Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-22
GEORGETOWN.

Az. ALLEGED Char PLAYER.-Policeman
walker haa not been wearing brass buttons
many weeks. Yesterday he arrested . colored
boy named William Brown. William knows
Nov to ''shoot crap" but he says he was not
engaged in the game yesterday. The officer
told Judge Miller this morning that Brown was
IN game on the p street road yesterday.
There were 800 darkies and fifteen white boys
the only one ! can identify" The boy said
that he was on his way home from the country
when be heard some one in the bushes say:
Halt, want you" The man was Policeman
Walker and he called to the boy "stop." The
latter replied, mo, WON'T" whereupon the
officer drew his pistol and discharged il.
Lawyer Kicks told Judge Miller that he thought
the officer should be reprimanded for such a
reckless use Of his weapon. The judge, how
ever, said nothing about the officer. The boy
was released under a suspension OF sentence.
MINOR Police CouRT CAsEs.-Maggie RAN
dali and Adeline Harris, for using bad Ian
guage on H street, not far from the canal, were
fined 20 or 10 days each by Judge Miller today.
Isaac Stevens, who disturbed the quiet Of High
street Saturday night, was fined IS or Is days.
lilly Rollins admitted to Judge Miller that she
was vagrant and her sentence was 20 days on
she farm. Columbus Craycroft and Henry NJ.
Tucker were tried for being disorderly in a
heush on Prospect avenue. Their fine was S5
DIsoRDERLY PIsroL CARRIER FINEp.-An
intoxicated man was disturbing the quiet of
the neighborhood of the Bridge street market
about ii o'clock Friday night and Policeman
David Cotter arrested him. The man gave his
name rs James Roach and made conflicting
statements as to where no lived When
searched at the police station the officer found
on the prisoner u loaded revolver, a piece of
candle and chisel. This morning he was
taken to the Police Court and tried. He told
OF some trouble he had with another man u
long time ago aud Of threats made by the
man. Judge Miller advised him to keep away
from Georgetown. and fined him ESQ or 80
days for carrying the pistol and IS or Is days
Tor disorderly conduct.
CRAP |, PLAYERS FINED.-Richard. alias
1sonnyA Epps and Harry Dodson, colored,
being engaged in game OF crap" two Sun
days ago. They were fined IS each.
AUCTION SALE OF REAL EsTATE.-The Abbott
residence, No. 3022 street, with frontage
OF 75 feet and depth Of l20 feet, was sold at
public auction last week by Thomas Bowling
to Mr.. Harry Blunt for $4,000
The POLICE LAUNCH VIM. G. MooRE.-The
police officers OF the Georgetown precinct (the
seventy have finished their new launch, which
has been named civilian G. Moore" after the
chief OF police. and Saturday trial trip was
made. The result surprising, as it is
thought that the new boat will make nearly ten
miles an hour. Tho boat has a seating capacity
for about ten persons, and in addition to being
used as n pleasure boat 1t will be used to patrol
the upper Potomac.
FINED FOR DIsORDERLY CoNDUcT.-Fiorence
Hall, young woman whose face is several
shades brighter than her black dress. was in
the Police Court this morning, charged with
disorderly conduct The officer in the case,
Barton Fisher, is the same color as tho woman
and SO were two witnesses who testified against
her. Tho court settled the case by imposing a
fine Of IS.
The New PUBLIC School BUILDING, the
jackson. on street between 3ist and SD
streets, was opened this morning for the re-
ceptIon OF pupils. The grades in this building
will be from the fourth to the eighth.
NOTES.-The. George w. King, secretary of
the First Cooperative Building Association,
has returned from brief "trip to New York
state.-lt is expected that within a day or
two the police patrol system will be completed
and in working order here.