Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-08
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN
An Exciting Chase Last Evening After an
Alleged Burglar
Discovered in n Residence. He EIuder
His Pursuers After n Run
of Several squares.

An exciting chase occurred last evening
about o'clock after an unknown white
| man, alleged TO be burglar who was dis
covered in the residence of Mrs Mary A
! Collins. of 1226 10Th street The man man
| aged to escape. though a good description
was secured of him. When last seen he
lcisurely boarded car of the Capital Trac-
ton Company at ;Dth and VI streets, and
rode down as far as 18th street taking
transfer for the 18th street line. This morn
| ing Detectives Horne and Boyd visited
Georgetown. and took up the case.
Mrs. Collins. who was in her home with
! her father. an octocenarian. and a son
who is just recovering from a severe III
ness. heard a noise in the upper floor of
her home, as il some one was walking across
the room. Investigating she discovered The
! Stranger and endeavored to prevent his cS-
cape. but to no avail. The man had knife
IN his hand, and in slipping past Mrs Col
uuS inflicted a cut on her hand. The alarm
was quickly given. and the man was chased
down 18th street to NJ, thence TO 3Oth and
down iGth 10 the south side of the canal
Several police joined in the pursuit. and
after running along the canal bank for a
hundred yards or the fugitive jumped a
1ence on the south, cleared several yards,
ana Enally entered the back yard of Mrs.
Stone. To her he represented himself as a
detective. and passed through the house to
the street. walking up the other side and
past the people VINO were looking Tor HIM.
Inc police entered the same premises imme-
diately after, and it was perhaps five or
ten minutes before Mrs. Stone informed
them of the flight Of the through her
house.
In the chase down The street the crowd
Increased considerably, and the fugitive
drew revolver. with warning, and see
ing that no attention was paid to his words
he hired one shot in the air which had the
effect Of checking many who We're In pur-
suit.
Nothing was found to he missing from
the Collins household. The alleged robber
is described to the police as being about
twenty-five or thirty years old. with good
sized sandy mustache. and about five feet
eight or nine inches in height. He Is be-
heved to weigh about 10 pounds He was
neatly dressed and presented a refined ap-
pearance.
Overcoat Disappears.
John 7. Money, dairyman. was arrested
Saturday by Policeman VIII Hess upon a
warrant sworn out by William Storch of
ls23 Sd street, who charged him with the
larceny of an overcoat valued at sl6. II is
stated that Storch secured one dollar from
Money, and gave him his overcoat as Sc
curity. Money hung the coat I'm Darnes'
stable. and some stole the coat When
Storch repaid the loan and wanted the
coat he was informed of the theft and
wanted his money back or his coat. The
warrant was sworn out, but the prosecuting
attorney entered nolle pros in the mat
ter
New Nesper Service Sung.
A vesper service, composed by Harry
Wheaton Howard, the organist and direc-
tor of the choir of Trinity Church was
sung last evening at the church for the
ilrSt time. The music, as written by Mr.
Howard, constitutes full and complete
tve-hgured vespers. which is one of the
lew of its kind that is found in one COM
position. The quintet singing and the
chorus were excellent. The soloists were
Mrs. Armand Gumprecht, soprano: Miss G.
Edith Mccoy. alto; Mr.. John c. Weldman,
tenor; and Mr.. Joseph c. Murray, bass.
HOusebreaking at Night.
Charles Coleman. colored. aged thirty
one, was arrested at G o'clock this morning
charged with HOUSEKEEPING during the
night time. The complainant I'm the case
Is Frank Bowman, colored laborer at the
Foundry Branch shaft. who lives on Scott
street. Bowman was paid off Saturday
night, and Coleman, II is said was aware
of the fact He was discovered In the
house during Saturday night but managed
TO escape, only to be captured before an
other day had passed.
Star Advertisements in Georgetown.
Classified advertisements for The Star
may be filed at regular advertising rates at
the Postal Telegraph office. :5201 NJ street
me rate under the classiilcations Wanted
Help and Wanted Situations is one cent per
WORD per insertion. the minimum charge
being fifteen cents