Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-08
A WASHINGTON MAN WOUNDED.
Seriously Stabbed at Rockville, Nd
Montgomery County Politics.
ice of THE EVENING STAR.

Correspondence of THE EVENING STAR
ROCKVILLE, Nd, Sept Z.
Considerable excitement was created in this
place yesterday evening about o'clock. when
colored man named Geo. Meads rushed into
the Office of Justice Morgan and reported to
that officer that white man had been badly
cut by another at Monkey Rum in the vicinity
OF town, and that the man who did the cutting
was trying to make his escape, There being
no other person present the justice deputized
Meads to follow the man and bring him back.
From the place where the cutting occurred
the assaiant had made his way across a vacant
lot to the main street, and seeing a hall door
open at the residence OF Mr.. Albert King ran
through the house and across several lots
coming to another street near the public
school house. where he was captured by Meads
and an excited crowd who had followed him.
Justice Morgan ordered him 70 be taken to his
Office, but while on his way he was released by
his captors and made his escape to the woods
When asked why he had allowed the prisoner
TO go Meads said that he was told by young
white man in the crowd that he had no right
to arrest the man without a warrant and would
get himself in difficulty, and he therefore let
him escape. In the meantime the services of
DIR. Edward Anderson had been secured for the
wounded man, and upon examination he found
that the victim had received q severe stab in
arm. He bled profdselv before his wounds
were dressed and appeared to be in much pain.
He states that his Name Is Edward Easton. that
he is u native of Orange county, Va, and has
been living in Washington for the past year in
the employ OF Jas. II. Morrow at Gheens'
stables. ana came here with him to the fair to
attend to his horses. or his assailant he does
not even know the name, but says he stated to
him that no from Frederick City, Nd
whero he practiced veterinary surgery. He
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the locality named above. which has not a very
high reputation for sobriety, and that the
difficulty arose because he refused to lend his
assailant 25 cents to buy whisky with. Today
the wounded man is resting easy at the Cor
coran Hotel where he was carried after the
ARRAY, and his physician thinks his chances for
| recovery are good. The people Of The town
are very indignant at the fact that the would
be murderer was allowed to escape, and efforts
will be made to have him arrested.
The officers Of registrations for the thirteen
election districts Of the county have for some
time been examining their books. with a view
Of ascertaining what names are to be stricken
from the lists of voters under the new law.
Their first regular sitting will take place on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 18th. 10th and
18th days Of September. and it is expected that
| an unusual number of interested persons will
be present The new law is very unpopular
| with the mass Of the people, irrespective OF
party.
| Auc ucmoCfodC Ptfuioif meetings ueiu yeStef-
day in the several election districts of the county
for the purpose Of sending delegates to a county
convention at this place on Tuesday next. and
| which convention will send delegates to the
Hagerstown congressional nominating conyen-
| tion, were reported to be very small, not much
interest being manifested in the matter. At
Gaithersburg there were about twenty-fv per-
sons present and at Rockville the attendance
was even smaller.
The recent decision of Judge Alvey Of the
| circuit court for Washington county ordering
q sale Of the cntire property of the Chesapeake
| and Ohio canal has had tendency to raise the
| spirits OF those living along the line of the
abandoned waterway and to brighten their
| hopes in the building Of . railroad along the
route. They now anxiously await similar de-
cision by the court Of the District Of Columbia
Miss Alice Larkin Of Martinsburg, WA. n
at present visiting tho family Of M. VIM. A.
| Davis, this town.--Miss Amy Rabbit of
Georgetown Il spending y short visit with her
sister, Mrs. Warthen. at this place. aAM