The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-01-30

BALTIMORE, Nd, Jan. 3d.
Frank r. Lamb, former well-knoWn
washington newspaperman, COM
mitted suicide early today by ram.
ming his head through the plate
glass window of the Washington,
baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railway terminal, at Howard ana
Lombard Streets.
Lamb died en- route to the Uni
versity Hospital from loss OF blood,
as he was being taken there IN q
mail truck by two policemen whom
he had tried to slash with a piece
OF broken glass as they sought to
prevent him doing himself further
injury.
Identification was made by police
from q letter addressed to Lamp
at the Mayflower Hotel, Washing
ton. and signed by William A. Com.
stock, of Detroit, Democratic ma
tional committeeman for Michigan.
Other papers gave Lambs
present address as 1885 Gains
borough Rd.. Rosedale Park, De
troit.
The attention of Charles Leon.
500 block, West Franklin St., was
attracted to Lamb about $3.50 a. M.
when he heard a crash Of glass on
the north side of the terminal.
Lamb had gone head first into the
window Of a fruit and candy stand
there.
Hacking His Neck
Police Lieut.. e. e. Doherty and
Patrolman John Shannahan, stand
ing at the Camden station, a block
away, ran to the scene when sum-
moned by Leon. and found Lamb
with his head and arms still through
the plate glass window, and in his
left hand he had piece of broken
glass with which he was hacking at
his neck.
Doherty pulled him out and as
he did so, Lamb made slash at
the police lieutenant. Shannahan
succeeded In arresting his arm in
time and Doherty was not injured.
The policemen Communicated a
mail truck and rushed the bleeding
man to the hospital where he was
pronounced dead.
The Comstock letter, which led
to Lambs Identification, contained
a request that Lamb obtain for
the Democratic national committee
man the names of the national COM
mitteemen who had voted for the
selection of Detroit for the next
Democratic convention, at the re-
cent meeting in Washington when
Houston, Tex, was selected.
Lamb had gone to Washington
from Detroit before the meeting Of
the National Committee as publicity
man for Detroit on behalf Of the
selection Of that city.
Worked In Washington
Lamb went to Detroit from Wash
ington about 3 years ago and was
employed by the Detroit News.
Later he became identified with
various political campaigns as pub.
Iicity man. He lived with his
brother in Rosedale Park. He is
survived by another brother who
lives up State in New York, and
his mother.
Lamb was for many years identi-
fled with newspaper work in Wash
ington having been employed by the
Post, The Times, Chicago Tribune
Bureau and other newspaper bu-
reaus. He covered the White House
for The Times during the administra-
tons of Presidents Wilson and
Harding and was highly thought Of
by White House attaches.
It was learned that only yester-
day he went to the White House to
say good-by to his friends before
to Detroit. He was there
shortly before noon and nothing was
said at the time of a contemplated
trip to Baltimore.
Investigation by the police dis
closed that Lamb had broken an
other plate glass window prior to
diving through the one that he was
pulled out
George Kenna, night Waterman at
the w. b. and A. terminal said he
noticed Lamb with his coat and hat
off in the station at about 1 a. M,
and when the station closed for the
night at 1870 a. m. Lamb went out
to the vestibule where he continued
to stand around. That was the last
seen OF him until his fatal plunge
through the window.