Evening star., 1904-03-26

cupied the Holt house early In the century
and here was reared Charles May. who was
a dashing cavalry leader in the Mexican
war: Henry May. for many years leading
lawyer here, and afterward of Baltimore.
where he was honored by an election TO
Congress; DIR. j. Fred May, q prominent
surgeon. and Mr.. Julian May.
There were no improvements worth not
Ing on the c and lst street fronts. and the
next dwelling was one OF two stories which
sat on bank at the corner of LIST and Il
streets. occupied by Mr.. Howell, clerk
West OF this was the frame dwelling of
Charles w. Stewart who had charge of
the House of Representatives stable, and
who later committed suicide. The home of
j. 5. Meehan. the. congressional librarian
was next. and adjoining his ives the home
of Buckner Thurston, long a Judge of the
Circuit Court. Reeve Lewis house came
next. He was shot at a point near tho
Capitol. and died subsequently,
A brick house occupied by the Ohiey
family, who afterward moved to George
town, adjoined blank space west Ths
nome or Robt. Brown, for many years a
clerk in the Office of the clerk of the Su-
preme Court, was the next. Then the
Weightman property. in which Richard
Wefghtman resided.
Inc Coyie property next west had been
In the 40s the residence of the Brazilian
MINISTER mn ana the Bartlett family. of which
Mr John w. Bartlett was a scion moved
10 II In 1S49. Edward N Roach. the reg
lister of wills. father of ex-senator Roach
Ived here then Mrs. Smith, and after
ward Thad Stevens occupied IT, The va
cant ground belonging TO the Cardrars
ran TO the Iardella property With some
OF these residents members of Congress-
roomed during the session. The square
was not without incidents and with such
people as were the dwelers IL was NOT dlf
hcult TO md entertainment and amusement.
Mysterious Disappearance.
There I'm ba
created by the sudden disappearance of
one of the Ingles, who had lived ON New
Jersey avenue and was reputed TO be very
wealthy. 1t was supposed for a time that
he had gone to his farm in Virginia but
word being received from thera that ba
mad not been there his relatives and friends
became alarmed. Several months asrhans
years, passed, when news came that body
nad peen found on or near his farm and
friends hastened down for the body. II
proved to have been that of a person OF
nearly six and half feet in height. a foot
,.ai,s, raner .han mr.. ingie had been. and the
mystery was not explained
MI Ingle had kept his affairs to himself
ana lt was supposed that his valuables
were safely locked in an uptown bank. SEW
eral years elapsed when his relatives con-
cluded to look after his estate and the
DAY being appointed they gathered at the
Dank His bundle was brought forth from
the vault and the papers being removed a
found two certificates of Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal stock of little or no value The
failure to find his riches was as unexnected
as as ms disappearance had been. and neither
his whereabouts or that of his personal
property was ever ascertained and per
haps will never be-
Shortly after the civil war. one of the
periodical reports of the serious Illness or
death of Thad Stevens was the subject for
a reporter to verify or deny He called at
the house and was admitted to his room
The old gentleman. slightly indisposed.
arose to greet h m. The reporter extending
his hand. said: How do you do. Mr. Ste.
vens. / am really glad to see you, for there
are reports in circulation that you were
dead or dying"
who says I'm dead? Do look it7' and
breaking out into a torrent of oaths. he
excitedly exclaimed: D then they wish
L was dead and I'll show them"
The reporter backed out while Stevens
with extended arms and cllnched fists. ad-
vanced. The newspaper man excused HIM
self and left, leaving tie furious commoner
to cool down at leisure
That residents of the square were nublic-
spirited is shown by the frequency of the
appearance of their names in the annals of
the old municipal government, on the rolls
of the old-time fire companies and their
connection with the military and naval
service of the government. Not a few of
them were to be found to be serving In i'm
portant positions under the government
and at the same time filling places In city
councils, churches. military and fire COM
panies Elias B. CALDWELL clerk of the
Supreme Court of the United States; Capt
S. Burch. in the clerks office of the House,
who commanded artillery company in
the war of 1872 and after; Col c. X Gard
ner. John p. Ingle, Alexander Mccormick
and James Young. father of DR.. n. Young.
were among these.
1t is needless to refer to the public serv-
ices of Admiral Powell. who lived In the
Buckner house about 1850 or to Admiral
J. ]. Almy. who had an interest in the
square as the son-in-law of Col. Gardner.
or to John Underwood, who married Miss
Ingle, and whose descendants are people of
influence in the west The youth of the
subsequent Gen. Hickey was spent on the
square, and in the war of 1912 he gave evi-
dence of his military ambition. With his
playmates he organized a military COM
pany. and through friends they were armed
and offered their services when the British
landed on the Patuxent