Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-01
OUT GLEN ECHO WAY
MARSHAL COLLINS PETULANTLY
THREATENS TO RESIGN.

Reports coming from the region of Glen
Echo yesterday were to the effect that
Marshal Collins, in chagrin at the action
Of the town board in ordering the police
force OF the Conduit road not to carry its
trusty revolver beyond the corporate limits,
had threatened to resign. 1t will be re-
membered that Collins encountered a Wash
ington policeman a few days ago, who not
only refused to extend the right hand OF
fellowship to the guardian of the law from
neighboring Jurisdiction, but insisted upon
Collins answering to charge of carrying
concealed deadly weapons. The board of
aldermen, or town council, of Glen Echo
heard of the affair and this resulted in an
order that the marshal strip himself of all
weapons whenever he happens into 1.-The
camp of the enemy"
Now the principal topic of discussion
along the row Of houses which rest upon
the Conduit road, just beyond the District
line, is said to be upon the question whether
Collins will make good his bluff 1t is feared
Mayor Garrett, If stripped of the assistance
OF the strenuous one, may not be able to
keep the name of Glen Echo before the
eyes of the country. Nevertheless, II is I'M
derstood the mayor informed the marshal
that if he. the marshal should be so bra sh
as to tender his resignation the council is
very apt to vote aye to man on a motion
to accept.
Objects to Photograph Bankers.
Several Washingtonians returning from
Glen Echo Park last night stated that Mar
shall Collins was also giving evidence of dis
satisfaction because the managers of the
concessions within the walls of the resort
have installed monographs for "barkers'' to
attract patronage. This innovation followed
the raid by Collins. the deputy sheriff, Il
staff of assistants the week before. and as
soon as the first monograph barker"
tuned up yesterday it is stated that the
police force of Glen Echo scented the pos
sibility of more fines and surrounded the
resort on all sides in preparation for an
other descent upon the places where the
Maryland blue laws were being fractured.
The latest advices from the vicinity Of
the midnight oil was consumed at a reck-
less rate In the Collins home last night
while the marshal thumbed over page after
page of the Encyclopaedia Britannica Web
tective stories to see whether 1t would be
legal to arrest monograph.
Thought1ess Ones Caught.
Two Westinghouse thoughtlessly mo-
tored into Maryland via Glen Echo yester-
day, and 1t was unofficially stated that all
other automobilists carefully avoided the
Conduit road. Both the thoughtless ones
were arrested, and each of them unselfishly
deposited $25 in the treasury, over which
Marshal Collins stands guard. Howard A.
Wells. who mentioned the Arlington Hotel
as his residence. was the first to be caught.
Collins said Wells was whizzing through
Glen Echo at rate Of eighteen miles an
hour N. Mcneil Of 1112 New York avenue
was making the dust fly from the wheels in
his motorcycle, and Collins. who was fol-
lowing along behind. might have gotten one
or two specks Of grit into his eyes, SO that
he saw double. Anyhow, he declared Nc
Neil was running at a rate Of twenty miles
per hour.