Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-21

The restaurant OF Mr.. NJ. q. Mccormick on
9th street, near Pennsylvania avenue, was en-
tered early Monday morning and the safe
broken into and robbed. A small hole had
been bored through the plate near the combi-
nation, and the door forced open i'm this way
The method of entrance into the saloon,
as Well :ts the way i'll which the safe was
forced convinces the detectives that il must
have been the work of cracksmen. Soon
after the case had been reported io the police
yesterday and placed in the hands OF Detective;
Edelin, and Mat:iugly, Mr.. Mccormick came
to police headquarters anu reported that a man
who was then passing up the street had been
around his place acting in N suspicious manner.
Detective RaT went aiIer the man who had been
pointed out by Mr.; Mccormick. He proved u
be young man who gave his name as Fred
Stewart, a travelling salesman from philadei-
phia. 1t was found he had IA companion VIM
Ward, and that they were both staying ut the
the officers do not think that they have any
connection with the robbery of Mr.. Nc, or
mick s safe. They are held on suspicion. The
detectives think that they will be able to arrest
the real burglar to-day.
MR.. NJ CoRMICKS DREAM-HIS STATEMENT OF
HIS LOSSES.
Mr.. Mccormick states that on Sunday night
he had a dream and saw two men at his safe in
his saloon, but he saw resemblance i'm the
man arrested to either of the persons seen in
his dream. He states that there was in the
safe $1,000 in unregistered government bonds
about 81 100 in money, gold watch, diamond
4.
mick thinks that an entrance was obtained
into the restaurant by means of a skeleton key.
Messrs. McDevitt and Finder state that the
job was one OF the neateSt ever done here, and
that it it was the work Of one of the very few
men in the country who are able to do such
work. Mr.. Mccormick offers reward of
$1,000 for the recovery of the bonds.
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Many Charges Against Him.
THE MAN WHO GRABBED MRS. ELLIorr's
sATCHEL HELD FOR THE GRAND JURY.
oli I0l,
placed on trial in the Police Court this after
noon charged with larceny from the person.
Mrs. Sallie Dckerson. of 917 f street north
west, testified that about 3 o'clock Saturday
night while she and Mfs. Elliott were coming
from the market mark she noticed the defendant
grabbed Mrs. Eiliott's satchel and ran. Witness
ran after him. An officer then coming up also
ing the prisoner, and said Officer Kenny found
the satchel, which was torn. The case was sent
to the grand jury; bonds 81 900.
the residence of W. w. Case, on Missouri ave-
nue., which case was also sent to the grand jury.
Bail was fixed in both Cases at $1,000, in de-
fault of which he was sent to Jail. Several other
cases against Carter will also be presented to
the grand jury.
> MARRIAGE LICENSES. = Marriage licenses
have been issued by the clerk of the court to
James T. Robey and Sarah J. Osborn; VIM:
Hattie B. savage, both of NansemOnd county,
Va; Joseph j. Darlington and Elizabeth II.
MeadOr; Henry Howard and Anna Maria Dod-
son. Joseph Scott and Mary Brown; Harry FREQ
lander and Sarah Spanier; Samuel 7. Hickman
and Sallie j. Wenner, both of Loudoun county,
Va.
A DEAD ELEPHANT FOR THE SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTION. = Barnum's Asatic elephant
Albert, which killed Keeper Smeeney at
Nashua, N. H., on Saturday, was taken to a
ravine in the suburbs of keene yesterday and
killed. He was chained to four large trees, and
the location of heart and brain marked with
chalk Thirty-three members OF the Keen
Light Guard were then marshaled in line at
number q bullets penetrated the Wits. spots.
The huge beast fell dead without struggle. He
was valued at about $4,000. The remains
have been donated to the Smithsonian institu-
ton.
Henry Hackett, q colored labOrer. living at
1917 street, was instantly killed at midnight
last night at the new reservoir at University
hill. He was standing on the top of the cage,
which at the time was at the bottom of the
shaft, when a large chisel, weighing five
head, crushing the skull and Killing him in
stantly. His body was removed to the second
precinct station and the coroner notified.
"A CHINAxAN IN THE CHAIN GANG.-Inten-
dent StOutenburgh states that he received the
first Chinaman since he has been in charge of
the Washington asylum yesterday. He at once
put him into the chain gang and set him at
work grading East Capitol street He took to
the new occupation as naturally as life itself,
and seemed to be at ease in his new surround
tngs.
It is understood that John Kelly will be
largely interested in the New York Gs0r under