Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01
DEATHS BY VIOLENCE
MAR RECORD OF PEACE

About two dozen homicides were com
mitted during the year. in several cases
the alleged murderers ending their ou,
lives. In only one case did an IndIvIaual
accused ofmurder escape arrest He was
Ssnsalone Basilio. an Italian. who il al
legged TO have stabbed and killed .r.b,r
Winter in South Washington early I'm sor-
| TEMPER lie Is also alleged TO have emf
ana seriously wounded Bartoma Selva.
Inc police think he returned 10 Italy. ON.
OF the crimes early in the year was com
mtted at 1900 New York avenue. AntonI,
AnGo. Syrian. shooting and killing Oscar
man ms cousin. and then ending his
own ne. A few days later another douhln
tlSseu! canned the attention OF the
ponce. Clarence Wayne Georsetou,
coIored man, shooting Irene Marshall and
then taking his own life. Otto SeeIhorsf
came here from Philadelphia about tho
nliodie OF January. and shot and killed +
Won lterson. a clerk in the Nat,oraj
museum. Seelhorst was aftervard sent
10 the government Hospital for the In
sane. Mrs. Amanda Copley. wife of !.
government clerk. shot and killed her
baby at the family home Queen Chanel
road and Rhode Island avenue northeast
AFTER killing the infant she committed sui-
clde Leonard T. Brown who was in rho
harness business on 18th street. was the
next person 10 commit n double TRAGEDY
he snot MISS Margaret Straub. an en-
PioEe OF the bureau of engraving and
printing. ending his own life in a similar
manner Immediately afterward II wa.
atieged that William F. Somers. an inmate
OF lhe soldiers Home had been assaulted
before his death. but man who was ar
rested in connection with the matter was
IeXonerated.
Tho latter part OF February tie
pody or Jerome L. Jones. colored. was
found In house 1889 Vermont avenue. and
Lizzie Jones. also colored was accused
OF the murder She admitted having been
involved In row with Jones' and claimed
that she acted in self-defense. She was
exonerated William Parks a DISCHARGED
sololer. went to the Barnes Hospital at
soldiers Home. and made an effort To
shoot Sister Paula. the head nurse. James
Leslie went to her rescue and was killed
Parks ended his own life. About twenty
four hours later double tragedy was en-
acted in the southeast section of the city,
William Oliver Rice a former resident az
Boyds, Nd: taking the lives of his wife
and himself. He made a failure of an
effort to kill their child. The blame for
the death of Eugene Rutherford. colored
who was fatally stabbed while at house
ia nth street, was laid upon Gilbert
Lewis, and the latter was arrested and
held on charge OF murder. Early one
morning about the middle of May the
guests at the Arlington Hotel were
startled by the report OF pistol shot II
was found that CASTOR Philip had shot
and killed Frank Macaboy. a cabman.
Philip was arrested and released on
bond. The death of Ernest Langley
eighteen years Of age. who was stabbed
the day of the hotel homicide was de-
clared to have been the result of an acct
dent Raphael j. Altman. who was ar
rested in connection with the affair. was
exonerated. Late in June Nicholas War
| rem, colored. was arrested and held for
the death of Adam Lawson. also colored.
who was stabbed to death.
1t was almost month before another
homicide claimed the attention of the
police. but not much was left for them
to do in the case. the murderer killed
himself after taking the life of his victim.
He was James Butler. colored. and the
woman he killed was Rebecca Ross. The
double crime was committed at the home
of the woman. 1903 l. street. Daniel
Abbott. colored was sent to jail about
the middle of August for the alleged
stabbing to death of James Brown, also
colored and more than a month later
Claiburn Johnson was held by the cor
oners jury responsible for the death or
John Howard. Three days later Eugene
Barton was shot and fatally wounded
by Policeman Strobel. The shooting. the
jury stated. was justiflable. Richard
Gregory. a colored man from North Caro-
lima, was locked up early in September.
He was accused of having assaulted
William 4. Garner with a club. The af-
fair occurred near Thompson's bridge.
Two days later John johnson. coiored.
a
murder. 1t was charged that he stabbed
and killed Richard Brice, also colored.
who went to the assistance of Mrs. john
son while she and her husband were
engaged in a row.
The death of Fritz Schmidt was blamed
on William Walker. and the latter was
held for the grand jury. Schmidts death
was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. the
claim being made that he was pushed
down and injured by Walker. Albert
Brown. colored, shot and killed his
brother, Harvey Brown. near their home
in Southeast Washington. the latter part
of November. He entered a plea OF
guilty when arraigned. but the court
would not accept his plea and ordered
trial, Harry Schrifogle. alias "Ducky'
Holmes. November - shot and killed
Mary z. Hamilton at her home. 14.3
Duncan place. He attempted to shoot
himself afterward. but the weapon re-
fused to work. The prisoner was subse-
quently arrested at Glenburnie, Md. and
brought here for trial.
There was only one execution in the
District during the past year, William
Burge colored, having been hanged for
the murder of Daisy Burge. his wife.