Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-31
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Murder Trial Set for Tomor-
neutrality-suspicious. for
Road Improvement.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

| special Correspondence OF Inc Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd, March 81. 1913.
| The trial of Walter e. Belt well
known farmer of Laytonsville district.
this county. on an indictment charging
him with the murder of Jesse ]. Evely,
| q farm laborer. at the home of mu-
tual friend near Etchison. this county,
several weeks ago. will begin in the
circuit court here tomorrow. The
prosecution will be conducted by
States Attorney W. o. Spates. assisted
by former States Attorney Bowie r.
Waters, who was appointed by the
| court. Attorneys Alexander Kilgour
| and Thomas Dawson Of Rockville will
represent Belt.
At the time of the shooting Belt and
Evely had a dispute over trivial
matter; blows were struck and the
Belts defense will be that he shot in
self-defense. Belt is a bachelor, and
is past sixty years of age. Evely was
| much younger man. and left wife
the shooting Evely lived In Howard
county near the Montgomery county
line. but had formerly lived in this
county.
Pastor Accepts New Charge.
Rev. Paris B. Stauffer formerly rec
| tor of Christ Episcopal Church at
Kensington. this county. has accepted
| call to the rectorate of Shrewsbury
parish. Kent county, Nd, and will re-
| move there within the next few days.
The funeral Of Mrs. Ellen Umstead,
! widow of Richard s. Umstead. who died
Saturday morning at the home Of her
daughter. Mrs. James T. Bean, near
Bethesda, took place at 1870 O'Clock
this morning from st. Mary's Catholic
Church, GAINESVILLE, the pastor. Rev.
George B. Harrington. conducting the
| services Burial was in the cemetery
| near the church
William Hall, young negro, was con-
victed In the circuit court here of car
rying concealed weapon in the shape
| OF revolver and was sentenced by
Judge Peter to the house of correction for
six months. Messiah Addison. colored,
| charged with similar offense, was az
quilted.
The indictments in the cases Of Edward
! Dixon. joseph Sprigg and Howard
Brown. all colored, who were charged
with assault and larceny, respectively,
| were quashed, and sentence was suspend
| ed in the case of Walter Carroll, coIored.
| convicted Of larceny.
| Under the quarterly distribution of
public school funds recently made by
| the state controller, this county -receiy-
ed: On account school tax, $3.50 II; free
DOCKS, $I,V54.tt; nigh schools 81, 62J.
Repairs to Roads.
As required by law enacted by the
last legislature. the county commission
ers will appropriate the following amounts
for repairs to stone and dirt roads in
the various section districts OF the
county. the amount for the stone roads
being at the rate OF $50 q mile and
that for the dirt roads at the rate OF
| SOS a mile:
| LaytonsvilIe district-Stone roads, $685.
dirt roads. 81, 410.
! Clarksburg district-Stone roads, $40
| dirt roads, $1,6f5.
| Poolesvilie district-Stone roads, 1866;
| dirt roads, s., 905.
| Rockville district-Stone roads. $1,71O:
| dirt roads, 1.l65.
| Colesville dstrict-Stone roads, $1,eS5
| dirt roads, $1.O15.
| Jamestown district-Dirt roads. 81. 49,
Bethesda district-Stone roads, H,e65;
dirt roads, $685..
Olney district-Stone roads, $1.77o; dirt
roads. s., 295.
Gaithersburg district-stnns roads, $l75;
i dirt roads, $1.260
Potomac district-stone roads. $40: dir
/ roads. 81. Ito.
Barnesville district--Stone roads ssS5
dirt roads. 81, 400
/ Damascus district-Dirt roads, $1,5oc.
/ Wheaton district-Stone roads, $2,O35;
dirt roads. 81, 40.