Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-22
Arrest for I,arraIry.
A LONG CHASE AFTER THE ACCUSED
TAIN.


Yesterday afternoon Detective Wa.t OIL
Baltimore. and Detective Mcpevitf. OF lfS
city. arrested in Philadelphia capt. Too las
j. SbreNe, Of The schooner George and Hem
ry." OF This city. ON the charge 81 bIrratry.
On the 2ith 81 April .ast Shreye was indicted
I'm The United States district court 81 Mary
land FOR running OF $50 bushels OF corn, the
property OF George h. GpOlridge. OF Norfolk.
Va. The corn. a. i alleged. was loaded GA
board The schooner George and Henry al
fredericksburg. Va, for New YORK, and
Shreve. the captain Of the schooner. ran her
into Baltimore. disposed 81 the CARO-. valued
at $500. then took the schooner into "A creek
CA the eastern shore Of Virginia, ana aban-
donet her. Some Three weeks elapsed after
the vessel sailed fiom Freieri OK Sburg before
The schooner was discovered and the cIrcum-
stances brought 20 light. Tnedeteciives nave
been ON the track of Shreve for nearly
month. They first traced him 10 Cincinnati.
then To Evansville. Ind. and then - -.
Louis. They discovered his stopping pisca
IN ~. Louis oi-N .eW hours after u- mai
departed for Chicago From Chicago they
tracked him 10 Philadelphia. where pu sun
day last they discovered him in n boar ling
house on gth street. Detectives West and
McDeViU secured q room opposite % his
lodgings. and yesterday afternoon saw him
leave the house. when Mcoevltt approached
MN AMI arrested him. Seven hundred and
ten dollars OF the pro luct 81 sale was given
up by Snrcyc. Al Inc time OF his arrest He
nal made aii3n Ecmeui> 10 start TOR Evans
Vile again. haJ purchases tickets 20 leave
bN ihe evening train. ana dIS wife was at
tired i'm her travelling suit. and ual two large
irul b. packed ready ioI the train. Slreve b.
atoUl = wears %. age. and resides IN fIS O.. D.
lis wife = two or ii rec years younger flar
himself TIE detectives took tire prs ler ia
Baltimore AID ioiged him n JtL
4 CONFLICT OF Authority Foreman
Lowe. al Mo- ire engine company. WIS yes
lcrfay suspended by Chlcf Engineer Crouiu
under the following circumS tances: When
the new engine house oi No.5 was built. a
device OF Nj. loves, by which the horse
stall doors are thrown open by an attach
meni 10 the hammer oi the bell when an
. alarm OF fire is SIR. ok. was adopted. n D.
an ingenious amt useful arrangement. ana
was approved bv Chief Engineer Cronin
out the horse stall doors, which are in pairs.
were constructed 10 swing open from hinges
attached 10 thc outer lambs This il Will be
seen makes the horses emerging from the
stalls ruu toward each other and toward the
apparatus. directly Iu front Of them, unless
they take a sharp turn. To avoid danger %
the hOrNe~ 10y running against the apparatus
or slipping in turning. Mr.. CrOaiu proposed
10 Swing the doors nom the Inner iamDS, re-
tanning Mr. loves useful invention, with
out ANY uf4lyt1at .t' thereto Of his Owl. Mr..
Clarke. the architect. under whose direction
Lae building was constructed by act o. Con-
gre>s TOR the District fire department. was
opposed 10 Ihe change. chef CrOlin made
reQulSiiloH FOR the service and material 10
max the alteration. which IeguisltiOn was
/ approved 10y The District Comm s>.oners.
ana iu accordance herewith NJ CrOIin yes
icldaN sent q man iu make tie change. Three
employees Oi Architect Clarke entered the
e. g!re house ans forbid the Workman
mtmhtr 81 Tie tire department from pro
ceediu-. Mr.. CrDGiH heard OI d.. and .0iu.
| to TIE engine house prttreI tie three men -
leave, which they iid. H thea suspended
Foreman Lowe because le hal not exercised
! hiS le2l timaie authority a. foreman On eject
iig men from the engine house yguD were iu.
teIfcTiug with work ordered by hiS superior
Officers. !. d understood that ar. tidrks
! claims that tae bUilting ha~ not been trans
ieuei 30 The fire department, while Chief
EnA lneer trOnlu saws Mr. Clarke verbally
notified hlm that the building was ready Tor
occupancy by the ire department. whereup-
on the company was sent 10 take possession.
ana tl1 50 with the acqgic~c aIce OI M.
CiaIE. The Work Of alteration j. gpig- DO.
and 80 the matter StB-ds az present.
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Two DIVORCES WANTED.-O. =. b. wall
and J. II. Cook nave for mas. Con, tileI a
blll 10! q divorce from Mary GO!f, % whom
COZ was married in December, lsJ1. lie
charges that in April last she committed
adultery with Washington tampDcll. and is
Low living the life o. a common prostitute.
Mr.. J. !. Johnson today filed a bin tor
Susan r. l.. Scott for divorce from Robert
=. scott. She states that they were married
by Rev. Nj. Jackson IN April, 1871; have
had three children. She charges that for
some time past hc has treated her with
great cruelty. torn her clO hing M, and
threatened 10 shoot her. and has given him
SELF up 10 habits OF diSSipatiOn.
KILLED AT \ eTARR1.-ThiS morning
about uiue O'Clock. cglored man, named