Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-31
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Louis D. Wine Spoken of as Mr.. Sweeney's
Successor at the Bank.
Accident ON the Electric Road fin
Which n MOtOrman Was In
jured-Other Matters.

At a meeting of the board of directors of
the Potomac Fire Insurance Company, held
this morning at II o'clock, 20 take some ac-
ton in regard to the death of Mr.. Henry
NJ. Sweeney, the president resolutions were
unanimously ad ,pted->
Already there is some talk of the
cessor of Mr.. Sweeney as president of the
Farmers and Mechanics National Bank.
The board has taken no action on the mai
ter, but there is some speculation as to
whom the office will be given. 1t is gener-
ally understood, and is thought by good
many people that Mr.. Louis d. Wine, a
member of the present board, will be call
ed upon to accept the Office. AS 10 Mr.
Sweeney's successor at the Potomac Fire
Insurance Company nothing has been done
Inc subject was not discussed al the meet
ing this morning.
Wanted TO Die Together.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock last evening a
call came from Rosslyn Va to the police
| station, asking that the patrol be sent to
that place to take charge of Two persons
VINO mad made AN attempt to commit sui
clde, and who We're Iii subjects for the
Emergency Hospital. The wagon Was i'm
mediately sent, with Policemen Lyddane
and Harrison in charge. Upon arriving al
Rosslyn they found the place and saw the
would-be suicides, but neither would 20 TO
| !he hospital. The man was recognized as
Homer Wills Of this place, and the woman
| as Mamie Hurley, also a resident OF this
section Of the city. The couple have been
living together for some time in Rossiyn.
From the story of the occurrence il seems
as though both the man and woman had
reached the same opinion about being tired
OF life, and they determined to die together.
1hey decided TO cast themselves before one
OF the electric cars. which run to the vii
lage. and seek painless death by having
nf he tali fh.l,,a
pieces Seeing car coming they stretched
out on the track and waited for its ap-
pfoach. AS the car drew near, the woman
los her nerve, and reconsGering her ac-
ton decided that she did not care 10 die.
She attempted to get up, but Wills would
not let ner. and he held on, endeavorng to
orag her on the track alongside him. Just
before the car reac ned the spot, which was
quite dark, the woman broke away, leav-
ing the young man stretched out. The car
could not be stopped in time and struck
Wills In the head.
He was injured quite badly and bled pro-
iuseiy. He was picked Up and carried TO a
nearby house, where attention was paid 10
ms wounds. In the meantime the patrol
wagon had been Summoned. but upon its
arrival the injured man refused to go to the
hospital. His condition is said to Toe Sc
| rious.
Escaped From the Work House.
George washington, a negro character
perhaps better known as "Cockey" Wash
ihgton, was arrested last evening i'm Ros
ION py detective Frank Burrows, and held
for the workhouse authorities. The police
nave been locking for the negro for some
tlme, but he had made his Headquarters
In Virginia, and only came over to George
town at intervals TO visit his friends In
BOSTON, IL was on one of these trips last
evening that he was arrested Washington
was arrested on August 3 by Policeman
Harrison on charge of being disorderly
lie became SO boisterous in the cell that he
was placed in the dungeon. BY working
the lock up and down and shaking II Wig
orousiy, the noise not being heard in the
station room, he succeeded in breaking the
spring and unlocking the cell door walk
| ing away. He foo,ishly showed himself
around the streets after his escape and
was almost Immediately arrested. He was
sent down for fifteen days for the disorder
| ly charge and thirty days for breaking the
lock. He escaped from the workhouse,
where he was regarded as trusty. and
stree that time the police have been look
| ing out for him.
John Parker, another negro, is also want
| ed by the police he having escaped from
the workhouse. He arrested August
IL on charge of holding up a couple of
sailors, published at the time, and was
sent down for thirty days. He has so far
been successful In eluding the police, but
his recapture is only regarded as a ques-
ton of time.
Accident to a Motormnn.
George Paxton, a motorman on the
Georgetown and Tenleytown railroad
while at work Saturday evening about 100
o'clock received a shock from the current
passing through the overhead wires that
threw him off the car platform and in
jTred him quite badly. The accident oc-
CURED on 32d street, just as the car was
coming up the kill the other side of U
street. The trolley wire snapped, and the
broken piece, curling around to the front
of the car. struck the motorman. the full
force of the current entering his body. He
was thrown out on the cobblestone road
way. striking the back Of his head. making
a bad confusion. He was picked up and
carried to the station house, where DR.. A.
B. Shekell was summoned and rendered
medical assistance.
The accident delayed traffic on the road
for some time, forcing the cars to use one
track for the upward and downward "trip
from Georgetown to the power house. The
evening before the accident the trolley wire
broke on 32d street, opposite T street, and
but for the presence of mind of the motor
man and conductor some one would have
been injured. Picking up the suffering
and kissing end of the live wire, they
wrapped 1t around a tree, and kept guard
until the wire was repaired. This accident
delayed the traffic on the road for over an
hour.
Two Bicycle Accidents.
Joseph J. Pessagno of sos 9th street, a
member of the firm of Pessagno G. Sons
wholesale wine merchants, while riding to
Great Falls yesterday morning was thrown
from his wheel, and his collar bone broken.
He, with several friends started for the
Maryland side of the Falls, and coming
down the last hill his wheel got away
from him. He lost his pedals, and, In
making turn the grip struck a tree,
throwing the wheel over ard making the
rider take a header. He landed some dis
lance away on his shoulder. Messrs. Am
brose OgIe and Levi Kidwell, who were at
hand, the former a friend of the injured
man, picked him up and carried him to
the hotel, where he was attended to. The
wheel was badly smashed. A friend of the
injured man in coming down the same
hill got his foot caught between the frame
Of the wheel and the crank shaft, throwing
the rider and machine high In the air. II
was with some difficulty that he was re-
lieved from his painful position.
Frightened By a Bicycle.
Francis MilRr Of thstreet and Miss Min
ME O'Brien had narrow escape yesterday
shortly before noon from serious injury.
| The couple were out on the Conduit road in
| buggy, and. were near the entrance to
| Cabin John bridge when the accident oc-
| Cured. Two bicycle riders were trying to
| ride a tandem, which had been ridden uD