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accompany him to the Old Star
Building at Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. and
presented him to the city
editor.
why did you bring him
here?" the city editor bel
lowed.
What did you want me to
do, take him to the Herald?"
the reporter replied.
Mr.. Early was interviewed
exhaustively about his escape
and subsequent adventures.
and then Mr.. Linthicum rode
him around in a cab all after
noon while The Star published
the exclusive story and opposi-
ton reporters vainly tried to
catch up. Then Mr.. Early was
turned over to the authorities.
on MuTueT Ease
/ Another time, in 1920, three
Chinese attached to a cultural
mission on Kalorama road we're
found murdered, and news
papermen were able to learn
only that two other Chinese
were being questioned incom-
municado about the case.
| Every reporter in town was
trying 10 find out where the
suspects were being held, but
the police were keeping their
own counsel. At that point,
Mr.. Linthicum encountered
Chief of Detectives Clifford
Grant on the street and asked
where he was going. The de-
tective said he was bound for
the Justice Department. When
Mr.. Linthicum saw him take a
route that would lead away
from the Justice Department.
he followed the detective and
saw him enter a hotel.
Mr.. Linthicum quickly found
out from two hotel employees
that the two Chinese we're up
stairs with other detectives and
phoned The Star. A task force
Of reporters rushed to the scene,
ferreted out the story and The
Star had another Linthicum ex-
elusive.
Joined Star in 1901
A native Of Baltimore ard
the son Of Pennsylvania Rail-
road foreman. Mr.. Linthicum
came to Washington at the age
of Is and went to work for
The Star as a messenger boy
on September Is. 1901. After
five years of bicycling around
town to pick up reporters
stories from the beats they
covered. young Linthicum be.
came a reporter himself.
He was assigned to cover
Georgetown in an age when al
news from that section was
carried under a stock heading
Georgetown" as though it
were a separate town. He com.
muted there everyday by street.
car and reported births from
the doctors, deaths from the
undertakers and arrests from
the police station.
Subsequently, he was grad
uated to general assignment.
and police news and eventually
to the city desk. For the last
q years until his retirement
in 1850. he was church anc
fraternal news editor.
Wed 50 Years
! Despite his long association
with flaternal organizations
Mr.. Linthicum was not a
joiner. However. he was a life
member of The Star Club and
an avid fisherman. He spent
|; his II years of retirement
quietly with his wife, occasion
ally dropping in to talk shor
with the new generation o1
reporters.
Two years ego, he and his
wife. the former Louise Nc.
Dermot. celebrated their COLDER
wedding anniversary in theil
Barnaby Woods home. Re.
Gently, the Linthicums moved
into an apartment at 474C
Connecticut avenue NV.
Other survivors are: two
daughters, Mrs. c. c. Walton
of 44l4 Glenridge street, Kens-
ington, Md. and Mrs. C. H
de Zavallos of Hong Kong, anc
one granddaughter, Jane Wal.
, ton.
Memorial services will be
| held at Gawler's Funeral Home
1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
at a time to be announced
Burial will he nrivate