Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-08
SHE WAS LOCKED IN THE SAFE.
The Thrilling Adventure Of q Sales
woman In an F.street Store.

''You see that her hair hasn't turned white. :"
That was the remark made to a STAR reporter
at the store occupied by Mrs. I. Y. Slater and
Miss Lehman, at 931 street, this morning.
The speaker ran her hand lovingly through the
short, wavy, brown hair Of pretty, rosy faced
girl, who stood behind the counter. 1t should
be stated that the speaker was q woman. A
STAR reporter had dropped in to ask about an
adventure which the rosy-faced girl had last
evening. She was locked up by accident
IN vault with a combination lock last
evening, and nobody around had the
combination. The story, as learned by
The STAR reporter, was as follows:
There is safe vault in the rear of the store
about feet square. Last evening about $50
O'Clock, as the preparations were being made to
close the store, the clerk in question v ent into
the vault to put away some articles. Another
clerk passing by and not knowing that the
young woman was in the vault, closed the door
and turned the knob which set the combina-
ton. Then 1t was at once discovered that the
young woman was locked up and there was con-
sternation in the store. Mrs. Slater had known
the combination. but in the excitement Of the
moment it escaped her mind entirely.
She applied to her Loisette system in
vain. The open sesame would not come.
Meanwhile the young woman inside the vault
was rapidly breathing up the few cubic yards
of air at her disposal. Her companions outside
were sobbing and calling upon her not to die
right away: 1t was question whether to en-
gage a safe-burglar or to wait until Mr.. Ro-
maine, who rents portion Of the vault, and
who has the combination could be found
Messengers dispatched for Mr.. Romano failed
to lind him. At last, when the friends Of the
young woman were about to give up, Mr. Chas.
E. Foster, the owner of the building who also
had the combination, appeared. He opened
the safe and the imprisoned girl staggered out
and fell into the arms of her friends
She was locked up for more than an hour and
was in danger of suffocation when relief came.
Miss Lehman said this morning that the girls
courage and steady nerves had pulled her
through all right. and her hair had not turned
white, as Is usually the case in adventures Of
that kind described in works of fiction.
Believes he was Elected President.
THE MAN ARRESTED AT THE WHITE HOUSE YES
TEBDAY Is A PENNSYLVANIA FARMER
G. W. Jamison, the insane man who claimed
to have been elected President and who was
arrested at the White House yesterday, as pub
hshed in The STAR last evening, proves to be
wealthy farmer from Huntsville, Bucks county.
Pa. Mr.. ]. W. Conard, q clerk in the surgeon
generals Office, and an intimate friend of
Jamison. visited him at the third precinct sta
ton last night. Jamison told his visitor that
he left his home last Monday and went to New
York Nobody would pay any attention to
him there, so he came here to see the Presi-
dent. The prisoners wife died last summer,
and it is thought that this loss affected his
brain. Mr.. Conard made the unfortunate man
as comfortable as possible last night, and tele-
graphed to his relatives in Pennsylvania notify.
ing them of his condition. He will be sent
home this evening.
Commodore Booze and His Pistol.
How NEAR LETITIA FEELS CAME TO BEING KILLED.
Commodore Booze" Dung colored man,
was before Judge Miller to-day on complaint of
Letitia Fells, colored, who charged him with
carrying revolver. Mrs. Fells resides at No.
100 Grant avenue, and Booze lives in the ad-
joining house. She became excited and said
she came near being killed; that she was pass
ing through the yard when Booze pointed the
weapon at her and threatened to use it. She
had bucket of water in her hand, which she
spilled.
How near did you come to getting killed."
asked Mr.. Darlington.
Il came very near il. she answered. s'and II
it had not have been for Almighty God and the
coal box / would have been killed"
No one else saw the weapon and the case was
dismissed.