The Washington herald., 1917-04-08
Nutshell NeUs

John NelIigan. aged Co. of Baltimore,
Nd was overcome by Illuminating gas
"arlv yesterday morning in a room at
~ II street northwest. The man was
discovered in an unconscious condition
" J. E. Alexander a Toomer in the
house. Casualty Hospital ambulance
vas rl'Ied. The physician on the am
bu'a@re pronounced Nelligan dead. Cor
or. r N-vitt was notified
Th,syc:. broke into the establishment Of
Willard Moran. 215 Pennsylvania avenue
northeast. When they left the place
they carried with them goods to the value
OF 81 Entrance was gained by the use
cf duplicate key.
Richard Miller. aged 2S. roIored. died
Yesterday while at work at 104 FOur-and-
a-half street southwest. Coroner hewitt
was notified The man. whose relatives
have not as yet been located by the po-
lice roOmed at 1872 Maine avenue south
west.
Burglars entered the lodge at Garfield
Park southeast and stole baseballs. bats.
tennis racquets and other articles which
were stored there. Report of the matter
was made to the police yesterday by
Park Policeman StriCkler McCune.
Cigars. cigarettes and tobacco to the
value of SO were stolen from the lunch
room of Guy McCord. 1O1 street north
east yesterday. Entrance to the estab-
Hshment was gained by cutting glass
from rear window.
The store of Nathan Perry. :33S54 N
street. was visited by burglars early yes
terday morning and robbed of 81 in pen
MES and a dressed chicken valued at Is
cents. Entrance was gained by breaking
a window at the rear of the building.
Mrs. CordeIia p. Odenheimer. living in
Apartment 2O1 the Congressional. reported
haf ntaf inf
In bills change and car tickets. had been
-toItn from the pocket Of her coat while
in e street between Seventh and Ninth
streets northwest yesterday morning.
Barnett BIIme. 177s Seventh street
northwest. reported to the police that his
place of business had been entered and
robbed OF goods yesterday morning. The
burglars gained entrance through rear
window.
William T. Morris. aged so colored, 446
Ninth street southwest, was injured about
the left knee yesterday afternoon when
he was struck by the automobile of Mrs.
Melvin Myers. 1895 Biltmore street north
west. operated by William Freeman. The
accident occurred at Seventh street and
Market place.
The garage of William Wilson. rear Of
IC5 Upshur street northwest was yester-
day damaged by fire slightly No "A En-
gine company extinguished the blaze.
A horse attached to a wagon owned by
Thomas Love, 4SS Massachusetts ave-
nue. northwest. ran away from Sixth and
d streets northwest yesterday afternoon
and when crossing Tenth street at D
collided with horse and buggy driven
hu William II. Gatewood. rs Eleventh
street northeast. The buggy was broken
and the occupant thrown to the ground.
He was treated at the Emergency Hospi-
al.
Robert NJ. BOyles. aged 50. OF Rock
WILLIE Md, yesterday was run down while
crossing the street in front of the State.
War and Navy Building by an automo-
bile owned and operated by Tracy Z.
Pruitt l029 Eighteenth street northwest.
The mans legs were slightly injured. He
was removed to the Emergency Hospital.
Three-year-old Catherine Clark. 4f39
Ninth street, yesterday was struck by
an automobile operated by Haston
Beamer, of Conduit Road. The child
was playing in Georgia avenue near
|Webster street. Beamer took the little
girl to the Garfield Hospital.