Evening star., 1897-08-25
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Henry Csaser Accused of Attempted Orimi-
nal Assault.
Proposed Boxing Tournament Called
On by the P0Iicc-Churck People
to Have Voting Contest.

Henry Ceaser. a well-known young white
nan, whose age is given as twenty-seven,
was arrested last evening by Policeman
Will Hess, on a charge preferred by Mary
E. Warren, a colored servant girl. The
girl alleges that Ceaser attempted to GRIM
| inally assault her yesterday morning.
shortly before o'clock, while she was en-
gagged in cleaning Up d lunch room on tie
south side of NJ street near the Aqueduct
bridge. The friends of the young man do
not believe the story of the girl, and think
there is nothing at all in the matter.
According to her report, Mary was at
work in the room, and Ceaser might have
succeeded in his purpose but for the timely
arrival of one of the proprietors of the
lunch room. Ceaser claims that he has for
number Of days been teasing the girl.
and that yesterday morning she kicked him
because OF it. Smarting with pain he
smacked her in the mouth, and the girl
picked up knife. He had to grab hold of
ner 10 prevent being injured. and she only
oeSisted when the boss came I'D to the
lunch room from the cellar. He did not
hnow Ihat warrant had been sworn out
1or MIN until he was arrested last evening,
after returning to town from a pleasure
trip up the Conduit road
Child Hurt.
Ethel Maxwell. a sfx-year-old white child,
shortly after o'clock, in front of 2o17 35t1
street, was knocked down by a wagon
driven by Michael Moran. The child for
tunately escaped with only slight injuries
NO blame is attached to the driver of the
vehicle, according to the police report.
Boxing Tournament Forbidden.
Ihere was to have been a boxing tourna-
ment last evening at Campbells Grove on
the heights just back of Fort Reno, but the
affair did not come off because of police in
terference. Albert johnson, local colored
nght IN the pugilistic world, was the pro-
Jector of the tournament, and quite a num-
Der OF people went over to witness what
was expected to be lively sport Lieut.
Swlndells and several officers were present
and they would not permit the boxing to
take place. There was an exhibition of ba =
punching, but that was but slight amuse-
ment 20 a crowd deprived of better sport.
Will Vote Away Wheel.
The members of Ebenezer A. NJ. E.
Church, in order to raise funds to continue
the outdoor worship and help the church
along, will shortly inaugurate a voting con-
test, in which nearly all of the members of
the congregation will take part. A bicycle
valued at 500 has been donated the church,
ana the member of the congregation secur-
ing the largest number of votes before
certain date will be given the new wheel.
The. contest is expected to be lively.
Brief Mention.
During the twentyfour hours ending this
morning there were ten arrests made by
the police of the seventh precinct, six Of
the prisoners being white and the remain
ing four colored.
James B. Nicholson has bought of Thomas
E. Waggaman part of lot IS, block g, of the
Cleveland Park subdivision, at an unnamed
consideration.
Mrs. George Nolan has taken out permit
to erect four two-story brick dwellings at
Nos. 1887 to 1913 2Sth street, the cost of
which is placed at 5000.