Evening star., 1898-06-08

knights Templar of Washington, D. c.
For long term of years he had been
tyler of AleXandria-Wa Washington and An
| drew Jackson lodges in this city, and has
probably entertained more Masons than
| any other member Of the order now living.
He was acknowledged to be the second old
| est Mason and Knight Templar in America.
| He visited the conclave in Boston last year,
| and there met the oldest Mason. About
| in Washington by the templars and Ma
| sons in celebration of the golden ami
| versary of his Masonic life.
He leaves five children, three daughters
and two sons, who have been telegraphed
| for. Until they are all heard from no
| rangements will be made for the funeral.
Gang of Thieves Broken Up.
For the past three or four weeks there
| has hardly been day that a report has
not been received at the station house of
| the robbery Of different houses and offices,
| and the entire police force has been hard
at work endeavoring to ferret out the
! guilty parties. Saturday night last the
store of Mr.. Matt. Acton was broken into
and robbed of number of articles. The
robbery was reported to Sergeant Smith
Sunday morning. and he, with Officers
Knight and Lyles, went to work on the
! case, and in a short while secured informa-
| ton that James Grayson, a well-known
| negro, was the guilty party. He was ar
rested and taken to the station house. The
| officers then started out to find the stolen
| articles belonging to Mr.. Acton, which they
succeeded in doing. Grayson sent to
| Jail by Mayor Simpson to await the action
| of the grand jury.
| After the trial Monday, many, in the
| most complimentary terms, commended the
| officers for the manner in which they had
handled the case. Yesterday afternoon the
| officers succeeded in recovering suite of
parlor furniture that had been stolen from
Mr.. Richard Murphy, also a lot of jawelry
| and other articles stolen from Mr.. L. c.
| Barley's office, and number Of other ar
| ticles belonging to number Of persons.
Grayson confessed that he had stolen them.
| He has only been out Of the penitentiary
about two years, where he served term of
| eighteen years for an attempted assault on
a young lady in Loudoun county, Va In
connection with the above robberies Eliza
Williams and Aurelia Lee, both colored, al
whose mouse the stolen goods were re-
covered, were arrested by thu same officers
charged with being accessories to the rob-
berries. This morning when they We're
| brought before the mayor the evidence was
| SO conclusive that they were held for the
action Of the grand jury.
Police Court.
Mayor Simpson this morning disposed of
| the following cases in police court: Frank
| Payne, charged with stealing 81 from Johl
Simms; penalty, So or twenty days on the
gang. Patrick Gallagher, charged with
vagrancy; sent to Jail subject to the chain
gang for ten days. Eliza Thomas, charged
with abusive language; fined $50
Bitten by a Dog.
Little Oracle Acton. aged about three
years, daughter of Mr.. Herman Acton, was
bitten by dog shortly after Z o'clock last
! night While playing with a number Of
children Oracle became thirsty and went
into the yard of Mr.. Robert Penn to get a
| drink of water. Mr.. Psnn's large st. Ber-
nard dog was chained to post, and the
child went up to pet 1t. Hardly had she put
her hand upon the dog when the brute made
spring, catching the childs head between
his front legs, and began biting her. Mrs.
Penn heard the little girls screams and
came to her rescue, but did not succeed in
getting her away from the dog before he
had terribly lacerated her head
The child was taken into the house and
medical aid hastily summoned. In the
meantime Officer Wilkarson put in an ap-
pearance, and, upon the request of Mr.
Penn, he killed the dog. The little girl is in
a most serious condition, and it is not eX-
pected that she will recover.
General and Personal Notes.
Mr.. A. G. Gardner of Fairfax county died
at his home near Falls Church yesterday.
The deceased was in the seventy-fifth year
of his age.
Messrs VIM. Carroll and "Dick' Swain
left today for Camp Alger to join the field
band of the Sd Regiment Virginia Volun-
teers.
Miss Louise Burke of this city is the
guest Of Miss Nellie Carr at Norfolk.
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