Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-17

a C.aatrymss's Ftrst Experience I'm City
liza Diamond PIN stolen.

Itf--A Diamond PIN stolen
william Horton. Young eolored man from
Charlottesville. Va. arrived here last evening.
he wa- . stranger tn . strange place, was with
ont findssnd. unlike the city boys, he was I'M
acquainted with the WAYS Of the city people
lie kusE nothing Of the municipal lodging
house. and 20 after wandering Aimiessly abOui
tho city Tor several hours he stopped At the
hon.e 81 Mrs. Cafharine Page on New York
avenne. The door leading 20 the furnace room
-a- not fastened and 80 William walked in
Hs found IL 80 pleasant near the furnace that
h. decided 20 spend the night there and he
made hi- bed on the foor. Nothing disturbed
hi peaceful slurnber aud he remained there in
bhs-ful ignorance of What the dawn Of another
dsy had in store for him
Toward morning When William awoke he
Imagined ~ ws- time 10 get out and chop wood.
e. b. bad done IN the country. bat there
va an unen-v feeling % The inner man. and he
thought he would satisfy that feeling before
bidding farewell % the owner Of the house
where b. had been sheltered. Ia order to do
- he vent b. the dining room. where he en-
iov.i some crackers and Jelly. Then he did
something that be had probably never done be-
fore wiped his mouth with q kin and then
pat u In hi- pocket, thinking IL was hAndker-
ohirf In doing 80 he also put spoon IN his
pocket and Ia still dark he made his bed
on the ioOr and again went TO sleep
nIscovTRED NJ TIE SERVANT
n va a little after O'Clock when Sophia
Mitchell. the servant. and a colored man en-
pIoyed a. waiter appeared The waiter vent
on up-tai-- while Sophis went to the dining
room There she The boarder who had not
paid he bill IN advance, and instead of getting
frightened and screaming shs proceeded to
rro---exatntne william to learn what business
he had there lie Wa unable TO make a salts
factory e1 PLANTATION and sophia detained him
until IN. arrival ~ an officer when he was ar
rested and relieved % the spoon and napkin
Later On the morning the countryman was
given his ar-t lesson IN city life before Judge
Miller.
Mr. Mu,lovnev, the prosecuting officer, had
been rnsrciful 20 him. aud had filed q charge Of
petit larceny instead u hOu-ebreaking. making
the rsnalty short term In jail instead OF
renitsutisry sentence. a. he might Just a. well
have preferred ths more serious charge OF
hnu-shr-.king-
Guilty. vAs the plea Of the prisoner when
arrsiCued
Hs vas unable 10 tell Why he came here. ex-
cept that he wanted ''to be a coming
A sentence Of .i1 months was imposed, and
perhaps he would nov like ito be a going
THEY STOLE A DIAMOND FIS.
Norman Brockeuburg and Charles Williams,
eolor.d we're in Sullivans saloon on street
early the other morning. Bernard Mcfarland,
the bartender was there at his work and was
sitting near the stove 10 keep warm The
negroes x-re doing the same. Mcfarland fell
aslsep and when he swOke b. missed his dia-
mond pin from has scarf. The PIN bad been
.art % him from ireland and he valued IL
highly because u had been presented TO HIM by
q TREND In order TO get II back he offered
reward Of IS for it, return and one Of the per-
sous named returned u. Instead OF getting the
s. he got arrested. They appeared this
morning and were given sixty DAYS.
Clarence Wood and George Barnard, colored
bows. we're also charged with theft. They were
standing on 18th street a few DAYS ago and
Mrs. MARY Mosby invited them in 20 get warm.
She wa- aNIng the fire in the furnace and Wood
relieved her Of her pocket book.
"Ain't YOU warm enough. George?" asked
Clarence q his companion
Yes" was his reply.
Then they departed and Mrs Mosby missed
her pockei book.
Detectives Weldon and Lacey arrested the
boy. and they will not need any more money
for thirty DAYS.