man. shot and killed her and himself at
| their home In Algters today.
The four -year-Old son of the couple
called neighbors to the house, told them
| of the fatal quarrel and showed his par
ents lying dead on the floor.
Woman and Rescuer Killed.
! CAMDEN. N. J.. December 25.-White
Christmas brought death and sorrow to
two families at Malaga. near Vine.and,
N j.. this afternoon, when Mrs. Mary
Price, seventy years old. was instantly
killed by a train. and William Hagerman.
aged twenty Eight years, in an heroic at
tempt to save her life. received injuries
from which he died several hours later.
Mrs. Price was standing on the snow
covered platform Of the railroad station
| at Malaga, waiting for a train. when she
slipped and fell on the tracks just the
train was pulling up at the station. With
out hesitation Hagerman jumped to res
cue her.
| Before he could drag here from dan
| ger both were struck by the locomotive.
/ Mrs. Price was dead when picked up.
| Examination of Hagerman showed he
had sustained fatal injuries.
/ Those who witnessed the accident de-
| clare that Hagerman had no chance to
i save the aged woman's life.