Show 1 DIES I IN JAB CAB ri rii i ri P wr- wr i a-i L A. A GEORGE W. W V. V WICKERSHAM I DEATH CLAIMS NOTED LAWYER G G. W. W Wickersham in N. N Y I Succumbs Succumbs-in NEW YORK Jan 25 UP George RI-George George W. W Wickersham former attorney general of the United States died I suddenly in a taxicab today He Hc was 78 years cars of age Mr Wickersham had entered the cab at rot Forty-eighth Forty street t and Park avenue to be taken to third Fifty-third street and Fifth avenue avenue When the driver arrived at his bis destination he could not arouse his passenger An ambulance was called and the ambulance ambulance ambulance am am- surgeon pronounced the passenger dead Wickersham's position o as attorney attorney ney general in the tho cabinet of President President dent Taft was the only political office he ever held He Ho was best known perhaps for his tiis work worle as head of the national law enforcement commission to which he was appointed by President dent Hoover in 1929 The commission recommended widespread reforms in penal conditions conditions conditions con con- and cooperation among the law enforcement agencies of ot the state and federal government As AB head of the commission and afterward he expressed belief that modification of ot the prohibition laws would be best for the coun coun- try |