The Washington herald., 1920-02-12
20. NIGHT
CHIEF BDEAD
W. ]. McEvoy, Supt. and
Vice President Of Bank,
Dies of Pneumonia.

Lies OF TncumOnld.
: william ]. McEvoy. night superin-
endent of the Government Printing
ONCE and vice president Of the WASH
ington Savings Bank. died Of double
pneumonia at his home in the Hen
rietta apartments yesterday at 2:45
p. m. His death followed an illness
Of three weeks.
Mr.. McEvoy came from Buffalo,
New York, to accept an appointment
as compositor in the Government
Printing Office in 1894. He was born
In Horning. N. Y. He gradually rose
from the position OF compositor to
the responsible one he held at the
time of his death.
| During the war MIR. McEvoy handled
much Of the government secret mat
ter and established a record in get
ting out the unofficial copy of the
peace treaty. which contained about
$1,000 words. The work on this docu-
ment was begun at 7:3O D. M, and
at 1870 the last proof was ready for
the press.
In his capacity as night superin-
tendent Mr.. McEvoy handled most of
the Congressional work. including the
Congressional Record. and was well
known to many members of Congress
who were late in correcting their
speeches and forced to take it to
the printing office.
Mr.. McEvoy was a member of the
Ancient Order OF Hibernians and.
from time to time. held offices in
that organization.
He is survived by his widow. a.
daughter, Margaret and a con u,ir
lam.
George G. Esher, 81, prominent
stone contractor. who built the
New Masonic Temple, the Domini-
can House OF Studies at Brook IL nd
and other well-known structures,
died yesterday at his home, 263 N
street northwest, after an illness
of three months.
He was a life member of tho
Elks. The funeral services, to be
held tomorrow morning, will be un-
der the direction OF the b. p. o. T..
brief service will be held at the
nome at o'clock to be followed
oy church services at the Immacu-
late Conception Church. Burial
will be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
He conducted a stone contracting
business at Second and o streets
northwest for thirty-five years, re-
tring six months ago.
Surviving him are his wife. Mrs.
MARY Z: Esher. and four children.
Albert D., attorney: Mrs. John e.
Rose. of Pittsfeld, Mass; Mrs.
katherine Batson and J. Robert
Esher.
George Dyer. former proprietor
or the Dyer Hotel, at Second street
and Indiana avenue, prominent in
the days of Lincoln, died at Beloit.
Wis, Monday. Lincoln, Generals
Grant and Sherman and other nota-
bles often visited the old hostelry.
Dyer was l01 years old. Burial
Will be at Beloit. Dyer is survived
by daughter. Mrs. Josephine
Lowe. wife of Admiral John Love,
of this city.
J.. Latimer, Washington
lan. died Tuesday at
.IOspital. He was a grad
uate "i St. Johns College. Funeral
services will be held this morning
at the Church of the Covenant.
Latimer is survived by three sis
ters, Miss Mable Latimer. Miss
Marie Latimer and Mrs. Sloan, all
of this city.
Mai. Harry r. Vaughan. U. S. A.,
died of pneumonia in San Fran
cisco Thursday. Funeral services
will be conducted this afternoon,
with military honors. in Arlington
National Cemetery. Maj. Vaughan
was born in Atlanta, Ga, thirty
four years ago. He was a graduate
of the Georgia Institute OF Tech
nology and entered the military
service in 1909. During the war,
and until last September. he was
in charge of the army balloon
school at Lee Hall. Va. Following
a recent inspection tour in France,
Mai. Vaughan returned to the
United States and was ordered to
Honolulu. He died on his way to
this station.
Maj. Vaughan is survived by a
sister. Mrs. George II. Pension, of
this city. lie was unmarried and
a member of the Masons.
Miss Minnie VI. Jenkins, daughter
Of William II. Jenkins, of Great
rails. Va. and many years proprie-
tor OF the 'Trammells." a restau-
rant in Great Falls. where MANY
notabIes have partaken of food and
refreshments. died Monday of pneu-
monia. at 1895 Eleventh street. She
was 35 years old. Funeral services
will be held at 2 p. m. today at the
home of her sister. Mrs. Walter T..
! Cummings. 902 Twenty-fifth street
northwest. Temporary interment
will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Later
the body will be buried at Arnon
Chapel, Va.
Mrs. Emily Redin Dunlop, widow
OF George T. Dunlop. formerly
president of the Capital Traction
Company. died Monday night in a
Petersburg. Va. hospital. Until re-
Gently Mrs. Dunlop lived at 3102 O
street northwest. Funeral services
will be held this morning in the
Church of the Epiphany and burial
. will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Mrs.
Dunlop is survived by three sons,
q. Thomas'Dunlop, president of the
Terminal Taxicab Company; Walter
, g. Dunlop. secretary of the Ter
minal Taxicab Company, and DR..
John Dunlop, of Los Angeles, Cal
Mrs. Tinsley Allen Buried