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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-02-15
Real Warfare Between
Colombia And Peru Now
Appears Almost Certain
Colombia Orders Minister
To Peru To Return
Home; Diplomatic Re-
Iations Severed
my AssocIatea Pressl

Dy Associated Prcss)
Colombia today ordered
its minister to Peru to return
home, severing diplomatic
relations with that country
as the result of the OUT
break of warfare between
the two South American
nations.
Peru announced it had re-
ceived official advice that
the Colombian government
considered Brazilian media
ton in the border dispute
finished.
Colombia claimed the
Peruvian air force was the
aggressor in yesterdays bat
tie on the Putumayo River
while Peru insisted the
Colombian fIotilla began the
fight by attacking the Peru
Wan garrison at Tarapaca.
UnofficiaIly reports reach-
ed Colombia that Tarapaca
was captured BY its troops,
but the Peruvian commander
reported the engagement
was inconsequential.
Fighting continued last
night, and Colombia a an
nounced lis troops were be-
ing landed under the pro-
lection of gunboats and ar
tillery.
Both parties said the fight
ing started in Brazilian ter
ritory, Tarapaca being sit
uated on the border.
Brazil is watching de-
velopments, and it believed
she will close up the Amazon
River in the territory vio-
lated.
The Colombian fIotiIla
went up the Amazon to
reach the area which Colon
bia lost to Peru last septem-
Der.
Peru signed a treaty ced-
ing the port of Leticia to
Colombia, but claimed
Colombia failed to cede
other areas to Peru as was
agreed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-02-15
COLOMBIAN TROOPS
CAPTURE TOWN
ROC0TA Feb. 4


Colombian troops captured
the town of Tarapaca today
driving out the Peruvian
force which had occupied the
Putamayo River port so
miles north of Leticia.
Details of the engagement
could not be learned i'm
mediately.
This was the second de-
velOpment in open hostilities
between the two countries.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-02-15

satisfaction of jan enormous hum
ger for recreation. Outdoor physi-
cal recreation must also have
psychological effects.
Religion of course is the great
comforter and has been mans
greatest support in his tribula-
tions. 1t has been perhaps the
greatest single force in helping
him bear the stresses of life.
Adequate group life and family
life must also be considered in
connection with one of the ten
great problems before man in the
future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-02-15
SOME NERVE

nENVER-The mereiest burg
lar that police ef this city have
arrested in many months Is John
Anderson, who stole 81 in cash
from . pair Of trousers in police
headquarters.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
Walsh One of First Offered Cabinet Job;
Romance a Big Surprise to Colleagues

Throughout the last campaign,
Senator Walsh was one Of Mr..
RooSevelt's closest advisers. On
the long Western swing of some
$4,000 miles, Walsh was almost
constantly at the elbow of the
Presidentrto-be.
Walsh accepted appointment as
Attorney General in the Cabinet
with reluctance. He was one of
the very first men proffered a
Cabinet position. It was offered
him on the occasion Of the Presi-
dent-elect's first visit to Washing
ton.
Wanted State Portfolio
At that time, Mr.. Roosevelt in
formed him he would like him to
be q member Of the Cabinet.
Walsh's reply was that he was
interested in only one position
the Secretaryship of State.
His legal attainmentS and
knowledge Of constitutional law
were such, however, that the
PreSident-elect insisted that his
proper place was the Attorney
GeneralShip. Walsh pondered the
matter for days and in the end
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Walsh, as Chairman of Conventions,
Won High P raise for His Fairness

For the past dozen years,
Senator Walsh has been an out.
standing member Of the Senate
and a national figure.
Quiet and taciturn, the grey
haired Montanan carved a niche
for himself in the American hall
Of fame by his relentless prosecu-
ton Of the Teapot Dome oil
scandals during the Harding
administration. To his jealous
investigation more than anything
else, or any individual, was the
credit due for exposing the un-
savory details Of the leasing of
Government oil lands to the
Doheny and Sinclair oil interests.
Hard Working Senator
Ultimately both Harry F. Sin
clair, the oil magnate, and Albert
B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior
in the Harding cabinet, served
prison sentences for their part
in the transaction.
Prior to the oil Investigation,
Walsh was not widely known
outside of Senatorial circles. He
was merely hard-working mem
Der of the Senate who labored
diligently in committee rooms and
seldom took part in debate. When
ne did engage in Senate debate,
1t usually was on constitutional
questions.
It was largely in recognition of
his work on the oil scandals that
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Senator WQlsRs Deaf h Shocks Montana;
Four Seek App ointment as Successor

HELENA, Mont, March 2
UNSJ-Deep sorrow gripped the
entire State Of Montana today
when news was received here of
the sudden death of Senator
Thomas j. Walsh, Attorney Gen
eral-deSignate in the Roosevelt
Cabinet.
Senator Walsh came to Helena
in 1890, from Redfield, S. D.,
where he had practiced law with
q brother, Henry c. Walsh. He
entered upon the practice of law
In this city and became interested
in politics within a few years.
He made one unsuccessful race
for the Senate in 1910, but was
elected in 1912. He was serving
his fourth successive term.
The death Of Senator Walsh
viii not change the status Of the
heated campaign being waged by
several candidates to succeed him
in the Senate. A successor has
been talked Of since Senator
Walsh's name was first mentioned
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H|CCOUGHS NOW
PERIL CERMAK

MIAMI, Fla, March 2 G.N.S0.
Mayor Anton j. Cermak dozed
fitfully in the neWly-installed
oxygen chamber today while ply
sicians attempted to stem an at
tack of hiccoughs which was
termed "a real menace"
Oxygen pumped into the roomy
chamber in which the mayors
bed rests has somewhat allevi-
ated" Cermak's difficulty in
breathing, the specialists an
nounced.
Although the pneumonia in
his right lung is practically
cleared up, DR.. j. w. Snyder
called attention to the continued
presence of colitis. He said:
"He is very weak. The cOlitis
is not SO severe, but it still
prevails. 1t has sapped his
strength. The development of
hiccOughing adds to our wOr-
ries."
The physician explained that
the colitis was due to peritoneal
absorption of blood from the
liver, which was nicked by the
bullet fired by Giuseppe Zangara.
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to the Senate in 1912.


He was identified with most Of
the liberal legislation Of the Con
gress in his score Of years in the
Capital, but it was his prosecu
ton Of the Teapot Dome naval
oil lease scandals that won him
nationwide recognition.
Senator Walsh would have been
IA years old on June IL next. He
was born in Two Rivers, Wis, In
1859, the son Of Felix and Bridget
Conner Walsh ,s,,> ;;
Graduating from the University
of Wisconsin in 1884, the Senator
taught school for several years.
becoming principal Of q high
school while continuing his studies
in law.
In 1889 he married Miss Elinor
c. McClements Of Chicago. She
died in 1917. In 1890 he moved
to Redfield, S. D., and started
practicing law with his brother
Henry, now a Washington attor
ney. He later move to Helena
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Senator Walsh was made chair.
man of the historic Democratic Ma
tional Convention which met in
Madison Square Garden, New
York, in June of 1924. Through
almost four weeks of the most
turbulent convention in modern
political history, he welded the
gavel in a manner satisfactory to
the embittered factions headed by
william G. McAdoo. and Alfred E
Smith.
Dodged Higher HonOrs
In the end, he hurriedly left the
platform in order to avoid being
drafted" for the Vice Presidency
after the convention had nomi
mated John w. Davis as a compro.
mise candidate.
Last June, in Chicago, Walsh
was selected at the last moment
by the Roosevelt management for
permanent chairman. An earlier
agreement had been made which
would have put Jouett Shouse, ex.
ecutive chairman of the National
Committee, into the chairman,
ship.
But the Roosevelt managers be
came suspicious" of Shouse be,
cause Of his close relationship
with the Smith, -Raskob faction
and insisted upon Walsh. Again
his conduct Of the convention was
such as to win the praise Of all
factions.
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consented.
After the matter was settled,
Walsh slipped quietly out of
Washington and flew to Miami,
ostensibly for "a short rest" be-
fore assuming his new duties.
Only to a few of his closest
friends did he confide that he
was to be married.
Marriage Surprise
Washington officialdom gener-
ally was greatly surprised when
the approaching wedding was
announced in Havana by Sonora
Truffin. The ceremony was per
formed last Saturday at the
Finca Nina, the home Of Sonora
Truffin, some miles rom Havana.
The American ambassador to
Cuba, Harry F. Guggenheim, was
one of the witnesses. The bridal
couple flew back to Miami, tar
ried a day in Miami, another at
Daytona Beach, and then started
for washington. They had ex-
pected to arrive in Washington
today and were to have made
their home at 1861 Crescent
Pl. N. w.
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WEATHER MAN
IS SILENT

Saturdays weather still re.
mains a deep mystery, so far as
the general public is concerned.
Forecaster Charles Mitchell, Of
the U. s. Weather Bureau, has
predicte.. fair weather for Wash.
ington for tomorrow. but is thus
far noncommital as to Saturdays
prospects.
Unofficial dicta are to the
effect that there are no lows
(Which is weather slang for
Storms) hereabouts, and that
consequently, if Friday is fair,
there ought to be a good chance
that Saturday will be fair too.
Mr.. Mitchell'S sole comment
thus far has been that he hopes
1t will be fair and warm.
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and opened law offices

Mont, and opened law offices
there.
Senator Walsh started his long
career in public life in 1906 when
he ran for Congress but was de-
feated. He made his first race for
the United States Senate in 1910,
but a deadlock in the State legis-
lature resulted in his defeat.
In 1912 he was again a candi-
date for the Senate, receiving the
highest number of votes cast and
his choice was ratified by the leg
iSlature in 1918. .. .. ~.
He was reelected in 1918, 1924
and 1880, his present term ex-
piring on March 3, 1887.
In addition he was delegate
to six Democratic national con-
ventions, serving on the commit
tee on platforms on each except
the 1928 convention. He was per-
manent chairman of two conven-
tions-in 1924 and 1882.
Senator Walsh is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Genevieve Gudger,
the wife Of Captain Gudger, U.
s.. NJ, living at Norfolk, Va.
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George, the porter, came to me
several cars away from the
Senator's compartment at GAS
O'Clock. His face was terrible
He said:
Boss, something's wrong
with the Senator"
I hurried to the compartment
The Senator lay on his face on
the floor in his night dress
crumpled up. Mrs. Walsh was
standing there weeping.
Then I stopped and lifted the
Senator and felt his pulse. He
was unconscious and didn't ap.
pear to be suffering.
His heart beat two or three
times and I thought we were in
time. Then it fluttered and
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in connection with Cabinet ap
pointment.
Governor j. E. Erickson could
not be reached early today for a
statement, but it was known that
at least four candidates are in the
running for appointment as
Walsh'S successor. His term would
have expired in 1887.
j. Bruce Kremer, national Dem.
ocratic committeeman from Mon.
tana, is one of the leading candi.
dates. Mr.. Kremer was one of
the first Western Democrats to
support the Roosevelt presidential
candidacy. He was a leader in
the Roosevelt forces at the Chi.
cago convention.
w. w. Mcdowell, chairman of
the Democratic state central com,
mittee. is an active candidate, as
is Harry B. Mitchell. several
times mayor of Great Falls.
In some quarters it has been
rumored that Governor Erickson
may resign to receive the sena,
torial appointment.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
DAUGHTER GOES
TOMEET TRAIN

NORFOLK, Va, March 2 (IN.S)
Joyous anticipation turned to sor-
row here today as Mrs. C. E. Gud-
ger, daughter Of Senator Thomas
J. Walsh, and wife Of a naval Of
ficer, received word Of her fathers
death at Wilson, N. c.
Captain and Mrs. Gudger and
their two small daughters had
planned to visit Washington to-
morrow to witness the inaugural
ceremonies as guests of the Attor-
ney General-designate. Instead.
they will leave today to meet the
train carrying Senator WalSh's
body to the Capital.
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PROBERS SPEED
NATIONAL CITY
| N D U1RY
Mitchell Quizzed on Opinion
Of Solicitor General Re-
garding Company

With Charles E. Mitchell, re-
signed chairman of the board Of
the National City Bank and its
affiliate, on the stand, the Senate
stock market investigating COM
mittee tackled a heavy program
in an seffort to conclude it
National City inquiry today.
Senator Brookhart (R0 Of
Iowa asked the witness about the
salary Of George E. Roberts, a
vice president of the bank.
Mitchell said he thought it was
about $4,000 a year. Brookhart
said:
"He controls a newspaper in
Fort Dodge, Iowa. 1 wonder If
you have any other officers
who control newspapers"
Ferdinand Pecora, committee
counsel, questioned Mitchell about
the opinion of Solicitor General
Frederick w. Lehman in 1911 in
which Lehman termed the Ma
tional City Bank and its affili-
ates a disregard of the policy of
the national banking act"
Lost From Files
The original opinion, written in
August, 1911, has disappeared from
the files of the Justice Depart
ment. He wrote another in No.
vember of the same year. That
was suppressed for 81 years and
was referred to by Senator Glass
(D.) of Virginia, in an address in
the Senate last year. Mitchell said
he had seen copy Of the Novem-
ber opinion, but was not sure if he
had seen the August opinion.
Mitchell was excused at this
point and Stanley A. Russell, a
vice president of the National City
Company, the banks investment
affiliate, was called. He said he
was responsible for industrial fl
nancing and part Of the utility Fl
nancing. He said his duties en-
tailed the selection ard training
of Junior employees, contracting Of
ficers of utility and industrial cor
porationS and other general work.
did you in 1928 or 1929 get
information as to the business
of manufacturing agricultural
machinery"
81 did"
MERGER SUGGESTED
"Did you endeavOr to effect
a merger or combination of any
such manufacturing cOncerns?"
1--WE had looked into the
Nichols and Sheppard Company
and finding it too small for our
uses, q merger with other COM
panieS was suggested"
The witness said that out Of
negotiations in 1928 on April 2,
1929, a new company, the Oliver
Farm Equipment Company, was
formed, embracing a merger OF
the Hart Parr Company, Charles
City, Iowa, the oliver Chilled
Plow Works of South Bend, Ind,
and the Nichols and Sheppard
Company, of Battle Greek, Mich,
He conceded that the merger was
effected by the National City
Company "to make money"
Russell said that the Oliver
Chilled Plow Dorks got $9,225, ,652
in cash, 10000 shares of con-
vertible and $4,000 shares of
common stock in the new con-
Germ when the merger was ef-
fected. The Hart Parr Company
got 267 ,972 convertible shares and
133,986 shares of common.
Nichols and Sheppard Company
got 10000 shares of convertible
and 1236,000 of common stock.
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stopped. The porter brought in
DR.. Costello and he said the
Senator was dead.
We were just outside of Will
son and I had the train stopped
there.
I sent Flagman Templeman to
get doctor to take care Of Mrs
Walsh.
He brought DR.. M. A. Pittman
to the train and he admin
istered g sedative to Mrs. Walsh
to quiet her nerves.
Dr.. Pittman stayed ON the
train and went on with us to
Rocky Mount, 18 miles away,
where the body was taken to a
mortuary and Mrs. Walsh, &C
compar;"' by DR.. Pittman, was
taken to the Rick's Hotel.
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Conductor Found Walsh Unconscious;
Felt Senator Dying Heart TI1robs

BY CONDUCTOR HERBERT WEATHERsBEE
OF Atlantic Coast Line Train 81, which Senator
Thomas j. Walsh Died
A o
ROCKY MOUNT, N G., March 2-senator Walsh died in
my arms
His heart beat flutered feeby under my fingers and
died away and I knew life had left him.
Dr. Costello into the compartment, examined the
Senator, and shook his head.
Mrs. Walsh, still clad in her neglgee she awakened
hysterical She kept sobbing phrase and
It was in Spanish and I couldn't understand it.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
Empowers Governor
To Fill Vacancies

ANNAPOLIS, March 2.-The
governor would have the
authority to appoint a delegate
or senator to fill vacancy &C.
curing in any county or city
delegation in the Generarl AS
sembly under a measure intro
duced by DR.. John D. Nicodemus,
Of Frederick county.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
Campbell Sets Sail;
Returns Next Year

NEW YORK, March 2 GN.SD. .
Sir Malcolm Campbell, en- route
for England today on the Aqui-
tania, said before leaving he
would return to Florida next year
and attempt to make 300 miles
per hour in his automobile Blue
bird. He set land speed record
of 272,463 miles per hour in the
racer at Daytona Beach last week.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02

sweetness and light for the
riSque touch for which he has
been noted in his series Of
Scandals"
The show was peopled with
such singers as Evelyn Herbert,
Everett Marshall, Jeanne Au-
bert, Walter Wolf and Hal
Skelly.
Beneath the sickness, just to
show you that White is White,
he turned a deft number. The
dancing and singing girlies lifted
their period skirts and displayed
their knees painted to resemble
the faces of dolls.
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of coStumery.
And a clown
to give the
chorus tim e
to catch its
breath.
In a remark
a b e profess
sional right
a b o u t face,
George White
produced one
of these ro-
mantle song
f e S t S called
Melody"
White has
eli b c I ifl1tnd
The Washington times., 1933-03-02

W t h j. C..
Freeman, Of
the Wurlitzer
concern, said,
that the in
strument was
insured for
100000 and
t h a t h / S
brother paid
slightly less
for it,"
r u bi noff
intends to use
it in all his
r a dio and
theatetr ap-
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
George White Goes In For
Sweetness and Light

NEW YORK, March 2 OIN.S0
An operetta is a moontsruck
musical comedy.
Broken hearts are mended
with the honey of a sentimental
love song. There must be gobS
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ROOSEVE[TS 7 D
ARRIVE TODAY
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his East Sixty-fifth Street town
house to the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad terminal in Jersey City,
where he will entrain for Wash
ington.
Saturday, shortly after noon,
he will take the reins of national
office from President Herbert
Hoover.
All Of the "governo, s" family
will be aboard the special train
this afternoon except his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Anna Curtis Dali. She.
her husband, and their two small
children went ahead.
Those in the last two cars Of
the special will include Mrs. F.
D. Roosevelt. Mrs. James Roose.
velt, the PreSident-elect's mother:
the four sons, Jamea. Elliott.
John, and Franklin, and the
wives of James and Elliott.
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the a ri S t o.
cratic Amer
ican eXpatri-
ate who can
always be de-
pended upon
for surprises.
G W y n n e Is
CO n S idering
revival Of his
m a g a z / n e,
"The Boule-
v a r di er
W h ich long
told the Sc
crets Of visit
ing and resi-
dnnnk SnninfHN
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Bovine Mott
h as written
"The B ook
of L o v e."
S oon to be
published.
Mrs. Mott
is the widow
of M a ] or
j or d a n L.
M o t t, Sd,
who t hr W
a W a y hi S
rights as heir
to a $20,000,.
900 for tune
and deserted
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pea noes, DAVE kUBINOFF
the violinist said, and will play
it on the radio on Sunday night.
His aged parents were here
from Pittsburgh today to see
him get the Stradivarius he had
always longed for.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
Mobile Under Knife;
Condition Is Serious

MOSCOW, March 2 GN.SO.
Commander Umberto Mobile,
italian explorer, was in serious
condition today following an
emergency appendicitis operation
at the Kremin Hospital.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Rubinoff to Play His
StradiVarius Sunday

NEW YORK, March 2.-Dave
Rubinoff, the violinist, has pur-
chased a Stradivarius.
His younger brother, Phil,
who conducted the negotiations
The Washington times., 1933-03-02

raries, regardless Of party affilia-
tions, and was known as one Of
the most fearless legislators Of
the nation, ever since his election
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his wife in order to live with
his chorus girl sweetheart. The
girl was also married, at the
time of the elopment, to Wal
ter Bovine, New York million
aire.
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Walsh KnOwn as Fear less Legislator;
Won Fame as Teapot Dome Prosecutor

Senator Thomas Walsh, Attor.
ney General designate Of the new
Roosevelt Cabinet, enjoyed the re.
Suect OF his Capitol contempo-
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
Gwynne, Expatriate, May
Revive Gossip Sheet

NICE, France, March 2.-HiS
many old friends along the
Riviera have accorded a real
welcome to ErSkine Gwynne, the
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
Frances Mott Writes
1.-The Book of Love"

HOLLYWOOD, Cal, March
2.-In a modest hilltop home
in Hollywood, Frances Hewitt
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in a gay and risque tone.
With Erskine came his cousin,
William K. Vanderbilt, jr. The
pair had spent some months in
the Orient, flying to China and
Japan and back again, and mar
rowly escaped with their lives
when their plane got into a jam
while crossing the Nile.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02

JUDGE NATHAN P. BACHMAN
THIS former justice of the
Tennessee circuit court and SUI
oreme court has been named by
Gov. Hill McAliSter to succeed
Senator Cordell Hull, who has
been selected as Secretary Of
State in the Roosevelt Cabinet.
The Washington times., 1933-03-02
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance. 1921 ,480, ,376;
expenditures, $3,972, ,649.24: Gus
toms receipts, SIG, ,442, ,256.28.
CLEARINGS
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SENATOR WALSH DIES IN ARMS OF CONDUCTOR
BODY ARRIVES HERE TONIGHT; -;
WIDOW, IN MYSTERIES,
TELLS Of TRAGEDY

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Florida cty and a physician worked with him four hours
his widow told Dr.. Pittman
His blood pressure was 2OO go above normal.
Mrs Walsh brought the hotel here in highly
condition disclosed husbands illness for the first time
Widow Tells of Tragedy
At the same time she told of finding her husband lying
on the floor Of their compartment when she awakened this
morning.
DR.. Piman quoted Mrs. Walsh follows
II awoke little before o'clock and looked for the
Senator to say Buenos Das but he wasn't there thought
he had gone to the dressing ROOM
"I lay there a moment resting and then arose. I was
Mortified. My husband lay unconscious at my feet!
must have screamed for the porter into the compar
ment hurriedly.
"I don't know what happened then. lot of people
into the compartment. Someone, they said
Doctor Costello, and the conductor said he dead
"Oh, it is too horrible"