Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
NEWS OF ROCKVILLE
AND THE COUNTY
indictment Charges Charles
w. SaffeI With Arson-Miss
Jane KiIgour Married.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

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| ROCKVILLE, Md. March %. 1911.
| Among the indictments returned by the
grand jury now in session there Is one
charging Charles w. Saffel. young resi-
dent of Gaithersburg, this county, with
| arson. The action of the grand jury
was result of the burning on the night
Of January % Of the Summit Heights
Hotel property, formerly Fairview Semi
nary. at Gaitherburg. The building was
unoccupied at the time, but was fur
nished throughout and was the joint
property of John B. Diamond and Igna-
thus T. Fulks, both of Gaithersburg. Tie
property was valued at about $4,000 and
was insured for 5000.
Immediately after the fire. Elgar l..
Tschiffely Of Rockville. representing an
| insurance company, began an investiga-
! ton. After. working on the case two
| weeks. he decided that he had unearthed
| sucient evidence to justify an arrest. so
| he telegraphed State Fire Marshal Thomas
J. Ewell to meet him at Gaithersburg.
After spending about two hours looking
| into the case, Marshal Ewell swore out
| a warrant charging Saffel with the crime
| and the young man was promptly ar
| rested by Sheriff Welt, who accom-
Said to Have Confessed.
At first Saffei denied all knowledge of
how the building caught fire. but when
told Of the evidence against him weak
ened and is said to have admitted his
guilt. He later signed a typewriter
confession, it is alleged. Being unable
to furnish bail in the amount Of $6,OOO
Saffel was committed to Jail by Justice
Reading.
Miss Jane Kilgour, daughter of Francis
Of lon
Mai. Ralph Porter. surgeon in the United
States Army, were married in Chicago
Thursday. Maj and Mrs. Porter ar
rived here last evening and now are
near Glen. After a vacation of four
months, Maj. and Mrs. Porter will go to
the Philippines, where Major Porter wall
resume duty. Fhe bride Is SISTER M,e 90
Lydia Kilgour, who died OF fever con-
tracted in the tropics.
The funeral Of Mrs. Margaret E. Petty.
who died Thursday afternoon at the
Kensington, took place at o'clock this
afternoon from Mount Zion Baptist
Church. at Beane. burial being in the
cemetery nearby. Mrs: Petty PROBABLY
was the Oldest person in the lower Sec
ton Of the county, being ninety-seven
years Of age. She had lived in Bethesda
district, this county, many years, coming
to this county from Virginia.
Ray Suit Moved to Frederick.
The case Of the heirs Of the late Rich |
ard r. Ray, for number OF years county |
commissioner for this county. against the |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, !
which is an action to recover damages
in the amount of $4,000. has. at the |
instance Of the company. been moved to
Frederick county for trial.
a. ~ f.xs hot or
embankment, erected by the company |
caused water to back up on the Ray l
farm near Linden, this county, seriously
in1uring the property. The case was trted
last June in the circuit court here, but
the jury failed to agree.
The following are among the recent
transfers Of real estate recorded in the
Office of the clerk of the circuit court
here: Amanda G. Thomas to Samuel
Queen, lot in Takoma Park; Edwardina |
S. Warren to Sophie NJ. Busby, lot in
Takoma Park: Harry NJ Martin to May
Fenton, two lots near Chevy Chase: Fran
els III. Randolph to George ]. RowIey,
two lots at Woodside: Albert E. Shoe.
Woodmont; Robert b. Peter. trustee,
to Charles E. Houghton. property in
$2,875; William H. Sinyard
to William S. Hoge. jr.. lot at Otter
bourne: Pinehurst Park Company to
Bert H. Brockway, lot at Pinehurst;
Pinehurst Park Company to Charles II.
Fred, lot in Pinehurst; Willis B. Bur-
dette to John w. Bennett, lot in Rock
vile. Elizabeth d. Darby to Lewis D.
Allnutt. 140 acres near Poolesville: Ed
gar W. Crown to Lucretia z. Allen.
twenty eight acres: Mary d. Hardy to
Richard L. Lamb. thirty acres; John S.
Powell to Mary e. Howard. ten acres;
George w. Offutt to Frank Marsden, |
jr., two acres: Jesse Hyatt to Herman |
O. Hughes, two acres; James D. Will |
liams to John A. Cannon. three acres;
Gustave Lansburgh to William f. Mot
ter. lot in Takoma Park; Edwardina S. |
Warren to William e. Motter, lot in |
Takoma Park.
Mrs. Katherine Poffenberger and Ur-
ner Snyder Dagenhart. both of Rohers-
vile, Nd, were married In Rockville this
afternoon by Rev. w. D. Keene, pastor
Of the Southern Methodist Church. the
ceremony taking place at the parsonage.
Miss Martha r. Jones, aged eighty-one.
died last night at the home of her niece,
Mrs. Remus r. Darby, near Buck Lodge,
this county. General debility was the
cause of death.