Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-27

IlIlSDuIp. W est Va Otl. ZDtn SlyS.-''MarSl1il
Steel, young man aged 81 years. who halls from
Washington, and formerly from Rockville, Nd,
has been employed for the last month by Jacob
SwaltZ. who has charge OF a Touring mill in this
city belonging TO Geo. w. Lamon. Steel was
permitted to sleep in the mill, doing odd jobs for
the privilege. There are three others employed
in the mill: VIM. Lamon, son of the proprietor
SeamOre Bowling and Joseph Weluy. 1t seems
that these parties had gotten tired of SteerS
presence about the mill. They therefore deter
mined to brighten Steel off. About ~ O'Clock
last night Welty and Lamon came into mill
room where Bowling and Steel were sleeping,
and shouted that some one had broken into the
building, and Welty fired pistol in the direc-
ton of Steel, loaded with a blank cartridge.
Steel much frightened, ran out of the mill, and
just as he made his exit another shot was fired
and he fell, wounded desperately in the abdomen
and leg, and subsequently it turned out that
Lamon had fired the fatal shot from a-dOuDle-
DarTeled shotgun. steel was picked up by some
persons who happened to be passing and carried
TO the Continental Hotel, where he now lies in a
very critical condition, little hopes being enter
tanned by his physician OF his recovery. Justice
Wien took Steele's antimortem deposition this
morning, and it charges Lamon with doing the
shooting, and also duplicates bowling and Welty
as accessories. Lamon gave himself into the
hands Of the sheriff this morning and was adj
mitted to bail for his appearance before the next
grand jury.
Marshall Steel was until recently a resident of
Georgetown.
THE ROMANCE OF RANELAGH-The Crawfurd
law suit has become such "a celebrated case" in
the annals of the courts that history of it may
prove interesting. The CrawfurdS were an old
and ariStOcratic family OF Prince George county,
Nd, who boosted of their lineage as descendants
of the Scotch earl OF that name, who was be-
headed for eSpouSing the cause OF Charles l.
Their estates were various, extensive, and ulti-
mately fell into the possession of the only two
surviving bachelor brothers. Thomas Crawfurd
who inherited Greenwood Park with its MANY
thousand acres. and David, who owned the large
and beautiful estate OF nearly two Thousand
acres called Ranelagh. David was supposed to
tat a DJ vn1r ytrhi oh,
was the cause OF long and protracted law suit
between his two cousins. Mrs. Mary NJ. Kearney
and Mrs. James L. Henry on one side and the
alleged Legitimate children of his brother on
the other, which ended in the defeat of the for
mer although compromise was effected OF
about 200 acres OF Ranelagh, on which Mrs.
Henry now resides. 1t has come to light re-
Gently, however, that David Crawfurd did make
will just before his death, now 20 years ago
and bequeathed to his cousins, Mrs. Kearny and
MIS- Henry, all his immense estates lying in
Prince George county, Nd 1t only remains for
the courts OF their county to put them in pos
session of their property which has been held
rom them for so many years. The property
with the improvements is estimated to be worth
from $4,000 to 100000 The story of the re-
covery of the will was told in THE STAR some
months ago.
DEEDS IN FEE have been recorded as follows:
La. Dellwig ct al, trustees, to Arthur Christie,
CrabbS, lot 49, So. 1870; s., 800 Lewis Ginter, ex-
eeutor. to HI; Heath, lot B. So. 100; $. Joel
U Ddi iOt II, ST. ,. L. VI.
Barber TO RS. Smith. lot II, So. 565: 5, $50.
Julius Lansburgh to H.W. Chase, part subs /, 336
TO 35 SO. 511 81 ,6.5. ia. Scott to j. Lansburgh
same property; s1,460. W. Gunton ct al. to
Mary G. Temple, lot l, So. S OF 70s; $50. F.
Douglas TO II: spaulding, lot 49,, So. s4; SIS.
Amasa Copp TO Mary II. Copp, lot 25, So 727;
$1,000. Geo. BriscOe TO ME. Fisher part 1906, So
90 in Bealls addition to Georgetown; $500. Nj.
l. Hughes TO ChaS. Memmert, lot /, so. %; s.
Spencer Coleman to Armstead Goodlow. part s,
section l, OF the Barry farm; 500. John Brien
to re. Marche, part 49, So. so; 81 600 In.
Saunders to VIM. Santer, part Is, So. 3T2; S575.
W.B Williams ct al, trustees, to jill Mari, lots
and and part 4, So. 1872; S., 800. J.H. Mari to
MS. Tasker, same property; do.
TEMPERANCE MATTERS.-The DaShaways met
last night at Tallmadge hall The chair, Mr.. d.
=. Holloway, in his opening remarks called at
tentton to the jug breaking to take place next
Sunday night at Tallmadge hall, Addresses
Were made by Messrs. A. Townshend, Walter
Addison 1r., OF Georgetown, James C. Lee and
Bud EagleSton. The choir furnished good
music, Mrs. Seymour presiding at the organ.
1.-THE DC. grand division, Sons OF Temper
ance, al its annual session has elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows: B. s. Pike, OF No.
3, G.W.P; NJ. G. Mitchell, of No. g. G.WA.; F.
A. Speare, OF No. l, G.S.; E. L. Bugby, OF No. 6,
G.Treasurer; Edward Day, of No. 6, G. Chaplain;
II. j. Bradley, OF No. !, G.Conductor; George a.
Cline, of No, Z, G. Sentinel