Evening star., 1899-01-02

thought, represented fully - .o,o people. as
some of them contained as many "a dozen
names. On the bistrIct sluc OF HE court
there were nearly 1900 IHformatlonS or
anout twice the nuHpei nied IN the United
States oraAcn oi tIiC court. Inc Hn's paid
during tns year Announced TO apoju 50 tstb,
t"o-lhrds OF tnIs amount haNluE uvca paid
lH biStfict CaStS. SvNeIat Bag lines in
WHISKY cases MtIv paiu uy offenders. There
We're not many iinpoI Itant trlais during the
year. Probably the most important case
Was the one invoVlhg the Prosecution OF
race track oincla,s. ~hlch resulted in "A
disagreement Of tnc jury. CoHSIdcrab bie in
tefest was shown IN the case OF Coal Dealer
hthhedN Tor alcScd shortage OF coal fur
hishea the District 1his ttal resulted i'm
an acquittal. UnGcr the new Nagraucv law
the court has imposed naes ana the sums
Pdld ~ these cases have amounted To con-
SlueTabIe. Prosecutions have also been had
under several new police reguiaiiops ans
'ne court mas heard a number OF test cases.
Police Regulations.
one important charge made in the police
regulations during ISIS was the amrndment
70 the regulation concerning GROWING roos-
tefs. Previous to this action il was in ths
power Of any individual to cause the re-
moNal or death of his nelghbor's Growing
ROSTERS or caekilng hens. This is no longer
the cohdltlOn OF affairs. tor under the
Change in the law the rooster soars high
droNe the muiNiuuai and has TO become A
nuisance TO the IclghDorhood before his
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| o'heF Important rcguiadon Is tht, section
GIVING TO the PhIiauclpnIa, Wilmington ana
Ad4'lhoF: kalhuad Company the VNcltIsiVe
Il5ht 70 me use OF certain portion of .he
| street about the depot for its caas This
regulation is now being contested in The
interests OF individual owners who formed
protective association. IL is claimed by
thls association that tha regulation l. un-
cons titutlona, ana while the case is pend-
ing IN the Court OF Appeals the stand is
oel14S used b. both The railroad ro,npauy
ana the individual owners of vehicles
There was an effort made To force country
market dedlers on Il street opposite the
center Market and have them occupy the
old wholesale market near 10th street, but
alter long contest the farmers were vic
torlouS ana the proposed regulation against
their use of l. street was not iIuoicd
Scme trouble was experienced by the en-
aciment OF a regulation requiring lights on
All vehicles on the streets and roa - after
dark. The enforcement of this regulation
was suspended anG then the aysulation
WAS changed Cnder the presnt Iaw only
pubic vehicles ana bicycles arr r-u'1irad 30
have lights on them after dark. Th.rrun-
nIhE down of wH"einlen by fhc drivers OF
vehicles was proIidaI against an a .,grIla-
tloh- rms regulation puushcs drivers
known to whe.lmen as road hogs" IN
DER a regulation enacted during the year
bicycle riders are prevented from using low
handle bars. This regulation was attacked
but the upper court held that the law was
valid.
Local Crimes
According to tho records of thu police de-
partmant crimes during ls:S were not near
50 numerous as they were during many
former years. number of murders were
committed, and only one of the mur.lcrcrs
escaped. He was Frank Funk who killed
William II. Brooks and came near killing
Mrs. Brooks. In addition TO this h,. rnbsci
Mrs. Brooks O.. more than 81 Dnu Every
possible effort has been made 10 c.iufur.
nm, nut ne j. S,ill AT large. on the Isl
day Of the year burglars robbed ih. post
Office at HyattsVil!e of 500 The safe WAS
blown by the burglars. NaNinlflian NJ
Folk was arrested 1ur alleged improper re-
iations with Young girl. He was lcuuil-
ted. on the mig ht of February 10 "a dead
infant was found at the house of "a pronai-
nent family on + street. Ii was probably
a case OF infanticide, but the pcrpcyrajor
was MOI detected white male infant was
found dead in III" rain in Northwest WASH
nGtOn about O'Clock on the morning Of
FEBRUARY II by a Colored woman who was
on ner way 10 work at the time No arrest
was made About this time the postal ar-
thonues succeeded in breaking up mail
box robbcries. About the same lime an al
ieSed scheme OF drfrauding pensioners uy
loans vas exposed. MJrch Ii he post office
at Fails Church WAS robbed and lhe fol-
lowing day The Baltimore and OLi1 ticket
office at Hyattsrlle was looted bv robbers
In May James +. Horah shot and almost
killed George \. Fswlo. The affair hap-
pened at the home of Horah's molhrr-in-
law HOrah vs. Upt prosecuted Frank NJ
Firur. who was rr;,luved hy tn. t-barl.s
Schneider Baking Company. cisairrared
y was alleged ihyt there was q SlIartal, Of
$-"u" IN his accounts. lie returned hut
was not arrested. june ~ burglars visited
ihe home OF Mr.. liL When detected one
ni them threw }erTor in M Fms cy,s
ana escaped a f-" days later Frank Muel-
Ter was found ~ an insensible condition
Robbery was suspected
Guy Barron shot and killed W H. Key
worth at BladenShurg July T. He was ,rled
at Rockville 1nd acquitted. John J. EarIe
= government clerk from the south WAS
found dead IN hi room at the Genoa. He
had beel drinking. In August the police
learned mat The perpetrators Of a big rub-
ncrE at Mr.. D2Si0'S sore had been Incatad
They were SERVING Tine in the Eastern p,1,-
lientary in philadelphia. John Hoffman
ana his son Edward. who lived in South
washington. Wgrr shot and killed az Scot
land, Va. John Schmidt. who Killed them.
WAS pursued hy a posse and radl,i with
bullets. There was quantity Of i..Ngelry
stolen from the Arlington Hotel Ex-Ciov.
Eullock Of George and Clark Howell of the
same state We're ih- losers
Policeman HouStl was stabbed and rDucli-
ly handled during q tight in the "niviSiof,'
hetw"e1 T. M ami 9. y. Jenkins The for
Hitr member Of iEc lir- department The
policeman and fir"n.an were dismissed and
the affair was SettI-i out Of court. Only
few days ago J. ". Pearson was arrt-si-i
foc damaging he British embassy He Wss
declared insane and committed 10 rh. a.,.-
lurn. from where he esCaned. Later he sur
rendered in Baltimore and was returned 10
the asylum. An important arrest was made
dempsey. lie was sent to Boston for trial
under the hahitual criminal ACT ami was
sentenced to life Imprisonment. Detectives
lielan and McNamcc arres Cd Clark Bra
den. fugitive from New York. ami r,.cnv-
erod $1,000 in bonds and about SJnu worth
al stolen property. Braaen was returned 20
New York whore he received a sentence ~
six years. Charles .. Keliar, also 4 fuci-
tive from New York was arrested by the
same detectives. He is serving fpur years.
Local Suicides.
The community was greatly shocked carly
in January to learn that Mr.. Saaton Perry.
the weil-known merchant had cummttei
suicide by shooting himself. Two weeks
later Daniel Mum took his lie in the same
manner. February =. after discovering,
that his daughter had become insane. Wal
ter Taylor attempted 10 XII himself by
hanging. Three weeks later Dr. Th.ina, n
Bailey poisoned himself TO death. IN, next
to 90 by violent means was John Der
moody, who shot himself two GAYS Later
Michael Daii'y died from ta-ing poison on
a Norfolk steamer Nsr.a Ia M