Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-04-24
Excitement i'm North Washington.

This morning Lieutenant johnson, of the ~
precinct, arrested Chas. b. Fisher, wcil-knoNn
colored messenger in the Treasury Department
and Captain o. the Butler ZoaaYes, q military
organization. and confined him in the pre-
Cinct station-house. Lieut.. johnson reported
The arrest at police headquarters, and stated
that few days ago he was informed that
funeral took place from the house OF ore Mi Ter.
on 9TH street between P and Q, about the frst
OF the pTest ut mouth, and that the parties no
attended it seemed disposed TO keep the name OF
the deceased a secret, and that the body was in
TERED in the Young Mems Burial Ground, on
Boundary street, Eear the head Of 18th street.
On receiving the Information he went to work,
and ascertained that on the oath OF January last
M iss Kate Jacobs, Z beautiful octoroon, residing
with her aUnt-hrs. Frances Jacobson Rhode
Island avenue, between 18th and 1lth stree :,
lett her home abe ut o'clock in the mug ming
Tor the ostensibleIurpose of going to Annapolis
TO take charge OF aschool. That she went t0-the
house of Miller viii Fisher and, the latter rented
the room and furnished il, and in the latter part
of March she was confined, a IN i'd wife named
smith being present, but indi ng the case a Gif-
ncult one, DIR. Latimer was called, and a child
vas safely delivered, and is now alive and we'll.
tEe girl, however, died and was buried. as
before stated. Miller stated that Fisher came
te his house under the name of Brown and he
icing a sergeant of >1he zouaves, obeyed hi
superior officer Fisher in keeping the affair a
s. e-et. The aunt anda slatives of the girl ia We
been under the impression, until within a fe .
day. past, that she vas al Annapolis, from which
place one or two Anonymous letters had been
written, in which the girls name was mem
toned, and when Lieutenant johnson went 10
I'Sher's house this morning to arrest him he
FOUND then greatly excited, and Mrs Jacobs
threatenng to shoot Fi<le- Fisher acknowl-
edges That he took the girl to Miller's and,em-
pioyed she nurse and physician, but asserts that
death resulted from natural auses. and that he
buried the body decently. kc has retained Mr..
Q. ). B.''N all As his counsel. The case il still
undergoing Investigation. AN. in the meantime
me excitement among the .cslored people is
intense.
THE Case OF RICHARD Wharf.-The follow
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ment thereon in the ease of Richard Want dis
missed in the Police Cont yesterday:
-, District q Columbia, Wdskisgtcz County, SIS:
To the Marshsl OF the District CT Columbia
greeung-WEereas Margaret Want hath upon
OATH, before IGe, Judge of the POEoe Court of
the District ct Columbia, declared that on the
2ilh cay of SCgust, A. ID. 1s1e, at the county
aforesaid, Richard Want did felonie xsly marry
one Maggie Logsioy, knowing that his former
wife, Margaret Want, was living at the time
against the peace and government eft the United
states. You are therefore hereby commanded
tS take the said Richard Want and brig him be-
fore the said Police Court forthwith to answer
SAID charge. Witness the Hon. William b.
Smell, Judge of the Police Court, and the seal of
sad court this 18th CAY of April, 1872. (SigneD
Luther G: Dawson, Clerk Police Court ID. c,
Per Mm. NJ. Evans, Deputy.
The endorsement is as follows Ma eS5
United States W.. Richard Want Warrant for
biga2'y. CcPi: ID. r. P. Bgley. Witnesses:
Margasst Want. Postponed for April %. Jaa1es
1. keieher, security. Rail 81 900.
The following is part OF the record in tie
case:
Dtpart9ent If Netropoxtan Police, Detectsse
GHce, WGShtaGt0a, April oath, lS72-Richard
' ant, arrested April 15sl, 1872, charge CT
bigamy, age 40, white, English, married can
read and waite, occupatiOnEvery stable keeper.
Complainant, Margaret Want. Bail for hearing.
Bigley.
certify the above was taken from the blotter
OF arrests. CHAs. BKgKLEY, Clerk.
The marriage certificate, in the possession of
the lady claiming TO he Mrs. Want, shows that
" Richard Want" and "Margares ogden" were
married in St. Peters Church, AshtOn-uDder
Lyme, in county O Lancaster. England on the
9Th day OF June, 1856, by " L. W. Me-ris, incum-
bent"
The charge of bigany was dismissed ye,ter-
Gay because the WOE an alleged by Mrs. Want
to be wife No. =, made oath that she lad never
been married to Mr.. Want
DEATH OF DIR. RoBT. Il. SToNE.-we regret
TO learn that DIR. Robert King Stone, one of our
leading physicians, died yesterday in Phlsdel-
Phi adelphia on Monday, and although at the
time not in the best health, his family and
friends had no thought that his death was SO
near at hand. he vas taken with an apopetic
III, and on being taken to his hotel died shortly
afterwards. DIR. y. was a son of the late W. j.
stone, ST, and was educated in this District and
III Paris, where he spent several years. On his
return 10 this city he located at the corner OF f
ard 18th streets, ard for a number of years en-
J0yed lucrative practice. Twelve or fourteen
years ago he was thrown from his buggy and had
a limb broken, and since that time he deyot a
himself almost entirely to Office business III
leaves widow "a daughter of the late Thoma,
Ritchie) and two children.
THE GRAND NATIONAL REeArrA.-The
following is the Citizens Committee on the
proposed regatta to be held during the SUNNI
on the Potomac river: A. X. Shepherd Ha.lcr
kiibourn, Major a. @. Richards, William Dick
son, Francis Wheatley. Samuel Cross, IL. q.
boUr. and franklin Philip, with IL. G.. FAINT as
treasurer. On the part of the press-Phi IN
Ju,li' n, of the RepuLlican; Frederick \. Aiken
of the DdiIy Chronicle. John Dunn of the pa
tTiof; William X. Collins, of THe STAR: DR.
Frank Howe, of the Capital; ID. &. Forney. OF
tie SGnoGy Chronicle; j. Gallagher, OF the .S4r.
Goy Gc@ette; Captain |: \. Bnnitt, OF the .San-
dog H,rold, and }. ID. McGnl, OF the George
town Courier.
INCRNDIARIsM.-About O'Clock last night an
attempt was made 20 fire the stable OF Alex
Borland in alley between 18th and 10th streets
ana l. and NJ streets, by placing shavings an
brown paper under the door, but fortunately In
was discovered and extinguished before m :ch
damage was done. cOlored girl was seen
running through the alley just before the dis
coyery. Ofcer Guy arrested small colored
girl on suspicion, but she could not be denti-
fed she was released.
TEE House OF DELEGATES of the Legislative
Asse mbly met yesterday afternoon, but the
Council not having been organized no business
was transacted and the House adjourned to this
afternoon.
SMALL-PoX.-Six additional cases of small
pcx are reported by the Board of Health, also
two deaths.
RELIGIOUS STATIsTICs.-The statistics of re-
lleion for the United States, just completed at
the census Office, show the total number OF
church organizations, upon the LIST OF June
1870, 10 be ~ ,451, the total number OF church
editces to be 63,O74, the total church accommo-
dation to be q ,659 1862, and the aggregate value
of the church property To be 1854 ,429 581. The
statistics OF church accommodation for the prin
cpal denominations are as follows:-Baptist
regular, 3.9g7 JIG; Baptist, other 363, 0l9; Ro-
man Catholic, $50 ,3l4; Congregational. ILL,
2l2; Episcopal, 99l ,051; Lutheran 81 1872; Meth