The sun., 1918-11-25

CAPT. WALSH DIED
AS HERO AT VERDUN
Widow, at Home in Hemp
stead, Told He Met Death
on October Is,
MAJOR MARTIN RECEIVERS
Westbury Man Suffered From
Gas Attack-Red Cross
Nurse Gives Life.
MAJOR MARTIN RECEIVERS

hero's death on October l s as he led
his men at verdun. Official notice OF
his death was received by his wife at
ler home in Hampstead. L. I.
Mrs. Walsh received n letter dated
october from, her husband. in which
he said he was feeling fine" The
Captain leaves three children.
Word was received at the home Of
Major Bradley Martin in westbury,
l.. l., last night that the Major. who
was gassed in France about six weeks
ago. had rejoined his command.
Major Martin is well known as q
rlubman. polo player and cotillon
7 leader. He was one Of the leading fig
,1res in the Meadow Brook Club and
other fashionable organizations in Mas
sau county. His Westbury home is
one of the show places of that section.
Red Cross Nurse Diess-~
Another addition to the names Of
Red Cross volunteers who have given
. their lives in the service is that OF Mar
yaret W. Worth. a nurse attached to
Base Hospital Unit NoN As. located at
Mars sur Alter. France. She Is re-
ported as having died OF disease.
Miss Worth made her home with
DR.. Gertrude Mack at 2 West Ninety
fourth street. Manhattan. She was
graduated from Barnard College and
prepared as a nurse at the Hahne-
mann Hospital training school. She
sailed on August with n Red Cross
-, -
Francis Honan. which established a
hospital shortly after arriving over
seas.
!. Three brothers are in the service,
and a sister, Miss Eunice Worth. n
nurse. is in charge OF the baby ward
Of the ost-Graduate Hospital. Miss
Worth was u daughter OF Archibald
Carter Worth.
, According to a letter received by Mr..
and Mrs. John F. Mullin, 6S3 Ever
green avenue, Brooklyn. from their
son. Corporal Leo Mullln, Company l..
lS5th Infantry, written from n Ger
man prison camp at Lemburg, the cor
poral was captured as the result Of His
successful efforts in hiding three
wounded comrades.
On August IL, Mullin wrote, the
company was split into platoons and
sent forward to take n German posi-
tion. His companions were wounded
and he carried them one by one to a
wrecked wine cellar, where he covered
them with straw. AS he came out Of
the wine cellar he saw that the Ger
mans had forced back his platoon, ard
he dived back. ~ =
Located by Germans. 49,
The Germans soon located him and
compelled him to come out. but they
did not ind his comrades, nor did he
enlighten them as to their where
abouts.
Later the Americans gained the po-
sition, found the three wounded men
and cared for them.
Sergeant Arthur f. lawson, Com
pany c, 107th Infantry. was killed in
action on September %, read a brief
message received by his family at
1860 Seventy-second street. Brooklyn
Lawson was 25 years old and lived at
Glen Cove, L. I. Just before entering
the service he was secretary to tho
Town Board of Oyster Bay.
Corporal Arthur Potter. Company
y
on October Is, according to advices
received by his father. Watson Potter
~ es Fourth avenue. Brooklyn. The
corporal, who was "a, was a graduate
OF st Augustine's Parochial School
and worked in a department store as
shipping clerk. His brother, John,
two years his senior, is with an am
bularce corps in France.
One of Three Brothers SLAIN.
Private John NJ. OFT. 2S, killed in
action on October IL, was one Of three
brothers in the service, all Of whom
lived with their sister. Mrs. Louisa
Rounner, 1910 FRANKLIN avenue, The
Bronx, before joining the colors.
Private James A. Anderson, 90. who
died Of Spanish influenza oil October
&c. wrote a letter recently received by
his mother-Mrs. Francis Barton, a
widow. OF 13S East 15th street in
which he urged her not to send him
any Christmas presents. as he would
surely be home before Christmas.
Sergeant William j. Gordon, 25, has
been missing in action since October
II. He is a brother of Sergeant Ed
ward Gordon. Il Jersey City police
man, who was wounded In France in
September. The brothers live at 9S
Wilkinson avenue. Jersey City, and
were drafted in September of last year.
Top Sergeant Sidney II. Gardiner,
attached to the Third Anti Aircraft
Gun Battalion. who died in France OF
pneumonia on October 81, was q son
Of Mrs. Gussie Gardiner of 538 New
Jersey avenue, Brooklyn. He had
served IN the United States Army six