Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-15
POLICE CHIEF HAPPY
Maj. Sylvester Hears From an
Old, Old Friend.
DORSEY F0ULTZ, BENEDICT
WEEDS Daughter of COL Refipe w.
Thenuz in Paris.
THAT IS WHAT PAPER SAYS
superintendent of Police Strangely
Affected When Matter Is Called
to His Attention.
THAT IS WHAT PAPER SAYS

Richard Sylvester. major ana supern-
tendcnt of police, is a happy man. He has
Just heard from an old, old friend. The
news came to the ma jor a bit indirectly,
it is true, but it seemed to have an APP
preciable effect him nevertheless He
was SO overcome by emotion that he
couldn't even discuss it for some little
time.
Mai. sylvester had hardly reached his
office this morning when some kindly
soul handed him i clipping from a re-
| Gently received edition Of the Paris Her
aid This is il:
AT Chalfont ST. Peters, Bucks, the
marriage took place Thursday of Mr..
| Dorsey FnuItz formerly of Washington,
| u. G.. but now OF Cape Town and Miss
Serbia Thcnuz, daughter # the late Col.
| Retlipc w. ThcnrZ OF the Austrian en-
ginc.r corps. The service was performed
! bv the key. Sylvester Major the bride
groom'S uncle.
MI and Mrs. Foutz arc leaving in 4
| few days for Mr.. FoultZ's home III Cape
/ Town. where he is consulting engineer
Of the Cover Diamond Mining Company.
Does Chameleon Act.
| Mai. Sylvester read The above clipping
u
4 from pink II red and from red to purple
and rushed into his private office. For
half an hour sounds fioated over the
tranSom indicating that strong man
was in the grip Of powerful emotion
The ma ior appears remarkably af
fected ny that clipping. murmured
police sergeant, wipng his eyes in SYM
pathy
He does. indeed" whispered a plain
clothes man. turning aside to conceal his
display of feeling.
Then the two Of them locked arms and
virtuously walked out Of hearing dis
lance.
Later Mai Sylvester had several visit
ors From the fact that one of them
nearly removed the door from its hinges
on leaving the office il was thought that
the major was still III a happy, emo
tional mood.
/ old residents in Washington will
member Mr. Fouitz, whose marriage is
recorded il the Paris Herald. In 1897.
during moment of thoughtlessness, he
murdered colorcd friend.
/ Since then he has been captured at
( regular intervals in London. Liverpool,
/ Manchester. Paris, Berlin Limoges.
/ Cairo kamchatka. Nome, Paterson,
/ y. j.. and other prominent points, ac-
c"rding TO dispatches received by Maj.
/ sylvester from jealous police officials
/ in various parts of the world. But
somehow or other he has never been
returned to Washington.
Never Forgot Sylvester.
| But during all his travels Mr. Foultz
has never forgotten his old friend Maj.
/ Sylvester. Every year since 1S97 the
maj or has received postal cards from
Mr.. Foultz. and the attachment between
them has grown very strong. It has
been previously noted that upon the
receipt of q communication signed
| Dorsey FouItz' MAJ Sylvester in
variably retired to his private office
| and gave vent to his emotions. His
| immediate subordinates do not bother
| him at such times. one who carelessly
did so, some five years ago, when Mr..
| FoultZ wrote friendly note from Con-
stantnople. is now living under an
assumed name at Portland, Ore. He
says he likes it out there and doesn't
| think he IL ever come back to Wash
| ington.
| II seems quite n coincidence that Mr.
| Forlltz'S uncle, Il clergyman, who per
| formed the marriage, should bear the
| name Of Sylvester Major. and that the
| bride should he Il daughter Of the cele-
bratcd Col. Rcfpe W. Then,iz, whose
memory Is 50 cherished in New York
city. During the Spanish American war
one of the big papers published a dis
patch calling attention to the death o.
col. ThcnuZ in Cuba. A rival paper i'm
mediately published not only an account
of the coloncl's death, but a story of his
DISTINGUISHED family connections and an
interview with him on his deathbed.
Then the first paper turned around and
Incidence that the coioneIs full name. |
read backwards, spelled we Pifcr the |
News" The second paper admitted the |
coincidence. but couldn't explain it.