Evening star., 1920-01-23
LINE OF DUTY CLUB
NOW NUMBERS 1872
Contributions to Fund for
Family of Slain Policeman
Total $1,000.

| thousand dollar mark with contribu-
tions for the Mckimmie family today
| and the list of membership rose to
| 49, The total is now S1,OS250.
| Organizations are swinging into
the line of membership. individual
contributions and membership pledges
arrived in a flood.
A total of approximately $500 has
been raised throughout the city from
other sources for the benefit of Mrs.
, Nick immie. the widow of Policeman
o. 4. Mckimmie, who fell in line of
duty Saturday night, when a fleeing
| burglar shot him.
Il. f. Moves, marketmaster at the
municipal fish wharf and market,
was the vehicle through whom the
dealers at the market showed their
appreciation for the work of Police
man McKimmie and their sympathy
for the bereaved family of a widow
and three children
y letter with an enclosure of s116.50
arrived from MIR. Noyes today. The
letter reads:
Please add to the fund being raised
for the benefit of the family of Of
ficer Mckimmie, slain in the line of
duty. January II. the following
amounts contributed by the dealers
and employees of the District at the
municipal fish wharf and market.
There followed a list of names,
which will be printed in the conclud-
ing para graphs of this article.
$50 From Night Watchmen.
Another envelope arrived this
morning bringing with it a check for
$50 and the following message:
Enclosed you will find check for
500 donated by the Night Watchmans
Association for the relief of the late
Officer o. A. Mckimmie.
This is in addition to the amount
contributed by the individual mem
bers through their respective police
precincts"
The South Washington Citizens AS
sociation also made contribution.
The letter in which s25 was inclosed
reads as follows:
'1nclosed find check for $25, pay
able to the order of Mrs. Marian Nc
kimmie. This sum was appropriated
by the South Washington Citizens AS
Socia tion at the regular meeting We'd
nesday, January p, for the relief of
the widow of Policeman o. A. McKim-
mie, killed in line of duty"
Letter From a Friend.
Here's a letter from a subscriber:
My sympathies go out to my
afflicted friend, Mrs. Mckimmie, in
this hour of grief. Human words
seem weak to express the sorrow
that is in your heart. There is only
hour and that is our Heavenly
Father. To Him you may look for
support. Many of your friends will
come with words of cheer and their
hearts and hands will go out in SYM
pathy. Many kind deeds will be ex-
tended to you. and l, stranger, can
not let this opportunity pass without
sharing with them in this gift to
make you and your little family conf
Portable. My gift is small, but is
in Heaven may be kind to you. 1
shall remember you in my prayers.
With deep sympathy and a prayer
for you and your family, 1 remain, An
Unknown Friend"
Several other letters were received.
Space does not permit their repro
duction. But the attitude OF the
Washington public in this prelim-
mary stage of contribution indicat-
ed that when a. policeman or fireman
is killed 'in line Of duty" fighting
for the protection or property of
citizens, leaving a family in want as
the result of his devotion to his duty,
the public employing him viii not
allow his deed to go without reward
of those whom he left behind.
tions are:
Dealers and employees at the munic-
ipal fish market as follows: William
NJ. Neitzey, $40; Benjamin Bailey, $40;
Buckroe Fish Company, 80: W: +. Fen,
dleton, IS; William Gibson, 81; J. c.
Barry. s5; Stanford Brothers. s.; Rob
erts Lumber Company. s.: L. A Clark
& Son, s.; ]. Taylor & Bros, 50;
John Kinney, So; ]. T. Branson. -;
]. W. Vansciver, 81; j. Tucker, 81: C.
r. Sheaffer. 81; j. H. Chivell, 81; F. A
Biddle, 81; Edward Watson, ST., 25
cents; Edward Watson. jr., 25 cents;
D. NJ. Faunce. $40; NJ. S. Abel. 81;
Thomas F. Doyle. 81; E. B. Coakley,
s5; Evans & White. So; Johnson &
Wimsatt. So: Riley Carroll, 81;
George Sheaffer, 81; George Trader,
81; Golden & Co., fish department, $40;
]. c. Morris. 81; William Reinhard. 81;
B. F. Noyes, 81; J. o. Buck, 81: r. ".
Ragan, 81; John J. Allen & Co., 81.
individual and other contributions:
J. Costigan, 81; J. Paul Green. 81; A.
L. SchuItze, So; A. P. Mckay, 81; Mary
A Clark, 81; j. NJ. Denty, So; Mrs.
Dorothy A. Gravelle. 81; Charles S.
King, 81; Lieut.. Col. c. D. Heron, $40;
Mrs. c. A. Kenyon, So; NJ. B. Seal, 81;
E. Reznels, 81; Thomas w. Power, s.;
L. Jacobs & Co.. So: an unknown
citation, $50; South Washington Citi-
zens Association, $25; H. Randall
Webb, 81; Maria Ingle Webb. 81; w.
S. u, So; Mrs. NJ. Z. Berg, 81; NJ. b. D.,
81; S. V. H. P, 81; NJ. E. Il, 81; Clar-
ence G. Allen, 81; G. H. German, 81;
John NJ. Trant, So; John H. Hogan, 81;
Mrs. D. ]. kaufman. $40; E. T. Bing
ham, 81; NJ. A. W., 81; c. Tozzolo. 81;
Mrs. H. c. Browning, So; D. ]. Gala
han, So; S B. LovelesS 81; Thomas
Gaynor. 81: Charlotte Jennedse, 81;
Jackson, IS; Mrs. n. Endus, 81: j. F.
Sherman, 81: Miss Pauline Baum, IS;
l.. F. Houghton, 81: Pat Dempsey, SO,
and Mrs n, Allen $S.