The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
GLEN ECHOREDIVIVUS
Noted Burg Again Forced
Into the Limelight.
MAYOR CUTS ANOTHER KNOT
Visitor TO the Scenes Of His Child
hood Feels ImpeIIed 10 Start some
thing-UnHccused Man Surrenders
and Wants TO BE Fined-Garrett
Finds a Way, and ObIiges Him.

Glen Echo is not to be downed. and
please. al We doubters. take notice. The
glory Of the active burg on the banks of
| the historic Potomac does not rest e2clu-
sively on speed-law defying dipiopats and
their underlings. There are other sources
of fame
In fact, there are a great variety Of
them, and Glen Echo, in the past years,
! by the aid of them. has managed to keep
the community, its hustling young mayor,
and goid-iace defying marshal before an
ever-expectant and admiring public.
Things Of late were getting kind Of
slow, though. and it was high time for
something to be doing. Everybody was
beginning to wonder whether Glen Echo
had closed up shop for the season and
had decided TO follow in the footsteps o.
its older but wiser sister, Alexandria. who
is always we'll behaved and never noisy.
But Glen Echo is not built that way. A
| kind fate had always assisted Collinsvilie
when there was a scarcity Of excitement
and gossip, and fate again came TO the
rescue yesterday, however.
All About a Woman.
This time It was all about woman. and
it seems that the Frenohman who would
cherchez for the femme in every case
knew what he was talking about Rich
ard J. T. Club is a photographer by
trade or profession, and his legal domicile
is Washington. Before he selected the
Nations Capital as his residence, Mr..
Club for some time was an honored in
habitant and citizen of Glen Echo. He
could not altogether forget the charming,
the ever alert and active blue law town.
And yesterday afternoon It fairly drew
him out along the lovely road until he
reached his erstwhile, much beloved Glen
Echo. Once IN a while, Mr.. Club, so it
is alleged. had trouble with his neighbors
In Glen Echo and II therefore came 70
pass yesterday afternoon that the old
sore made him look for sn opportunity
to assuage his lacerated feelings. He met
Richard Evans, Charles Bodine, Eugene
Redding. and Buck Rabbit, all Of whom
he knew well enough.
Feels Compelled TO start Something.
He felt himself impelled to DO some
thing, and started in without serious
provocation, so it is alleged. to wipe UP
the floor with the quartet He de-
nounced them In language fearful 10 be-
hold 10 the Glen Echoites.
Collins. the marshal. was not around, and
the talkfest continued without Interrupt
ton. Club made reference 70 his f!iend
BOdlne's wife. Bodine said he would not
stand for anything like that, and. suit
ing his actions to his words. administered
a sound thrashing 10 Ciubb. the photog-
rapher and erstwhile resident of Glen
Echo. B0dine began 20 look Cor an off,
Ger, but this personality not being around,
Bodlne insisted that Club so with him
10 Mayor Garrett and tell him all about
IT, III you don't go with me, Marshal
Collins will get Us anyhow" Is the ar
guHRnt Bodine used TO .Clubb, and II
worked They all went to the mayors
Office. Bodine told what had happened.
He said that Club had made ill-advised
references 10 his wife and that he had
given him a good whipping. Bodine, be
ing a law-abiding citizen, informed the
astOnished mayor that he wanted to plead
guilty. and that he was prepared to be
punished for having taken the law into
his OWL hands.
Mayor Finds a Way.
Mayor Garrett found himself IN 2 ouan-