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reported Mr.. We1les' forehead was
scratched and his knuckles were
bloody. DR.. Huffman said he could
have received these injuries in a
fall. -Ns@
Asks What Happened.
DR.. Huffman said Mr.. Welles
asked him: t
What happened to me?"
Mrs. Welles and employees on the
Welles estate have told police they
did not see Mr.. Welles after mid
night. He was found at 7:45 am.
Mrs. Welles told Pvt Riddlebarger
her husband often took night walks
because he suffered from insomnia.
but she said she had no idea why
he left the estate, which stretches
for miles along Oxon Hill road.
Livingston road, near which Mr.
Welles was found, runs parallel to
Oxon Hill road. The two roads arc
connected by Kerby road. which
winds for nearly mile through the
back country. Just before Kerby
road Joins Livingston road, small
bridge crosses narrow Garry Creek
into which Mr.. Welles is believed
to have fallen.
Kerby Describes Discovery.
Brooke Kerby OF 67557 Livingston
road, told this story of finding the
unconscious diplomat:
I'VE had been to the 7 O'Clock
mass at st. Ignatius Church and
were almost home when my son
Henry said, Daddy, there's a man
lying in our field
MY wife said, No, it's just bar
REL but I saw bald head shining
in the sun and I knew it was a man
"He was huddled up stiff as q
board He was lying on his right
shoulder with his hands clenchec
on his chest and his legs were drawn
up.
He had on a heavy fur-lined
Jacket and his black tie was pulled
out and lying over his shoulder
His coat collar was turned up.
II could hear him snoring.
kept shaking him and finally his
eyes rolled around and his mouth
opened but he couldn't talk. He
Just kept looking at me.
His clothes were wet and dirty
all over, as If he had rolled in the
branch"
Summons More Help.
Mr.. Kerby said he ran to the
four-room frame house Of his col.
ored tenant farmer, Edgar Young
Mr.. Welles. he said, was SO stiff
they were afraid to lift him fol
fear Of breaking bones, so they GOV.
cred him up and Mr. Kerby got two
other neighbors, c. D. Thorne anc
Merrill Thorne, to help carry Mr.
Welles.
The four men carried the ex.
diplomat into the Young cottage
; and laid him on the floor while MI
, Kerby went off to call police ant
the District Heights Rescue SQUAD
Although Mr.. Kerby had done ex
;, cavation work for Mr.. Welles whel
the Welles estate was being bull
in 1928, he said the llnconsciou
: man was so swollen with cold tina
he wasn't recognizable.
Jewell j Du Bose of the rescu
; squad, who worked over Mr.. Welle
in the ambulance and helped un
dress him at the hospital, said MI
Welles' socks were frozen to hi
legs and his shoes were frozen t.
his socks.
: Identification Difficult.
He said Mr.. Welles wasn't identi
fed until his watch was remove
and hospital authorities saw an en-
. craving on the inside of the watcl
B with his name on it. His name ais
, was on a bottle Of sleeping pill
i found in his pocket.
2 In addition to the watch, MI
!: Welles carried a valuable cigarett
!. case. No wallet was found on hin
Pvt. Riddlebarger said he has no
yet been able to determine if MI
Welles' wallet was found at hi
!. home.
Mr.. Welles was last seen by hi
butler about 1890 pm. 6aturda