Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-08
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Youthful Sneak Thieves Who Have Bean
Robbing Houses.
High Speed ON the New Electric Chr
Lfne-Overcome by Heat
Items Of Interest.

Alfred Cole. aged nine. and Enoch Binns.
| aged eleven. colored. were arrested yester-
day by Policeman Conlon on a charge Of
petit larceny and this morning were each
sent to Jail for thirty days by Judge Mills
| In the Police Court In default Of fine of
$. The two boys. with another companion.
| have been doing considerable sneak thiev-
| ing in this part of the town. selecting
| small stores for their operations. They
| came to Georgetown Thursday, and visited
| the store Of Mrs Mary Chamberlain at 32i
| and streets. and after the proprietress
had gone upstairs stole $1.25 from the
money drawer Encouraged by their sue
cess they visited the place again yesterday,
but Mrs. Chamberlain kept lookout, and
| caught the boys with their hands full OF
nickels. She grabbed one, but he wfggled
| away. Cole was caught, and later in the
| day Binns was arrested in his home in
| Phillips court, Washington. The trio work
| ed several stores In Boston in a similar
| manner.
A Street Car Collision.
| What came near being a serious accident
| was narrowly averted yesterday afternoon
| shortly after 5 o'clock. The wagon of a
| huckster, with Arthur Coleman, young
| man. in charge, and a boy on the seat.
came down Bath street at that time, and
turned in o street. Car 21S of the Metro
| politan railroad, with trail car 209. was
! coming down the street at a rapid rate.
| and before it could be checked dashed into
the wagon. The horse was thrown down
| and one shoe wrenched from his hoof. The
| boy in the wagon was thrown out on the
granite blocks while Coleman was wedSed
| in such position as to stun him. No one
| was badly huri, though the wagon was dam
aged by the collision and the horses knee
| was skinned. By the residents of the
neighborhood there Is considerable COM
plant of the speed of the cars at this point,
wa hsa
| due to the failure Of the motorman to ring
| his bell
| The funeral of Mrs. Ellen Carter Boggs.
| who died Wednesday afternoon at her
residence, 1922 Dumbarton avenue. as pub
| lished in The Star at the time, was held
| at noon today from her late residence.
large number of acquaintance paid the
| last mark of respect to the memory of
the deceased by attending the last sad
rites.
The funeral of Mr.. William T. Payne
was held yesterday afternoon at O'Clock
from his late residence, Bob Dumbarton
avenue, and was largely attended. The
services at the house were conducted I'M
der the auspices of Potomac Commandery,
No. 3, and at the grave by Potomac Lodge,
No. s. ., -,-
Death OF Mrs. Hunter.
Mrs Jane Hunter, widow of Will
dence of her daughter, Mrs. Edward P.
Rhodes Of 1925 35th street. The deceased
was cighty-one years of age For four
years she had been an invalid, and dur
ing the last nine months had been closely
confined to her room. Her Illness dates
from a severe fall. which produced partial
paralysis Of the brain. Mrs. Hunter leaves
four children. Robert. James, Alice and
Mary. The funeral will take place on
Monday. from the residence OF Mrs.
Rhodes.
Overcome by Heat.
John Venable, q colored laborer Of 2404
Dumbarton avenue, was overcome by the
heat yesterday. He was found lying at
the corner of 34th and NJ streets at 10
o'clock In the evening. The ambulance of
the Emergency Hospital was called and
the man carried to that place for treat
ment. After being restored to conscious
ness the man stated that he fell at the
one place until found. No one saw him,
and 1t was only by accident that he was
found. the negro having selected Sc
cluded spot.
ProdisaI Son.
Another runaway boy has returned to the
parental roof again full Of repentance and
begging forgiveness. This time the run
away Is Fred Branzell, a fifteen-year-old
white boy. whose parents live at 1419 Both
street. About ten days ago the boy disap-
peared from home. and though a search
was made no trace of him could be found.
From the story of the boy he went to
Richmo nd, and vainly endeavored to get
work. Finding all efforts fruitIess, and
being fcotsore and tired. he wandered back
to his home again.
Notes.
The mother Of Foreman Yank Sullivan Of
No. Engine Company is lying quite Ill at
her residence on r street.
Rev. Father Zimmerman, s. j., former
assistant pastor Of Trinity Church, sailed
this morning for Germany.
On account of the warm weather there
will be no service tomorrow evening at the
West Street Presby terrain Church. At the
morning service the sermon will be deliv-
cred by Rev. H. Alleman Of Pennsylvania.
Commissioner Ross was in town yester-
day examining several of the sites offered
for the location Of the Western High
School.
Mrs. ]. L. Owens and Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Moulton and child are at Washington
Grove for a stay Of several weeks.
John F. Hopkins. bottle maker, was ar
rested yesterday by Policeman ]. J. Muir
ply of the county mounted force for reck-
less driving in a buggy on the Conduit
road
The somi-weekly dance Of the Potomac
Boat Club was given Thursday evening at
the club house. The daIce was well at
tended and proved to be an enjoyable af-
fair.
Mr.. Clyde Grimes, who has been sick for
several weeks, has SO far recovered as to
leave for the mountains of Virginia, where
he will remain for a month.
Mr.. and Mrs David ]. Cotter are at
Oranda, Shenandoah county, Va, at pres
ent. where they expect to remain for some
time.
Mr. A. J. Cox has returned from a short
visit to Colonial Beach.