Evening star., 1897-06-08

as comfortable as possible under the cir
cumstences.
To Star reporter he stated that he was
a dentist by profession and that his home
Is In Ogden; Utah, which place he left on
his wheel May 10, 1896 He Travelled east
Until he reached Springfield. Ohio. when he
turned his way south, going as far as
tampa, Fla Here he faced about and
came north. He intends to GO as far as
New York, when he will start on the re-
turn to his home in Utah
biankard gives as the reason for his long
Trip that he is visiting the battlenelds
gathering material for war songs, which he
VIII publish upon his arrival home. under
the title Ballads of the Battlefield" Wher
asked by the reporter in what state he had
sotS saeeeeSed eS best in gathering material he
S,iu tne largest results were in Virginia
ne mas been travelling through this stare
for une past month. He left this morning
Ior Washington, and expects to reach New
York about the LIST of July
His wheel is in a fairly good condition
Gnu. cru Is Is tne same one he has ridden since he
ill u. ~ started He expects to finish his long
Journey on the same wheel e
Dodge Not Insane
"a commission was held yesterday after
neon at 4:30 o'clock at the statjon bo,so
10 inquire into the mental condition ,,f
j. stanford Dodge. the man who was ar
rested Saturday afternoon by Sergeant
Smith CT the charge of forgery Tha go,
MISSION was composed Of Justices Reach
w hittiesey and Sipple. Drs Miller ana
farvis made thorough examination and
.sstliieu betore the commissioners that in
their opinion Dodge was perfectly sane
and responsible for all his actions. where-
upon the justices returned a verdict to
that effect. ~
IN the meantime Detective O'DonneI of
Baltimore appeared at the station house
with warrants for Dodge, charging him
with forgery in Baltimore city. There are
about hfteen cases against the accused
in f1.a sol
being women.
In each instance the checks were for
small amounts. and the name of eX-Mayor
F. b. Latrobe was forged, Dodge repre-
sebting himself to be Charles Latrobe his
son. The checks were all drawn on the
Merchants National Bank of Baltimore.
Mr. O'ponnen stated to Star reporter
that he has been hunting for Dodge for
several weeks, having visited Philadelphia,
New York and other cities in search of
him. the charge against Dodge sor forg-
cry of a check on Mrs. Wenzel was quash-
ed. and the prisoner was turned over to
Detective O'Donnell, who proposed to take
him to Baltimore. When the electric
train was reached, however. Dodge re-
used to go without a reqIisition. He was
taken back to Jail and locked up. The
detective left last night for Baltimore to
get the necessary papers.
Officers Elected.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Washington Real Estate Company
was held in this city yesterday afternoon.
After transacting some business of a rou-
tine nature, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: John III. Wal
ter, president: ]. Augustus Taylor, vice
president: Augustus Crane. jr.. treasurer:
Chas. F. Ramsdell, secretary, and for board
of directors, John H. Walter. j. Augustus
Taylor, Augustus Crane, jr., John Ridout,
VIM. H. Barstow, John Sidney Webb and
Anthony w. Armstrong: auditor of ac-
counts. Anthony w. Armstrong.
Evening Star Bureau Concert.
The Sd Virginia Regiment Field Band
gave an interesting concert in front OF The
Evening Star bureau last evening. which
was listened to by a large crowd. This
band Is fast gaining a reputation to be
proud OF in this city and state. The fol-
lowing selections were rendered.: lei Cap
itan." BLACK America and Belle of New
York"