Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-01
GEORGETOWN AFFAIRS
BERNARD o. BARNES RECEIVES
SEVERE INJURIES.
Reported to Be in Serious Condition
Desperate Affray-Personal
Mention.

bernard o. Barnes, forty-five years old,
employed as advertising solicitor with a
local concern, is receiving treatment at the
georgetown University Hospital for very
serious injury sustained in an accident last
friday evening while fishing on the low
grounds between the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal and the Potomac river Just above
the Chain bridge. He slipped off the plank
Ing On "hch he was standing and fell a
distance of several feet, breaking his right
leg just below the knee. The injured man
was taken down stream in a rowboat by
Sergt. Henry Schneider of the seventh pre-
cinct, assisted by officer W. P Hess, and
carried to the Chain bridge and from there
was conveyed to the hospital in the seventh
precinct police patrol wagon. His condi-
ton Is thought to be serious.
Two Men Badly Hurt
desperate ARRAY in which one colored
man sustained a severe scalp wound and
another was badly cut up occurred Satur-
day night in the settlement known as Rock
court, Georgetown. John Carter and Isaiah
Davis were the principals in the affair, and
both gave their address to the police as
2126 Rock court. Both men are said to
have imbibed intoxicants rather freely dur
ing the evening. and the fight grew out of
a heated discussion of a personal matter.
Davis grasped a beer bottle and broke it
over the head of Carter, infiicting a dam
gerous scalp wound The police were noti-
fled of the disturbance and We're unable to
locate Davis. who beat hasty retreat to
some hiding-place Carter was treated at
the Georgetown Hospital
Shilling Acting Lieutenant.
Lieut.. Anthony Shilling. night inspector
of police and for over a quarter of a CEN
fury first sergeant of the first precinct sta
ton, is acting lieutenant in the absence of
Lieut.. w. w. Jordan, who has been seri-
ousy ill for more than two weeks. Lieu
tenant Jordan was stated today to be fast
recovering and he hopes to be able to re-
turn to his desk by Saturday.
Henry Leonberger, nineteen years old is
seriously i'll at his home. Thursday even
ing while walking along P street near 34th
he was seized with fit of epilepsy and was
assisted home by G. V. Johnson of the
Georgetown police.
General and Personal.
The ladies of the George U. Morris Post,
Woman's Relief Corps of Georgetown, gave
a dance last Friday evening at Baer's Hall.
A. w. Hood and w. P. Lennon have re-
turned to their home at Pawtucket, R. l.,
after an extended visit to friends in George
town.
George w. King of Georgetown has had
two frame dwellings constructed on the
and 3Sth streets. The work has just been
completed by r. w. Darby, the contractor
in charge.
The old seminary building at Both and N
streets is being discussed as most desir-
able site for the INDECENT widows home
which will be built in the near future under
beQuest in the will of Mrs. Margaret
Edes. The money available is 100000
Rev. Frank II. Havenner, formerly pastor
of the Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Church
of Georgetown, who recently vacated that
charge and was given appointment to
Bethany Church, Baltimore, was visiting
friends in Georgetown the past week.
The condition of Mrs. Ann Offut of George
town, who recently sustained a painful in
jury in an accident at her residence, is said
to be greatly improved Mrs. Offut is eighty
years old.
Mrs. Jane Johne met with painful acct
dent recently on the crossing at NJ and 18th
streets northwest. She was struck and
knocked down by team driven by George
Thomas and fell so near the wheels that
she almost carried under the horses
feet. She sustained a severe scalp wound
Her condition is not regarded as serious and
her gradual recovery seems assured.