Evening star., 1897-06-01
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
VIM. Richardson, Colored Laborer, In
jured by Cave-In.
Two ScOrchers Ovcrhauled by Police
Scene-Sales of Stock.

William Richardson, a colored laborer,
aged about twenty-five years, was serious
ly injured this morning about O'Clock
by the caviny in of q gravel bank at the
intersection of the Little Falls and Canal
roads. The laborer was i'm the employ of
the District government. which is operat-
ing the gravel bank, and the pit i'm which
the men worked, it is said has all along
been regarded as dangerous In fact,
warning has been given several times.
Richardson was working on one side of the
pit when the cave-in occurred. and he was
covered by several wagon loads of dirt and
gravel. knocking him to the ground. He
was quickly taken out, it requiring less
than ten minutes to rescue him. but he
was in an unconscious condition. The pa
troll wagon was summoned and he was car
ried to the Emergency Hospital. The un-
fortunate man lives in McCarthy's row, in
Tenleytown.
Caught ScOrchfng.
There were mary thousand bicyclists on
the Conduit road yesterday, good many
of whom attended the race meet at the In
ternational Athletic Park. Among the num-
ber were John Jervis, aged twenty-five,
| and Charles Ludwell, aged twenty-three,
| both clerks, who rode tandem. They were
| scorching into town al great rate on the
| return trip, when Policeman c. c. Pearce
| of the county mounted force cautioned
| them, and then went in pursuit. The chase
| lasted for nearly mile, but the scorchers
were finally oyerhauled and taken to the
police station in the patrol wagon, where
| they were released on $50 collateral each.
| Later in the evening Policeman Pearce ar
| rested Nellie Lewis white, aged thirty-two,
| a housekeeper, for fast driving on the Con-
| duit road.
A Painful Accident.
|
thirty years. met with a painful accident
yesterday afternoon shortly before
| o'clock. She was walking down the flight
of steps leading from the Aqueduct bridge
| 10 the towpath, when she slipped and fell
| q distance of about fifteen feet her head
| coming in contact with the rocks at the
| bottom. She was picked up in an uncon-
| scious condition. Or. Medford of Colum-
| bian Hospital happened to be near and
| rendered medical assistance. Later the
| woman was sent to the Emergency Hos
pital i'll the patrol wagon.
Wheeler Created q Scene.
William Wheeler. colored man well
| known in police circles created quite a
scene all along SD street yesterday. He
was arrested about s o'clock by Policeman
Harrison on a charge of assaulting Samuel
Payne. The wagon being busy the police
man started to walk the prisoner to the
| statlon HIS vile and chlldren followed
and big crowd was attracted. Wheeler
resisted all of the way and the policeman
had ard tine being struck a number OF
| times. Some friend of the prisoner in the
crowd Of followers threw a brick at the
| policeman, which narrowly escaped hi.
| head. At the station house an additional
charge of assaulting an officer was placed
| against Wheeler's name.
Stock Sales
At the Arlington stock yards yesterda,
some few cattle were offered and sold a.
follows: Best, and ~ cents per pound
good. 3A and cents; medium, and 81
cents; common, and cents. There wer,
262 sheep and lambs sold at the following
quotations: Sheep. and 31e cents; lambs
5k and 6k cents; calves, and 5h cents
A number of hogs sold from and ~
cents per pound Ten cows and calve,
sold from 80 to $35 per head. The state o.
| the market WAS good.