Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-19
COn.ic.ssci Locals

Yesterday Ctn.er schultz of the seventh pre-
einct station. found dead female cOiOred infant,
III an alley b-tWeen Jth and 9th and u ami ii
Streets northwest.
samuel d. Linn, or Howard county, Md has
entered suit In equity against X. I. jackson and
!: j. Water, trustees and l. j. Johnson and NJ. f.
NoT Is aSsignecs, for deed of release as tC lot g.
subdivision Of part of While Haven.
George HOLMAN was fined $40 by Judge Smell TO-
0Ay ior destroying private property by breaking
window in he Gunton building with bullet from
ST. JezreeI Baptist church has filed certificate
or their 0fga NATION, with Alfred Berry, Abraham
Blaekinorc and ID MEL Williams as trustees.
TIL VIII o. me late Henrietta Dorsey Hlndy
Was filed with Register OF Wills Ramsdefl to-uay
She gives her friend Mrs Henrietta w. Ruteil-
nieSeS, LOUISA ard Ii lnnah wilson. all the re-
ma:n'itr OF her properly, mOnay, &c, ard NOM
mates Louisa Wilson her executrix-
4 Woman I1uocKed Down and Robbed.
7KE ALLEGED HIGHwAYMAs ARRESTED AND IDES-
TIFiED
Last Tu ID y Lieut.. Guy, OF the sixth precinct
was roth that on the Saturday night previous
Mis- Haas. wife o. 4 but her living lin the county
while on Esr way home from market, was as
saultcd and rotbed by black Gesper ido,
WHO jumped into her wagon and knocked
her on the n al, and while she was in a halT
UNCONSCIOUS state robbed her OF IS tn silver
which h' took from her pocket. He then tossed
three hams out or the wagon and made his eS-
Gaze. taxing the money AMI meat with ni!a From
the description given, Lieut.. Guy suspected that
~ was the wrii-kn0wn Thief Wash Meredith, and
1IV
slater arrested Meredith an. took min no the
station house. and Mrs. Chri5tiini Haas was sent
tor, ana later In the evening she appeared at the
Station and identified Mereifth as ths, negro who
ess ,uifed and robbed her. she had On her person
much larger amount OF money in bills, which
was overlooked by the rObber.
MEREDITH Committed TO ANSWER Tuv CHARGE
MeFed til Was on trial before the Police Court
this morning on the charge of highway robbery.
MI Cimpbell Darlington appeared as his counsel
Mrs Christians Haas, who lives on the Glenwood
road. near the GlenwOOd cemetery. testified that
last Saturday night, about midnight she LEFT IN,
Western market alone, in her wagon and tart I'll
Tor her home In the county When on New York
avenue, near list street northwest, a lonely place.
the defendant jumped into her wagon and catch.
Ing her by the throat chOSed her and took s. 10
money OFT OF the bosom of her dress and three
tue while She said he would have gotten the
DIS In her pos3 "ssiOn but in the struggle she Sc
creted them In the wagon. The court refused TO
hear witnesses as TO an alibL The case was sent
70 tde grand Jury, and the defendant Committed
In default of 81 COO.
DEATH OF Mr. JOHN C.. STEW ARr-Nr John C.
Stewart, WHO had BEEN a clerk In the adjuTanJ
generals Office Tor over twenty years, died yes!er-
Gay 1t his home, No 15.r @; street aged So wears
He wFs attacked Tuesday night with paraly is OF
the heart, which resulted fatally the following
Ie1se. No 23, and A NJ, a member o. Columbia
h :; Chapter, No. l. and Columbia COm.nan sery,
No 2 h: 1. Nh Stewart had wide circle OF
sSludihltEccs, anu was very popular. the
funeral WIZ take place at baf-past iour O'clock
tomorrow afternoon from the church of the In
carHat o. The remains viii be Inferred at
Gl@nWOod cemetery.
A DEFECTIVE ARRESTED BY MIsr4KE-O9!cer
clint l. NIB, stationed at the b. q o. railroad de-
I0i, last evening arrested a suspicious looking
I1aH, whom lie t0Os to b. a thief and look aim to
yo:ice headquarters, where he proved himself 10
De Boston effective, on his return home from a
I;p 20 Yves. 'irgna' on Special duly He com
ance, ard was released by Capt. Vernon.
N.YvrScr M,rrt.o,o ,;oonco, ,ox,o
ben ieSusj by the clerk OF the court t. James
Thomas Ferry and Sarah Mcclellan RemInels;
Smelly and Mary E. Brodracht; VIM. Tyler and
Emma Mortimer, both OF Fairfax county Va;
Shllls Shepherd and Alice Brapt, both o. Fairfax
Ma. Ion Hll Case. OF this city; Alex Anderson and
Matilda Green; Charles u. Suthard ami Matte K
Rod1-r, both of Alexandria, Va; Chas. Randall
ard Lizzie Scott, of Maryland Agricultural college.
RoEsEEIEs REPoRrED.-Yesterday Mr. Frederick
10 -ler. living ~ Az street northwest reported
that q beaver coat and light silk dress valued at
- were stolen froiss his house. Yesterday W. W.
Bnrdette reported IN the police that his son, while
riding in a hack Monday night, was robbed of a
watch and chain valued al s35.
Boy BATTER FINED--This morning In the
Police Court hoy, named John O'ToOe, was
pond OF muddy water In Swampoodle in the day
time. Officer Felt stated that the pond Is only a
lew feet from the cars on the b. & o. railroad. in
1uii view OF the street The court said he has
fned number OF boys 81 for bathing I'm this pond
but he wouH Impose fine OF 50 In this case and
u they insist on bathing there he would impose
Inc highest penalty.
DEATH FROM BEING Run OVER BY A TRAIN
The Baltimore AMI Oiio excursion train at one
O'Clock this morning brought TO the depot a man
about nifty years old. named John Ogden re-
siding at S34 ed street northwest, who had
fallen under the train while in motion at the
Highlands, and had his left leg crushed. On the
arrival OF the train at the depot a message was
cent 10 police headquarters for the ambulance
SIT. Boss, the driver, started at once and convyet
tue man 10 Provi fence hospital, when DIR. Eliot
was summoned, and amputated the limb about
four inches ABOVE the knee.
Mr.. Ogden died this morning FROM the shock IN
his system.
A DISHONEST SEHvANT-Mary Blackwell, a COL
ore1 servant, In the employ 81 Mrs. Flynn OF No
l2S street, Was before Judge Smell this morning
on lie charge OF grand larceny OF q fur-t immed
Miss Minnie Glenny, boarder In the house. The
young Lady stated that the girl admitted the lar.
ceny. II was suggested that the defendant was
drunk at the time "A drunken thief Is as dan
gerous as any Other" Unmarked the court. The
case was sent TO the grand jury under $500 bonds
BOYS IN THE POLICE CoURT.-In the Police Court
chs morning, iour small boys. named Amos Plitt
John BoneDrake and Rupert and Bernard Lehman,
wre charged with petit larceny OF several small ar.
ticleS from the house OF Mr.. VIM II. Burnham,
No. l03 East Capitol street The testimony showed
that they entered the house In the absence Of the
family, and alter ranSaeking IL took OF small
articles, and captured q lot OF leIonS, sugar. milk
ard other reireShm 'nts, and had pic mic In the
house. Mr.. Moore suggested that in consequence
OF their youthfulness they be let OF with repri-
mend The court gave them good talking to-
ana said it would be q bad thing for them to have
record or larceny against taem, and released
them ON their personal bonds
NOVEL SALk-Thomas Bowling VIII sell ut his
sa,erooms Tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock about
lCo0 rolls or wall paper. It Is now on exhibition,
and will be foun1 IN endless variety and stylcs
and VIII be positively sold. See advertisement