Evening star., 1912-11-10
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
John D. KnadIer Charged With
Causing Fathers Death.
ELECT PRESIDENT FOR LIFE
Miss Sallie Stuart Honored by vir-
ginia Church Women.
RELIC OF JOHN BROWN DAYS
Capt. Julius c. Holmes of Charles
town Possesses Key to His
Cell in Prison.
ELECT PRESIDENT FOR LIFE
RELIC OF JOHN BROWN DAYS
Special Correspondence of The Star.

WINCHESTER, Va, November q, 1912.
John D. Knadler, young farmer of
Berkeley county, W. Va, is in jail at
Martinsburg, having been held respon-
sihle for the death of his father, Murnan
Murphy Knadler, manager of j. w.
Stewards large estate in that county, this
week. Young knadler says lie found the
body. of his father lying across a water
ing trough on the farm about dawn. A
number of witnesses who testified at the
coroner's inquest declared they accused
young Knadler of shooting his father,
and that the son had made no denial OF
it. 1t has been reported for several days
that Knadler made confession to the
sheriff in Jail. but the latter stated that
the young man had not done so. He Is
said to have admitted however that he
and his father came to blows the even
ing before the dead body of the parent
was found lying across the watering
trough.
The annual convention of the Virginia
branch of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the dio-
of Virginia was held this week in
Christ Church of Winchester, and was
attended by upward of 100 delegates and
visitors. Reports of various officers ana
the offerings received during the meet
contributed during the year. Miss Sallie
Stuart of Alexandria, who has been pres
ident for the past twenty-five years, was
elected president for life, and all other
officers were reelected. For the first
time the society decided to elect a vice
president, and Miss Lou Davis of Lees
burg was elected on the first ballot. Dele
gates and alternates were elected to the
triennial convention to- be held In New
York in October 1913.
c. J.. Nixon, a resident of Capon Bridge,
Hampshire county, w. Va, figured in
runaway accident several days ago which
nearly cost him his life, and although he
is now thought to be out of danger, he
with several fractured ribs and numerous
cuts and bruises. He was rendered un-
conscious after being thrown from his
buggy and as he was pitched out of the
he could not be seen. He lay for six or
seven hours in a rainstorm before MEM
bers of a searching party found him.
Albert Lovett of the same community
figured in a similar accident about the
same time, when his horse ran off, throw
ing him out and infiictng injuries which
have confined him to his bed ever since.
Rev. Robert C. Jett of Staunton has
been offered the position of archdeacon of
the colored work of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church in the diocese of Virginia
to succeed the late Rev. DR.. John Mon
cure. who was drowned recently while
fishing in boat in a creek near Fred
ericksburg Rev Mr.. Jett has the mat
ter under consideration, and 1t Is ex-
pected he will arrive at some conclusion
at an early date.
Erects New Station.
The Southern Railway Company this
week completed the erection of a new
station at Linville, near Harrisonburg,
and it is expected that work will be
started within short time on a new
and modern station at Mount Jackson
1t is said to be the intention of the COM
pany to build other new passenger sta
tions on its line between Washington and
Harrisonburg and also to make addition
al improvements in the train service.
Lester G. Brantner and Miss Emma q.
Furtney, both of Shenandoah Junction.
and Edward S. Disney and Miss Belle
G. Tinsley of Jefferson county eloped
and We're welded this week in Washing
ton.
Capt Julius c. Holmes of Charles
Town, an inspector of government build
ings, who some years ago tore down the
old jail occupied by John Brown and his
party in 1859, this week resurrected from
some of his belongings a large door key
which John H. Bishop, a local locksmith.
has identified as having belonged to the
lock of the cell in which John Brown was
imprisoned. Capt Holmes collection of
with John Brown and his followers.
Joseph Frazier, who is in Jail at Har-
risonburg, charged with being responsible
for the death of his wife, much dis
appointed a day or two ago. when rela-
tiyes upon whom he had relied to put up
bond for his release failed to appear be-
fore the bail commissioner. and the man
still languishes in the Rockingham cOun-
ty prison protesting his innocence. The
principal plea to be made at his trial
Ia haf \, ,ic yrif 1ia6 frnn no tttra
causes and that the testimony of attend
ing physicians will prove it.
1t is stated authoritatively that the
lease of the state property at Berkeley
Springs, w. Va. has been signed by the
governor and other members of the board
of public works and that a certified copy
has been handed to Alexander McNeill of
Washington, the lessee. who is at the
head of a stock company which intends
to begin the erection of a one-hundred-
thousand-dolla hotel in the immediate
future.
Miss May Duke of Bentonville Warren
county, who went to Martinsburg re-
Gently on a visit to friends, eloped with
Edgar j. Schad of that place to Hagers-
town, where they We're married by Rev.
F.. X. Thomas of the First Baptist
Church
Miss Yvonne Murphy, daughter of Col.
Murphy of Washington and ST. Louis.
who was injured when thrown by a horse
that had been frightened by an auto
mobile several months ago, and whose
life was almost despaired of Tor some
Time has recovered sufficiently to be re-
Anoved from the Charles Town General
Hospital to Claymont, the country home
of her father, in jefferson county.
Father Takes Girls Home.
Two sisters, named Santmiers. sixteen
and eighteen years old, daughters of W.
A. Santmiers of Mount Olive, Shenan-
doah county, who left home the early
ing work in a Winchester factory, were
located here in a boarding house yester-
dav bv Deputy Sheriff Edmondson of
MiddletoWn and We're identified by their
father who had been searching the sur
country for them. The girls
were amazed and Mortified when they
occupied. Mr. Santmiers took his daugh
ters back home on the next train. an
nouncing as he left that he would find
work for them to do under the parental
roof
Now that engineers have completed the
final survey of the route for the new
electric railway line which Is to be built
from Winchester to a point along the
Potomac river near Williamsport. Nd,
and also through Martinsburg. Charles
have obtained a charter from the secre-
tary of state of West Virginia for the
Shenandoah Valley Railway Company.
which will have its central office in Mar
The incorporators are Frank
f. Wilson, DR.. James W. McSherry,
John w. Stewart. s. n. Meyers, State
Senator Gray Silver and Clarence e. Mar
tin. all of Martinsburg, the latter being
general counsel. The capital stock is
$500 900. and the shares are to be divided
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