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Coroner’s Jury Fj|ils to Bring
Indictment in Hawkins Case
Say Girl Came to
ath From “Causes
Unknown to Jurors’
^ self, and returns a verdict similar to
/ijttf UclibCTQtlTig n y returned, when ttey held
Xmutes Second Coroner s
that Myrtle Hawkins came to her
mounce a hat Death death from -cause unknown.’
JUT^ i
^cs Honds oj
Faitics.
Unknown
licoid Made by Corner's Jwy
:ubHCt of Criticism— The
Beatiie Case Held Up in
ijntrast-Still Eope of In
dictments,
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^ rier.dersonville, N. C. Sept. ♦
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.'ourt house at 10:30 ♦
n ng and after 30 ♦
. of deliberation, found ♦
Mim Myrtle Hawkins.♦
to her death from ♦
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■ "onville, N. C.. Sept,
rbday. September Tth
Ha«'kins disappeared
her home.
[iHnv morning. 10th., I^er
It will be remembered that after the
first verdict, when sentiment favored
j a deeper probe, the coroner stated
I that at the first inquest evidence was
^ presented showing that the girl
came to her death from a criminal op
eration. The coroner offered as ex
cuse for not making this fact public,
ihat he though by concealing the real
cause the effort to apprehend the giiil-
1 ty parties might be more successful.
I Having admitted publicly that Myr-
‘ tie Hawkins died a» a result of a
criminal operation, the verdict assign
ing death to “causes unknown” came
as a distinct surprise today.
I In view of the fact that the coro-
' ner's jury is not supposed to have evi-
jdence sufficient to convict, but merely
to establish “probable cause,” the fail-
|Ure to return any indictments will no
doubt be a disappointment lo those
who desired to see the murderers of
’ tills girl punished.
xn the Beattie case the jury immed
iately called in all parties conncted
with the case; Indictments were re
turned and all on the strength of sim
ply circumstantial eveidence.
Coroner Sums Up Evidence.
The hearing of evidence In the in
quest into the death, of Myrtle Haw
kins, the 17-year-old girl * whose
body was found floating in Lake Os
ceola near here September 10, was
completed last night but the jury
reserved its decision until this morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
i No evidence of startling nature w’as
' brought out at the hearing to-
|day.
j In summing up the evidence be-
, fore the jury and the possible causes
* of the girl’s death, Coroner Kirk
said she might have come to her
death from three causes, namely,
vesterdav eighteen new: fora shock from the entrance of air
-rere eiamlned which made .lo‘0 the veins, or from a hemorrhage
The family of ^’bich might have resulted from a
'criminal operation, or from a criminal
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’ j ^ ! i for the murderer
- . osvred t,, the governor oflSfenjiue to ^wnlng^and
J. .-nii.jlar subscription, $1,000
c.r."- authorities, $500. It is
■ T': u the rewards will approxi-
; “ It was proved def-
t Mrs Bessie Clark Gulce The coroner’s inquest was called
at 3:30 and Miss Estelle Grant took
the stand and told of visiting Mrs
A. A. McCall on Saturday before the
murder. She proved conclusively by
her testimony that she was not In
any way connected with the death of
Myrtle Hawkins. The court then call
ed several doctors to the stand to
the case was testify as to whether or not they had
' ever been approached by any one
•an-al evidence figured In I with S’'”!
I inal operation on Miss Myrtle Jiaw
ase of It and nothing posi- | They denied that any proposal
proven. There Is no little been made, to them.
smiysoF
HARVESTER
"TRUST” CIISE
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 20.—Th^t
the government is ready to per
the International Harvester Com ^
voluntarily to readjust its or' 5
tlon to conform to recent in*.4^ Ac
tions of the Sherman
known here today. ^
Pending the result of ^ erences
Fifteen Hundied
Employes 0/ Street
Railway St? ike
Cow ts To Have a
Hand In Bills Of
Lading Squabble
WHITE STAB
LINER STRIKES
la'*^ ^Xme
Wicker-
, company,
suit is be-
Detroit Populace Forced to
Walk To-doy ot Take a
‘*Taxi^^—Not a Street Car in
7h^ City Running lo-day.
Mr. David W. Oates
. Died At 3 clock
E
While Cotton Men ox Iwo
Countries Are Considering
Plans jor Guaranteeing Bills
Courts are Arranging For
Hearing or Case.
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afternoon. 10th.,
lury found she came
ath from causes un-
between Attorney Ge
sham and attorneys f*- ▼
the threatened dissc
ing delayed.
Negotiations looking ' to an under
standing between the government and
the company have reached the stage,
it is said, where it will be necessary
for Mr. Bancroft, counsel for the com
pany, to refer the question of re-or-
ganlzatlon to the company’s board of
directors.
Financial circles recentlj" have heard
persistent reports that the govern
ment was ready to bring an anti-trust
suit against the company. Some pa
pers necessary for court proceedings
were prepared. The understanding
here is that the government at no time
has been inclined to be precipitated so
long as the company showed a dispo
sition to meet the demands of the fed
eral authorities.
The attitude of the board ot direc
tors of the harvester company is ex
pected to be communicated to the de
partment of justice in about a month.
It is said to have been an impossibil
ity to present the situation to the
board of directors before, because
many of the members have been in
Europe. The next regular meeting is
scheduled to be held on Oct. 21.
The negotiations which Attorney
General Wickersham has been carry
ing-on :• with officials of the harvester
company do not constitute an entirely
new departure In federal regulation of
corporations although the proceedljig
Is of a character only recently institu
ted.
Fifteen Hundred Employes of
Detroit United Railway Co.,
Strike For 25 and 30 Cents
an Hour.
was
testi-
15th., Inquest
^ Jind taking of
► -un.
1 continued every day
di;v when the jury re-
vr-dlct that indicated
about fifty.
r'pd girl will offer a re ^ ^ v
and fissault. He said death could not have
if It was
due to an anesthetic no Indications of
It had been found.
Testimony—Miss Grant
Stand
Yesterday’s
on
' a here on Thursday, the
■ - riirip was supposed to have
K'd. She will be brought
• ‘■'f' if apprehended.
- ' ;:ni much Indignation felt
“ r ;he verdict as the people
>^0 f neern to think
By Associated Press.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 20.—Fifteen
hundred employes of the Detroit Uni
ted Railway Co. went on strike at 6:20
this morning and no street car is run
ning in the city.
The men get 23, 25 and 28 cents an
hour.
They ask 25 and 30 cents an hour.
Last night leaders of the local Street
Car Men’s Association took up head
quarters In a public hall and as soon
as the crews finished their respective
runs they marched to the .hall. Just
as dawn was breaking hundreds of
men, still wearing their uniforms, went
marching In every direction to\frards
the meeting place.
“Practically all of the men were at
the meeting this morning,” said one of
the strikers. “Only about 50 were ab
sent. There was not a dissenting vote
on the strike proposition.”
Out through the Great Fly districts
In the north, east and west ends a
great army of workingmen trudged
down the ^center of the streets. There
w'as no car servicer.
State fair officitJs out early,
»f*?flOtwr and worried
In His Death One of The Lead-
ing Figures in the Lije of
Charlotte For 30 Year$ or
More Passes—Biographical.
M^r. David W. Oates died at his resi
dence on North Tryon street at 3
o’clock this afternoon.
For two years Mr. Oates had been
In falling health, and for months had
suffered acutely. His illness had been
a shadow that had hung over the city
for weeks, for it was known that he
was ill unto death.
While at Flat Rock this summer with
his son, Mr. Robt. M. Oates, he was
several times considered in extremis,
but rallied. Only a few weeks ago
he was brought home. He was con
scious all the time, but too weak to
talk to his loved ones and friends. A
change for the worse came last night
at midnight. ^
Only recentlv Instituted. In the case at the fair grounds. With the big «x^
of the so-called electrical “trust” and j position under way only two days and
that of the Southern Wholesale
Grocers’ Association, the corporations
recently were permitted to agree to
the government’s demands. ^ There
agreements were put in the o
decrees which will be submitted to
the United States courts for approval.
It is not known definitely that the
harvester company will be able to fol
low the course of the electrical trust
or the grocers’ organization, as op
position may develop in the board of
directors. . .
Meanwhile the department of jus
tice mntinulne its investigation
of the authorities for the way
Wie case was handled. It was
di;-anpolntment that
Mr. Hawkins Testifies.
Mr, W. H. Hawkins, father of the
the 1 dead girl, testified next and toJd of
^' how his wife first suspected his
r were not arested and condition and told him. He
f rts were not held as bus-j Myrtle and she would not tell
'-nters around four people, jhim about her condition and when he
new evidence will be In- insisted that she t^l him the name
1 new evidence win oe m ^^^Id tell
in the event a special mother about It. He told of find-
i'5 ' will be empaneled and letter and of searching for
at the home of Ab McCall.
- ing
• fi** to It of all suspects they!Myrtle
underwent a
..iR to work on the cae. i Mrs. Beatrice McCall
direct contradiction by Mr. j severe cross-examination. j. * j
fi- ot statements made by Mrs. Mrs. Beatrice McCall contradicted
Mc('all and other relatives ^ the evidence given by others ana it
■ of Myrtle’s where-1 was apparent she was
■ " - the decided sensation of'nesses put on next
;calf was In town Saturday night
lAb McCall on the stand contradicted
in *.he coronor'g Jury reverses It- j these witnesses.
ibK yesterday.
Says Dominion of Canada
Stench In The Nostrils
Of Other Nations of World
Is continuing
and agents of the department a
sttll at work. Details of the negotia
tions between Messrs. Wickersham
and Bancroft have not been allowed
to become public although it 1
known that as one condmon of non
prosecution the ^e
unon the business of the trust
ing separated into the four corpora
tions which first composed it.
Geneial Strike
At Coidova
** COTtova*^ain”*i‘- 20 —A general
etrlS in the province of Cordova was
decided on today. This will affect the
extensive coal mines at Belmez and
Pennaroya.
Normal at Bilbao.
Bilbao, Spain, Sept. 20—The situa
tion here appears to be normal today.
The rioting has cased and the re -
taurants have reopened. Seventy-five
arrests have -been made.
Arrests Ordered.
Madrid, Sept. 20.—The government
has ordered the arrest of workingmen
committees and political agitators in
the disturbed districts.
Three hundred persons were impris
oned here last night. ■
The general strike in this city call'
ed for today was prevented by the ac^
tlon of the authorities. The railways
were running as usuaL
Thirty thousand men in the buiiaing
trades received an order this afternoon
to strike and it is believed that they
may go out.
Troops are stationed at the princi
pal points of the city.
Aviatot Ward
Resumes Flight
with thousands of persons expected
today and all the rest of the week, it
means a great loss to the association.
The men are asking for a raise of 2
cents an hour and when the companj
at one point in the conference asked
whether the union would consider a
13-hour day at the new schedule they
offered to try the hours for 13 days.
The company Insisted that if the
question of wages was to be consider
ed the men must accept a 13-hour
schedule without trial.
The wages which exist at present
are 23 cents an hour for men who have
worked less than six months, 25 cents
for those who have worked under 18
months and 28 cents for those who
have worked over 18 months. The
increase which the men ask would
make the maximum wage 30 cents and
the minimum 25 cents.
Out of the 2,400 employed by the
company, 1,700 are embers of the as
sociation. The remaining 700 are men
who have been employed by the co-
pany for less than 90 days , and who
are not entitled to membership until
they have worked that length Of time-
All through today anxious watchers
have hovered over him trying to
nurse back the past-going spirit, but
in vain. With the gentleness of
sleep the noble-splrlted man passed.
Charlotte loses one of her best man
and for 30 or 40 years one of her
foremast citizens in church and
state. Of his life in the community
more will be. written tomorrow.
l^ographical. *
David William Oates, eldest son of
Edward White and Mahulda Oates,
By Associated Press.
Cowes, Isle of Wight, Sept. 20.—The
White Star line steamer, Olympic, the
biggest passenger carrying vessel in
the service, was in collision with the
British protected cruiser, Hawke, near
Osborne Bay on the north side of the
Isle of .Wight this afternoon and was
so badly damaged that her captain, E.
J. Smith, beached her on a mud bank
in the Cowes roadstead. Later she
was released and started back for
Southampton. Captain Smith immedi
ately after the accident, signalled for
aid to Portsmouth, from where tugs
•were sent. At fhe same time assur
ance was given that the passengers
were in no danger.
The Hawk© was damaged, but less
seriously, and anchored close by the
steamer until the Olympic cleared of
the mud bank, set out on her return
to Southampton. The Hawke then
started southward under her own
steam.
The cruiser’s bows were crumpled
by the impact and her plates torn to
the water line.
The Olympic sailed from Southamp
ton at 11:25 o’clock bound for New
York by way of Cherbourg and Queens
town. She sailed with the largest list
of firSt-class passengers that ever
started across the Atlantic on one ship.
The first cabin passengers numbered
742, twenty-four more than her best
previous record. Among them were
between twenty and thirty American
millionaires. Some thing like $250,000
had been paid in passage money. All
told there were nearly three thousand
persons on board. '
In the collision the Olympic waa
struck on. the starboard quarter and a
large hole was stove in. When the
vessels separated after the impact it
was seen that the Olympic was crip
pled and Captain Smith immediately
ordered her beached.
’ic
0 lated Press. | minion, from a political standpoint,
ouver. B. C.. Sept. 20.-In j ^/^^tlonr*"
' " t remarkable political m«et-|*’’j^j. j^artln said he favored reciproc-
r held in Vancouver, Jos Mar- jty, but supported Mr. Borden because
•J- P. for St. Pancras, London, the believed that Mr. tn
‘‘■»ortr‘b”o“o,'tOTenS
for the corruption which he Sir Wilfrid Laurier also
had allowed to creep into,was an honest man, he said he could
t.'. saying that now th« do- not agree with the
By Associated Press.
Hornell, N. Y., Sept. 20. James
Ward, the aviat6r, resumed his coast-
to-coast flight this morning, leaving
Coming at 9:30. Twenty minutes la
ter he was reported as having landed
just west of Addison.
Ward was stopped at Addison be
cause of a defective water connection
in his motor. He has sent to Ham-
mondsport for assistance and does not
expect to resume his flight before 2
P- m.
Strike Situation Serious.
Special to The News.
Rocky Mount, N. C., Sept. 20. ^The
Btrilw iituation took a sudden fierious
turn this altemoon.
WOMON HOLD OFFICERS
AT BAY.
By Associated Press.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 20.—Armed
with a revolver and threatening to
shoot the first man who came upon
her premises, Mrs. Toenges, wife of
T. W. Toenges, former cashier of the
All Night and Day Bank, held at bay
officers of the law from 6:30 o clock
until 9 o’clock this morning at her
home In a fashionable part .of the
city. The officers were trying to arrest
her husband.
It was not until reinforcements in
the shape of four mounted patrolmen
arrived that Toenges surrend^ecL
Toenges together with A. C. Cook,
former cashier of the bank, are
charged in the warrant with having
accepted deposits when it was known
that the bank was insolvent.
THIRTEEN INJURED
j was born in Cleveland county, North
Carolina, May 25th, 1844, and lived
there until September, 1860, when he
entered the military school here in
Charlotte, which was conducted by
Gen. D. H. Hill. When the war broke
out in April, 1861, he, along with his
college mates entered service and was
at first attached to the First Nort
Carolina regiment. Afterwards his
company was disbanded and the va
rious members scattered among the
new companies as drill masters.
Mr. Oates served through the entire
four years of the war, was wound
ed at the battle of Gravel Hill, captur
ed, and was imprisoned at Fort Dela
ware for about ten months. When
w'ounded the was adjutant of the 37th
regiment. Lane’s Brigade. After the
war he came to Charlotte and went
into business with his^ uncle, the late
Colonel R. M. Oates and Colonel L
S. Williams. He marired Miss
Anna M. Blanks, of Petersburg, Va.,
March 25th, 1868, and leaves, besides
his widow, three children, Robt. M.
Oates, Mrs. Harvey S. Bryan and Miss
May C. Oates.
Mr. Oates has been actively con
nected with the business interests of
Charlotte for over forty years, prin
cipally in the cotton business and its
allied branches. Charlotte’s first cot
ton mill was built by Oates Bros. &
Co., in 1880, so that it may well be
said that Charlotte’s present proud em
inence as the centre of the cotton
mill Industry, received its start at the
hands of Mr. Oates,, who, in conjunc
tion with his brothers, and their un
cle, built her first cotton mill.
Mr. Oates was a member of the Sec
i ond Presbyterian church, being one of
its ruling elders for the past thirty
years or more and having been one of
its most ardent workers and support
ers, ever since he connected himself
with it. ^ ^
One brother, Mr. J. M. Oates, sur-
vlvesc, and three half-brothers, Jas
per, Charles and George .Miller, and
their two. sisters, Mrs. Suttle and Mrs.
Petty. ’ i
By Associated Press.
Toulon, France, Sept. 20.—A gun on
the French armored cruiser Glorie
burst today. Thirteen members of the
crew were hurt.
Mdvance In Whiskey.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 20. An ad
vance of 3 cents a gaUon in the basis
for distillers’ goods, commonly re
ferred to as whiskey, was made effec
tive today. This fixed the basis at^l
$1.36 a gallon. The advance Is made
because of the high price of raw mater
ials, such as corn, malt, etc.
THE WEATHER.
By Associated Press.
Washington, D. C., 8ept. 20.—
foHDcast:
North and South. Carolina:
fair and slightly cool«r tonight;
Thursday probably fair; light
variable winds. ^
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FRAiSEfl BY ULL
--0BICI1 IRK
Cor oner *s Verdict in Hawkins
Case Given to The Charlotte
Public by the News 40 Min
utes Before any Other Paper
Was Out.
Pays $8,352 For
Lot mhyers Path
The Stephens Land Company has
sold to Mr. J. W. Jamieson a lot con
taining 1.856 acres for $8,352 in My
ers Park. The lot is situated on Mu
tual avenue, on the west side of the
Providence road.
It is stipulated in purchases from
the above company that the lots shall
be used for residence purposes only
and only by w’^hlte people; that no
reaidence shall be nearer than 40 feet
to the'front of the property, nor nearer
than 20 feet to either side of the prop
erty; that out-buildings shall be erects
eded only after a residence i» begun
and not nearer than 75 feet to the
front of the property; that no sign ex
cept the “For Rent,” or “For Sale”
sign shall be displayed on the premis
es; that sanitary inspection of the
property shall be by the Stephens
Company; that no residence shall cost
less than $5,000 on front lots and that
no Ipt skall contain less than half an
Rush for The News* Extras—
Supply Exhausted by Big
Sales—Verdict no Surprise
to Public—Ihe Lake And
The Dead Keep the Secret
The News gave the coroner’s ver
dict In the Hawkins’ case today, to
the public, in an extra, 40 minutes be-
fore any other paper.
The News’ extra had been read by
every man In the up-town district, 40
minutes l>efore aiiy other paper ap
The verdict of the public was—as
it is always—that The News’ extra
carried the T)est story published.
The public has learned that when
The News getf out an extra there Is
something in it worth reading, hence
the eager always demand for the pa
pers.
During the Beattie trial whenever
The News boys cried, “Extra ! ” the
public made a rush for the papers
“The News’ stories are always good,’
said the people. It has proved the
same in the Hawkins case. The pub
lie has recognized the honest Intent of
The News to tell It something In an
extra, not to give it a rehash.
The quick work of The News in put
ting the coroner’s verdict on the
street, was commended throughout the
business section. -
The verdict was not a surprise to
the public. Those who have followed
the wretched windings of the wretch
ed affair, were prepared for the ver
diet: “Death by unknown causes.”
More in keeping with the stories
w'hich have been sent out from Hen
dersonville, based on evidence fciven
in the case, would have been the yer
diet: Death by too many known
causes.
Thus ends- the miserable affair—
heartbreaking to the parents of the
dead girl, revolting, in many respects
to the public.
The little lake nestling in the shad
ow of great mountains keeps the se
cret.
Rogers to Try Again Tomorrow.
By Associated. Press.
Middletown, N. Y. Sept. 20.—C.
Ridgers decided this afternoon that
he could not get his engines ready, to
start today on his cross continent aero
plane" flight and so will remain here
txntil tomortow morning.
Several Noted Litigations Fol
lowed Failure of Steele, Mil
ler & Co. of Corinth, Miss—
Controversy Tahss Another
Turn.
By Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 20.—While cotton
men of two continents are discussing
plans for guaranteeing bills of lading,
it ^ is not generally known that the
courts of this country have yet to un
tangle the snarl of litigation created
by the failure of Steele, Miller & Co.,
of Corinth, Miss., whose crash precipit
ated all the trouble. Three members
df the firm have already been sent
to jail but various civil actions grow
ing out of the case remain to be ad.*
justed.
These actions involve thousands of
dollars and will be settled in the su*
preme court, Brooklyn, where the
cases are on the calendar. All are ac
tions in equity and the plaintiffs are
Mississippi banks and the Delaware,
Lackawana and Western railroad. All
seek to recover trom the New York
Dock Company cotton shipped to New
York by Steele, Miller & Co. for which
Stephen M. Weld, New York cottott
broker, held bills of lading which the
plainti^ charge were forged.
* Basis of Action.
Cotton valued at $28,000, is the ba^
sis of two actions brought by the Lack
awanna. Weld & Co. here held on«
bill of lading but before delivery the
Steele, Miller & Co. disclosure came
and the bank of Holly Springs, Miss.,
and the First National Bank of Jack
son, pressed claims for the cotton with
what purported to be the original biUft..
of lading. . .
The Lackawanna, as carrier, estab
lished to its satisfaction that the Miss
issippi banks were entitled to the cot-
ton, but the New York Dock Co. into
whose hands it had passed, declined to
give It up In the face of a claim from
Weld & Co. The Lackawanna there
upon repleviened the cotton and on
motion of the New York Dock Co.
Weld & Co. were made codefendants
In order that all interested parties
might be represented in the
suit. Similar suits were then quick
ly filed by the Bank of Macon, Mlssi^
slppl, the Granada Bank and the Bank
of Tupelo. The Granada banks ®ase
has already been submitted to the
court and a decision Is expected soon.
In the federal courts of Mississippi
a similar case has already ^en deci
ded in favor of the local bank ^homing
the original bill of lading. The bank
of Holly Springs, was the Plaintiff and
the New York Central Railroad defen
dant! Cotton valued at $15,000 was at
stake.
Railroads Brought to Books.
New Orleans, ^Sept. 20.—The blU of
lading controversy took another im
portant turn, yesterday when the rail-
roads were brought to book by the
steamship lines at a lengthy confer-
ence at the board of trade of traffic
chiefs and Charles S. Hfight, the New
York lawyer, representing the Liver
pool Interests. ' ,
The railroads, agreed to promptly
furnish the steamer lines copies of
through bills of ladings on all classes
of freight, preventing the singling out
of cotton and putting every commodi^
on an equal basis and placing a safe
guard around everything handled.
This was done to eliminate the cen
tral bureau plan and removed the ob
jection to cotton being regarded with
^^Mr."" Haight left last night for Texas
points still hopeful that the Liverpool
plan wguld eventually be adopted.
Arre*its Follow
Recent Lynching
(
By Associated Press.
Coatesville, Pa., Sept. 20. War
rants charging two members of the
mob in the negro lynching case witn
murder and two policemen with iB
voluntary maaslaughter were today
Issued by Judge Butler, upon the rec
ommendation of the special graiw
jury. The jurors were discharged.,
They had been In session for three
weeks and it had been charged they
were reluctant to take action. .
The men indicted for murder are;
Richard S. Tucker, insurance agent
who was the first man to enter the
hospital on Sunday night, August 20,
when Zack Walker was dragged by
from his bed and burned to
a mob
death. . j
Walter Markwood, mill hand, wno,
it is claimed, took only an obscure
part in the lynching.
The grand jury report censure!
the entire police force of Coa^svllle.
Burgess Shallcross and the Brandy-
wyne Fire Company for failing tc
further the ends of justice. .
The citizens of Coatesville an^
vicinity having Knowledge are cott
4emned because thelf attitude
throughout the inquiry hampered.tht
4Tork of investigation.