The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
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Annapolis, ENTHUSIASTICALLY disap-
peared from he. home here on the
night or April and whose body
was found fioatin in Spa creek near
ly three weeks fterward. died by
means other thandrowning, was the
opinion expressedby DR.. Walton H.
Hopkins, county ealth officer, be-
fore the coroner's iquest which was
held before PolicelJustice John n.
Davis, acting as copner. DR.. Hop
kins performed the autopsy upon the
body of Mrs. White and also upon
that of her sister, Mis- Alice Shores,
with whom she disappeared and whose
body was also foundAn Spa creek.
He said the marks upon Mrs Whites
body were of a. 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, DR.. 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 clots
of blood in the dark places. The de-
scription would indicate that Mrs
White was probably choked to death
But in the absence of any testimony
whatever to show that Mrs. Whites
death was caused by criminal means
and because of the exhaustive in
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 NJ 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.
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 su-
perintendent at Saunders Rife
Range from May % to June IL, from
July 9 to 13 and from July % to 81.
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. ~ 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
committees were read and showed
the society to be in a good financial
condition and doing excellent work
napolis.-Judge James R. Bra
shears has just signed a 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 wriC 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.-Thre unknown ne
groes entered the residence of Roy
Richardson, 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-
turned from church, an hour later,
they released young Richardson and
gave the alarm So
Annapolis. Efforts to locate Will
bur S. Simmons, a collector for the
Home Friendly Insurance Society al
Annapolis, who suddenly disappeared
from his home at Eastport, have
proved unavailing. Without init
mating his intention of leaving town,
Simmons left his wife, who only a