Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-10
The Rockville. Md. Robberies.

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The Rockville, Nd. Robberies.
SAFE BLOWN OPEN WITH GUNP0wDER
Some time during Thursday night, the rail-
road depot Of the Metropolitan branch at Rock
vile. Md. was broken into by professional
cracksmen, as stated in the special dispatch in
the second edition of THE STAR last evening.
and robbed of the iron safe, which was taken out
OF the building and carried about half mile into
a cornfieid, where it was blown open and rifled
OF ts contents. 1t was probably after IL o'clock
when the job was done, as the depot does not
close until near midnight. The thieves first
broke into a carpenter shop and stole a bit. with
winch they bored holes through the window
frame and unfastened it, by which means they
entered the depot. They also broke into a
blacksmith shop and stole heavy sledge ham,
mer. probably with the view that it would be
wanted in opening the safe. There were two
saies used In the depot, one containing money
ana the other railroad tickets. The one contain
ing the money was carried out of the door
Opened from the inside) by means of a common
hand-truck, and into the place where it was
found yesterday morning in the cornfield. 1t APP
pears the burglars did not use the sledge ham,
mer upon it. as it had been blown open with
gunpowder. There was only about $25 in it,
which of course was taken. The other safe, con-
tanning the railroad tickets, was carried from
the back into the front room and left there, no
attempt having been made to open it, The
burglars then broke into the stables of Mr.. Lyd-
dane, the grocer, and took his horse and wagon
and decamped, no one knows where.
The Asphalt Contract ImbrogliO.
BILL FOR DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
TEMPORARY ORDER MADE.
W. c. Murdoch and F. d. Bailey have filed a
bill in equity against VIM. Fletcher, ST., and
VIM Fletcher, jr., for dissolution Of partnership,
injunction. and the appointment of receiver.
The compliments assert that they have per-
formed all the requirements of their partnership
agreement, and charge that the defendants vio-
lated the provisions of the paper; that after
contracts for street paving had been awarded to
them by the District. Fletcher ST., for the pur-
pose OF obtaining exclusive control of the same,
refused to permit the execution of paper in
regard to power of attorney to Murdoch, or to
assent to MurdOcks exercising the powers ne
cessary to secure him for an advance of capital,
accompanying this refusal with declarations
that he would not allow any man the manage
ment of his money They therefore pray for an
account, &c, and temporary order was made
by Judge Wylie.
DiSgraceful Scenes After Funeral.
A SERIES OF ROWS IN WHICH SEVERAL HEADS
WERE BROKEN.
The colOred society known as the Sons and
Daughters of Moses had funeral Yesterday and
III.
The band made lengthy circuit of the CITY,
entertaining the lovers of brass music, and of
course, drawing large crowd to follow them to
the house where the corpse lay, and thence to
the cemetery. 1t was quite 7:30 o'clock last
evening when the band. with the procession and
the multitude of hangers-on were returning
from the HarmOnial burying ground, in the
northeastern portion of the District when they
We're attacked by crowd of white rOughs, and
a lively time was had. This was in SwampOOdle
Several sore heads on both sides were the
result of this scrimmage On passing
Capitol Hill sOrtie was made on the
procession by the Bassert alley negroes,
and prolonged fight followed with stones and
sticks. 1t is thought that there must have eX-
listed some old teud between the South Wash
ington band and the Bassett alley colored people,
as the fight was quite bitter the band being de-
Tended by the hangers on. Bassetts alIey is be-
tween "a and Sd and and c streets northeast
The white people living in that neighbOrhood
being much alarmed. sent messenger to Lieut.
Austns station for help, to put stop to the
war. The police ambulance happened to be
standing in front of the station house, and Ser
geant BrOsnan took squad. and all jumping in
RODE to the scene. when he found some of
Lieut.. Boteler's men, of the eighth precinct. had
about quelled the row. there being several
broken heads on both sides as result The
fight was again renewed at the Club House of
the SOnsand Daughters of Moses. on I'd street
between pennsylvania avenue and South A
street. Here the ambulance unlOaded the squad
OF police and fight of about an hour followed
The police were obliged to use their clubs with
yigOr and there were some broken batOns as we'll
as sore heads. The number Of wounded was not
ascertalned, but many were seen to crawl OF the
ground.