Evening star., 1899-04-10
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
CharEe Against Colored Woman
General and Personal.

Annie Bell, colored domestic twenty
three years of age, was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Precinct Detective Frank
burrows and locked UP on a charge of
abandoning her infant A few days ago,
as published in The Star, Policemen Grove
and Saunders discovered a live colorei in
fant in the alley in street between 2Gth
and Both streets. When arrested the wo-
man did not deny the charge. Her condi-
ton was such that she was sent to No. l
station after her arrest, and later she was
taken to the Washington Asylum Hospital
This morning an anonymous communca-
ton, signed Mary Jane was received at
the station, stating that the woman was
the mother of the child, but the police had
already made the arrest.
Leon Arnold was the victim of a r,lna-
way accident yesterday afternoon on 35th
street. He was driving horse attached
TO buggy, when the animal took fright
near Holy Rood cemetery, on 32d street ex-
tended, and dashed away, becoming un-
nageable. AT the intersection of 32d
and 18th streets the horse ran into a lamp
pest and upset The vehicle was smashed
badly and the horse slightly injured. Mr.
Arnold was thrown out, and his left knee
was injured
Said Mr. George w. King to a Star re-
porter this morning: March ID, 1898, the
Commissioners ordered the Improvement of
street, officially, by advertisement In
July of the same year the Commissioners
notified ME that the work was about to be
begun, and ordered the Georgetown Gas
light Company to move its lamps out on
the line of the proposed new curbing, This
was Immediately done by the gas COM
pany. One year later, April ., 1899. I was
again notified that this Improvement would
be made during the coming working sea-
son. During all last winter school children
waded through mud daily, this thorough
fare torn up as it is, being the most direct
route to the schools of the section the
Western High School, the Fillmore build
Ing and the 32d street school. From this
notice 1t seems the work is delayed for
another indefinite period. Why cannot the
Commissioners order the work to be done
al once? The official reports are all in,
the surveyors have run their lines and the
necessity for the execution of the work is
giaringly apparent Even if Georgetown
We're the last on the iss of improvements
for 1898, it is high time the last had been
reached"
Considerable excitement was occasioned
last night shortly before l. clock in the
Congress street alley by the discovery of
Thomas Rideout, colored man. who was
choking with asthma The man appeared
to be in the throes of death. The patrol
wagon was called, but happened to be out
at the time, and DR.. Hunter of 31st street
drove the sick man to the Georgetown
University Hospital in his own buggy.
Rideout lives at 1923 1lth street northwest
Clarence Jackson. who lives on Valley
street. was found Saturday afternoon about
Las o'clock on the New Cut road suffering
with a hemorrhage. He was taken to the
Georgetown University Hospital for treat
ment.
Frank Jackson, aged twenty three; Jas
Howard, aged twenty-lslx, and John Mat
thews, aged twenty-eGht all colored. were
arrested yesterday by Policeman Daniel
Connor on suspicion of being the pickpock-
cts who relived Mrs. Bertha Donaldson Of
81 t6 DumhartOn avenue OF a pocket book
containing SIG, which was taken Thursday
afternoon while she was viewing the pa
rade of the District troops on NJ street
near 32d street. The prisoners protest their
innocence.