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PAGE EIGHT — THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1924 WIFE OF SUMTER DOCTOR CHARGED WITH HIS DEATH Dr. Archie China Found in Bathroom With Bullet Holes in Head Sumter, S. C., Jan. 7.—Mrs. Lou China* middle-aged society woman, will be charged with the murder of her husband, Dr. Archie China, wealthy physician, banker and dairy promoter,- as soon as she recovers from the apparent coma into which she lapsed shortly before the finding of Dr. China’s'dead body in his bath dition this afternoon was considered ithS, at Clinton, during the summer room this morning. “The case for the State is complete,” Chief of Po lice John M. Barwick declared late today in making this announcement. Dr. China had been dead nearly twenty-four hours before his body was found, Chief Barwick asserted. The pistol with which, according to the officer’s theory, Mrs. China shot her husband twice in the head some time before noon on Sunday was found after several hours’ search to day in the woodshed in a next-door neighbor’s yard. Discovery of the tragedy came early today after Louise, eleven-year- old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. China, found her foster mother lying % on a bed* apparently unconscious. - -The child ran next door and called a nurse, in, went to the bathroom to get a TWO CONFERENCES towel for Dr. H. M. Stuckey, who OF PRESBYTERIANS had been called in to attend Mrs. China. The body was cold at this Prominent Members of Congregation time and death had resulted several hours previous, according to indica tions. It was thought by the physi cians, that Mrs. China had taken poi son''and a stomach pump was used and her stomach thoroughly washed out Her condition at that time was very critical and she has been uncon scious ever since, although her con- somewhat improved. Dr. China’s body was party cloth ed. He had on his underclothing and trousers, the coat and vest to match being on a hanger in his room. There was no blood on the floor of his room or the dressing room. One bullet en tered near the crown of the head and ranged downward where it flattened against the skull, it was said, while the other entered the left forehead just below the line of hair and above and back of the left eye, and went in ward and downward. His watch was in his pocket and had stopped at 1:56. Shortly aftet the arrival of Dr. Stuckey, Dr. Burgess came in, and he was followed by other doctors and neighbors, wha-heard eL~the killing. A search was made for the gun, but W^ReSsif : ---founda~*«ter tba.-*** ^i ass -WOTr*&nd d«iv?f addresses at to the China home. The nurse called Dr. H. M. Stuckey. After his arrival Dr. Stuckey requested Miss Murray to get him a towel out of the bath room. It was when she went to fol low out his instructions that she found the body.' Chief Barwick advanced the the ory that Mrs. China shot her hus band while mentally deranged be cause of jealousy, but he declined to give his reasons for his opinion. Chief Barwick said that he regard ed the chain of circumstances leading to the discovery of the revolver as the strongest link in the evidence upon which he plans to base a mur der charge - against Mrs. China. Members of the family of W. S. Fish- el, who live next door to the China home, reported to officers today that they had seen Mrs. China go to the woodshed in the rear of their yard about noon Sunday, and suggested when a thorough search of the home failed to show any trace of the revol ver with which the banker-physician was shot to death, that the woodshed be searched. ^ Hidden back of a trunk in a cor ner of the shed, Chief Barwick and other officers came upon the pistol with which they believe Dr. China was shot. It is a thirty-two-caliber weapon of standard make, and appar ently new. The exploded cartridges and one empty chamber were in the pistol. The circumstances of Mrs. China having been seen in the Fishel wood shed Sunday about noon is said by of ficers to bear out the theory that her husband was slain before that hour. Another reason they advanced for setting the time ofhis death air Sun day morning was the fact that blood had penetrated the floor of the bath room and dripped to the floor below. Coroner W. J. Seale was notified , and impaneled a jury shortly after discovery of the body. The formal inquest would be much later, it was announced, probably after Mrs. Ch'inr recovers from her collapse. _ Dr. China was fifty-eight years old and had lived in Sumter, virtually all his life. Mrs. China is somewhat younger. They had been married more than thirty years, but had no children except Louise, the daughter, who was adopted in her infancy. He was graduated from the Citadel in the first class after the reopening of the institution following the civil war. Both Dr. and Mrs. China had been active in social affairs. She was known among members of the soci ety set as “Aunt Lou.” Little Louise was hysterical today. She declared she knew nothing of the tragedy until its disclosure this morn ing. « A theory of suicide was advanced when Dr. China’s body was found, but the absence of the weapon with which he was shot and the nature of the wounds caused the authorities to abandon this theory. Two thirty- two-caliber bullets were taken from his head at the autopsy. One had entered the left side of the face, in front of the ear, and ranged back ward and downward. The other was found in the top of his head. It did not penetrate but was flattened out, indicating, Chief Barwick said, that it had probably been fired with the miz- sle of the pistol pressing against the top of his head. The other shot was fired at close range, it was said, as powder marks were plainly visible on the skin. Body Found by Nurse. Sumter, Jan. 7.—Dr. Archie China, a prominent citizen and physician, i£as found dead in the bathroom of his home on Washington street this morning about 9 ©clock’, with two bullet holes in his head. A wounftj in the left forehead is said to have caused instant death. The body was found when Mrs. China collapsed, when Miss Bessie Murray, a trained nurse and next 4eor neighbor, who had been called / > »■ , ■ * * 1 - To Address Meetings To Be Held In Clinton Next Snmmerx Columbia, Jan. 3.—Some of the most prominent men of the Southern Presbyterian church are on the pro grams of two state-wide Presby terian conferences, to be held at the Presbyterian College of South Caro- of 1924, according to announcement made here today by Rev. R. A. Lap- sley, chairman of the committee in charge of the two gatherings, which met in Columbia and adopted the program. Tbere will be a young people’s con ference beginning the evening of June 17, and ending at noon June 24. Young people from all Presby terian churches of the state, between the ages of 16 and 26, inclusive, will be invited to attend this gathering. There will be a daily schedule of class work, for the mornings, with organized recreation, for the after noons and inspirational gatherings for the evenings. Among the speakers whom the committee has invited to lead the rival of the coroner and the body was removed, another search was made but without results. Nowhere in the house could the weapon be found. Later in the day, Chief of Police Bar wick, acting on information received, visited a neighbor’s woodhouse and a search revealed a thirty-two caliber hammerless revolver, practically new, in the woodshed, behind some old trunks. W. S. Fishel, the neighbor who gave the information to the po lice, stated that Mrs. China had been seen in his back yard Sunday morn ing and had been seen to enter the woodshed. -It was also stated that Mrs. China had endeavored to get Mr. Fishel to come over Sunday morning to call Dr. China, but he had declined, and another neighbor had come over, at Mrs. China’^ request, but upon a telephone report that he was at the hospital, he had left the house. The last communication with the dead man, so far as know, was when Dr. Burgess made an appoint ment with him at about 9 o’clock, to come to the hospital at 10 o’clock to administer an anesthetic, which Dr. China stated he would do, but failed to come. Coroner Seale was one of the first to reach the residence this morning and he empanelled a jury with Ho race Hardy, an attorney and city re corder, as its foreman. This jury viewed the body and was present at the autopsy. It was not until Hie autopsy was held that the bullet wound in the top of the head' was found. Drs. C. J. Lentmon and H. L. Shaw performed the autopsy. Coroner Seale stated tonight that no arrangements had yet been made for holding .the inquest as. he was the young people’s conference are Dr J. M. Wells, of Columbia; Miss Nancy White, of the Presbyterian home mission office in Atlanta ;ReV. Dar by Fulton, of Japan, who is now in the state on furlough, dividing his time between Columbia and Spartan burg; Wilkes Dendy, of the Columbia Theological Seminary, former field secretary of the Christian Endeavor organization; Miss Claudia Fraser, of Great Falls; Rev. H. G. Bedinger, of Hartsville; Rev. John McSween, of Clemaon college; Dr. Flournoy Shep- person, of Chester ;Governor McLeod, and Rev. R. A. Lapsley, of Columbia, who at a similar Conference last year began an important series of lectures fundamentals. Dr. M. R. Turnbull, of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. R. H. Askew, ,of De catur, Ga., are to be asked to have charge of the Bible periods of the conference. A Bible conference for the adults of the Presbyterian churches of the state is to be held Junfi 26-29. Among the speakers selected for this con ference are Dr. Chas. R. Erdman of Princeton Theological Seminary; Dr. S. M. Glasgow, of Knoxville, Tenn.; Dr. Felder Smith Optometrist MODERN SERVICE Specialist Jacobs & Company Building Phone 29 Dr. J. B. Massey, of Hampden-Sid- ney College, Virginia; Dr v Dobyns, of St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. R. A. Lapsley, Sr. t of Richmond, Va.;Dr. H. W. Boggs, of Spartanburg; Rev. R. A. Lapsley, of Columbia, and Mrs. An drew Bramlett, of Columbia. Dr. R. F. Kirkpatrick, of Ander son, is to he manager of the young people's conference and Mr. Shepper- son is to manage the Bible confer ence. Rev. J. B. Belk, of Clover, was elected song leader, and Miss Virginia Taylor, of Greenville, pianist* for the two conferences. NOTICE When you have Repair Work you want it done right. I do all kinds and do every job right, guaranteeing satisfaction. Let your wants be known. B. L. CHANDLER (Rear of John T. Blakely's Store) Clinton, S. C. 2-7-Stc Cook bv wire.—B. PARROTT. 4 »♦ 1 l-H-H » Hl**+»-1141»++»4 H The new Hupmobile drives with delightful ease. It is * V ■ . . ' V ‘ like a flask-in get-aways- ELLIS MOTOR CO. Hupp Cars and Hood Tires v ing on Mrs. China’s condition, but it was probable that a decision would be made tomorrow morning of the time when the inquest will be held. Dr. H. M. Stuckey stated tonight that while Mrs. China’s condition was somewhat improved she was still unconscious and had Keen. all day. He said that while no analysis had been made of the contents of her stomach, it was probable she had taken poison, although he was not positive about it. He stated that she had not recovered consciousness all day and'had not made any statement relative to the killing. The news of the killing spread rap idly and created the biggest sensa tion which has occurred here in years." Everybody on the streets was talk ing about the killing and speculating upon' developments in the situation. Dr. China’s friends and police officers are investigating all possible clues for further light on the matter, and it is probable that new information will come out at the inquest. Dr. China had a large practice, was a man of very charming personality and had many friends throughout the State. Beside his practice, he was interested in numerous local affairs, and had considerable property. His large and prominent connections, as well as those of his wife, have added interest to the killing. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHARTER Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned will apply to Hon. W. Banks Dave, Secretary of State, for a Business Charter of J .L. 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