Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-13
Driven from the Community.

The Montgomery (Md) AdU,s,dte says:-"At
Lindes Station, Oh the Metropolitan branch,
there is community composed almost entirely
OF government employes- on last saturday
the whole neighboi hood was thrown into
intense excitement over the discovery
OF the fact that one Mr.. Britain,
deniZen OF Linden and an office-holder In the
Interior department. rad for some months
past been endeavoTing to Seduce several OF tn,
young girls OF the neighborhood. HIS intendef
victims were between the ages of twelve ana
sixteen. Britain claimed TO be a preacher,
and was In the habit or occupying pulDiUs In
that and adjoining neighborhoods. The ages
OF his intended victims and the position occu-
ns sTan sny as man Of &. family
tons being entertained by the parents OF the
children. On Saturday when the matter was
made known. all Linden Was up 10 arms ana
there was talk OF lynching. Britain was
forced 10 send his resignation to the Interior
department and given twenty four hours TO
leave the community, with the warning that
the first tree"
WHAT STAR REPORTER AsCERTAISRp.
The circumstances above reported are prac-
ucally correct; though Brfttain's attempted op-
erat1ons were not quite as extensive as the Ad-
rOcdte prints There was no threat OF lynching
out Br1tI ain was given just one day to leave
him. He left and went TO Pennsylvania,
: Britain has ,,, been doing ODD preaeh:
III tlIutS - pTtdCuiflg whenever
an! BODY wanted him to- He is a one armed
man. Of medium height, and not at all prepos-
sessing Id looks. Everybody thought, how
ever, from his air OF piety and general surface
experiment that he was certainly a good man.
He was a clerk In the Land Office OF the Interior
department.. just as soon as his true character
became known. be was told TO resign ct once.
This he did. He did not accomplish his pur-
pose among the young girls at Linden. Hisf
name Is John II. Britain.
THE IARoR AGtr.,IoN oE 1873 tn d,v 4,
the Criminal Court, the case OF Isaac Cohen,
on appeal from the Police Court in which he
was convicted OF dSorderly conduct in the sum-
mer OF 1873, was called-Mr. +. Miller, for the
District, and Mr.. Durant for The accused. Iu
q number OF men, mostly colored. went TO the
Agricultural department at the time mentioned
TO demand that work be given them, and Il was
claimed that he there created disorder. Mr..
Durant moved TO quaSh the Information on the
grounds that In this court there can be no pros
jury, and the indicted parties must be prose-
cuted In the name or the United States, which
points were argued al length. The court over
ruled the motion, and Mr.. X. Fl. Cook, special
officer at the grounds. testified that Cohen
came TO the building with a large crowd or
not go ID. he insisted that they could go In, and
foTced themselves In. On cross -eX animation
witness said that about Is men accompanied
Cohen into the building, these being taken
from the front OF the line, the others standing
solid preventing two or more carriages from
driving up to the building as also several Pc
destrtans, and that he had orders not 10 admit
these men fn the building
Capt HiltZ testified, corroborating Mr.. Cook
as 10 the men being formed In 'front.' OF the
building as soldiers I'm line or battle and to the
entrance OF Cohen with some Is others, who
rushed i'm 09SpiIp of tlp officers Orlarl