Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-06
ABOUT GEORGETOWN
Death Of William 8. Jackson, VI sll-Knowp
Oitisen.
a Police O0esf Charged with Beat
Interest In the West End.

Death has once mere entered the ranks
Of the useful citizens In Georgetown and
carried of one who could lily be spared.
Mr.. William S. jackson Is the called one.
For mere than six weeks he has been away
the stomach and grip. but no one thought
his cot dition was really dangerous until a
few days ago. The end came at 1880
o'clock last night.
Mr.. Jackson was the son Of Richard p.
jackson. the lawyer. who died here about
two years ago, after having left to his
townsmen the book he wrote of the his
tory of the town. The book was dedi-
Gated to his Oldest son. William, who. on
its completion, printed and bound it, he
then being engaged In the printing bust
ness.
Mr.. william 8. Jackson, during the days
of his early maturity. Travelled over many
parts of the United States and had a
railway service at one time. reported for a
paper at another and later managed a
paper in Idaho. He was also connected
with the Georgetown Advertiser, one of
the best and most successful newspapers
ever published in the West End.
As an authority on the ancient history of
the town of his birth he stood high, and
on the compilation of the history of the
the old fire ladies and their achievements
did much to make the book complete. He
mas contributed much to newspapers, among
them The Star, for which he wrote articles
OF historic value The last seven or eight
years of his life have been spent mostly In
the Practice OF law. As a claim lawyer he
stood first In the West End. He was gen.
efous, openhearted and accommodating
even to fault. Mr.. jackson protested no
particular religion, but respected all. lie
was graduate OF Georgetown College
Deceased was thirty-six years Of age He
leaves wife and one child. y boy.
Charges Against a Policeman.
Omcer John Jett who once before was
temporarily suspended from duty on &C.
count Of engaging in a domestic disturbance
to the injury Of the peace Of the neighbor-
hood and the conduct of an officer, is once
again to be brought before his superiors on
similar charge. II being alleged that about
two days ago he knocked his wife down and
otherwise maltreated her at his home. His
conduct on the occasion was reported by q
passer by. 1t Is alleged that Mrs Jett's eye
was visibly bruised by the treatment she
received. Jett. it is understood, denies hav-
ing touched his wife. and states that the
bruises were received by her while under
the influence of liquor, though previous to
THIS statement he denied that she had dis
colored eye.
Paragraphs of Interest.
The fourth and last of st. Arme's series
OF entertainments at Tenleytown was given
last night. The program presented was a
dramatic one. ,Gilbert's Broken Hearts"
and the farce. "A Terrible Secret" being
presented. The cast was the same that fig
ured in the Willard Hall production Of the
plays on Christmas night. Master Guy
Hoppe the boy cornetist of Tenleytown, q
wonderful little player, gave selections be-
tween the acts. The crowd was a good one
At Peck Memorial Chapel last evening a
bright musical and literary program was
presented, under the direction of Rev. Alvin
smith. The Rotations were the features of
the evening. large crowd of people, who
thoroughly enjoyed themselves. was present
The following Ii an itemized statement of
the entries received al the Georgetown GUS
tom house for the week ending today: Car
riages. $f,O42 silverware. ys4; books, S2ly;
chinaware. Sl0s; wine in casks, Slss; crude
asphalt. I,313. Total, U.9H.
Mrs. Anna e. Robinson, wife OF Mr. Frank
Robinson, former resident OF GEORGETOWN
died last night at her home on q street