Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-04-28
.IAMES ELDER TYDINGS
IS FOULLY MURDERED

lam n. Is. Lee came 10 the scene The
Jury, however. decided 10 wait until
to-day To have another session. and.
II possible, 70 secure more definite
Information on certain points.
When the body was discovered. ii
Was with the face Down. The whole
back portion Of the head was crush
Led IN as II repeated blows had been
lstruck with some eavy article. The
wounds on the right side we're the
/ worst and one Of the hands was III a
Ipositfon which indicated that Mr
/ Tydfngs had thrown his hand to The
kback Of his head To protect himself
from the blows The fingers we're
bruised and crushed and The branch
of q pine tree which extended directly
over the body was torn In such i way
as tsS show t..at al the miscreant had
raised his hand with the object in II,
II has hit against the branch and
broken t.
A short search revealed the object
with which the crime had undonbt-
edly been committed. ii was d jag
ged, wedge-shaped piece Of stone, Il
form OF iron ore, which had undoubt-
edly been grasped III the hand and
with which Mr. Tydings had been hi
blow after blow Ii was covered With
blood. and hair of the kind which the
dead man had adhered 10 1t II Ii nov
In the possession of the sheriff, and
will be used as evidence.
For time It was thought that Grim
Inals had struck Mr.. Tylings first
while he was IN the read, and had
then dragged or carried his body 10
the place whore Ii VAS found, taken
his money and theh completed their
work by repeated lls stting him in the
head with the rock ON more amIable
knowledge with the circumstances
and consideration, this theory has
been abandoned. and ii III considered
much more likely that he was de-
ceived in some way into going into the
thieket
d Accepting the theory that Mr..
Tydings was lured from the road, and
killed In the thicket back Of the old
church. the crime could easily have
been committed BY one person. The |
rock was OF 4 size which could have
been hidden in an ordinary coat pock-
ct, and taken out and used at an op-
perfume time If he was knocked
down In the road, more than one per-
son would have been required 70
carry, or even drag. the body to the |
thicket, which Is about fifty yards /
from the road
No sign of any scuffie was seen at /
the road at the point where Mr., Ty- |
dings left it. The place where his body /
was found was on the opposite side /
of the road from his home, which was
quarter OF q mile beyond, and no
good reason could he developed why /
he should have gone OF the road in
this direction excepts-thr through the In /
fiuence OF someone else. ii does not I
afford short cut to any part Of MI, /
Tydings farm or any other place
where he was likely 10 SO.
The basket Of groceries which had /
been purchased at Katz's store was
found near the body and apparently
untouched The basket had evidently
been placed on the ground and not
dropped. The circumstances indicated I
that Mr. Tydings had placed them
there, and had probably been deceived /
into looking al something supposed to
Be on the ground. or had bent over
to get through the low trees Al this
point. and then was hit the first blow
it ii clear that the murderer then
stood over him and rained blow after
blow upon the back Of the head until I
he was dead
The funeral took place from his resi-
ience at d o'clock this afternoon.