Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-21


men through il, for which received my pay,
and am now looking round for another job.
, MAJ be, Squire, you can tell me where to find
onel
By this time the policemen and the crowd in
the office began to ira vel, and the Justice roared
out /" Leave this ROOM" which advice he at
| once needed.
From subsequent de developments it turned out
that the nursing story was pure fiction. in
vented by the young scamp TO save himself 8
nights Incarceration in the guard-house.
POLICE REPoRrs-First Prectnct-John Col
Ttird Precinct -Wm. Sotheron, larceny; Jail.
joseph Merritt, Chas. Sprank kiln, unlicensed;
S2u.44 each. Alex Gibbs, Anne Lang, Michael
McMullen, drunk; dismissed Thos. Beatty
John Turyey, disorierly; S3.A each. Green
uury Brown do.i SlOH Jas. Magee threa ts;
bail for peace. VIM. Custard, Thos. Goodrich
and John Wilson, bench warrant; delivered
to court
. fourth Precinct.-Michael LalIy, W. Ander-
son, grand larceny; jail for court. Pat Buck.
ley, Agnes WHITE drunk and disorderly; work
house. Chas. LAWN, do; a3. s-
Sirth Pfecinct-t atharine Johnson, threats;
dismissed. Joseph Ball, defacmg building;
10 ked up six hours. Richard Bennett, drank
and disorterly; dismissed. DanI Thomas, dis
orderly; 81. Chas. Dorsey, pick pocket; mill
tary. Artone Merle, disorderly; 81.
Tenth PrecinCt.-Jas. MCCARTHY, selling lio nor
Sunday; SOS. Nellie Williams. prostitu ion,
worhhouse. Jno. Martin, disorderly and pro-
fane,. dismissed Margaret Martin, do; 30.
Sam'l Smith, common drunkard; security for
COON behavior
THE ROBBERY OF THE BANK MEssRNGER-
The case Of the robbery of MIR. j. 5. Anderson,
mess niger of L. Johnson &c Co.'s bank of 81 OILS
50, while going from the Bank OF Washington
to the bank Of his EMPLOYERS on Friday after
noon last, was taken up for hearing before
Justice Clay ton at p. m. yesterday.
The only person arrested on charge OF being
who, since the AFFAIR occurred, had been in
custody awaiting hearing. Mr.. Davidge ap-
peared for the prosecution, ard 5. S. Williams
for the defence.
ard Justice Clayton being informed by the
prosecu ing attorney that they would not ap-
pear, dismissed the case.
The presumption was that the money had
been recovered
ASSAULT AEDBATrKRY.- night, officers
Htssltr and Howard arrested Thomas 9eary,
Margaret Geary ana Patrick Geary for assault
End battery on Margaret Mccormick The
whole party live in Jackson Alley, Swan
poodle. Mrs. Mccormick went to the house OF
Thomas Geary for her husband, who me said
was there playing cards and drinking. Her
anxiety for his welfare got her beating BIZ her
husband and the Gearys, male ami female.
Inc husband was not arrested Thos. Geary
being soldier, was turned over to the military:
Margaret Geary was held to bail for court, and
Patrick Geary was required to give bail for
peace. Mrs. Mccormick was charged with
disorderly conauct, but was dismissed.
Dutch MARY In CouRT.-On Tuesday, when
Mary Heissler, alias "Dutch Mary went into
with keeping q bawdy -house), she took her
seat near the prisoners dock, and with rather
OBSERVATIONS generosity gave to each OF the half
dozen prisoners there q five dollar greanbsck
Ii appears that she was under the i'm preston
that her fine would be but $500, whereas the
court piled it on to the tune Of $500, and when
IL W as announced that she would have to paw
the larger sum, she coolly said she could stand
II, but that her counsel must wait a day or two
for his pay. She is probably able, ere this, to
square up all around.
FERRY BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA AND WASH.
IsGToN.-Mr- Johnston to-day offered bill in
tie House charteriug ferry company, desig-
mated in the act as the Potomac Ferry Com
pany." The bill authorizes Henry ID. Cooke
III. y. Fahnestock, Thomas Clyde, W. b. Hatch,
w. A. Darling, j. B. Hutchinson and T. r
Ohit'enden and their assigns. to operate a line
of Ferry boats between Alexandria and WASH
ington The capital stock Of tie cempanv is
limited to three hundred hoasand dollars
The bill was read the first time and referred to
TIE Committee on roads and Internal Nayiga-
tlon.-Ate1dndria journal, 20ts.
FOURTH WARD STATION CAsss.-Michaei,
Crowley, obstrIcting the side walk; Thos KeI.
ming coachss unlicensed; Sl.5s. Daal Raidy,
violating hack law; $26i. J. @. Cook, do; - SO.
Ihos Humphrey, larceny; Jail Tor court. Chas.
90; do Thos. Geary, assault and battery,
military. Margaret Geary, do bail for court.
McCormick, disorderly; Daniel Mckinney,
drunk and disorderly; and Henry n. Davis,
do; military. 'f - -
AN OLD RESIDENT DEAD.-Last week. Mrs.
Charlotte Peak, an old and esteemed resident
OF this city, died at the house OF her son in.
law, Mr.. John Adams, in the Sixth Ward
Mr.. P.ake was Il native Of st. Mary's county,
Md, but settled in this city shortly altar the
war OF 1912, where she has resided since; hav-
ing married the late Thos. Peake, whom she
survived twenty-three years. Mrs. Peaks was
sixty even years of age. and was the mother
OF thlrt, en- children, six OF whom (among them
Councilman John H. Peake n the Sixth Ward
survive her, with sfxteen nd-children.
LARCENY.-Last night, patrolman Monahan,
o. the Fourth Ward, arrested Thos. FL Humphreys,
colored, for the larceny OF bacon and codfis an
from James Gouid Humphreys was ont OF
work, and MIR. Gould allowed him to stay at
his store from day to day, until he could fiui
employ meat. Humphreys sold the bacon and
hsh 10 Mr.. Bresnahan, 4 neighh or of Mr. Gould
who suspected Humphreys, and watched him
" hen he went into Gonld's store Bresnahau
notified Gould Of the facts, and Humphreys
was arrested, and sent to jail for court by JUS
ice Giberson. |
PASSAGE THIEF AT WoRK-Last Tuesday
hight the house Of Mr.. H. Jauney, No AIS /, |
between 9th and 1Uth streets, was entered by q
passage thief, after the inmates b i'd retired |
The thief obtained two overcoats aud two new
elt hats, the property Of two gentlemen, who |
anne q considerable distance to hear the lee
ure Of J. B. Cough, ana did not bring ID dunli.
,ate clothing to be prepared in such an suiar.
,ency as they discovered themselves in the
aext morning.
SECOND WARD STATION OAsgs-T n.vis
Henry Waters, violating city Ordinance dis
missed. WR. Lee, do; 81 Ben Noyes. do:;