Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-12-23
Mr. MILLS is NOT PRIVILEGED.
He Surrenders His Permit to Garry q
Pistol.
He Says the Publicity Given the Mat
His Object-0ther Pistol Permits.

young man. nervous and excited, en-
tered the Police Court today. holding in his
hand a lengthy legal paper. bearing evi-
dence Of Its having been issued from the
Police Court. He walked to the counsel
table in Judge Miller's court and. holding
in his hand the paper. made known his de-
sire to say something The young man was
Mr.. Charles H. Mills. son Of Senator Roger
Q. Mills, to whom Judge Miller had issued
a permit to carry a pistol to protect his
father. against whom threats had been
made because Of his position on the silver
question. as published in yesterdays Star
Il came here this morning" he said. ito
surrender the permit granted me a few
days ago by your honor to carry a pistol
for thirty days. and also desire to ask that
the bond be Cancelled
The bond will be cancelled" interrupted
the Judge. upon the return Of the permit" /"
stu holding the permit in his hand, Mr..
Mills continued: The unpleasant notoriety
given the affair through the public press
has utterly defeated the purpose In view
and made matters very unpleasant for the
family.
The publication Of the fact that the per-
init was issued" he added. has given
everybody notice that have been given a
permit to 60 armed to kill for thirty days
and has made 1t exceedingly unpleasant for
me. Now. that 1t is generally known that
! am permitted to go armed. the consum-
ma ton of anything 1 might desire to do Is
prevented and I therefore wish to sur
render the permit"
Mr.. Mills then handed over the permit
to Deputy Clerk Harper and the judge made
an order relieving the bondsman of his
liability. Now Mr.. Mills Is on the same
footing as other citizens SO far as carrying
a pistol is concerned.
Three Permits Issued.
1t was stated yesterday that the permit
issued to Mills was the first permit issued
under the new law. 1t appears upon in
vestigation OF the record that three such
permits have been granted and consequent
iy number of citizens go armed by author
ity OF law. In order to get such a permit
however, 1t Is necessary for the applicant
to make some showing before one of the
Judges OF the Police Court that circum-
stances require the particular individual to
carry q weapon OF some sort about him.
In all cases OF permits granted the weapon
has been pistol. The law gives the judges
OF the court permission to grant such per-
init Tor period OF not more than one
month at any one time and this upon sat-
isfactory proof to him OF the necessity for
the granting OF such permit, and the bond
must be approved by the Judge. This bond
1s guarantee that the person will keep the
peace save in case Of necessary self de-
tense. A breach OF such condition is rea-
son for forfeiture of the bond.
AS stated. only two other permits have
been granted by the court. one was grant
ed to Mr.. Henry Wells, president OF the
hydraulic Brick Company. He lives at 1902
IIth street northwest, but his frequent
visits to the brick yard in Virginia renders
IT necessary, 30 he thinks to be ready to
protect himself In case he 10 attacked.
Luke }. kearney. grocer, who lives at ll0O
10Th street Is the holder OF the other per-
nit. George j. Easterday is surety In the
former case and William A. Manocue IA
bondsman In the latter.