The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-07

fee, has other accomplishments thar the
ability to tie up the Congressional Rec
ord" and tiresOme reports Of Government
officials He is , former actor. and fire.
queutIy ties IT, with laughter his fellow
workmen in tie boo. binding division Mr.
Weston formerly lived in New York
where he was a q acher OF eIOCutiOn and
dramatic art For the past year or so
ne has held a position in the Printing Of
fee. He is a prominent member Of the
JOurneymen BOOkbinders' Society and
trained the cast for highly successful
minstrel show produced by that organiza-
tioE at the NatiCaal Rifles Armory re-
Gently A decided hit OF the performance
was a sketch written BY Mr. Weston, en-
titled The irish Justice"
Mr.. Fred Bunhaus. or Freddie" as he
is called by his most intimate friends. is
one OF the youngest. and is regarded as
one or the most efacieut. clerks in the
War Department. Less than four years
ago he was a messenger in local news
paper Office, and his highest expectation
al that time was that some day he might
be successful enough 20 get the job OF
running an elevator He concluded. how
ever, 10 learn typeWrltiug- and he applied
himself so industriOusly that when the
Spanish war broke out he was appointed
General When Governor Wood was sent
to Cuba as Governor General Mr. Bunhaus
was detailed 10 accompany him as one Of
his fOrce~OI clerks he remained in Cuba
until his health became so much under
mined that he resigned and returned to
Washington. Recovery was very slow, but
he finally became well He then con
clUded 10 take up Shorthand and a little
later was again appointed clerk in the
War Department. but in a different bu-
reau TO that in which he was before IL
was not long before he became quite pro
dcient as sJenOgrapher and expert as a
typewriter. and he now acts as private
secretary for three prominent officials.
When President Mckinley died. Judge
Charles F. Scott lost his best friend. and
this is meant in it's most literal sense
often would the President drive down 20
the Police Court after court had ad-
jOurned for the day. and take the judge
out riding Many people wondered that
the intimacy o. the two mel was so great,
but after a VILE came the explanation
They were be- together IN Ohio attend
ed the same school took Part in the same
plays, went 20 he same college and were
graduated ,Oget hes When the war b-0ke
Out young McE inIey went into an Ohio
regiment. While young Scott enlisted in
one from VT Virginia After the close
OF the stru -gle between the States me
men again ll=d in the same Ohio town,
where they married not sisters. but they
and their respective wives were Joined
by the same minister Not long before
1lr. Mckinley met his tragic end al Buff
faIO the aged minister came TO Washing
ton on a visit He Was a guest at the
White House during his stay and by spe-
cial Invitation Judge and Mrs. Scott took
dinner with him and his hosts.
II is often a matter Of surprise to many
persons who attend court but occasionally
that not infrequently two persons look
ing at the same occurrence viii relate the
details in a contradictory way and yet
both intend 20 tell the truth On one
occasion Judge L G.. Kimbafl was riding
in car IN Pennsylvania Avenue with a
loca- newspaper man, the judge occupy
ing - seat on the left side while the latter
sat on the right. At the corner Of Eighth
street the car struck q wagon lifted il
high In the air. landed &c on the fender |
which vas broken 50 badly that 81 had 70
be removed and the car proceeded to-
ward Georgetown fenderless. The wagon
was not hurt a particle. This was what
the newspaper man saw happen. When
Judge ktmball was asked IL he saw the
AFFAIR he answered that he had that the
notoTman was greatly to blame for HIT
ting the wagon with his car and breaking
the vehicle 20 pieces. Now everyone who |
knows Judge TimbaU knows that he is
the soul OF no. - and the embodiment Of [
truthfulness a. he believes TO this day
that the newspaper man was entirely
wrong IN his version OF the affair
There is no official in Washington more
accommodating to newspaper men and. in
fact to al Win whom he comes in con-
tact, nor IryTa ready 10 impart IeEiti-
mate Information TO the former, than
Night Inspector Carter. or the Detective
Bureau II the boys OF the pen" could
have their way Mr.. Carter would be pro
NOTED TO a caDtaincy as soon as IL could
be done A long list OF important arrests I
stands to Mr. Carter's credit. but most Of
these were made before he was promoted
10 his present position zone uorning''
said Mr. Carter. the bureau was notified
from Baltimore 10 look out for two won
en-, who were fully described. and who
were wanted in that city for the larceny
OF valuable sealsSin coat With a de-
JectlVe who Is not now on the force I
was detailed on the case. and We soon
traced the two persons 20 a local hotel.
end went there 10 await their coming.
taking look up the Avenue occasionally
20 see how the land lay After keeping
watch for fully six hours we saw two
women Who answered to the Gesrrfnrfons
approaching They were loaded down
each having q big bag. which was about
as heavy as see could carry They went
into the hOti and up TO their room. and
we followed. and before they could close I
the door / put my shoe against fr in
such way that we could enter the room
al the proper tine. While the women
were removing their wraps We demanded
entrance and we're admitted without de-
lay On the bed were the two BAGS. and
we found they contained 81 200 worth OF
property which they had stolen that dav.
Among the articles were a se1Iskil sacuue
worth several hundred dollars. q gold
chain. and many other high-priced goods.
Seeing they were I'm the hands OF tle law
the older of the women asked me If was
married. and receiving an Affirmative an
swer. said Take one OF these sacgues
and let us get ont OF town
The offer, it is almost needless TO say.
was refused, and we took our prisoners
TO HeadQuartsrs, where they were search
ed by Mrs. PenneHu who had Just been
appointed uatrou OF the First precinct
station This was her first case In due
time the women were tried and convicted
the elder being sent 20 the penitentiarv
for four years. and the younger for TWO
years The latter. however got her re-
lease from prison on a writ OF habeas
corpus, and before We could rearrest her
she had disappeared aud was not again
heard Of By us"
The eminent. Rufus Ch0ate remarked
on a certain occasion that If there was
anything that tie Almighty did not know
it was what verdict a petit jury would
hiring IN SoIfrfrc~ Ta-,1= Z El,,~L ~