Evening star., 1896-10-06
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
A Prisoner Escapes From Police Station
Cell.
Had No Difficulty With the Lock-
Opening of Linthfcum In
stitute-Other Notes.

Another prisoner succeeded in escaping
from a cell in the seventh precinct sta
tion yesterday afternoon. and has so far
managed to keep away from the clutches
OF the police. His name was given as
Howard Moten. He was an undersized
young man, with smooth face, and he gave
his age as nineteen. ~ He was arrested
shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday by De-
tective Frank Burrows a charge of
grand larceny, having. It IS alleged, stolen
the wheel of f. J. Contop, a private in
Battery l, stationed at the Washington
barracks. The case against him was work.
ed up by J. J. F,ster, the bicycle dealer on
52d street. The prisoner was searched.
and nothing found on him, and he was
tolthwith incarcerated in cell No. 4, the
END OF the tier facing the west in the sta
t1on The man was noticed in the cell at
l O'Clock, when the new section went ON
outy and the first section came to the
! statlon house. An hour and a half later
the cell door was found open and the in
mate gone. The escape is supposed to
| nave occurred about o'clock, and so quiet
| ly was the escape effected that no noise
OF any unusual character reached the ears
| Of those In the Office
| The prisoner found the lock an easy tbfn1
to work. 1t is a large old-fashioned pad
| lock, stronger looking than it really Is.
he managed to twist and turn the lock
|
open on its own accord. All that was left
| TO DO was to take the lock out slide the
| cell bolt from the staple, open the door
| ana walk out. The rear of the station was
| open, ana the prisoner walked out in the
| station yard, and most likely jumped sew
eral fences and came out on street and
then proceeded to make himself scarce
The cell in which he was incarcerated was
the same one In which negro named Eird
succeeded In digging his way out through
the brick wall and escaping through the
station yard, though his attemp was made
at night and was not near so bold as the
escape of Moten. George Washington an
other negro. succeeded in breaking the
lock by almost the same means and escap-
ing.
| LfntEfcum Institute.
| The Linthicum Institute began its
twenty-second session last evening" with
every prospect of an excellent school year
Mr.. r. c. Balinger was on hand to vel
come the return of the scholars, and he
was kept busy all of the evening. There
was no attempt to make a class organza
t1on There was large number of pupils
present, and majority were new schol
ars, whose time was occupied in filling ou
application blanks for the studies to bt
pursued this year. A regular routine Mon
day evening is devoted to free-hand draw
ing, spelling, English and shorthand. This
evening Mr.. E. B. Hay will be on hand tt
extend welcome to the scholars, he hav
|
and booking departments. Tomorrow even
ing Mr.. James H. Taylor will be on hant
to attend to the students who desire to TAX,
the course in mathematics.
| The indications this year are that tn,
school will be more largely attended thai
ever Judging by the opening night, If tn,
scholars keep up the attendance it will b.
a banner year for the school, which ha
! done some excellent work during it's exist
ence.
Regular Meeting.
The Mckinley and Hobart Club held thei
regular weekly meeting last evening, whicl
was well attended, and at which consid
erable enthusiasm was displayed. Mr.. VIII
liam H. Brown presided, and Mr.. Ralph w
, Hewlett acted secretary. Addresse
were made by Capt Charles W. Miller O
Frederick county, Md; Mr.. John d. Fas
. sett of Cincinnati, Ohio and Mr.. James L
Turner. The speakers all reported en-
. couragingly as to the success of the repub
. lican ticket in November The club adopte
a uniform suit, and elected Capt William
| H. Neal commander.
Notes.
: Mrs. Joseph Dodson,f an estimable col
ored resident, died last evening, after
, long and painful illness, at her residence
1925 Q street. She leaves 2 family and
! large circle of acquaiatances.
Mrs. Agnes Ferguson, u another well
, known colored resident, died night befor
last at her residence, 14O6 S4th street. Th
+ deceased for nearly three-quarters of
, century was communicant of Trinit
= Catholic Church.