Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-13
ANOTHER brutal OUTRAGE.
A Small COlOred Girl the Victim.

In the Police Court this morning, Jarrett
Pitcher, a stalwart colored man, about 20 years
OF age, was arraigned on the charge of rape
upon weakly locking colored girl named
Fanny Mitchell. Fanny is dwarfed colored girl
living In Georgetown, and is about 10 years old.
She testified that she was engaged In sweeping
out passageway on Thursday last between one
and two O'Clock. when Pitcher came in and
Selling her bodily carried her up into the gar
ret, keeping his hand over her mouth. Here he
kept her for about an hour. DR.. A. B. Shekells
fortunate girl, and said there was no doubt but
that she had been very badly used. The con-
dltion OF the man corroborated the girls story.
ter complained to her at once after she arrived
home. The court sent the case to the grand
jury, fixing the bonds at $1,000. Pitcher is a
has the look Of a bad fellow. The little girl
who had been lett alone in the house on West
Market Space, was utterly helpless in his strong
from the house, but was arrested by Oficer
Frank Burrows yesterday about II am. Tie
court in dtsposing Of the case said he believed
In the CID law Praeea amSng the 9s p
chez Of their power to commit such offences.
The community could well be spared the propa-
gat4on OF these fiends In human shape.
Maryland Conference M. p. Church.
This conference at its afternoon session in
the 9th street M. P. Church. yesterday. Rev.
DR.. Valiant In the chair, received a report by
Rev. Dr. j. T. Murray on plan for the organ
Independent of the Maryland State Bible So.
ciety, with depository and agent In the city
of Baltimore. The report was not agreed to.
A proposition to raise $500 in aid oft1e Ninth
Street church building was discussed at some
length, and conference collection was taken
up in aid of this object
The committee on western Maryland Col
lege fund reported that s15522 extraeollecttons
had been received. Rev. DR.. David Wilson,
chairman of the committee on pulpit service,
reporte that the various pulpits in the city
Murray, D. D.. in the morning and F. T. Tagg
in the evening, at CongIess-street church,
Georgetown; q. 1. Smith. a. M, and G. F. Far
ring p M Mount Pleasant; s F. GroEther
c. T. Cochell, a. M, d. N. Gilbert, p. M, First
church, virginia avenue and Fifth street, south
east; F. II. Mullineaux, a. NJ, and A. w.
i. w. Bates, a. M, and A. d. Murray, p. m,
Foundry NJ. E. church,; B. Lucas, a, m. and
s $: B. Tredway, p, m, Wesley chapel; Rev. 3.
Waugh chapel; Fl. E. Miskimmon, a. m, and
T. Q. Grouse, p. NJ, Fourth-street church; W.
a. Grouse, a. M, and Walter II. Stone. p: M,
dan, p. M, Ryland chapel; C. II. Ltttleton, ..
M, and A. c. Burgman, p. M, Gorsuch, Fou :
and-s half and II streets: 5. T; Graham, a: NJ,
and J; B; Jones p m Mount Vernon NJ E.
p. NJ, Christian church. Vermont avenue, be-
tween y and o streets; j. L. Ktlgore d. D., a.
M, j. NJ. Alderdtce, p. M, Westminster PreSby-
terrain church; Rev. j. D. Ktnzer, p. NJ, Metro
politan Presbyterian church, Fourth street
southeast; Jesse Shreeve, a. m. j. j. Sullivan.
p m,, Baptist, Fourth street and Virginia
avenue; Rev. J. l.. Kilgore. d. D., p. m, Fifth
Baptist church. southwest S. r. Murray, p. m,
Presbyterian church, Georgetown; j. X. Nichols,
d. D., a. H., Alfred Il. Melvin, p. H., Dunbarton
A. E. church. Georgetown: Rev. j. L. Leisbach,
p. m., Mt. Zion NJ f. church; J. c. BachUS, a.
NJ, D: w. Austine, p M, North Capitol M. E.
D. Dick. p m.. st. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
church. H. c. Gushing and A. S. Hobltzell will
occupy pulpits in Alexandria morning and
evening respectively.
TO-DAY's PROCEEDINGS.
The usual devotional exercises were conducted
by Rev. II. T. Melvin. Isaac P. Atkins was
transferred to the superanuated list.
DIR. Barr then addressed the conference in
support of his administration of the tfeasurer'S
Office of the Virginia Aid Society.
A number of resolutions were reported con-
doing with Rev. James A. Ken Iedy, one of the
original members of this church, referred to the
committee On temperance.
The hour OF eleven O'Clock having arrived. the
order OF the day was then proceeded with, which
was receiving reports from fratarnal meSsen-
gers. The conference was then addressed by
Rev. Dr. Crowthers, president of the Pittsburg
conference, and j. T. Lucas and G. G. WeSford,
Of the same conference. They were followed by
fraternal messengers from other conferences.
AmuSements. etc.