Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-01

Were concerned In OGtbb. :. AllCe GGte-
nan was stabbed to death. while Isaac Hen
dersou was pushed off a porch and killed.
Ida jackson. Hannibal Shorter and Charles
Il. CONWAY met violent deaths during No
Vember- The case of the woman was a
particularly brutal murder. She was as
saulted with a club. and. after being rem
dered unconscious her slayer used his feet
on her. breaking her ribs and crushing
many other bones.
James Lee. colored. was shot and killed
by William stump. white. in Georgetown
this month Drunkenness the cause
Henry Bradley. cnlored. killed in
South Washington by Arthur I.andon-
Jealousy was the cause of this homicide.
In addition to the hOmiCides the coroner
had IA cases of accidental deaths. and
about two dozen cases in which the vic
Tins took their own lives. Twelve of those
who committed suicide We're females A
number of others who made attempts re
covered. Early in January Miss Minnie
Lacy started the years record by shooting
herself at her home. on 18th street south
east y few days later Richard c. Porter of
Woodbury., y. j.. ended his life in room
at the St James Hotel in a similar man
ner. Others who ended their lives during
the first month OF the year We're George
w Hoffman and Mrs. Joseph Schrepler In
the latter case the woman, who had been
made insane by reason of illness, drowned
her little child and then jumped overheard
herself Among the other females who
ended thei owl lives We're Miss Jennie
Demaine, Miss Elsie Haslam. Alice Knott
and Miss Annie FURNACE. who inhaled gas;
Mrs Helen HarbauSh and Mrs. Annie Pat
terson by shooting. and Rose Strathers and
Agnes Bruseke by taking poison. The last
mentioned "A school girl, who preferred
death to continuing her studies. The drug
gist who sold her poison arrested and
fined
The mon who committed suicide, in add-
ton to those already mentioned. were S.
T. Woodward. Hart Guinnip. Arthur a.
Moore. Louis II. NIaier. Charles E Gibbs.
John Hockmeyer, Abraham Bildman, Thos.
Mccoy, Robert Hervey. George KokoquOis
and James d. Taylor. OF this number.
four used pistols three inhaled gas and one
each by drowning, hanging. poison and US
ing 4 razor
Besides these cases. Coroner Carr had
12i cases of accidental deaths. These were
nom numerous accidents. including deaths
on the rail. drowning. burning and deaths
in other ways Many cases of sin births
and dead infants found the streets had
10 be- passed upon by the coroner as we'll
as many sudden deaths.
Several murders committed in Maryland
ana Virginia interested the residents of
This city. The Rosenstein murder for
winch Armstead Taylor and John Brown
We're hanged at Rockville was especially
interesting. for the reason that Taylor was
u NaShfngtonian, and he killed Seret Fritz
IaSSau OF the local police force. John
Ferry. colored boy. murdered Miss Mary
Amanda Clarke near Bowie and seriously
wounded her sister. Miss Annie Clarke
lie ait"rw@rd paid the death penalty Ed
ward. alias Egypt Galloway killed Ar
thur Dorsey in BladenSburg in August and
GStap, d. In April W. B. Turner a former
[
ans Church and then killed himself Sew
'ral other murders which We're of no in
tereS' locally were committed in the ad-
john states
EXECUTIONS.
Four men. convicted of murder in the
local criminal courts. were executed at the
District Jail during the year. William
strather and Charles H. Winston were
hanged Jointly the 9TH of May. and Edward
smith colored, was hanged the Eth of
NAY The three men mentioned had killed
c"Lored women On the question of the
fieht OF the trial justice to instruct a Jury
as 10 when they should qualify verdicts of
guilty in murder cases. the cases of
Strather Winston and Smith were carried
70 the supreme Court of the United States.
Strather and Winston each had two trials
ana Smith three trials. George w Horton
Nhlte' formerly a member of the metro
I9htan police force. who brutally murdered
MIS- Jane Nicholson in June 1898 was
executed the Sth of December After the
court Of Appeals had affirmed the 1udg-
meht OF The lower court it was sought to
TAX" The Horton case to the Supreme Court
Of thu United States nut that tribunal re-
fused to consider il. Strong effort was then
made 10 induce the President to commute
the sentence to Imprisonment for life but
Inc executive declined To interfere.
WORK OF POLICE.
While the number of homicides was
greater last year than is usual during a
Year the records of the police department
Show that other crimes were not so num-
"rpIS. The number Of arrests last wear
was largely increased by the number of
snow warrants that We're issued during
the early months. There has been about
In" usual number of assaults and cases of
petty thieving, but profe ssional crooks
We're not very much i'll evidence. Only
about three house robberies during the
twelve months were attributed to profess
sipnals. while they did succeed in getting
number of watches and a few pocket
books during the peace jubilee and Dewey
celebration. Very few robberies were com
united that the police did not apprehend
the robbers. Probably the most important
capture during the year was that of Frank.
uuk, IN" convicted murderer of William
IL tfrpokS- Detective Weldon followed
FUNK from place to place, and made it al
most impossible for him to remain long in
one place The whole country was flooded
with circulars by Major Sylvester and In
sPect"r Hoardman, and the murderers ar
rest at Columbia, Mo, was accomplished.
MaXimiiian Falk, who jumped his bail
during the trial Of a case involving a
charge Of adultery. was rccaptured by thf.
cal police who located him in New York
city Several other persons who had been
wanted for offenses committed during past
Years were apprehended and brought to
justice ON more than occasion in
formation concerning the alleged where
"b"uts Of the muCh-wanted Dorsey Foultz
1ruItless missions The local police have
also made number of arrests for other
jurisdictions. some Of them being of con-
siderable Importance. Members Of the de-
t'tllNr corps, acting under Inspector Rob
6rt R'aTdman, made many arrests and Sc
cured Il good percentage of convictions.
Early in the year Detectives Horne and
Ne@d"n started out by apprehe nding a col
"Ted woman for hotel robbery. Ii de-
N"loped that she had done time in Rich
InpHd and was wanted in Philadelphia at
that time Detectives Muller and Baur fol-
lowed by making arrests for the post office
authorities In February Detectives Lacy
lloyd and Helan apprehendcd burglar and
seven charges were filed against him.
The firSt Shoplifter arrested during, the
year Annie Askns, who was caught
10y Detectives Muller and Baur number
Of Charges were flied against her and she
WAS given tWcnty-one months in jail. More
than TWO dozen pickpoCkets. who are known
To police departments all over the country
were unprecedented about the time of the
peace jubilee ana the Dewey celebration.
detectives Heian. Boyd. Weldon, Horne