Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-02
NEWS PROM FREDERICK.
| A Fatal Shooting Accident-New Railroad
Projccted-Notes Of General Interest.

n Fatal Shooting Accident-New Railroad
Projccted-Notes Of General Interest.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star
FREDERICK, Mo-, April 30, 1892.
A fatal shooting accident occurred near New
Market, this county. Wednesday evening, the
victim being. Willie, a f7e-year-old son Of
Moses Champion, colored, Of that place.
Vim. Sevall. well-known colored man OF
that vicinity, called at the Champion
place on Wednesday evening and
went to the boy to quiet him and induce him
to go to sleep. He SAYS that the little fellow
grabbed the handle of q pistol which was in
his pocket and pulled it out, and before he
could get the weapon away from him it was
accidentally discharged, the bullet striking the
boy in the forehead. He fell forward on the
floor and in a few minutes bled to death.
Sewall was arrested shortly after the shooting
and taken before Magistrate Houck who deemed
1t best to hold him in custody until after the In
quest which set for today; consequently
Sewall was brought to Frederick Thursday
morning by County Constable Edward Adams
and lodged in Jail. This is the second tragic
death Of a colored person in the vicinity of
New Market within the past few weeks.
Frederick was stirred with excitement at II
o'clock Wednesday night. occasioned by two
men who were well loaded with beer. a team
and posse of police and citizens in hot pur-
suit George Marquette and Henry Ricketts,.
who worked at Gaver's livery stable, while
intoxicated stole horse and wagon
from the stable and started out on
wild ride through the streets Of the
city. After quite a chase Marquette
was captured on the roof Of the sta
BILE and Immediately tried and sent to the
house Of correction for six months. Ricketts,
is still at large, and is believed to have left the
A solemn and impressive ceremony took
place on Thursday morning in the chapel OF
the Convent of the Visitation, on East I'd street,
this city, when two of the postulate sisters
were vested with the white veil and retired to
the convent until the time comes for them TO
take the black veil. The Rev. Father Coleman,
rector of 81. Johns Church. was
the officiating priest. and delivered a touch
ing and eloquent sermon to the devotees,
who were Miss Margaret ONeai of Philadel-
phia. Pa. and Miss Eli 1beth Keys of New
York. In the future the former will be known
as Sister Mary Joseph and the latter as Sister
Mary Alexis.
While engaged in tearing down the old
Methodist Protestant parsonage in Liberty.
town. this county the other day VIM. I. Crum.
carpenter. found IN the wall between the
garnet floor and the roof the skeleton of an
infant, which had evidently been there for
some time.
John William Barnard. who owns q farm near
Mt. Zion. this county, has discovered on his
p4dSc VIM nc UriicNe6 W Uc an extensive vein
of coal. Coal was discovered some years ago
on the Burkhardt farm, about five miles
northwest of Frederick, and one man
spent fortune in efforts to find a vein that
would justify opening a mine, but with little
effect biologists who have visited those
parts Of the country believe, however, that
coal formations do exist there, though in what
quantities is not known.
The charter which was granted by the late
general assembly of Maryland to build rail
road and branches through Prince Georges,
Montgomery, Howard and Frederick counties
is shortly to be taken advantage OF IN one way
by the Messrs. NJ. J. Grove d Sons Of Fred
erick. who propose to build a line of railroad
from a point west of Mt Airy to Ridgeville,
this county, bringing that town into direct con-
necton with the Baltimore and Ohio. The
proposed road will traverse the exact route OF
the old bed Of the Baltimore and Ohio. It ia
believed that the building Of this branch will
eventually lead to the construction of a road
direct from Washington, d. c., through the
counties mentioned above and to connect with
the network Of railroads further north. F.MCk.