Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-27

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when Green was led through the room
| to the prisoners dock. handcuffed to
| Policeman Cole. but no violence was at
| tempted. The prisoner maintained
| sullen silence during the ride from the
station house to the court and after he
was seated in the dock with the other
prisoners.
All other court business was suspended
while the papers in the Green case were
| prepared. When the case was called the
| prisoner was led before the bar. fanked
| by two marshals. After arraigning him
| on the grave charge, Frank Sebring. the
clerk of the court, asked him how he
would plead, guilty or not guilty.
Plea of Not Guilty Entered.
Green mumbled something under his
breath, and Mr.. Sebring asked the ques-
| ton again. Ralph Given. assistant United
States attorney, who was standing near
| him, heard him say, I'D been drinking a
| lot of whisky and 1 don't know what
| happened" plea of not guilty was en-
tered.
Your honor" MI Given said. address
ing the court, II ask that the prisoner be
| committed for further hearing without
bond, as the punishment for the crime
| this man is accused of may be capital.
| The court did so.
| Police Of the. fifth precinct affirmed the
rumor today that Green had confessed
committing the crime to Policeman Fla
herty. Precinct Detective Wise and Po-
lceman Wall, who arrested Green soon
after the commission OF the crime. Be-
yond this admission. according to the po-
lice. Green has suilenly refused to talk
to any one.
Not Stranger to Police.
Nathaniel Green is not stranger in
ia1 al no
had him in custody only two or three
times. Once he was arrested for alleged
theft and sentenced to ninety days in Jail.
he admitted yesterday. and on another oc-
casion he was arrested as vagrant and
acquitted.
He was a ward of the board of chill
dren's guardians a number Of years, how
| ever, and spent much of his time In the
| vicinity Of the building occupied by the
police department on louisiana avenue,
almost opposite the Police Court. During
his younger days he was known as BILLY
Buster" and records show that his IA
Their was reported to have been WOO
dou DOCTOR
Judge Thomas F. Miller. presiding in the
Police Court at that time, formally turned
Green over to the board of children
guardians and he was later furnished
homes. The record, however. show that
he did not remain In any nome great
length of time.
He was sent to families residing in
Poolesvile, Berwin, and Burnt Mills, Nd,
and at Herndon and Ashburn, Va. Later
he was employed at the Home for the
Aged as an assistant cook. He says he
has lately been employed in Somerset
county, Md, returning here some time
ago and renting a room at 4SS Missouri |
avenue northwest.
Citizens Discuss Mass Meeting.
A ,,oo.;nr of tbo oxao,t;x,a oo,,,p,ittao IF
the East Washington Citizens Association
is to be held tonight at o'clock at 314
Pennsylvania avenue southeast for the
purpose of deciding on the advisablity of
mass meeting to be held within the next
few days and demand better police pro-
lection for women on the streets at night. |
The members of the executive commit |
tee are James l.. Parsons, president; |
Clarence Donohoe, vice president; DR.. c. |
NJ. Emmons, secretary; A. Girouard. |
treasurer; Thomas w. Smith, Albert
Schulties and NJ. 1. w eller.