Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

Lightfoot last Tuesday. Others who dis
tinguished themselves in the man hunt
were Private J. L. elliott of the Anacos-
tia substation. who was the first police
man on the scene. and Policeman Gibson
of No. g. Sergt. Stevens, who has been
on the force seventeen years. is noted as
a terror to evildoers across the branch
Operate in Dense Woods.
The dense woodlands and thickets be-
yond Anacostia and Randle Highlands
form an ideal place for criminals to hide
from the police. In some places the
tangle of vines, brushes and young trees
is almost impenetrable. Minks. foxes,
'possums, rabbits, squirrels and other
small animals are to be found In
the thickets, and mounted policemen
searching for fugitives from Justice have
to follow bride paths or press through
the growing entanglementS and swamps
Lieut. AndersOn's men, under the d.
rection. OF Sergts. Stevens and Ready.
have learned how to make man hunts
through such stubborn places, and they
seldom fail in running down and captur-
ing the culprits they are after.
In his long experience in the suburban
places across the Eastern branch of the
Potomac. Lieut. Anderson has brought
to bay and landed behind iron bars many
murderers. Among the number is Char
ley Shaw, a young colored man who de-
coyed his sister to lonely spot on the
road beyond the government insane asy-
lum and killed the woman by striking
her from behind with a cObblestone,
crushing her skull AS reward for the
dastardly deed he got but 30 cents from
the dead wOman's pockets and luncheon
she carried with her. Lieut.. Anderson
worked up convincing evidence against
Shaw and sent him to the gallows.
Henson Stewart. colored: who killed an
other colored man named Foster over 5
cents in a game of "craps." came out OF
the dense woods and thickets and surren-
dered. He declared Policemen Anderson
and MARI were bounding him to death.
He went to the "pen" to serve a life SEN
tence.
James Queen. who shot and killed his
brother while on the Hamilton road, was
captured in a hut, where woman named
Martha Scott had concealed him beneath
a lot of quilts. The hut was situated In
old Fort Hunt. wartime defense of
Washington.
Captured After Desperate Chase.
Bryant Make. colored. who stabbed to
death William Burrell. also colored, while
on the Anacostia bridge. was captured on
q bypath after nightfall and a desperate
chase by Lieut.. Anderson and Policeman
MARI.
Another Of his captures was VIII Fer
guson colored, who shot to death wom-
an named West on the Hamilton road.
Ferguson had hidden for days in the dense
Barnaby branch woods He had loaded
revolver and wicked-lOoking knife when
captured.
Still another Of Lieut.. Anderson's cap
lures was Joseph Hasan. colored. road
repairman. who killed Will Jackson, also
colored, by Draining him with a large
stone. Lieut.. Anderson made a rapid ride
to the scene and captured the murderer.
The man who is believed to have killed
Mrs. Kate Jordan is said to have died
from consumption after he had served a
term at Moundsville. While evading ar
rest he lived an entire winter in the
woods and almost impenetrable thickets
beyond Anacostia. Sergt. Stevens sent the
man to the pen for robbing a house.
He always went about armed, and at the
time of his capture he endeavOred to get
possession of a pistol in a barn to kill the
plucky sergeant.
The ''bushbeaters" across the Eastern
branch are declared by appreciative cit
liens to be a very necessary adjunct to
Maj. Sylvester's police force. They say
the citizens associations will strive this
fall and winter for captaincy for Lieut..
Anderson, larger force. new station
house, the creation of new precinct and
other necessary improvements in the
force.