Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-06
ROCKVILLE.

Henry Swartzbach the man arrested last
week on charge of stealing a quantity of
wool from Mr.. Horace d. Waters, a mer-
chant at Germantown, was on Wednesday
taken before Justice JOS A. fancy to be
confronted by the man to whom it vas sup
posed he sold the stolen WOOL a Mr.. Louis
Hophmyer of Washington. The wool deal
er failed to recognize Swartzbach as the
person he had dealt with. He, however
gave a description Of the horse and wagon
by means Of which the wool was brought
to his store. and the description Tailed with
the team owned by the accused. and he was
remanded to Jail for a further hearing on
Monday. On Sunday Mr.. Hophmyer visit
cd this place in company with ,olored
man in his employ. and upon visiting the
Jail the colored man at once recognized
Swartzbach as one of the men who lad
been with the horse and wagon on the day
the wool was sold to his employer. From
the description of the person who had sold
the wool suspicion was directed TO Roland
II. Griffith. a young man living at barnes
town. and upon the solicitation of Mr.
Waters, Hophmyer visited that place and
after seeing Griffith at once tden titled him
as the person who had sold him the wool.
Griffith was at once arrested on the charge
and afterward taken before Justice Morgan
OF this town, where he was required to give
bail In the of $500 to answer the
charge. The requisite bail was given by an
uncle of the accused and he was released.
On the evening before the sale of the wool
the horse and wagon of Swartzbach was
seen to pass through this place in the di-
rection of the District. There appears to
be no doubt but that the right parties have
been arrested. and it is thought that these
arrests will lead to others. as it has for
some months been suspected that there
was an organized gang engaged in plumber
Ing the western section of the county. A
number OF stores In various sections have
been broken into and robbed. horses and
cattle have mysteriously disappeared and
farm products, such wheat corn, meat
poultry, etc, have been purloined ON many
occasions. and 1t Is now thought that all
this thleving was done by the men arrested
and those connected with them. Swartz-
bach has long been suspected of being en-
gagged in these robberes. but up to the time
of his arrest Griffith bore the reputation of
an honest youth, and Is member of one of
the most respected families In the county
Ridgley Brown Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams held their seIni-annual meeting at
this place on Saturday, thirty-hve MEM
bers being in attendance. Four new mem
bers were installed members of the camp
Interesting "reminiscences in the army life
OF the late Col. Ridgley Brown were related
by members of his command. On motion a
committee, composed of Comrades HAYS
Luckett. ID. Griffith, Benz. Candy and j. W.
Chandley, was appointed to confer with all
and induce them to join the organization
and If such persons unable to pay the
regular fees the payment will be RENTED
by the camp. A communication from the
United Confederate Veterans, Gen John Il
Gordon, commander, received and due
consideration given to the same. A resolu-
ton opening the rolls of the camp to ex-
confederates of the District of Columbia
was adopted and Comrade T.. o. Scaggs
was appointed to receive the names of those
who may wish to join. A committee ap-
pointed at previous meeting to make ar
rangements for the erection of a monument
over the remains of confederates buried at
Grace Church, near Silver Spring reported
progress and was continued. A committee
was appointed to provide for the enter
tainment of the camp at each future meet
Ing. The first Saturday in February was
nxed as the time for the next meeting
After the close of the regular business the
camp adjourned to the Montgomery House.
where fine dinner had been provided
During the past week the foil owing trans
fers of real estate have been recorded in the
office of the clerk of the circuit court:
Emile Huck to Geo. e. Burrows. lot at
Kensington 1902 80. Eliza A. Anderson to
VIM. A. Anderson, 8 acres of land: s..
Matilda Harper to Richard H. Harper lot
on Conduit road; $75. Margaret Ritenour
to VIM w. Windsor, acres Of Chestnut
Poss, lot in West End Park: $500. VIM. H.
Talbot, attorney, to Henry N. Copp 80
acres Of Josephs Park; $. Edward I;altz-
ley to Charles Latham. lot in Glen Echo;
to Mary E. F. Bolton. 2 1-2 acres en- Ten
leytown road; s.. Samuel T. Briggs to
Geo. c. Burroughs. lot in Avery Lodge; $50.
susan A. Beali with Mary J. WEIGH. mutual
deed for half interest to each party of
Katharine Whalen's estate. Mary A. Case
to James w. and Mary A. Lowe 10 acres
OF land; 1880 Jno. Brown to VIM T.
burg NJ. E. Church to p. NJ Smith, two
thirds Of an acre near Gaithersburg; $500.
Glen Echo Exposition Company to Rodney
B. Smith. land near Washington aaueduct;
H.165. Eliza c. Beall to Chas F.. NJ. Beall,
half interest In 165 IL acres; 5. Martha
A. c. Nelson to Ruth d. Crown, II acres
of land; =. Fannie Jones to Martha H.
Anderson. 600 acres near Great Falls: 81 500
Arthur Weather to Lavinia Gather "a IL
square perches of land near Damascus; $.
Forest Glen Investment Company to Mary
Wells, lot at Forest Glen: $3.50. J. Vance
Lewis. attorney. to Asa E. Phillips lot in
Takoma Park; 500 Jos. H. Clagett to Ed
ward A. Wyvill. 1-2 acres Of land s.
Henry N. Copp and Mary H. Copp to Mar
tina NJ. Holton, lot In West End Park; $50 |
Albert Trego to Herman L. Am;ss. three |
lots in Kensington; 1880. Metropolitan In
vestment Company to Augustus Burgdorf |
two lots In Garrett Park; $1,000. Augustus
Burgdorf to s. Dana Lincoln, two lots in |
Garrett Park; 81, 400. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bradley Of Potomac |
district have gone to Canada, where they |
will spend several weeks in travel. |
A game Of base ball was played at this |
place on Saturday between the Gaithersburg |
nine and the Athletics of this town, the |
score standing % to in favor Of the home |
team.
On Saturday James B. Henderson, as |
trustee. sold the property of the late Samuel |
Boswell at Jamestown, consisting Of |
dwelling house and SIS acres of land. The |
house and a portion Of the land was pur- !
chased by Mr.. George Mccormick and the |
remainder of the land by Mr.. Amos West. |
The sale amounted to 1910. |
The barn Of Mr.. Archibald Snouffer at |