The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-05-19
THE M VS.
OF
MARYLAND

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peared from her home here on the
| night Of April 5, and whose body
was found floating in Spa creek near
ly three weeks afterward, died
means other than drowning, wassthe
opinion expressed by DR.. Walton H.
Hopkins, county health officer, be-
! fore the coroners inquest, which was
held before Police Justice John N.
Davis, acting as coroner DR. Hop
kkins performed the autopsy upon the
| body of Mrs. White and also upon
that of her sister, Miss Alice Shores,
with whom she disappeared and whose
body was also found in Spa creek.
He said the marks upon Mrs. Whites
body were of severe nature. and
| further test of the lungs Indicated
/ that she was dead before her body
went into the water, as there was an
absence of water in them The lungs
of Miss Shores showed that she
came to her death by drowning. De-
scribing the bruises upon Mrs.
Whites neck, DIR. Hopkins said there
was one lung bruise on one side of
the neck, with four more pronounced
discolorations, while on the other
side there was one large bruise CUT
ting beneath the skin disclosed clotsN
! of blood in the dark places. The de-
scription would indicate that Mrs.
White was pro badly choked to death.
But in the absence of any testimony
whatever to show that Mrs Whites
death was caused b5 criminal means
i -. \ - Il Il -
quiries that have been made by the
coroner's juries and the investiga-
ton conducted by the grand jury,
the verdicts Of the inquests were to
the effect that Mrs Whites death
was caused by means unknown to the
jury, while that of Miss Shores was
caused by drowning. ~
. Annapolis. Announcement was
made at the Office of Adjutant- Gen
eral Henry M. Warfield, here, of the
receipt and acceptance from the
Maryland National Guard of Major
| Alexis McGlannon, as chief surgeon
of the medical corps and Capt. John
X. Beckenbaugh, of the pay depart
! ment.
| In accordance with the new militia
law, Capt. Thomas S. Janney, of the
ordnance department and assistant
inspector of small arms practice of
| the Fifth Infantry, has been with
| drawn from active service and placed
upon the retired list at his own re-
| quest
4 Captain John de P. Douw, of the
! ordnance department, has been as
| signed to duty as the inspector OF
| small arms practice for the First,
| made vacant by the resignation OF
Captain Janney. 1t was also an
nounced that Captain Douw would
be assigned to act as assistant SUI
perintendent at Saunders Rifle
Range from May % to June IL, from
July 8 to Is and from July % to az.
| Easton. The Baltimore branch Of
the Women's Foreign Missionary So
ciety, of the Wilmington Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church, which
embraces the churches in all the
counties of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland, met in convention here in
Ebenezer Church. The meeting was
presided over by Mrs. Emily H.
Klinefelter, of Chestertown, presi-
dent of the society, with Mrs. N E.
Clark, of Easton, as secretary Ad-
dresses of welcome were delivered
by Rev. T. E. Terry and Miss Mary
Jump and were responded to by Mrs.
Cecil Rice, the treasurer of the So
ciety. The reports of the various s
: ~
the society to be in good financial
condition and doing excellent work.
Annapolis. James r. Bra
shears has just signed peremptory
writ of mandamus directed against
the Board of School Commissioners
for Anne Arundel county, directing
them to name six persons as members
of the board of trustees of the An
napolis public schools, instead of
only three, and this county's school
question is thus again thrown into
the COURTS The wrlt of the court
just issued is the outcome of the old
fight over the meaning of the school
law as it relates to the local schools
and the number of trustees therefor
which cropped out last April and has
been hanging fire ever since.
Cumberland.-Three unknown me-
groes entered the residence of Roy
Richardson. a Baltimore and Ohio
fireman, on Laing avenue extended.
and bound and gagged Earl Richard
son, his 17-year-old brother, who was
alone with the children Richardson
was at work and the women of the
family were at church service.
Young Richardson was tied to a
table The men then ransacked the
house and took what valuables they
could find. When the women re-
trrned from church, an hour later,
they released young Richardson and
oavo tha alarm,