Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-17
LOCAL NEWS.

ADVENTURES OF WASHINGTON DHTEC-
TIvE.-Last Monday morning, Detective Nc
Dewitt, OF the Metropolitan Police, started for
New York with two United States Warrants
TO overtake and arrest, if possible, two men
charged with obtaining five or six hundred
dollars from two citizens of Washington, by
false pretences. He succeeded in overtakiug
the men in New York, and went to the 10Th
police station, and applied for assistance to
make the arrest The officer there told him
that his men were out Of heir precinct, fonly
two squares distant,) and they could give no
aid, but referred HIM to the 29th precinct sta.
ton He went to that station and exhibited
his warrants to the sergeant in charge, and
applied tor assistance, and was again refused
They Intercepted him as TO his authority TO
act, and he exhibited all that is necessary in
cities where the police know a United States
warrant when they see it. and acknowledge
Its sufficiency for the purposes for which il is
given, but these New York police refused as.
sstance on the ground that the warrants were
net United States warrants, or at least thew
could not see IL. McDevitt left the station and
met an officer on the street, and asked to be di-
recied to an Alderman's ONCE. He replied
that he was not permitted TO give information
in the street, and referred Med TO some of the
courts. Finding that he could obtain no aid
from the New York police. McDevitt started
on his own hook, and again hunted mn the
men he wished to arrest When he found
them they knew he wanted them. and I'M.
mediately peid over the money to him. m akinx
II unnecessary for him to serve the war
rants. Having succeeded in recovering the
money McDevitt started for home On
arriving in Baltimore he stepped off the
train at the philadelphia depot and heard one
officer inquire Of another if he knew detective
McDevitt. Of Washington, and remarked that
he had q warrant for Med t, and did not know
hum. Med went to him. and asked him if he
had warrant for McDevitt. The officer re-
piled that he had. Med. told HIM not TO look
any further, as he was the man, and called a
hack the officer having said that he wanted
him TO 90 TO Mar bal Carmichaels Office.
Upon arriving at the ONCE. they found the
door locked and nobody in charee. After wait.
ing about fifteen minutes. Marshal Carmichael
came, and almost simultaneously county con-
stables Geo +. Hotchkss and Z. Reynolds. of
Washington. and Justice Whiteley, Of Balti.
more, arrived there. Med. was presented be.
fore Justice Whiteley, and charged, on the
oath of Samuel Dorman, with exterting sIOO
from Dorman, and with threats The 500 re-
ferred 10 is the 500 Dorman surrendered as a
part Of the money he received in the Hotch-
kiss affair. This 500 was not obtained from
Dorman by Med. but was turned over to Jus.
tce Whitley by Dorman, who turned il over
to Med, taking has receipt for il, and Med a.
was his duty, delivered II TO the property
clerk in Washington.
Detective w. p. Smith, OF the well. known
independent detective firm of Smith, Pierson
West of Baltimore, heard OF the arrest of
detective McDevitt, and went to the office and
gave bail in $500 for his appearance in Balti-
more on the 2lst instant, at 3 o clock p. m. De-
tective McDevitt was assured by his friends
there that they would secure the best counsel
IN Baltimore, If needed. without cost 10 him.
He arrived In Washington this morning.
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OPENING OF BIDs.-At noon to-day Colonel
Il. B. French. Commissioner Of Public Build
ings, opened the bids for the erection OF an Iron
Fence, commencing at the corner Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue and First street west, thence
running west along the front Of the Botanic
Garden, on Pennsylvania avenue, and as tar
on bird street west as the appropriation Of
SI5OOO will carry il. Said fence to be of
wrought iron, the iron portion TO be four feet in
height, and placed upon stone coping sup
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be three feet six inches in height; the whole
to be erected on good foundation of blue
stone.
The bids were as follows:-J. w. Midget Il
Co, 81 90 per lineal foot; VIM. Bradley, SI25O;
A. H. Wood. Si2; w. s. Boyd, $3.50: R. A.
Tompkins, sl4 so; Z. B. Ciuskey, S9.42; J. w.
Strong. el5.35; A. Rutherford, SlI.9s; Thomas
Lewis, 9s; Thomas N. Plowman, Sl4 IS; M.
q. Emery. S13; 4. T.. Anderson, S11.23; M. L.
Merrill, sI2 49, Gray & Noyes, elO53 p. Crow
ley Co., $40; Houston 4 Co, $50; Jno. Cam.
eron, el0.4. +. A. Schneider, e1f 90; w. H.
Downing, Sass; ]. w. Martin, Sl3.36: John.
SON, Simpson 4 Co., Of Baltimore, SIS; N. Ack-
William Frederick, sl1 so; NJ Clancy, si3 IS;
Geo. o. Cook, 1885; Jacob ID. Hutton. SI2 81;
NJ. McNeal, $3.50; Duvall & Co., sl2.9O; A.
Grant ,I 4 Co-.sl3; W. II. Husstis, sls.sO; Wise
Immediately after opening of the above, bids
were opened for furnishing "a oak piles, not
less than sixty feet in length. to square one
foot sixteen feet from the but, and not less than
six inches at the small end. The bids were as
follows: James Smith, SIS each; Samuel
Strong, IS cents per lineal foot; Geo. N. Beall,
Jones. 50 cents per foot; ID. j. Barrick, so
each +. A. Fenwick, SOS for the lot; B. w.
Ferguson, $3.50 each; J. X. Deeter, 500 for
the lot A. M. Maynard, SIS cents per foot, or
1872 for the lot: Jacob Larche, IS cents per
foot: p. Crowley Co., 40 cents per foot: p.
Devaughn, 81 per foot; Conner and Gatchell,
$24 Is; John A. Robey. so cents per foot; ID. w.
(Sarst 40 cents per foot