Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-09
Suffering Among the Poor.


APPLICATIONS MADE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR
RELIEF.
Major Dye said to STAR reporter to-day that he
IS overrun with applicants for charity Most Of
those who apply are widows who have families of
children to support and the fund for the relief OF
distress OF the poor Is already fast melting away
He said that he could use $500 per day Just ut this
time The citizens must certainly do something or
many will perish OF cold and hunger. In George
town, Lieut.. Kelly states, there Is no fund other
than that furnished by the police. All that has
been allotted by the District Commissioners to be
dispensed by the police from the charity fund for
the whole year is $780, and more than half Of it
Major Dye states that the present seems to be
the time money should be used to effect the most
good. About thirty families consisting OF widows
and children, came from Georgetown yesterday,
some OF them with AS high as eight children ut
terly destitute OF food and most OF them miseraby
clad. Major Dye states that he favOrs mass meet
ing OF the citizens OF this city to take some meas
ures for relieving the general distress. Money is
not wanted SO much as food fuel, and clothing. OF
course money Will procure these, but what Is
needed are the articles stated.
INDICTMENTS REPORTED TO-DAY.-TO-day, in the
Criminal Court the grand jury reported the follow
ing indictments: james K. Parsons, embezzlement:
John Shaw and Samuel Reese alias Keys, house
breaking in the night; Robert Anderson assault
with intent to Kill Joseph NJ. Chase; Donaldson J.
Woodcock and Win Sanford, larceny 1.-TWO cases)
John BransOn alias George Evans alias John
Groves, second Ofrense petit larceny: VIM. II.
Banks. housebreaking In the night; Adolphus Bur-
CESS. same offense; Robert Wilson, rape ON Annie
alias Francis Christie, two cases forgery and one OF
false pretences. They also reported that they had
ignored the two charges OF libel against Nathaniel
Paige.
ARRANGEMENTS IN THE CRIMINAL CouRT.-John
Branson, indicted for second offence petit larceny
Robert Wilson, charged with rape; James r. Evans
enlightenment: AdOlphuS Burgess hOusebreaknp
In night; Donaldson j. OOdcock and VIM. Sanford,
m ptYc hc,,c
Ing In the night were arra1gned In the Criminal Court
and pleaded not guilty. Andrew Page charged
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in
the New Hampshire state prison. John Shaw
white boy OF about II. indicted with Samuel Reese
for HOUSEKEEPING In the night, pleaded guilty but
sentence was deferred.
VERDICT FOR THE DEFENDANr-This morning. In
the Circuit Court, Judge Macarthur, the jury in the
case OF James n. Carpenter against the Washing
Ton ana GeorgedoWn railroad company, rendered
for damages for ejectment from an avenue street
car on which he had taken passage with transfer
to 9TH street.
To PLEAD GCnTY.-In the Criminal Court to-day
formerly clerk in the dead letter ONCE called the
attention OF the court to the cases against Baker
indicted February 3D. 1881 In two cases. for secretng
and emOeZzlng letters 1t Is charged that on the
9th OF March, 1884, he embeZzled one addressed to
Franklin Roberts, 106 south Sd street, Philadelphia
containing 81 and d three-cent postage stamps
and one addressed to Mrs Charles Henry. Moline
Illinois, containing 81 MI. Williams stated that
he proposed to come In tomorrow and plead guilty
ASSAULTED BY A STREET CAR DRrvER-Yester-
DAY evening about $40 O'Clock, as Car No l27 on
the Washington and Georgetown railroad, was
passing along pennsylvania avenue, between 18th
and 18TH streets, young man attempted to get on
the car, when, 1t Is charged, the driver Perry
Brown, assaulted him and struck him about the
mead with black jack several times, apparently
without prOvocation. Of1cer Ellis arrested the
driver. He was released on SIS collateral In the
Police Court this morning he was charged with
failed to answer and an attachment was issued
| for him.
MARRIAGE LICENsKs.-The clerk OF the court has
| issued marriage licenses to James Kenney and Ida
Preston; Frederick Thompson and Madeira Gam
| Dretl James Bryan and Sarah Brown: Andrew b.
Graham and Jennie g: Evans; James d. Kuster and