Evening star., 1895-06-04

that town.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Smith was taken
to Washington Asylum for treatment by
Officers Farquhar and Branscn in the am
hulance of the first police precinct, but
soon after the policemen left the place he
suddenly recovered his sanity for short
time and demanded to know from his at
tendant where the warrant was by which
he was being held. AS none had been is
sued, of course none could be shown by
the authorities of the institution, and Mr..
Smith then left the place. On arriving in
Anacostia he went direct to the substation
ard began to taunt the officers with the
fact that though he had been arrested,
there was no power TO hold him.
Policeman Hagan to whom Mr.. Smiths
remarks seemed to be mainly directed re-
piled: Carroll, you are looking for trou-
ble and had better get out of here right
away"
"%ll right All rightv' said Mr. Smith,
and he Immediately went out of doors.
From there Mr.. Smith went to the resi-
dence of his wife's parents, where Mrs.
Smith was temporarily staying, but Mr.. c.
B. Smith. Carrolls father, was sent for
and the latter induced his son to go to his
own home, where he soon relapsed into
comparatively helpless physical condition
and was put to bed.
An Additional Death.
In addition to the fatal cases of heat
prostration noted in last evenings Star
there was one other death from the ex-
treme temperature yesterday. Thomas J.
Martin, engineer of No. 6 fire company,
died during the evening, as a result of a
sunstroke received during the, afternoon
He was out with his company, in attend
ance at the fire near the printing Office at
about o'clock, and was suddenly taken i'll.
He was sent to his homes 921 4th street, in
a patrol wagon, but became unconscious
and died in few hours He leaves three
married children and an aged mother.
Martin was one of the Oldest tiremen in the
service, having been connected with the old
volunteer organization. When the present
system was adopted he Joined the ranks,
and was attached to the old Franklin COM
pany. He left the department in 1868, but
rejoined it in 1872, and; being the next year
promoted to be engineer, he has remained
such ever since.
Prostitution Cases.
Cases of prostration without fatal results
were far more numerous yesterday than on
any previous day of the great heat. Those
reported up to midnight were: Mrs. Ella
B. Washington of New York, taken ill on
a train from Richmond and removed to
the National Hotel; Christopher G. Stork
of New York. white. fifty-fve years old:
Augustus Stger, colored, fifty years, of
Terra Cotta Michael Mahon, white, thirty
one years, employed as stone mason at
Fort Myer; Albert e. Stevens. white. thir-
ty-five years, watchman in Lafayette Park,
living at 9i2 Florida avenue; Julia Robin
son, colored, of Shepherds alley; Reuben
Morris, colored, forty years. OF 715 Sd street
northwest: NJ. Haskins, colured, twenty
three years; John H. Moore Lolored, of
Sulivan'S court.
Suffered ut Court.
The police court prisoners feel the hot
weather much as any other class of pris-
Oilers. There are not many cells and when
the police make their.raids on the disorder
nd vao re 70
overcrowd the cells, and the suffering is
Intense. There were thirty prisoners locked
up today, and among them was only one
woman. She had the largest cell all to hatS
self, and was not uncomfortable, but the
men were in the three cells, and there was
not much comfort for them. The improve
ments made to the building have made the
cells more comfortable than they We're be-
fore, but still there is nothing about them
to indicate to the prisoners that when in
them tdey are at summer resort.
Thus far the prisoners have stood the
hot weather very well, but yesterday one
woman, who was in attendance a wit
ness was overcome by the heat, and had to
be sent home.
Lower Thermometer.
The great relief that has come to the
suffering folks was evidenced today in the
official readings of the thermometer, which
were sent to The Star at o'clock this af-
ternoon by the observer at the weather
bureau. Instead of a maximum of 9S de-
grees, which was reached yesterday, the
highest point was S5 indicating fall OF
IL degrees of temperature in twentyfour
hours. The official reading, of course, is
lower than that which has probably been
noted by private observers down town, for
the thermometer at the weather bureau is
high above the street, and removed from
the influence of the heated asphalt. Hence
it usually ranges about 4 degrees lower
than the record shown by the thermome-
ters in town, which are usually near the
pavement, and are not always accurate.