Evening star., 1900-01-29
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
The Black Maria and Metropolitan Electric
Car in Collision.
Accident This Morning on the p street
BridSe-AIleged Chicken Thief
Arrested on Two Charges.

The Black Maria and car on the Metro
politan road were mixed up in a collision
this morning. The inmates of the wagon
were on the way to the Police Court and
we're considerably shaken up and frighten-
ed. The accident occurred at $40 o'clock
this morning on the P street bridge, the
prison wagon going east. 1t was in charge
of Policeman G. B. Cornwell, with l.. c..
Anderson as driver. On the bridge the
driver swerved from his course to give
room for carriage, and in doing so went
too near the railroad track. The gong of a
car sounded Immediately to the rear and
the horses Were pulled to the right to get
out of the way, but owing to the fact that
the animals wore smooth shoes instead of
rough ones they slipped in making the
change.
=. . ar motor 334, in charge of r. Offutt
motorman, and Frank Miles, conductor
was -o,.lg cas- l. was thought that he
Maria would have time to get out of the
way, but the slipping of the horses pre-
vented this The right front wheel was
struck, jarring the vehicle and almost top
ing l. over review of TIE
damage done revealed the fact that the
wagon escaped with svery slight damage,
while the fender of the car was broken
and the front dash injured.
Alleged Chicken Thief Captured.
Abe Landrick, alias johnson, colored
aged forty years, was caught yesterday
morning about J o'clock by Policeman Giles
of the county mounted force in the act of
robbing the poultry house of Samue. Friz-
zell, on the canal road. The policeman was
riding by and his attention was attracted
by sounds coming from the poultry quar-
ters. He dismounted and investigated and
detected man in the act of robbing the
roosts. l.andrIck discovered the policeman
and endeavored to escape. but after chase
was caught. He was walked into George
town and was landed in a cell at the sta
tion.
The policeman resumed his investigation
and found the bodies of three pullets and
one rooster and one turkey, which had been
thrown away by Landrick. The pul cts and
rooster were valued at 81, while the value
oi he turkey was paced at S1.5n The hens
and rooster We're stolen from the roost of
Mr.. FriZZell. The turkey was identified as
being the property of John Amberg, who
lives in the same locality. Two charges of
petit larceny were placed against the name
of the prisoner. y number of thefts in
poultry houses in the suburbs have been
reported to the police, but this is the first
arrest made. Landrick is wei known to
the police and is alleged to have been guilty
of the same offense before.
Fire in Coal Pile.
A local alarm of fire was turned In Sat
urday afternoon a few minutes before
o'clock for a blaze in the yard of A. Geary
Johnson at 32d and streets. The fire was
located in pile of coal and was caused by
the explosion of a gasoline lamp, which
was used in Illuminating the place The fire
was eXtinguiShed without the engines going
into service. The damage done was very
slight.
Philadelphia Man Hurt.
August Slnghoff, an employe of the Met
tropolitan Traction Company of Philadel-
phia, while experimenting the removal of
old rails at the car barns of the George
town and Tenleytown railroad, on 32d
street. Saturday afternoon, was severely
injured by one of the rails fal ing on his
foot. The injured man was removed by
friend to the Georgetown University Hos
pital, where he received attention.
Big Sale of Real Estate.
Samuel Rittenhouse, as surviving trustee
and In his own right, has sold to Howard
Grafton is placed at 81 80, making it one of
the large real estate sales Of the year. The
property is located at the east end of Stod-
dert or Q street and has been in the pos
session of the Rittenhouse family for some
years.
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