Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-05
ROCKVILLE, MD.
,ecial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. January =. 1909
At the annual meeting Of the Pastmas-
ters' Association of Montgomery county,
held in Masonic Hall here. Wnfred Seek
of Rockville and DR.. George ii. Wright OF
Forest Glen were reelected president and
vice president respectively, and James
F.. Allen of Rockville was chosen secretary
and treasurer. The meeting was followed
by a banquet at the Montgomery Hotel.
twenty-five of the past and present mas
ters of the lodges at Rockville, Gathers
burg, Kensington and Bethesda attended
Under the first quarterly distribution
of the state school tax for 1909 Mont
eomery county's share will be S6,Sn23b,
payable January 10.
The public schools Of Montgomery coun-
tv. which closed December 23 for the
Christmas holidays. reopened yesterday;
The grand jury which served at the
November term of the circuit court LOT
this county convened in special session
here this morning to investigate the NIL
ing of Levi Mason colored. AT boy ds
THANKSGIVING day. in connection win
which Bradley boy. also coloreu' Is al
Jail here awaiting trial.
According to the evidence at a habeds
corpus proceeding several weeks ago
Dow had no intention of 1nJuring Masoii
but procured the gun to use on Howard
Jenkins. with whom he had had trouble
and the gun was discharged during
struggle to prevent boy shooting EN-
kins. the load accidentally striking and
fatally injuring Mason
In explaining to the grand jury the rea-
son for the special session, Judge Hen
derson stated that there had recently
been such wave of crime in the county
resulting from the carrying of weapons
that the grand jury had been called IN
the hope that the prompt consideration
of the Boyds case and the speedy trlal
and punishment of the guilty would serve
TO check the tendency toward armed Vlo-
lence. :.
The grand jury is composed Oh
Claeett c. Hilton. foreman: James l.
Bean, Henry NJ Boland. Joseph b; Giopep'
James r. Bean James \. Mullcan'
Thomas l. Offutt. Walter +. Casheil'
John o. Clark, William IL. Broadhurst'
Frank r. Van Horn, Newton =. rice
James f, L. Sibley, Charles j. MOTIFS
Israel G. Warfeld. Charles Bodlne, Ma
III. Stanley. Hiram w. Hopkins, william
c. Crawford, Benjamin {. Hughes anu
Samuel Riggs. Jr .oa
If indicted. Doy will probably be tried
next week as a sepcial session OF court
will convene Tuesday morning. with a
inrv attending. 1t is not thought DoN
will be charged with anything more serl-
Gus than manslaughter. if held at all
Miss Cecilia Grimes OF IraVllan' tnls
county. and James Montgomery Bos"eii
of Glen were married here last evening
by Rev Ernest l.. Woofe, pastor VI lhe
Southern Methodist Church
The same minister officiated at the mar
rage here several days ago OF MISS Julia
M. Beech and Andrew +. Birch. both OF
Washington. ~
Miss Emma ]. Hopes and Frank l;
Razey. Washin2tonians. were married
here last Friday afternoon by Rev
Thomas ]. Packard, rector of Christ Epls-
copal Church
Simon Mills was before Justice of the
Peace Reading here yesterday afternoon
to answer charges of assault with intent
to kill and carrying concealed weapons
1t was alleged that while under the in
fuence of liquor Christmas day he visited
the home of James Il. Bean, near Rock
VILE, and made himself so disagreeable
that he was asked to leave the house.
and that after the door Stamped on him
he drew his revolver and shot at the
house several times. one bullet passing
through the dooH and striking a stove IN
a room in which there were seven or
eight people. Mills claimed that he shot
his revolver i'm celebration of Christmas,
and that he had no intention of injurinS
any one He was acquitted of the more
serious charge, but was required to fur
nish bail in the sum of 500 for his APP
pearance for trial for carrying concealed
weapons.