The morning times., 1896-09-24
GooD-BY TO THEIR HOME
Misses Cruikshank Finally Yield to
the Inevitab. e.


.. BY the Kindness of Mr. aud Mrs. Joseph
8. Hays. the present owners, the Misses
Cruikshank Were allowed the privilege OF
one more night beneath the roof Of their
old home, 1881 Potomac street, George
town.
Their household effects. however, as told
In The Times OF last night, with the ex-
ception of the small quantity In the rooms
which The ladies now occupy. are piled
in confused heap OH the lot. corner OF
N and Potomac streets, which adjoins
the house OH the south. All the afternoon
and until a late hour last night crowds
of inquisitive people congregated about
the house and lot, watching eagerly each
stage of the drama being enacted. Watch
man Mason had his hands full In keeping
back the crowd, and preventing general
overhauling of the mass of antique furni-
lure and household effects. with which
rurnor has connected many queer tales.
All during the morning hours and Until
late i'll the afternoon. friends Of the un-
fortunate ladies' dropped in, and earnestly
enueavored To persuade them to accept
The Inevitable, and make some arrange
ments for a home for themselves and a
storage place for their furniture. Every
effort failed. and in fact, seemed only to
make them more obstinate than ever in
their determination not to leave the home
stead.
Finally both sisters disappeared in their
rooms on the second story front, and no
signs OF life Were heard from behind the
locked doors. Meantime all the thousand
and one bundles, boxes and bales, pots,
pansand kettles, furniture, carpetings, orDa-
ments, books, china and what not, with
which the house had been literally packed
from cellar to roof, had been carried out
on the lot. and nothing remained to he re-
moved but the furnishings Of the sisters
,ase ~ .,,,I
when Lawyer Franklin Mackey made his
appeara nee.
Mr.. Mackey, who was formerly the at
toruey for the Misses Cruikshank and now
Tor their sister -in-law, Mrs John Cruik
shank, finally obtained an interview with
Miss Kate, aud after an hours hard work,
succeeded in awakening the lady to the
seriousness OF the situation, and she con-
sentcd to he taken from the premises, IN
case her sister, Miss Sarah, should offer
no objection.
The plan suggested by Mr.. Mackey was
TO have the sisters authorize him TO rent
for them somewhere in the neigiitorhood a
house and to arrange for the hauling OF
the furniture before nightfell. AcCompa-
MED by Mrs John Cruikshank, Lawyer
Mackey set out on n house hunting eNpe-
dition and returned in short tine after
having engaged very Comfortable quarters
at No. 3143 P street northwest. Here
it is probable that the ladies will both
go Wit hOut further difficulty, although
eachhaseXpresseda desi re TO die rather than
observation-disclosures. A short Consultation be-
tween Mr.. Msckey, Deputy Ma rshals Spring
man and Cook and the owner, Mr.. Hays,
was held uron the return OF the la awyer.
Mr.. Mackey stated his plan and related
heprogrcssalready made towardits accom-
plishment. .andaskedpermission ofthe owner
and deputiesto allow the ladies to rem ain in
the house until this morning.
The request Was readily granted, and Air.
Mackey then related the result OF his ef-
forIs to Miss Kate, VITO seemed satisfied
with the arrangements and promised to he
ready to leave at IL O'Clock this morning
for her new hon q, though still under the
impression that great wrong has been
done both to her and her sister.