Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-03
ROCKVILLE, MD.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd, December 3, 1910.
Miss Catharine T.. Ricketts,. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ulysses NJ. Ricketts, Of
Rockville, and Clifton Dronenburg of
Clarksburg, formerly a deputy in the Of
flee of the clerk Of the circuit court here,
were married in Frederick Wednesday
afternoon by Rev. E. H. Lamar, pastor
of the Southern Methodist Church, the
ceremony taking place in the parlor Of
the City Hotel. The marriage was sur
prise to the friends Of the young couple.
as they had kept their matrimonial plans
secret The bride taught in the public
schools of the county several years.
Charles Briggs of Coesville district
died yesterday, aged fifty years He had
been an invalid several years from a
rheumatic affection. He was unmarried
and lived at the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Briggs.
Joseph Walter Case died yesterday
morning at his home, near Darnestown
aged thirty-three years. He had been Ill
long. time with cancerous affection
and his death was not unexpected. He
was unmarried and is survived by his
mother. four brothers and three sisters.
He was a son of the late James Case.
The funeral will take place at II 30
o'clock tomorrow morning from the
Jamestown Presbyterian Church.
After eluding arrest five months Oscar
F. Poole, who formerly lived in the up
per section of this county. was several
days ago located near Leesburg, Va,
and was arrested on a charge of being
implicated In the larceny of a hefer from
mantown neighborhood and a brother of
States Attorney Bowie f. Waters. He
is now in jail here awaiting trial. Ac-
cording to Sheriff Welt, Poole told him
that he and Alexander Gorham Of the
Germantown neighborhood were responsl-
bic for the disappearance of the heller,
and on the strength of his statement Cor
ham was yesterday arrested and is also
in jail here. Poole says that Gorham
shot the heifer as it was grazing in
field on the Waters farm. and that he
helped to dress and salt and bury the
meat.
Immediately after Mr.. Waters discov-
cred that his heifer had disappeared
Poole left the Germantown neighborhood,
leaving behind a note stating that he and
Gorham had killed and stolen the ami
NAL. Gorham was arrested at the time
and kept in Jail here several days. but.
as Poole could not be located, he was
released.
Poole gave Sheriff Welt merry chase
The sheriff several times thought he had
him. only to find each time he went to
make the arrest that his man was gone,
The sheriff kept after him. however, and
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ginia.
Horace Ricketts, was convicted in the
circuit court here of an assault upon
Joanna Mills. aged about sixty-fve years.
and was fined $50 and costs. While I'M
der the influence of liquor Ricketts, struck
the woman and knocked her down, break
ing an arm and otherwise injur1ng her.
The leniency of the court was due to
recommendation of mercy by the jury.
Upon being convicted in the circuit
court here on an indictment charging
him with violating the local option law
sentence on Henry Prather, colored, was
suspended and he was required to fur
nish bond in the amount of 500 to an
swer to the court at any time.
Forest Oak Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
of Gaithersburg will scoon begin the erec-
ton of a temple on lot recently pur-
chased near the Baltimore and Ohio de-
pot in Gaithersburg. The structure will
be of brick, with lodgeroom on second
floor and store and Office rooms on first
floor, and will cost about 5000. The pres
ent temple will be sold. The work on
the new building is expected to begin
within the present month.