Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-27
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Employe Of Dairy Firm Charged With
Embezzlement.
Requested 10 Sanction
fce-Genernl and Personal News.

Charles Withers, a young white man.
aged twenty-three. was arrested Saturday
evening by Sergeant Haney and locked nm
at the seventh precinct police station ON
the rather serious charge Of embezzlement.
The young man was arrested upon conn
plant of Jeffries 4 Rosenberg who keen n
milk house on 2sth street just below Y
street Until September Il of this year the
young man was employed as a driver and
collector for the firm. and was regarded as
an Industrious and capable young man.
after service Of several months His ac-
counts were found to be 81 short Septem-
Der IL, and the young man so notified,
"hich amount was 10 be taken from his
wages. The young man got leave of alb
sence the next evening, and since that
time has not been seen by his EMPLOYERS
until Saturday evening. Ii was then found
that ms shortage amounted to something
over $50. Mr.. Milton Il. Jeffries one OF
the members of the firm. swore out a war
rant charging the young man with the
theft He was found on NJ street opposite
the market house. Saturday evening. and
was brought TO the station. The young
man acknowledges the charge and saws he
is sorry he took the money.
Cause for Alarm
The need of a suitable fire engine house
and equipments for the village Of Tenley-
town has long been felt. The place has
been exceedingly fortunate I'm having no
large fires within its bounds but this fact
does not lessen the apprehensions of the
residents. Most of the dwellings of the
Iiace are frame structures, and If fire
cnce secured a good Roadway il would Ice
apt TO destroy large amount of property.
The citizens have gotten together and Sent
a petition to the Commissioners stating
the urgent reasons for a suitable fire sarv-
ice, and asking that appropriation he
liSft -f,ff,
Tor sufflcient money TO introduce the serv-
ice. As Ii is now. the Georgetown engines
are required to answer to alarm of fire
in the village, which is nearly three miles
away. and mostly up grade the entire dis
lance.
Carrying Concealed Weapons.
Harry Hendley. white. aged twenty. Civ
ing his occupation that of a clerk. was
arrested shortly before l. O'Clock last night
by Policeman Blake of the county patrol
force on a charge of carrying concealed
weapons. The prisoner was a passenger on
Tenleytown car, and in attempting to
move around knocked down Theodore
Canada, young white man. When spoken
to he pulled out a revolver and pointing il
at the young man told him to keep his dis
lance. Canada grabbed his arm and took
away the pistol, and shortly afterward
Hendley was placed under arrest.
Wheel rnd buggy Collide.
Samuel Kleindinst, printer, of $50 4;
street northwest, was severely injured last
evening, at Cabin John bridge. He was
riding a wheel and collided with a buggy,
driven by unknown parties The shaft Of
the vehicle struck him i'm the breast. maxi
ing an ugly wound. The injured man was
brought to Georgetown on the electric cars,
and the patrol wagon of the seventh pre-
cinct conveyed him to the Emergency Hos
pital, where his wounds were given sitten-
ton.
Arrested ms Fugitive.
Henry r. Beach, a fourteen-year-old
white boy, was arrested Saturday by
Policeman Housed as a fugitive from the
Industrial Home School. The board of
children's guardians was notified, and the
boy turned over to their care.