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The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Policemen Face Prison Term if Found
Guilty of Assault Charges

>moted to private, Glass 3, and
on September S, 1881, was re-
lieved from duty as prohibition
enforcement officer. He was
assigned at that time to be pre-
cinct detective at Precinct No. l.
GroOms' Record
William c. GroomS, "a, was
appointed to the force December
Is, 1925. He was promoted to
private, Glass 2, December 16,
1925, and was transferred to No.
precinct February l, 1927.
On four occasions Indebtedness
incurred by him was reported to
the force.
William T. Burroughs, SO, was
appointed July, l, 1925. He was
formerly a butcher. He has a
wife and 10 children. On October
4, 1926, he was commended for
an crrrest and again on February
16, 1927, was commended for
good work in another arrest.
On July l, 1928, he was pro-
NOTED to private, Class 3. He
denied liability for an alleged in
debtednesS.
William R. Laflin. 81, was ap
pointed to the force January Is
1926, and assigned to Eighth
precinct. He has wife. Janu
ary 6, 1927, promoted to private
Glass 2. February IL. 1927, com
plant of Indebtedness agains
him. January 9, 1929, assigned
to duty as prohibition enforce
ment officer. June "a. 1890
penalized for loss Of police shield
July 9, 1880. promoted to pre-
cinct detective and transferred t.
Eleventh precinct.
October 19, 1880. he was com
mended by Captain Holmes TO
making good a gambling case
January Is, 1881, transferred t.
Sixth precinct. January 20, 1891
and June 10, commended for gooC
service = in arrest. July l, 1881
promoted to private, Glass S, ant
transferred to First precinct
August 3, 1881, commended will
Pvts. j. F. Gawen and w. c
Grooms for good work in arrest
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Records of Policemen
Indicted for Brutal
Assault on Prisoners

George E. Perry, 80, was ap-
pointed to the force December 19,
1925, and assigned to Precinct
No. 6. He was promoted to
private, class two, one year later.
On June "a, 1928, he was COM
mended with P. w. Nicholson for
the arrest of c. M. Marshall in
a holdup and robbery.
On December 10, Of the same
year, he was promoted to private
class three.
While attempting to arrest Rob
ert GLADDEN., he was assaulted
and his nose injured.
He was promoted to private
class five, July /, 1881, and trans
ferred to Precinct No. l.
MOstyn's Record
James A. MOstyn was appoint
ed July IA, 1928, and assigned ia
the First precinct.
For falsifying an affidavit or
entering the force, he was SuS
pended on April 10, 1929.
On April Is of the same year
charges against him were dis
missed following his trial before
the police trial board for condi
tions prejudicial to the force anc
for concealing from his superior'
the fact that he had been ar
rested on charge of attempted
robbery. This charge grew out OF
his answer to Civil Service ex
animation question.
On April 30, 1929. he was re
stored to duty following his trial
He was promoted to private
cl..3s two, August IA, 1929.
On June IS, 1929, he was in
jured in the performance of duty
while maintaining the arrest oi
Harry Talbett on charges ol
transporting whisky. The prisoner
resisted arrest and tried tC
escape During the struggle both
fell to the sidewalk and MoStyr
was injured on the head and hip
He continued on duty and re
ported to the clinic for treatment
the next day.
Commended In Raid
He was commended March 29
1880, for the performance Of duty
in closing 1921 Second st. N. w.
and April IL, he was injured
while conducting a raid at FL
X st. N. w.
On July IA, 1880, he, was pro
NOTED to private, class three ant
five days later was sworn in a;
prohibition squad officer. On the
same date. the Commissioners
order promoting officers to claS'
three was set aside.
On July /, 1881, he was pro
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
HdIUGii Is Becoming
More COSMOPOLITAN

HONOLULU, Sept. 4 Q.N.S0
The cosmopolitan nature of Ha.
waits population is we'll drawn in
a report rendered Gov. Lawrence
M. Judd, by the territorial board
of health. The figures revealed a
total Of 375,211 persons residing
in the territory as of June 80,
1881. This is an increase Of only
1881 over 1890.
While the white population
dropped, 1857 to 41,968, the Fill
pinos made the greatest gain Of
any, from 64.839 to 5000. The
Portuguese, with 28,219 residents
and Chinese, with 27,3l7, each
made gains. Others who forged
ahead were the Porto Ricans
whose total now is 1886, Spa
niards, 1885 and Koreans, 6,5G3.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Girl Who Quit Truck
For Fame As LOOper
Inspired BY Lindy

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 4
G.N.SO The 24.year-old girl who
holds the women's inside loop
championship began her working
life as a truck driver for dry
cleaning establishment in Fargo,
N. D. w
She is Florence Klingensmith,
now Of Minneapolis. A slender
wisp of a girl, she established
the present women's world record
of 1,078 consecutive loops in 5
hours and II minutes.
She began her flying career
after Col. Charles A. Lindbergh
made his nonstop dash from
New York to Paris. She said:
II read about Lindbergh, and
I began wondering why a girl
couldn't take up aviation. I
didn't have any money, but !
started parachute jumping and
wing walking to make enough
for flying instructions. IL took
one summer to do 1t, but I've
never regretted it,"
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Police Department Has False
Sense ofLoyalty, jury Claims

'We find that the testimony
against OrvilIe Staples, on
which he was dismissed from
the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment, was false in its entirety;
that it was perjured testimony
by incompetent witnesses. We
believe that this perjured teSti-
mOny was secured by the men,
bers of the Metropolitan Police
Department, who gathered these
incompetent witnesses together
and through coercion, dureSS
and inducement caused them to
make false affidavits and give
false testimony. We do not be.
lieve that the dismissal of Sta
pies from the Police Department
and the incidental public dis
credit to him resulting from the
above misconduct could have
been accomplished without some
knowledge, consent and cooper.
alton of certain members Of the
Metropolitan Police Depart
AtCAASS AASAuNAhS SOAAC Vi ALS OA-
ficialS.
1--WE believe, as disclosed by
this investigation, that there
exists in the Metropolitan Police
Department a false sense of
loyalty supplemented by a vi
CiouS system of repriSals for
those who tell the truth that
makes it impossible for a sta
tiOnary body, such as the Grand
Jury, to secure evidence against
the parties who are guilty of
initiating, cOndOning or CO.
operating in such a case as this
we have investigated.
Hunt Called Periurer
'f'We find that Joseph H. Hunt,
at present a member Of the
Metropolitan Police Department
and now incarcerated for other
reasons, are both guilty of Sc
curing false affidavits, of giving
false test pony themselves and
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
GRAND JURY DENOUNCES POLICEMEN FOR FRAMING STAPLE
RECOMMENDS PUNISHMENT
FOR ALL MEN INVOLVED

sal from the police force is includ.
ed among the Grand Jury's rec
concentrations.
The only other police official
connected with the preparation Of
charges against Staples now re-
naming on the force is Inspector
Louis j. Stoll. who also conducted
the police investigation of third.
degree charges a few weeks ago
The Grand Jury recommended
that:
"All members Of the Metro
pOIitan Police Department iden
titled with the Staples case be
severely reprimanded for negli.
gence and Incompetence unless
the Commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia, as the result
of any further inquiry instituted
by them, should conclude that
more severe measures are juStI-
fled"
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once. He said that Burroughs
would probably come to the court
house tomorrow to make bond.
Few Persons In Court
Scarcely a score of persons
were present in the courtroom
when Charles Fonda, foreman of
the jury, turned the report over
to Justice F. Dickinson Let's.
Despite the widespread interest
in the action Of the jury no
police officials we're present.
While the Grand Jury was re-
porting, agents of the Depart
ment Of Justice were running
down evidence in a score or more
of similar cases.
Beat Harker With Hose
The first of the four indict-
mentS was in two counts. The
first count charges that MoStyn,
Laflin, Burroughs and GroomS
assaulted Harker with a danger
GUS weapon. a rubber hose.
The hose, according to the in
dictment, was held by MoStyn,
but all four of the officers are
charged with assault with a dan
gerouS weapon.
The second count Of the same
indictment names the same Of
ficers and charges they beat,
wounded and ill-treated Harker
with their hands.
Charge Use Of Club
In the second indictment, Mos
tyn Is charged with simple as
Sault upon Preston Brooks, the
beatings said to have been ad-
ministered August %, the same
day as the assault on Harker.
In another indictments, it is
charged that Mostyn and Laflin,
on August %, assaulted Walter
w. johnson with their hands.
The indictment naming Perry
is in two counts. and charges both
simple assault and assault with
dangerous weapon. According
to the indictment, Perry assaulted
John F.. Miller with wooden
club, and also with his hands.
Perry is the only policeman
mentioned in the indictment who
has not previously been reported
connected with the case. Mostyn,
I.aflin, Burroughs and GroomS
were suspended from the force
shortly after Harker made the
charges which brought into the
open the existence. of the alleged
third degree.
Major Pratt Silent
Major Henry G. Pratt, superin.
tendent of police, refused to dis
cuss the indictments until he had
been formally notified Of their
contents.
Perry was suspended shortly
after the indictments we're re-
turned. He was on duty at the
First precinct when Capt. w. e,
Holmes, his commanding officer,
was notified of the jury action.
Holmes Immediately called Perry
in and relieved him of his badge
and other equipment.
The indictments are based
upon two days of testimony heard
by the Grand Jury. The eVi'
dence was gathered by the agents
Of the Bureau of Investigation OF
the Department Of Justice, under
the direction of ]. Edgar Hoover
bureau head. The Department
acted upon direct orders from
President Hoover after CommiS.
Sioner Luther Reichelderfer had
appealed to the White House.
The Grand Jury did not bring
in a report dealing with the ex
istence of the third-degree sys
tenn as a city-wide evil. 1t has
been indicated that the jury
wishes to wait uns the Depart
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bers Of the District Attorneys Of
flee, were found by the Grand
Jury to be false and that body
also informed the court it had
been unable to substantiate in
any particular Schenck's charges
of corruption and graft.
The Grand Jury declared all
members of the police force who
were connected with the gather.
ing of the evidence in GtapleS'
police trial were either active par
Elephants in the obtaining Of the
false evidence or were guilty OF
gross negligence, incompetence
and indifference.
Asks Hunts Dismissal
Policeman Joseph H. Hunt, who
Is still a member of the police
force, was said by Schenck to
have been implicated in the al
1ered franne-llp and Hunts diSmlS-
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
UTEJUMPERS:
INJURED At
CLEVELAND
Two Slightly Hurt Trying to-
Land in Small Circle; Crowd
On Edge for Derby Racers

MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, CLEVE-
LAND, Sept. UNSD Buddy
Rhodes, of Little Rock, AK. was
injured in the second parachute
accident of the day Ut the ma.
tional air races today when the
struts of his chute collapsed and
he hurtled a short distance to the
ground.
Shortly after, John F.. Wickum,.
of Cincinnati, Ohio, suffered
broken leg when he landed with
the limb crooked up uncer his
body. Rhodes crashed while par
ticipating in the parachute con-
test.
Slightly Injured
Both were removed to Berea
Community Hospital. wnere their
condition was said to be not Sc.
riOuS. Rhodes received numer.
GUS body bruises and cuts and a
possible Sprained back. ne landed
in a mud puddle, which Is be-
Iieved to have saved him from
more serious injuries.
A few minutes after the acci.
dents, a terrific rainStorm struck
the airport, forcing a temporary
postponement of the program.
Arrival of the transcontinental
speed derbyiStS was to be the
highlight of thc Canadian Day
program at the air races today.
Four closed course speed daShes.
two Of them for women pilots.
and a realistic dog fight" by
five members of the famous
Siskin unit Of the Canadian royal
air force. were events on the pro.
gram to be staged at the airport.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Detention of Filters
Protested to Japan

NEW YORK, Sept. 4 0.NSO
Objection to the detention Of
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Hern-
don, jr., American avlators, in
Japan despite the fact that they
have received permission for q
flight from Tokyo to Seattle,
Wash. was made today in a
cablegram to Prime Minister r.
WakatSuki. of Tokyo, Japan.
The message = was sent by
Thomas L. Hill, president of the
American Society for the Promo
ton Of Aviation.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
Liner on Rocks
In the YeLLOU Sea

SHANGHAI, Sept. 4 0.NSD.
An SOS call was received today
from the Hamburg,Ameri-& liner
Burgenland, which wen; on the
rocks between Nagasski and
Shanghai in the Yellow STA.
The Burgenland. a ship q; 1890
tons gross, was launched in 1928.
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
STORM AWAITS
DERBYFL|ERS
Photo by International
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of Frank Hawks record time of
6 hours and IL minutes from Los
Angeles to Wichita.
Johnson landed on the wrong
side Of the field, and barely
averted q serious accident when
his plane struck . boundary light,
tearing = small hole in one wing.
The accident would delay him
only . few minutes, he said.
He took off at 9:39 with 800 gal.
Ions of gas on a nonstop hop to
Cleveland.
Beeler BIevins, Of Atlanta, Ga,
was the next to land. setting his
plane down at 1902. After re
fueling, he took off at 1913.
Capt. Ira Eaker. Army pilot,
landed here at 1925, and after
refueling took off at 1924.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Sept
4 G.N.S).-Major Jimmie Doc.
little, noted Army flier, arrived
here at 5:35 a. m. and departed
five minutes later, eastbound in
the tranScontinental air derby
from Los Angeles to New York.
Doolittle was followed Is min
utes later by another plane, be-
lieved to be that of Walter
Hunter. of Oklahoma City.
Hunter stopped IL minutes at
Winslow. Ariz. At 4:4O a. m
Doolittle led the fliers over Wins,
low, preceding Hunter by 10
minutes
The Washington times., 1931-09-04
MARLBORO ENTRIES

FIRST hACE-I -IWo-yeaF-olus; pu'SS'
Tryablt .......lO7I IRadial ..::.....1O7
Moon Mesnger.1O7 By Herself. ..1O7
Night Vintage. .112 Annie A........l0S
Bright seas....115 Falada ........1o7
Also eligible:
Stepping Sister 1O9 Ma jestien ......107
Triple Threat. .110 Rivet ..........1 .1OS
SECOND RACIAL ages; claiming;
purse. $500; 1-16 miles.
xLew Black ...113ixAppellate ......1l2
Adair Louise. 100 xJael ......,....lO0
Dead Expense lii lxN'wed Nng g'nce.1l3
MulIah .........1IslIndIan witch....I1O
XMerchar .:....llSl l3ess Martin .ll5
THIRD kACE-Three-year-ol r-olds aHd
upward: purse. $500; ga furlonEs.
Bright Ahmour.lO7I All Stage ......ll!
aRedoubtable ..lO9laJusta Movie ...lOS
Gay WidOwer. ..ll2I
al. H. Read Franklin Baker, jr..
FOURTH RACE-Three-year- olds and
upward; claiming; purse. $500: six and
One-half furlOngs.
Campfire Maid: .lO9 Remedy ........10a
xshannon Star. los slxCalgary Kay...107
sehIeY hIsY dn.,hi:: Ri::. 1O2.Mum's Lad. .'.'l,z
Charles D.. Jr. .,l12 Sir wrack.
xFourth Ward .1O7xFull Time. .....1O7
FIFTH RACE-The Finale Handicap:
purse. $500; one and Ene-sSteenth x miles;
Meridian queen 122lFive Oaks .....1O7
Margaret Mc....1OllFOrtunate Youth 126
Bobby Folsom. i lOOiVimOnt .106
Also eligible:
Bye and Bye .107l
sSINTH RACE-Three-year-O and
upward: purse $500: l lis miles.
Town Gossip. .ll2 Partnership ....ll4
Blaze By,.....lO9IXFairda .....llO
xVerve 1O4ISGuabbler ......ll7
xMiss Mac. ..1Ol lxClock Golf. .....ll0
Also eligible.
xprattv Roy 1O4l Noisy Miss ,l06
xHobcaw ,..1lOlPOmenret ....,.ll5
SEVENTH RACE - Three-year- Olds
and upward: claiming: $500; X miles.
Ruban Rogue. .12HlLeacy ..........10s
Torrito .....1lllHaI Brush .....11S
| overlook ......111 xForest Lore. .10s
| xGuarany ....1n%i HedEeferce LII
Weather. clsa track. SLOW.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
LITTLE GIRLS STRUCK BY
AUTOMOBILES

Little Hilda West, of Mar
shallton, Del, while on a visit
to her grandparents in Port De-
post, met with a painful acct
dent. AS she was crossing the
street opposite the store of
Jacob Wagner, she was struck
by an auto driven by VIM. Bow
man, of Rowlandville, knocked
down, and had her left leg frac-
tured near the hip. She was
taken to Delaware Hospital, in
Wilmington, where she is doing
as we'll as could be expected.
Mary Hryck, four year old
daughter of Mrs. Catherine
Kutz, of Chesapeake City, is in
Union Hospital, Elkton, suffer-
ing from a fractured skull and
other injuries. The little girl
was struck by a car driven by
Elwyn B. Graham. of Whining
ton. The child ran out into
the street, directly in front of
the car, while Mr.. Graham was
driving norhward on Bohemia
avenue, Chesapeake City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
Rev. Elmer E. Krauss

Funeral services were held
on Saturday, at Nugent Home,
Germantown, Pa, for the Rev.
Elmer e. Krauss, 67 years of
age, retired Baptist minister.
Mr.. Krauss had been ill four
months, and for some time was
confined to Germantown Hos
pital.
He was born at Rising Sun,
Nd, and most of his boyhood
was spent in the family of
5. j. Terry, father of our pop
ular rural mail carrier, Saml
j. Terry, of this town.
The Rev. Mr.. Krauss entered
the ministry in Kansas in 1898.
He was a member of the Odd
Fellows and Masons. His wild
ow, who also lives at the Home,
survives. Interment was in
Ivy Hill cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
STORE PROPERTY SOLD

Scott Wilson has sold the
large four-story Reynolds de-
partment store building, at the
corner of Main and Walnut
streets, in this town, to Norman
Clarke, of Perryville, and Fran
els Kennard, of Rising Sun.
The store was Quilted by fire
last September, but building
not destroyed, and has since
stood idle. The property was
purchased some months ago by
Mr.. Wilson at public sale.
This old business stand, for
years known as the Burlington
store, was at one time the CEN
ter of one of the largest and
most thriving businesses to be
found outside the large cities.
Report is that the new own
ers will install machinery and
fit the building up for the
grinding and mixing of dairy
feeds, etc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
FARMERS DAY
Speakers Who Will Deliver
Addresses


The eighteenth annual Cecil
County Farmers Day, held
under auspices of the allied
farm organizations of the
county, gives promise of being
of unusual interest this year.
The date selected for the
meeting is Saturday, August
Is. and Tome School, Port De-
post, the place, beginning at
ten o'clock in the morning.
The following speakers have
accepted invitations to be
present: DR.. Jos. l. France, of
Port Deposit, former U. S. Sen
ator; Hon. j. w. Sprowls, Prof.
of Psychology, Univ. of Mary
land; Hon. Chas. w. Holman,
National Milk Producers Fed
Grafton Secretary; Hon. Chas.
S. (Farmer) Brown, Director
American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton; Senator A. G.. Enor,
Master Md. State Grange; Mr..
j. w. Davis, Pres. Md. Farm
Bureau Federation; Mr.. F. M.
Payne, ec.-Treas. Md. Farm
Bureau Federation, and repre-
sentatives of the Maryland Ex-,
tension Service will also be
present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
LANDS SIXTY POUND BASS
The Fish Are Bighting AT
Tilghman's

HI. M. Duyckinck, of this
town, is out in front with the
record of having caught the
largest fish, with hook and line,
of any angler in the state thus
far this season, and the fellow
who passes him in this respect
will have to go some.
In company with Gilbert Jar
man, of Baltimore, fishing from
the boat of Capt. Herman H.
Harrison, off Tilghman's Is
land, on Wednesday of last
week, Mr.. Duyckinck hooked
and landed a channel bass that
weighed sixty pounds. They
landed thirty-six fish for the
days sport, the largest one
caught by Mr.. Jarmin weighing
eighteen pounds. A fisherman
in a boat nearby the same day
caught a bass weighing forty
two pounds.
A party of ten from this
vicinity left at noon on Satur-
day for Iilghman's and return
ed the next morning with a
catch of one hundred fish.
Those in the party were w.
A. Reeder, Perry A. Gibson,
Harvey Townsend, John H.
Terry, G. S. Jones, Walter Fox,
Harry Reyburn, Blaine McVey,
Herman Reynolds, T. Hen
dfsiokc
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
ID DEMONSTRATION AND NAT.
URALIZATION

The Knights of the Ku Klux
Khan will hold an open air
demonstration and naturaliza-
ton midway between Cherry
Hill and Andora. on the Elk
ton-Fair Hill road, Wednesday
evening, Aug. IL, at 8 O'Clock.
J. L. Baskin. Imperial Klok-
ard OF the National Oreaniza-
ton; Fred V. Larkin, Grand
Dragon of Maryland, and other
speakers will be present. Music.
frey cross, etc. First degree
will be conferred upon a class
OF candidates. No admission
plenty of free parking space.
Public is cordially invited.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
BOY HELD ON MANSLANGH-
4A-s TER CHARGE 4as..4l
Runs Down And Kills Joseph
ID. Brown l.. -

A coroner's jury, sitting in
Oxford, Pa, Sunday afternoon,
held a 15-year-old boy for
Court on a charge Of involun-
tary manslaughter, as a result
of a fatal accident on the Bal
timore pike, just south Of that
borough, Saturday evening.
The boy is John d. Thomp-
son, son of Norman Thompson.
He is alleged to have been the
driver of a truck which struck
and killed Jos. D. Brown, II, of
East Nottingham township, Pa.
When struck at 1920 p. M,
Saturday, Browns body was
hurled into a ditch at the side
of the road, and lay there until
noticed by a passing motorist
at $3.50. Sunday morning.
The lad claimed he did not
know he had struck anyone,
but thought someone had
CuIOWu d SCOu0 duu UTOkCu Lu0
windshield of his car.
He was arrested on Sunday
morning by Chief Samuel Lee,
who learned of the damaged
condition of his car and ascer-
tanned that he had passed that
way the previous night.
The boy is not old enough to
have a drivers license, and has
twice been before Magistrate
Ewing of this town, within the
past few weeks, and fined on
both occasions for operating a.
car without a license.
Deputy Coroner Holton who
investigated the case, declared
that Brown must have died al
most Immediately after being
struck. Both legs were broken
and his skull fractured
After the inquest young
Thompson was taken to the
Juvenile Home, West Chester,
to await the action of the Court
but was later released on bail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY


The Rev. J. P. Otis quietly
observed his 85th birthday an
niversary at his home in Will
mington on Saturday. A fam
lily dinner was given at night.
Mr.. Otis is a retired minister
and spent sixty years of his
life as a member of the Will
mington M. 2. conference,
serving many charges in the
conference, including Rising
Sun, where he spent several
years and has many warm
friends.
Mr.. Otis is one of. the few
living men who remember hav-
ing heard Abraham Lincoln
deliver an address. He has
made many contacts with
prominent men during his long
career, and remembers having
heard both Philip Brooks and
Henry Ward Beecher preach a
number of times.
His present hobby is botany,
and he has a collection of in
teresting specimens. He is a
member of the Natural Histor-
ical Society of Delaware.
Mr.. Otis still enjoys good
health and takes a keen inter-
est in things.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-08-07
STEALING RIDE, FALLS
UNDER TRAIN

While stealing a ride Friday,
on a freight train of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, Ludwig HUI
Der, 10, who gave his address
as Akron, Ohio, fell between
the cars and was injured fatal
ly. Four cars of the train pass
ed over him.
The accident occurred at
Perryville about two o'clock,
and the youth died four hours
later at the Havre de Grace
Hospital, from a fractured
skull and mangled legs.