Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-02
ORDERED TO VAGATE
MARSHAL PALMER PROCEEDS
AGAINST ALLEGED sQUATTERs.
They Must Give Possession of Ground
on Rock Creek by Sep
TENDER 10.

Under a peremptory notice served by
United States Marshal Aulick Palmer,
through his deputies, late yesterday after
noon, the persons who are occupying part
of the government reservation along ROCK
creek at the western end of Virginia ave-
nue. must vacate the premises by 10 o'clock
the morning of September TO- failing to do
which immediate steps will be taken to
evict them. Mr.. Palmer states that he
served a notice upon the Rock creek squat
tiers May 1, last but they refused to move.
The present order is regarded as final
The notice to vacate was served upon the
following: The Columbia National Sand and
Dredging Company, Knott & Moler, John
Shore, Mary Hughes Mills & Barnett, John
B. Lord, the Barber Asphalt Paving Com
pany, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal COM
pany-
Mr.. Palmer returned yesterday from Bar
Harbor,. Me, where he has been spending
a weeks vacation. The notice issued by
the marshal yesterday is in compliance
with a peremptory order of the Secretary
of War, who has advised the United States
marshal that the persons previously men
toned are in unlawful occupation OF the
land and their eviction is directed In May
of the present year the Secretary of War,
through the superintendent of public build
ings and grounds, issued similar order
to the United States marshal. Notice was
time but they declined to move. The mar
shall did not feel that he was authorized to
eject them and advised the Secretary of
War to that effect.
In his last letter to Mr.. Palmer the Sec
rotary quoted a section of the Revised
Statutes of the United States which says
that when the Secretary of War finds any
person in unlawful occupation of any gov
eminent land he shall notify the United
States marshal, and the latter shall at once
take steps to evict them.
Regarded as Peremptory Order.
Under ordinary circumstances, it is
stated, when the United States marshal in
his official capacity makes any mistakes he
is personally liable, but in the present case
Marshal Palmer feels that he is acting in
accordance with the peremptory order of
the Secretary of War and intends to eject
the squatters regardless of consequence.
The notice to vacate, which was served
yesterday afternoon, is signed by Aulick
Palmer, United States marshal, and reads
as follows:
THE officer of the United States in charge
of the public buildings and grounds in the
District of Columbia having heretofore
notified me, the marshal of the District of
Columbia, in writing, that a valuable tract
of land belonging to the United States and
under charge of the said officer, at the
western end of Virginia avenue, west of
18th street, and bordering on Rock creek,
" VIII, the lduu COMPRISED III Reservation
No. "a A was, and is. unlawfully occupied
by trespaSSers, and requested me, as United
States marshal for the District of Column
bia, to eject the trespassers therefrom, and
to restore the possession of said property
to the said officer, and said officer having
furnished me with list of said trespassers,
and l, said marshal, having on the LIST
of May, 1903, duly notified the trespassers.
and each of them, in unlawful occupation
of said property to vacate and remove
from said premises forthwith, and you. and
each of you, being trespassers as aforesaid,
having failed and neglected to remove from
and vacate said premises you were d.
rected to, you are, and each one of you is
this list day of September 1903, informed
and notified that unless you. and each one
OF you, removes from and vacates said
premises and part and parts thereof now
occupied by you on before 10 o'clock
a. m. on the 10th day of September. 1903, l.
the marshal of the District of Columbia
will Immediately eject, and cause to be
elected, you. and each one Of you, from said
premises. and will restore possession to the
officer charged by law with the custody
thereof"