Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-21
STAYS MEADE MAN
OVER BIT OF BREAD
Tennessee Private Twice Plunges
Knife Into Corporal During
Mess; Faces Quick Trial.

Camp Meade, Admiral, Md, Oct. r.
A quarrel which started over a slice
of bread between the two men last night
ended tragically when Corporal Robert
j.. Nelson of Nandling. Pa, was stabbed
to death nj the breakfast table by Private
jeff Lankf1rd. of Ridgesvalc, Tenn,
this morning. The tragedy was enacted
in one Of IN, mess halls of the 18th lu-
fantry Regiment, Of which both soldiers
were members. IL was witnessed by
many men of the company, but was
done so quickly that even the men sitting
beside Nelson had no chance to save
him. According to reports Landlord
simply walked up back Of Nelson and
plunged bread knife into his neck.
Nelson fell backward and as he did so
Landlord plunged the knife again into
his body above the heart
Men jumped up from The table and
grabbed Landlord and disarmed him,
while others went TO the assistance OF
Nelson. The corporal was carried TO tho
rcgimcntal inhrmary, where he was
pronounced dead few minutes later
by on, Of the doctors. Landlord wac
locked up. He will be given n speedy
trial bv n court-martial which will be
especially convened for the case. He
faces the most serious charge ever pre-
scented against a soldier in the history
of this camp.
The reports on the murder were sent
this afternoon 10 Major General Jesse
Mel Carter, commander of the 18th
Division, who viii order the convenlng
Of the court martial The 18th is a Rcgn
lar Army regiment, and Includes IN ITS
ranks men from all over the country
Landlord enlisted in Tennessee some
months ago.
sTor MENINGITIS SCARF
Because of r,imors that have been ~
ing the rounds that there iE m epidemic
oi spinal meningitis in this camp the
authorities have ,lecmcd il best 10 max"
announcement and thus ally fears TINT
may crop mp The authorities stated
that there had been two or three deaths
from meningitis in the last t"w weeks
rs the result of complications from IN
ilucn2a. Such complications were bound
10 cns,Ir hut the number IS small when
compared with the nearly Il ,0On eases
of thr "hu reported There are now
IN the camp Just five cases of meningitis.
There were meningitis eases IN the
camp last year and in All the camps ot
the country. but at no time have there
been symptoms of the epidemic here
The people at homo may rest assured
that If there was any danger ot epidemic
there would have heen no lifting Of the
quarantine against "tiu
There arc somc cases oi measles IN
camp bur only few There viii be many
more before tho winter Is over that Is,
unless Il medical miracle can be per
formed to prevent their appearance.
There were many cases ~ Meade last
winter and nj oil the other cantonmcnts.
hut the people AT home arr asked 70 r.
fuse to hc frightened hy rumors Of cpi-
demic Meade is one Of tho hcalthest
cantonmcnts in the country
The influenza epidemic exacied 4
heavy toll of death The list Of victims
has gone thus far we'll above the 7n0
mark but tho epidemic has been stayed.
Although the quarantine was lifted tins
morning, there were not many visitors.
The rain which continued through the
day, kept the crowds AWAY Nine deaths
were reported today IL new cases o!
the disease and seven pneumonia eases.
@. ol those on the death list was Ser
gcant John ii. Andrews Chestnut Hill,
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