The Washington herald., 1915-01-07
ALEXANDRIAN SHOOTS
SELF AT RESIDENCE
Joseph Martin a Suicide-Suit to
Restrain Tax Collection
Dismissed.


about ffty-five years old, committed sui
eide shortly before o'clock this after
noon at his home, Cos Princess street.
by shooting himself through the right
temple The body was found lying across
the bed short time afterward' by his
son. Charles Martin, who had just re-
turned home from work.
Coroner T. NJ. Jones was notified. and
after learning the circumstances he gave
certificate of death by shooting.
Martins son, upon entering the bed
room, found his father lying across the
bed with the pistol beside him At the
time he committed the act no one was
home
Martin for nearly twenty years was
employed as driver and salesman for a
brewing company and more recently had
worked in the bottling house of the
brewery His wife and several children
survive He was a member of Osceola
Tribe of Red Men.
His body was removed to wheatleys S
undertaking establishment.
The bill of the complainant. oliver Du-
rant in his suit against Charles II.
Tinsley. commissioner of revenue of Cul-
pepper County, Va, and others, was dis
missed without prejudice to his right to
contest in any other court, in a decision
handed down today by Judge Edmund
WaddiIl. of the United States Court, for
the Eastern district of Virginia.
Mr. Durant seeks to restrain Culpeper
County and the State of Virginia from
collecting back taxes, alleged to have
been omitted for a period of fifteen
years, amounting to about $500 Mr..
Durant's attorneys expect to take the
case to some other court.
This decision is, therefore. regarded as
a victory for the county Of Culpeper, and
the State of Virginia.
Mr.. Durant lives at the Cairo, Wash
ington, and has summer home in Gull
pepper County. The case was heard last
January before Judge Waddill in open
court.
Alexandria Washington Lodge of Ma
sons will hold its annual banquet Feb
ruary - in observance of Washington
Birthday. The principal speakers will
be Senator Thomas E. Burton. Of Ohio.
who will speak on Washington, and
Representative ] Thomas Hefiin, of Ala
bama, who will speak on The South"
The annual meeting of the George
Washington National Masonic Memorial
Association. the object of which is the
erection of a permanent temple in Alex
andria to Washington, the Mason, will
be held here February 22-2S.
Four out of the six pallbearers that to-
day escorted the remains of George Cor
don Asher to their last resting place act
ed as ushers at his wedding June IL last,
when in historic Christ P. E. Church Mr..
Asher was welded to Miss Natalie May
Boush. Obsequies were held at II o'clock
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Boush, 222 South Washington street. and
were conducted by Rev. William ]. Nor
ton. rector of Christ P. Z. Church, as
sisted by Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison, pas
tor of the Second Presbyterian Church
PaIIbearers were Judge Louis c. Barley,
Keith Carlin, Frazier Baldwin. Gar
nett Pitts, G. Bryan Pitts, and Laurence
Clark, the last named of Baltimore.
The January term of the United States
Court for the Eastern district of Virginia
was concluded this afternoon Natural
ization appers were granted as folloWs;
John Repen. Denmark: Marcus Cohen'
Russia: Edward Beethen, England; Ed
ward Carl and Theodore Pape. Germany;
Michael William Cyincla, Russia, and
Julius Nachman, Russia.
The body Of Frederick Mumford. fifty
seven years old, locomotive engineer and
former resident of this city, who died to-
dav at Sibley Hospital. Washington, was
brought here and taken to the home OF
his sister, Mrs. c. r. Crump, Sl5 North
Columbus street from whence the funeral
will take place at . o'clock Friday after
noon Two daughters. Misses Elizabeth
and Viola Mumford, survive.
The funeral of Jacob NJ. Troth, who
died Yesterday afternoon at his home at
Woodlawn, Fairfax County, will take
place at > o'clock Friday afternoon from
the Quaker Church at WOodlawn.
The annual meeting of the bar associa-
ton of the Sixteenth judicial circuit OF
Virginia will be held at II o'clock Sat
urday in the Elks' Home.
Silas Shoots died today at his home.
9l9 Oronoco street. His wife survives.
The body of Charming H. Shelton, in
FAINT son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charming H.
Shelton. who died last night at Potomac,
| Alexandra County, was conveyed to-
day to Lynchburg. Va, for burial.