Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-10
Accident This Morning
Arlington Junction at
$50 O'clock
WELL KNOWN BANKI 7
Had Just Detrained From Car From
Alexandria When Struck by Falls
Church Car.

Marshall l.. DlnWlddle, tOrtF-tWO
years DID, formerly cashier of the
! Citizens National Bank, was killed
by being struck by an electric car on
| the Falls Church division of the
| Washington Virginia Railway ut Ar
! lington Junction at about 500 o'clock
! this morning and died while in the
ambulance on the way to the Emer-
gency Hospital at about . o'clock.
His skull was fractured.
Mr.. Dinwiddie never regained con-
sciousness.
The deceased left Alexandria short
" before s o'clocA. this morning in Or
der to go to Clarendon Va.
After detraining from the AleXan-
d.ia car at Arlington Junction 1t is
said he started to walk across the
track of the company at the junction
when he was struck by a northbound
train from Fairfax enroute to Wash
ington.
Mr.. Dinwiddic was picked up and
placed aboard the car that struck him
and an ambulance from the Emer-
gency Hospital met the car in Wash
ington. When the ambulance reach
ed the hospital life was pronounced
extinct.
Mr.. Dinwiddie's body was brought
here early this afternoon and taken
to Wheatlcy's mortuary chapel and
prepared for burial. An investigation
of the ease will be made by the cor
oner of Arlington county.
The Falls Church car which struck
Mr.. Dinwiddie was in charge of Mo-
torman Vincent Geord and Conductor
Andrew Hinson.
Mrs. Graham l.. Simpson. Of
Alexandria, a passenger on the Fails
Church car, tainted on witnessing
the accident. She revived on reach
ing Washington. .
Mr.. DiDwHiddie lived at 200 North
Alfred street and is survived by his
wife and two children. John NJ. Dim
widdie and Miss Louise DinwdGie.
The deceased was native of Char
lottesvlle, Va, but had lived in Alex
andria most Of his life.
For the past fourteen years he
had been connected with the banking
business all of that time being en-
pIoyed in the Citizens National Bank
Of this city and for the past two and
a half years he was cashier of that
bank.
On October 27 last Mr.. Dinwiddie
rendered his resignation as such
and it was formally accepted by the
board of directors the latter part of
November. He resigned to accent a
position as secretary-treasurer Of the
Arlington Trust Company, new con-
cern which is just starting business
in Arlington and which viii open De-
cember Is. Prior to entering the
banking business Mr.. Dinwddie has
been employed in the general office
of the Southern Railway COMPANY in
Washington, being conducted with
the passenger department Of that
road.
Mr.. Dinwiddic was also treasurer
of the Alexandria Building and Loan
Association, and was a member Of
the choir Of the NJ. F. Church
Sonuth and a member of
the board of stewards of that church
The deceased was prominent IN
the Masonic fraternity, being past
master of Andrew Jackson Lodge No.
100, past high priest of Mount YER
non Chapter No. Il, Royal Arch Ma
sons. and past eminent commander
of Old Dominion Commanderv No.
i II. Knights Tcmplar Of this city.
The deceased was widely known
throughout the city and also well
known in banking circles here and
/ in Washington He enioved wide
circle Of friends who were shocked
upon hearing of bis sudden death.
iMr. Dinwiddie was thorough bank
man and his long association with
the business at the Citizens Bank
had won him host of friends and
the officials of that bank on the day
! he resigned presented him with a
handsome silver pitcher as token
of their appreciation Of his faithful
and efficient services to that bank
during his banking career with them
Coroner g. II. Swain, of Ballston.
Arlington County. this afternoon will!
view the body Of Mr.. Dinwiddie at
Wheatley's mortuary chapel and de-
termine whether or not he will hold
an inquest and if he decides upon an
/ inquest he will fix the date for the
same: