Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-18
GEORGETOWN.

A Boy SHOT By Dr.. LrNN-Dr Samuel F.
Linn was held at the police station last night
charged with assault and battery with intent to
kill a ffteen-year-old boy named Guy GLASGOW.
The alleged assault was committed last evening
in the rear of the doctors residence. No. 1884
SD street The boy was in the yard of the ad-
joining house, his home, hammering at a
chicken coop for his aunt, Mrs. Hughes, when
the doctor shot him. DIR. Linn, it is said by his
friends, has been on a spree for several days
and an effort was being made to have him
cared for at some institution. As usual when
he is drinking he was so nervous that the noise
made by the boy maddened him. When first
spoken to by the doctor the boy stopped ham
mering, but he soon resumed operations on the
chicken house and the doctor came out on his
back porch with shotgun. The weapon was
discharged and the lad fell to the ground with
a cry of pain. The load of bird shot
had entered his right shoulder and neck. The
little sufferer was carried into the house. where
he was attended by Drs. Sheckells and Yarnall,
who found that he was painfully but not dam
gerously wounded. Later in the evening a
policeman called at DR.. Linn's house, and the
doctor accompanied him to the station. Friends
of the doctor say they do not think his mind
was right when he fred the shot, as he i'm
agined that one of his own children had been
injured. DR.. Linn, when seen at the police
station by a STAR reporter, declared that he
remembered nothing of the shooting, except
that while cleaning his gun it went off, but as
be greatly agitated and troubled. At the Po-
lice Court this morning the case was not tried,
as the boy was unable to appear.
AN AFFRAY AND AN ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A
POLICE CELL.-The colored employees of the
Washington inn had an affray yesterday.
quarrel about some unfinished work
between John Hawkins and E. L. Lee,
the cook, resulted in Hawkins attacking
Lee with carving knife. In attempting
to separate the men, Mrs. Humphrey,
hn fhnr taxr IS tlx, 100
an ugly cut upon the foot from the carving
knife, inflicted by Hawkins. Things were be-
coming quite serious, when the bus driver,
Hutchinson, appeared upon the scene with a
revolver III his hand and forced Hawkins to
surrender his murderous weapon. Hawkins
was caught and turned over to Officer Riley.
For hours after Hawkins was locked up he kept
up an incessant grooming and crying. and finally
attempted to commit suicide. He knotted two
handkerchiefs together, and then tying one
end OF his improvised rope to the grating over
the door and forming moose at the other end,
which he had placed over his head. he jumped
off OF the bench. The prisoner in the adjoin-
ing cell heard a noise and called loudly to the
station-keeper, who fastened to the cell and
cut the would-be suicide down, who declared,
after he had regained his breath, that if his
case was going any further than the Police
Court he would kill himself. Handouts were
placed upon him afterward.
STONE BATTLE BETWEEN SCEooL BoYs-Po-
hceman Golfer recently received information
of stone battle between the scholars of the
st. Joseph's (parochiaD school and the Worm
ley colored public school. The fight took
place near the parochial school house and one
window was broken. The officer swore out
warrants for the following colored boys: Aug
Lee. Alexander Dunlop. Amos Ross, William
Lewis, and William Wright. When the case
was called in the Police Court this morning the
policeman told Judge Miller that not much
damage had been done and the boys were put
under their personal bonds.
The SMALL Boy AND THE FIRE CRACKER sea-
son has arrived. Spencer johnson. colored
was arrested yesterday for exploding fire crack
ers on 32d street near NJ street. Two dollars
collateral was left at the station.
RELIEF OF DESTITUTE CANAL PEoPLE.-Trans-
portation was furnished this morning to six
of the destitute canal people. The great
quantity of clothing recently sent to this sta
ton has been distributed with the exception Of
few odds and ends.
IMPRovING.-Geo. Hyde, the little boy of
seven years, who was knocked down Sunday
night by bicycle ridden by young man named
Wild, as stated in yesterdays STAR is improv-
ing. The boys head was badly hurt, and he
was picked up unconscious. He is attended at
his home, 343i p street northwest, by DIR.
Richie.
LAWN MOWER was stolen few DAYS ago
from DIR. Louis Mackalls yard ON Dunbarton
avenue.
CATTLE MARKET.-The following are the re-
ported sales of live stock at Drover's Rest for
the week ending June II: Forty cattle up and
sold. Best, 334c to 4c.; good $40. to 3s4c.; me-
dunn, &c. to 3Mc.: common, &c. to Sc. 4S7
sheep and lambs sold. Lambs, SC. to exc;
sheep. &c. to 4c.; calves. SC. to &c. Is cows and
calves, SIS to $50 per head. Market slow.
TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF WATER AT
z A. M.-Great Falls, temperature, 70: condition
l; receiving reservoir. temperature 49, condi.
ton at north connection. 3; condition at south
connection, 9; distributing reservoir, tempera-
ture, 80; condition at iniuent gate-house. Z;
condition at effluent gate-house, Z. High tide
in the river to-day at II M. low tide at 6:l4
pm.