Evening star., 1897-01-13
CON DENSED LOCALS

Detective John Lloyd who succeeded e
E. Grammar as, chief OF the Baltimore and
Ohio detective corps has succeeded in rum
nirg down number of petty thieves along
the line Of the road this winter During
the cold weather there is always some
stealing of coal from the cars going on.
aEd In some cases as much as two tons of
fuel are taken from. a car. BY shifting his
men from one place to another, so that
they would not be known, they have cap
tured number of these thieves and had
them punished. Several of them Were
caught here a few days ago.
A Metropolitan car going ives: on In
diana avenue this MOI ming struck the rear
end of wagon of the Washington Brew
cry Company. The fender of the car was
smashed and few kegs of beer knocked
into the street. That was all the damage
done.
Some fine specimens of black bass are be-
ing received by the market dealers from
the James river. a few of them are also
being caught in the winter nets in the Po-
tcmae. The Potomac fish are considered
much better than those from other rivers,
and bring better prices.
Maggie Cotter. about forty years old, was
arrested this morning by the police of the
fourth precinct bt cause of the apparently
unsettled condition of her mind. She has
been in the habit of walking the streets
late at night end talking about fire. Her
mother feared she would set fire to the
rested. Maggie has been in the asylum be-
fore.
The police complain that storekeepers are
continually leaving their doors unlocked,
which is a little short of an invitation to
thieves to call and help themselves They
say that tramps and thieves generally try
front doors to see if they nave been left
unlocked, and when the doors are found in
this condition the police are surprised that
thieves have not been there ahead of them.
nifney shA Of
grocery store, on New Jersey avenue near
the sixth precinct station was found open.
Policemen Lynch and Creagh, who found
1t in this condition. had it secured.
Las. night James Brown of 5O2 9th street
southwest found market basket on his
front doorstep. He found it rather heavy
when he picked 1t up. and he was very
much surprised to find in it a colored baby
about two weeks old. The child was sent
to St. AIMS Infant Asylum.
While some few robberfes, evidently The
work of professionals, have been commit
ted here in recent mcnths, crooks Civ
ing the police of other cities more work
than they can do. Baltimore has suffered
number of big robberies of this kind, and
the robbers were such experts that they
have managed to keep out of trouble. One
big Jewelry robbery was committed there
a few days ago by burglars, who effected
an entrance by climbing to the roof and
eett1rg through the skylight. Baltimore
has always had a good detective force, so
the local police say, but they have been un-
able to cope with these professionals.
Jno.B Livingston, colored who was driver
for the late Geo. E. Lemon, tell off his car
rage at 14th and Park streets, Mount
Pleasant, yesterday. He was so painfully
injured that he was taken to Garfield Hos
pital for treatment.
pond at Soldiers Home. and this afternoon
Rock creek was covered with young peo-
pie. Although the Chevy Chase lake is
frozen, skating is not allowed yet.
This morning the police of the fourth
precinct were called upon to visit an oyster
schooner at the 11th street wharf where
.he captain was i'll with pneumonia. The
SICK man vas taken to the hospital.
Edward Mitchell, stationkeeper at tn.
tfth precinct, is critically ill at his homo,
No. 203 street northeast Heart disease
Is the cause of his illness. He is fifty years
old, has a wife and three children and
formerly lived at Liberty, Nd.
A meeting of the Epworth League board
of control will be held this evening in the
Foundry NJ. y. Church for the purpose of
electing a successor to Mr.. Fred. f. Tasker
who recently resigned the presidency of the
D.strict Epworth League. great deal of
interest is being manifested as to the result
of the election.
At the meeting of the vestry of St Johns
Church last evening decision was reached
in the question of receiving back into the
original parish the church of st. Michael
and All Angels. The two churches will
lot be joined, but St. Johns will assist St
Michaefs in tiding over their financial
difhcultles, and DIR. Mackay-Smith will
have the right of visiting and supervising
the parish minister has not yet been
selected for ST. Michaers.
For falling to provide bedding for twen-
ty-one horses in his stable i'm the rear of
Q street, James w. Gregg today forfeited
go collateral in the Police Court
Joseph Watson, a young white man. was
taking up a collection last night at 18th
and + streets and Policeman Hooper con-
sidered that sufficient ground 10 place him
under arrest as a vagrant.
Why were you begging?" asked Judge
kimball of the prisoner today in the Po-
lice Court.
Because 1 can't get work.
We'll, Washington is not safe place in
which to beg. Bonds or thirty days"
Lieut.. Emmet Smith has severed his con-
nection with the Old Guard of Washington
one of the best-known military organiza-
tons in the country. Lieut.. Smith was a
charter member of the guard. which is
composed entirely of members of the Grand
Army of the Republic.