Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-25
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
SOLDIER SHOT THREE TIMES BY
PARTIES UNKNOWN.
His Comrades Were Endeavoring to
Enter Ball Room Against Will
of Manager.

A number of soldiers from Fort Myer,
Va. tried to gain admittance to dance
held last evening at Rosslyn, against the
will of those in charge, and as result
Private Harry G. Pancoast of the 4th Bat
terry of Field Artillery was shot three
times and is now confined to the post hos
pital suffering from the wounds.
1t is stated the soldiers went to the hall
and asked to be admitted This the door
keeper refused and informed the boys that
they could only enter by card. This &C
ton. 1t is said, angered the soldiers and
they Immediately went off and, gathering
a number Of their comrades, returned to
the hall in a mood calculated to cause
trouble. Pancoast, it is stated. was in the
neighborhood Of the hall at the time and
was shot by some unknown person.
AS soon as possible the wounded man
was conveyed to the Fort Myer hospital,
where the attending surgeons easily located
and extracted the three leaden missiles.
The surgeons say the wounds are not nee
essarily fatal One of the bullets struck
Pancoast just below the neck and the other
two entered his back just below the Shout
der.
Sheriff Palmer was notified of the affair
and he Immediately instituted an investi-
cation, but has not discovered who fired
the shots. 1t was stated by number of
persons in Rosslyn that the soldiers were
say, after they had been refused admis-
sion, that they would get some of their
comrades and clean up the place.
1t is not known whether or not Pancoast
was in this crowd. 1t was stated by a SOL
der from the fort that he is considered a
model soldier and has always borne a good
reputation.
General and Personal.
While riding a bicycle on o street near
Bed street yesterday afternoon, William
King a boy about fourteen years old. liv-
ing at 1905 2Sth street, ran into a pie
wagon and slightly injured his left leg.
The front wheel of the bicycle was
sma shed.
Mrs. Catherine Peachey, aged fifty-eight
years, whose home Is on WoodIey road,
while walking along T street near 32d
street yesterday afternoon slipped and fell
to the pavement. She sustained a painful
cut TN the left side of her head, which was
treated by the physicians at the George
town University Hospital.
Lieutenant John A. Swindells of the sew
enth precinct police station, is on duty at
police headquarters. acting captain in the
Sergeant e. ]. Keefe is acting lieutenant,
and is in command Of the seventh precinct
Mr.. Herbert E. Riley and Miss Eugenia
Houser will be married this evening at the
Elbrook NJ. E. Church on the River Road,
Tenleytown, by Rev. H. E. r. Reck pastor
Of the church After the wedding the cou-
pie will go to Atlantic City.
Mr.. William A. Hurley and Miss Maude
Glenn Cunningham the youngest daughter
of Mr.. Williamb A., Cunningham. will be
married this afternoon at 4:3O at the resi-
dence Of the brides parents, 1914 Potomac
street. by Rev Frank II. Havenner, pastor
of Dumbarton A*enuaM. E. Church The
couple will spend their honeymoon in the
southern states,o3 -
Prof. William 3. Ireland. principal of the
Tenieytown public schools. win leave Fri
day for Long BFancf.i'E. J., where he will
remain until the middle Of August.