Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-10-08
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, October Mrs
Lucy Dowden Dove, widow OF Thomas
R. Dove, died this morning at heI
home near Rockville, aged eighty-five
years. Her death followed an illness
of several weeks and was not uneX-
pected The following children are
living: Misses Ida S. and Beulah Dove
William V. and Emmett Dove of TINS
vicinity. and Zadoc NJ. Dove of Baiu-
more. Two sisters also are living
Mrs Virginia Leaman of Baltimore
and Mrs Sarah E. Byrne of Gathers
burg, this county. The funeral VIII
be held from the family residence at
. PM Monday. Burial will be in
Rockville cemetery. Mrs. Dove was a
daughter of the late Z&charlah DoT
den of Rappahannock county, Va Sne
had lived in this vicinity about n1ty
years
Following his conviction in the police
court here on a charge of assault. pre-
ferred by Mortimer L. Price Of Wash :
ington. Mark Allen Graham, also OF
Washington. was fined SO ana cos ss
Arthur E. H Middleton, Richard A.
Narkle and Alexander Mosher who
We're also charged with assaulting
Price, were acquitted.
Price claimed that because an auto
truck of which he was in charge be-
came disabled on the Rockville
Georgetown pike. several miles east
of Rockville. blocking the road, he
was set upon by Graham and the
others, who were on their way out
from Washington In an automobile,
and badly beaten. Graham admitted
that he struck Price, giving as his
excuse that Price had used bad IAN
guage toward him and the others IN
his party There was nothing in the
testimony to show that the other de-
PENDANTS had been guilty of anything
very serious, although Mrs. Middleton
admitted that she struck at Price ana
used language that was mot exactiy
becoming in a lady. Narkle stated
that the blow Mrs. Middleton aimed at
Price missed its mark and landed with
considera Bile force son the witness.
Price was badly alishgured and Gra-
ham also showed tthe effects of the
miX-up.
Harvey Budd and George Askins,
colored residents of Olney district, this
county. who were arrested by Deputy
Sheriffs Gineell and Hutchinson sew
eral nights ago on charges of Tioiat-
ing the local option law of the county
by having Intoxicating liquor in their
possession, with intention to sell it..
We're acquitted by Judge J. Abby Hen
derson in the police court here today.
Judge Henderson did not think there
was anything in the testimony to
show that the rather small amount of
liquor found in the possession of the
man was intended to be sold by them
and accepted their explanation that it
was for their personal use.
When arrested the men were on their
way home from Washington.
Transfers of real estate We're re-
corde.: in the office OF the clerk of the
circuit court here during the week. as
follows: Arthur l.. Jones, to Virginia
A. Wood. three acres: Charles A. Fra
ley. to J. Clinton Dorsey. one acre:
Percy w. Kelly, to Walter Burns,
eighty acres: Robert W. Talks. to
Alice B. Kiriiar. two lots al Takoma
Park; Mary J. Haight, TO Hugh G.
Myers, lot in Norwood Heights; Mary
V. Withers. to Adelaide A Agneaux.
lot at Chevy Chase; Chevy Chase Land
Company, to Madeline S. kavanaush,
lot at Chevy Chase; Cyrus keiser. ST.,
10 Cyrus Keiser, jr.. lot in Highland
Park: Alfred ]. La Crox. to Julia L..
Mccoy, lot at Somerset Heights: Louis
L. Sadtker, to Edward c. Musgrove.
lot in Rockville: George Bailey. to Ed
ward II. Hilmuth. lot at Chevy Chase;
Rynol W. Baldwin, to Joseph II. Bill
brey. lot at Silver Spring: James B.
Henderson. to Clara S. Henderson, lot
in Rockville: John Fl. Mckee. to
Charles G. Nauck. lot at Takoma.