The Washington herald., 1917-05-13
Nutshell News

! Twenty-six dollars in cash and 200
cigars were stolen from a saloon at
1917 Fourteenth street northwest. Rob-
ert Allen reported the thief entered
by trap door in the rear.
Two ausos were slightly damaged in
collision yesterday afternoon when
machine owned and operated by t
east, and another owned by Jerome B.
Hartley, $40 Fourteenth street south
east, came together at Eighth street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest
Raymond Willis, colored, years old,
was severely burned yesterday at the
home of his parents, 1925 K street
| northwest, and was rushed to the
Georgetown Hospital. The boys clothes
caught fire from a stove.
Leonard A. Straub. so years old, died
suddenly at his home. 1924 Sixth street
northwest, without medical attention.
The coroner was notified.
A cornet and a folding music stand
in leather case are missing from the
residence of Mrs. NJ. Coursel, 1924 Har-
ward street northwest
! A gold watch valued at $50 was re-
ported stolen from the home of Minnie
Ferguson, Of 2135 Virginia avenue
northwest.
St. Louis is beneficiary to the extent
of $500 in the will OF Effie NJ. Miller,
filed yesterday for probate. Jewelry
and bequests of 5000 each are given
to her sisters, Otillie c. Hebbard and
wilheminia NJ. Webel. The Washing
ton Loan and Trust Company is named
as executor.
An auto owned and operated by Hyman
| Mink, 1901 Sixth street southwest, col
I N
| an auto owned and operated by F. A.
Herman, 742 Tenth street southeast No
one was hurt and the damage was slight.
| Patrolman c. G. Barteman, OF the
! Tenth precinct, while chasing an auto
! going north on Kalorama road, collided
with a machine operated by DIR. Lewis
| c. Lehr, 1921 New Hampshire avenue
| northwest. The poEceman's machine was
| slightly damaged.
Samuel Goldstein, Il years old, was
| struck by an auto at Ninth and F streets
northwest yesterday. his leg being in
| jured. The machine was owned and oper-
ated by Phillip W. Greenwell. Is Sixteenth
| street northeast
Mrs. William II. Brown, s. years old,
was carried to Emergency Hospital yes
| terday for treatment for injuries suffered
in a fall down the cellar steps at her
home, 1913 H street northwest.
John Green, colored. 80 years old, 1923
First street southwest. was injured yes
terday when a wagon that he was helping
| load turned over. The wagon was owned
and was driven by Ernest Young, 10 d
street southwest.
A barroom at 1925 Seventh street
| northwest was entered early yesterday
| morning. The thief forced the rear win
dow and secured SO from the cash draw
er. Michael o. Hanlon reported the rob-
berry.
An auto truck owned and operated by
John B. Waiter. of Tippets, Nd, was
damaged yesterday afternoon in a COL
lision with an express wagon owned and
driven by Alfred Mustard, 422 Third
street southeast. The accident happened
on Morris road southeast.
The janitor Of the Calvary Methodist
Church, on Colonial road, reported yes
terday that the church had been broken
into and ransacked. The thief gained
| nothing for his trouble.
George Ward, 40 years old, OF Mount
Rainier, was injured by a fall from his
bicycle yesterday morning at Fourth
| street and Rhode Island avenue north
east, and was taken to Casualty Hospital
| in an ambulance.
The body of Joseph Randolph RevnoIds
q. of Clarendon, Va, was discovered
! jammed in the lock gates OF the Chesa-
! peake and Ohio Canal at Jefferson street
northwest yesterday by Nathan Farrow,
1865 Jefferson street northwest, who is
| employed as a lock tender. Farrow
brought the body to the surface ana no.
tined the coroner and the relatives.
A gold watch with knife attached. val
ued at $50, was stolen from the basement
locker at the Grafton Hotel Yesterday.
Herbert @. Madison, 1ISO Twenty-third
street northwest, is the owner of the
watch.