Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-07
ROCKVILLE.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd. July Z, 1910.
James Coates. young negro, who
dwells at Crowtown. this county. is in q
critical condition In q Washington hos
pital with wounds inflicted by Irving
Smothers. another negro, at the home Of
a mutual friend at Crowtown the after
noon Of July 4.
SmOthers was arrested the following
evening and is now In Jail here awaiting
hearing. The charge against him is as
sault with intent to kill, which will be
changed to murder in the event Of Coates
death.
Coates had a misunderstanding with q
sister-in-law Of Smothers. which brought
about a quarrel between the men. Coates
was stabbed In the head with a penknife
tho blade penetrating the skull and en-.
tering the brain.
He was taken to Washington hos.
pital the following morning. At that
time he had not regained consciousness
At the hospital it was said that his condi.
ton was grave.
hospital yesterday afternoon to ascertain
II Coates condition was such that he
could make q statement. He was In
formed that the man is still unconscious
and that the chances Of recovery are
slight.
Sheriff Welt and Deputies Carr and
Reed went to Crowtown Tuesday to in
vestigate. They learned that the Fourth
had been celebrated in a boisterous man.
ner by many residents. They arrested
and Savilla Smothers. all negroes. who
were brought to Rockville to answer
charges of disorderly conduct.
The funeral Of Mrs: Rachel Walker.
at her home at 'Browningsville. this coun-
~. Monday. took place yesterday after
noon from Bethesda Methodist Episcopal
Church. Browningsville. The services
were conducted by the pastor. Rev. c. NJ
Yost. 1nterment was in the cemetery
near the church. Mrs Walker was seven.
ty-five years old. and was q lifeloni
resident OF Montgomery county Before
her marriage she was a Miss Purdum
Her death was due to general debility
daughters and two sons.
Miss Beulah May Leizear Of Cloverly
this county. and Frederick Augustus
Grimes Of Sandy Spring were married
Lafferty,. rector Of ST. Bartholomew.
parish. the ceremony taking place at tn,
rectory at Brookeville.
Thomas c. GrOomes, a citizen of Rock.
Vile and member Of the town council
met with q serious accident yesterday al
the Baltimore and Ohio depot here. While
experimenting the unloading Of sand
from freight car he fell from the car
he was picked up In an unconscious
condition and carried to his home. An
examination showed a fracture Of the
left arm near the wrist and q serious
injury to the head.
Andrew Covaleski. who was unwilling
or unable to give an account OF himself.
was adjudged guilty of vagrancy by JUS
tice Reading In the police court here yes
terday and was sentenced to the house
of correction for six months.
Covaleski was arrested near German
town, where he had been lettering week
or more and where he had caused the
residents uneasiness by his strange ac-
tons. He kept to the woods and would
show himself only when forced by hum
ger to visit nearby houses for food.
His hair and beard were long and I'M
kenpt, his clothing scanty and ragged
and his general appearance that Of q
wild man. He was called the wild
man" by the people Of the Germantown
neighborhood.
Covaleski appeared to be about thirty
years old. He was uncommunicative. About
ali that was learned Of him was that
he was from Poland and had been in this
country about four years. He made no
explanation Of his presence in this coun-
DR.. Claiborne H. Mannar, health Of
hcer for the county. looked the stranger
over and decided that he gave no indi-
cation Of being insane.