Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-07
Arrested ON n Serious Charge.


CHILD INTO DIsREpUTABLR HOUSE.
Michael Brown alias Michael Curtis, 20 years
of age, was before the Police Court to-day
charged with enticing girl into q house of i'll
| fame for the purpose of prostitution. Brown
was arrested on complaint of Ida Sayres, pro
prietress OF an alleged house of ill-fame at sos
18th street northwest. The prosecution il
law for the protection of children. II convicted
Brown will be liable to a fine of not more than
81 900, or by imprisonment for a term not ex
ceeding ten years, or both.
Mr.. Frank Gloss appeared for the prisoner
and entered a plea OF not guilty.
a rs so odd whS
ST. eets northwest, testified that last night her
aunt sent her to Finley's saloon after beer, and
escorted her home. Later she rejoined witness,
he having said he would take her to Baltimore
and marry her. Witness said the prisoner took
her to No. 800 18th street, and he asked the
woman ii she had any rooms. The woman
asked him how old witness was and he told her
twenty-five years, but witness told her she was
only fifteen. The woman told him the rooms
were all in Use, but ii they waited q few min
utes they could have her room, and while wait
ing OtficerW heelock came in and arrested them.
Other witnesses corroborated the girls story.
The case was sent TO the grand jury. Bonds
$500.
Mary Flynn, the witness, said to a reporter
that she was willing to marry Brown or Curtis.
She was sent to the House of the Good Shep-
herd by the court, to be taken care OF until
wanted as q witness.
RoBBERIEs REPoRTED.-Capt. Miles Standish,
of the schooner George NJ. Adams, reports
William Weast, 626 b street southwest, reports
stolen from him a silver watch worth $40.
Mrs. Isabelle Farquhar, Bunker Hill road, re-
ports stolen from her fourteen chickens, valued
at 81.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. - Marriage licenses
have been issued by the clerk of the court to
X. r. Nelson. of Fairfax county. Va. and HQr-
riet A. Hedley; Jacob Carpenter and Lucy
Richardson; Payne Davis and Alice Kelsey;
bell; Nathaniel Gordon and Ella Dawson;
Oscar H. Herring, of Jefferson county, Ia, and
May Simkins. OF Jacksonville, Florida; I. I'd.
ward Clark, jr., and Emma G. Henson; Charles
Rerdell and Sarah Barry: Willie Harris and
Bette Robinson; w. H. Ferguson and Florence
Campbell; Eugene Z. Austin and Willie A.
Moss, both of Albemarle county, Va; David
White and Fannie Adams; George A. Gray and
Sarah 4. Peters.
A TEST STovEPIPE CAsE.-Mr. John A.
Clarke, as counsel for the ''Stovepipe" associa-
ton, (the liquor dealers who use the big
measures for beer,) had an interview with Com.
missioner Webb this morning, and the result
was that at the Commissioners suggestion q
test case will be made for the courts.
MOTIONS TO QUAsH.-In the case Of the at
tachment issued in the case of Smoot against
the Southern Maryland railroad company, mo-
Messrs. Lambert and Darlington. for the com.
pany, and will at once call it up.
Opening Up Southern Maryland.
LeOnardtOwn Correspondence Baltimore Sun.
The probability that Washington city will
soon have direct outlet through the Southern
Maryland railroad (now Washington and Po-
tomac) to the lower Chesapeake at Point Look
out brings forward some reflections a. to the
important results to follow, not the least of
which to business men is the fact that it will
place Washington within q very few hours Of
the Atlantic ocean, instead Of as now, restricted
to the navigation of the long and tortuous Po-
tOmac. Ships landing cargo there could be re-
loaded and again on the ocean voyage In q
shorter time than 1t usually takes TO follow the
present river navigation. The road will also be
availed Of as an advantageous outlet from the
coal mines for foreign shipments, and when q
line, portion Of which is already under way,
pahannock, as q through line for passengers
north and south it will have great advantages
over the present route down the Eastern Shore
peninsula via Cape Charles, and will have the
Baltimore and Potomac, from that line Q large
traffic to Washington and Baltimore which d
now being transferred 70 Philadeiphia-
SUPPOSED TO BE Miss SHELDoN's As6AILANr
A man alleged to be the tramp who attacked
Miss Ella sheldon near ROuzerville, Pa, ON the
road leading TO Pen-Mar, few days ago, WA
ssart sdai in ey
Rouservilie for Identification By Miss shsldon
more than han hair the siobs : already csvsrss
with water BY nature, engineers eeom anxiou
| TO flood the remainder. h de I9osepg - n
ready letting the Atlantic oeean into Osntrs
| anxious 70 turn the Desert a. Sahara into an n
land sea. Now = = .proposed e irrigate u
Iurcoman Desert y aetting river ortwo int
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