Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-02
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
Attempted Assault Upon Woman Last
Evening.
Lights Not Lit and Other Local Notes
Of General In
terest.

Mrs. George Chandler, the wife of a
well-known resident of Tenleytown, was
the victim of an assault last evening. the
criminal intention Of which seems quite
evident, judging from the circumstances.
burly negro was the aggressor. but for
tunately he was frightened off by the
cries of the woman. The scene of the as
sault was on the Tenleytown road just
south of the Pierce Mill road. and the dar-
irg Of the negro Is great. considering the
fact that the highway is well travelled.
Mrs Chandler was with her husband,
who left her with a child in her arms
while he called on Lis mother, whose home
was only few rods distant. While the
white woman was walking up and down
the road awaiting the return of her hus-
band, well-built negro brushed up against
her, and with more or less force pushed
Ter over the edge of-the road to a rather
dense growth of shrubbery. The woman
screamed at this undreamt-of liberty, and
passer-by was attracted by the cries of
distress. The negro was frightened, and
dashed away. and in a short time Mr..
Chandler reached the scene. The assault
oC Cured just after dark.
Policemen Ward and Giles were imme-
diately notified of the occurrence and they
secure1 good description of the ruffan.
He was tracked down the Tenleytown road
to 32d street. past the power house of the
electric railway. Here the scent was kept
up, dHu OOWn sSJln street the chase was
continued. the negro never, in the mean
while. being sighted. At the entrance to
the AQueduct bridge tae officers caught a
negro answering the description given, and
the belief that he was the villain
heightened by his suspicious actions. He
was taken to the station house, where he
StrenuC usly denied his guilt, but despite
this he was locked up. The negro claims
that he can prove an alibi, but when Mrs.
Chandler visited the station house this
morning and saw the prisoner she i'm
mediately identified him. The man gave
the name of John Hume, and his age as
twenty-eight years.
The prisoner was taken to the Police
Court this morning. but the case against
him was continued until Saturday.
Lights Not Lit.
There was a dearth of light along NJ
and 32d streets in the fore part of last
evening. But very few of the electric
Fights were lit, and as a consequence the
place was almost in darkness Out of the
total number of arc lights liz this section
there were twenty five. according to the
police report, that were not lit from 7:23
o'clock until $50, over an hour in all. The
lights were especially needed on NJ street
above 31st street, where improvements to
the r,adway rendered traffic quite danger
GUS % pedestrians.
Protected the Ground.
There was quite a scene yesterday at
the little village of Rosslyn, quite out of
the ordinary, in which man with a
shotgun kept off quite crowd of men, 1t
seems as though the workmen on the Golfer
dam around pier No. 4 of the Aqueduct
| bridge ran short of dirt. which is used in
sacks and placed around the outside edges
of the dam. To fill the necessity for such
| a gang of laborers were placed on the
marshy ground just east of the entrance
to the bridge in Virginia, digging out
enough earth to fill the need. The work
was observed by Mr.. r. H. Phillips. who
| Is connected with the Arlington and Falls
Church railroad. He procured a gun and
went down to the scene of operations. He
claimed the ground his own, so it is
stated, and Informed the workmen that
they would have to get off. To emphasize
his remarks he brought his gun up to his
shoulder and threatened to shoot the first
man who dared to dig on the place. The
workingmen- were all driven off The out
come Of the matter is awaited with in
terest, especially as some people claim the
general government owns the land and
no private parties.
Both Locked Up.
Joseph Bowie, aged thirty-five, and Wal
ter Johnson. aged twenty-seven. both we'll
known colored characters, were arrested
this morning at II o'clock by Policeman
Bradley, and locked up on a charge of dis
| orderly conduct The two were getting
ready for a pitched battle on the sidewalk
of 32d and NJ street when the policeman
who was off duty, reached the scene The
negroes started to resist the officer, but to
no avail.
Reed Birds.
Despite the fact that there have been a
number of hunters out on the marshes bor-
dering the river south of Georgetown, there
does not appear to be a superabundance
Of reed birds. In fact, there are very few
birds around these grounds, and those
which have been shot do not appear to be
In the latest Of condition One man. after
working hard all day cunning yesterday
managed to get nearly seventeen dozen
birds. none Of which were so fine Other
hunters have been less successful and some
have not even been able to get shot at
the game birds.
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