Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-20
ROCKVILLE, MD.
special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, July 90, 1910
Whisky and an alleged Indebtedness OF
ten cents were responsible for the shooting
of George Luckett, colored, aged twenty
one years, by his nineteen r-old
brother, Thomas Luckett, near the Luck
cit home at Emory Grove. this county,
Sunday afternoon. The wounded man
is In a serious condition in Washington
hospital, and the county police authorities
are engaged in an effort to locate the
man who did the shooting
The Luckett boys and several COM
panions, it is said, spent the greater part
of Sunday drinking and having a good
time generally in strip of woods near
Emory Grove. About o'clock in the
afternoon Thomas Luckett, it is said
referred to a transaction between him
and George Luckett, claiming that his
brother owed him ten cents. Getting nc
satisfactio regarding the alleged indebt-
edness. the younger boy. it is stated,
went into the Luckett home nearby and
within very few minutes returned with
shotgun on his shoulder Walking to
within a hundred feet of where his
brother and companions were, he called
to his brother to know if he intended to
pay the ten cents. and upon receiving
the reply. Il amt going to pay you moth
Ing" Thomas leveled the gun and fired.
The entire LOAD entered the abdomen of
the older boy, who sank to the ground
with groan. Thomas ran back into the
house, left the gun, and Immediately
disappeared, and his whereabouts have
since been a mystery. George was
placed upon q train and taken to Wash.
ington hospital.
The shooting was witnessed by a sister
Of the two boys. Upon suspecting that
her brother Thomas had taken the gun
from the house for no good purpose, she
followed him and endeavored to wrest
the weapon from him as he neared the
gathering In the woods.
The annual lawn tennis tournament at
the Montgomery Country Club is in prog
reSs on the courts near the clubhouse at
this place. 1t is being managed by the
tennis committee OF the club, composed
of William II. Talbot, DR.. Frederick N.
Henderson and Mrs. Evelyn Gladcott.
and the participants include Randolph
Talbot, Randolph Mason, Leonard l..
Nicholson. jr.. Edwin 8. Hese, Stephen
SON, DR.. Frederick Henderson, Mrs. Eve
lyn Glascott, Mrs. Claude Allnutt, Misses
Marie Talbot. Laura Higgins and Helen
Packard. The tournament will conclude
the latter part OF the week.
Ida Lacey. colored, who resides at
Crowtown, a negro settlement in Be-
thesda district, was before Justice Read
ing in the police court here yesterday
on q charge OF violating the local option
law. James Nelson, colored, Of Wash
fnRton testified that several Sundays ago
he bought a pint OF whisky from the
woman Ida not only denied making the
sale, but swore that 1t was Nelson who
had violated the law, declaring that she
had paid him twenty-five cent for a
pint Of LIQUOR. Justice Reading accepted
Nelson's story and adJudged the woman
be tried again at the November term OF
the circuit court.
Miss Susie Gordon, aged eighteen, OF
Bristershurg. Va. and Henry Wieneke.
aged tWenty-one, of Washington. and
Miss Irene Matilda Belts. aged nineteen.
and John D. Moore. aged twenty-four.
both Of Washington. were married in
Rockville Monday afternoon by Rev. 8.
r. White, q retired Baptist minister.
both ceremonies being performed at the
minister's home.
George H. Earle, IT., of Philadelphia.
who in the last few years has pur-
chased hundreds Of acres OF land in this
county. has added to his Montgomery
county possessions by acquiring the farm
OF Lawrence Flack, near Wheaton. pay
inK $4,000 for 1t. The farm contains 240
acres and is regarded as one OF the fines.
places in the county.
Henry Kisner has sold to Leigh Hunt
his home farm Of thirty acres. I'VE miles
east OF Rockville, for $4,000. Within the
last few years Mr.. Hunt has bought
many acres Of land In the lower section
OF the county. and 1t Is understood is
negotiating for the purchase OF additional
property In that section.