Evening star., 1912-06-30
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

Morsell. has been taken for hospital serv-
ices by the government, and already have
| the workmen commenced fitting 1t up for
that purpose One of the public school
| houses in that section has been placed
at the disposal of the congregation. The
Southern Methodist Church. on Sth street
| between H and l streets. has also been
taken. and already has a flooring been
| laid over the pews and water introduced
into the building preparatory to occu-
pancy. The offer OF Grace Church, Epis-
| copal IslandD. for hospital purposes has
| been accepted by the government. and
workmen are busted in laying the floor
ings over the pews for the reception of
| the COTS
Thefts from the government stores con-
| tinued, and caches of all sorts Of goods
/ were occasionally uneart he'd
! Stolen by the federal authorities. In
/ r, The Star of June %. 1852 is
No"~S' the following account OF q
discovery of this character:
This morning the provost guard took
possession of the back part Of the Gym
nasium restaurant, Market space. which
was found completely filed with boxes OF
government arms, accoutrements. cloth
! ing, etc, to the value Of thousands OF
dollars: and the removal Of them to gov
ernment stores was witnessed by hun
dreds of citizens. The stock consisted Of
| many articles for which there is a con-
stant demand in the army, not easily sup
piled. Boxes of Springfield rifles of the
| latest pattern, unused, and in as good
| condition as when first issued from the
l
| commissioned officers swords and even
| stretchers for hospital purposes. The
! most of these articles We're marked Tor
| the Sth New York Regiment German
Rifies,. which. it is said. belongs to
Blenker's Division. The apartment was
rented by Mr. p. Nanny to a person for
storage purposes some months ago. The
4 goods We're stored. but he never received
rent. but supposed the stores were good
for the amount Yesterday. after looking
into the apartment and seeing the boxes
he went to an officer of the provost
guard and invited him to take survey
of the goods. and this discovery was
made. The person to whom the apart
ment was rented Is said to be quarter
master in Blenkers Division.
| Shortly after this discovery a similar
development was made at a place on 9th
| street, opposite the south shed of the
Center market. Going there we saw a
| long room SO closely packed with boxes
| that only passage for a single person
was left between them. The boxes were
not disturbed but were thought to be
even more valuable than the lot already
| taken. There were stores on the upper
floor of the building, but as the building
was strictly guarded none but the pro-
vost guard and officers were permitted to
| enter. The boxes on the lower floor were
marked I'D Regiment
| The police have for some time sus-
pected the aforementioned place. They
| observed that wagon loads upon wagon
/
during the day and We're informed that
| the goods were removed by night. in
| wheelbarrows. AS the house appeared
to be guarded by soldiers, they could not
interfere. but having informed Capt.
Sherwood of the fact. he in company
| with one of the police officers. went to
| the house. where they found h woman
who told him that the goods belonged to
Blenker's Division: that they were put
| there for safekeeping and that her hus-
band. who was a sergeant, was detailed
| to guard them This opened the eyes Of
the military. and the result was the TAX
| ing possession of the goods. Sharpe's
rifles. muskets. pistols, blankets. shirts.
| other articles used for the military were
| recovered"
1t was necessary for people to keep a
close curb on their tongues in this city
| during the civil war. for
TreaSonable certain kinds Of lam
| guage were not relshed
on6 o"5o' by the authorities, and
many a citizen had occasion to regret a
| slip of the tongue. In The Star of June
26, 1862, is a news paragraph which tells
| of an instance of misfortune coming
/ from too frank an expression of PARTISAN
| ship:
/ This morning Patrolman McDevitt ar
rested German named Morris Nus
| hamm. who charged by another
named George Peppers with using trea-
sonable language. The language he is
| charged with using was: 1 hope the
Yankees will be cut to pieces. l could
| see their bodies broling in the SUM- The
| witness said he had a Louisiana Tiger
belt and kissed it several times. exclaim-
| ing: This is my holy of holies. The
case was laid before Justice Johnson and
there seeming to be matters connected
| with it worthy of military investigation
Nushamm and the witness were both
| sent to the central station and turned
| over to the military authorities"
Those who stole from the government
| during the civil war time did not confine
themselves to the mani
| Horse mate, but showed a fond
-,. ness for horse flesh. In
AA1cVes. The Star Of June 26 1867,
| is an item bearing on this matter:
For a long time extensive business
| in the horse trade has been carried on
| at the north by parties in Maryland and
Virginia and in many cases the stock.
consisted of horses stolen from citizens
| of the states named and from. the gov
ernment Information was sent to De-
tective A. r. Allen by parties at the
north that certain parties here were en-
gagged in the business On Sunday he
was notified of the arrival in this city
| of drove of horses from Virginia and
| where they were stabbed. These he let
alone until the traders should arrive.
| Yesterday he ascertained that the sus-
| pected parties had arrived and, accom-
| panied by Officer John II. Wise, started
| i'm pursuit They succeeded in arresting
| John Voulk and Lewis Rodemer al the
| restaurant corner of eth street and New
| York avenue, and recovered thirteen
] horses in the stable attached. The ne
gro who assisted them was also arrested.
| The three prisoners were taken before
Justice Donn and the principals denied
| their ownership of the horses. Justice
| Donn committed all to jail for further
| hearing. They claim to be suffers of the
| Garibaldi Guards