Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-01
Session of Circuit Court.

Judge Charles E. Nicol convened the cir
cult court for this city this morning at IL
o'clock The docket was called and cases
set for trial. 1t is probable that court will
be in session most of the week, as there are
several important cases to be tried Among
these is the suit of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company against burke & Her
bert, bankers, which is an action brought
to recover the sum of $4,000 alleged to
have been paid by the bankers to D. +.
Hurley without authority while he was
agent of the company in Alexandria, At
torneys Colbert and Hamilton of Washing
ton and James r. and Harry B. Cation of
this city represent the railroad company
and Attorney Eppa Hunton, jr, Of War
renton represents the bank.
Another case to come up is that of Bertha
M. Elliott against Hunt and Roberts, the
Randall Steamboat Company, William NJ.
Reardon and others, suit to recover 5000
as damages for personal injuries alleged to
have been sustained on the wharf main
tanned here by the defendants Judge j. K.
NJ. Norton represents several of the de-
PENDANTS and others have their interests in
the hands of Attorney John NJ. Johnson.
The Work to Proceed.
BY direction from Mayor Simpson and
City Engineer Dunn the contractors for the
paving of King street with vitrified brick
will proceed with the work between Column
bus and st. Asaph streets which had been
passed over in order to give the Washing
ton, Alexandria and Mount Vernon Railroad
Company time to lay a diamond switch at
the intersection of King and Washington
streets. When the contractors reached st.
Asaph in the progress of the work several
weeks ago the space covered by the two
blocks mentioned was left alone and the
paving was continued to the west of Column
bus street. At this time almost all of the
balance under contract has been paved and
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the corner of King and Washington streets.
Mayor Simpson has determined to wait no
longer for the laying of the switch. 1t Is
said that an effort will be mace by some of
the property owners interestt d to prevent
the company from maintaining a siding at
that point, claiming that the necessity for
it has been obviated by the use Of the track
on Cameron street for southbound trains.
Charged With Assault.
The police have a warrant for a colored
man named Clarence Anderson, charged
with being implicated in a shooting which
occurred Friday night at $50 o'clock in a
saloon on upper Cameron street. in which
Henry Stevens, colored, received a bullet
wound in the right arm. The ball was re-
moved shortly after the trouble, and the
injury is not considered serious. He was
sought Immediately after the row, but the
officers could not locate him either then or
since. The matter was reported at police
headquarters by Officers Young and Nichol-
son. According to the information they
gathered the two men were in the saloon
when Stevens invited Anderson to have n
drink Anderson, it is stated, declined with
an oath and after abusing Stevens pulled
out a revolver and shot him once retreat
ing through the door.
The wounded man was examined by Dr.
NJ w. O'Brien, who discovered that the
bullet and penetrated the muscles of the
right arm just below the shoulder and had
lodged next to the bone. The ball was ex-
tracted. Stevens lives at POI North West
street. His father had employed Anderson
some time ago, and it is supposed that some
hard feeling had been engendered between
the two.
Robberies Reported.
William H. Peck, who operates a grocery
store at the corner Of Queen and Payne
streets, has reported to the police that his
place of business was entered Saturday
night by thieves. Only small amount of
cash was stolen. Mr.. Peck found the doors
| locked as usual, and believes that entrance
| to the room was effected by means of a
| window in the second story. Louis Brill re-
| ported that his saloon, at the corner of
| King and Pitt streets, had been entered
| Saturday night and robbed of a small
amount of liquor. The thieves broke open
| a slot machine but got nothing from it, as
| the change had been removed by the pro-