The Washington times., 1922-12-22
AUTO EVICTION
ORDERED BY
EMBASSY
German Envoy Says Garage
Was Built Without I'm
perial Consent"

A ranking diplomat, two Con-
gresmen, high officers Of the
army and navy and several dis
tinguishsd Washingtonians are
going to be summarily evictsd In
the dead Of winter by tho Am
bassador from Germany, Herr
Otto Wiedfelt. Not to mention
q retired Washington cop. who
has occupied premises 2201 s
street for seventeen years a.
caretaker.
It's not from their warm homes
that the notable bevy will be ban
ished by the flint-hearted landlord.
but from the use Of series OF tin
garages which Jeremiah F. Sulli-
van. the aforesaid bluecoat. built
and profitably maintained on the
historic 8 street tract during the
war. Jerry himself has long made
his homo In the ramshackle struc-
ture which gloomily crowns the hill.
and which in happier days was the
haunt Of revelry and song. as the
estate of Anthony Holmead. sew
enth Of the pame.
Notices have been served on the
garage tenants that the property
will be fenced in. commencing Jan
uary 2, 1928, and the fifty garages,
erected without the permission OF
the German government and occu-
pied without its consent" torn
down. Jerry, former friend OF
Speck Won Sternberg and Count Won
Bernstorff, has been informed that
"the mansion will be remodeled,"
and that the representatives of the
Deutches Reich are tired out with
asking him to move. Though en-
gagged In the real estate business
himself. Jerry 10 At loss where to
locate.
According to the aged caretaker.
retired from the police force several
months ago, attaches Of the present
German diplomatic staff have told
him the house, 125 yeArs old. will
in all probability, be reconstructed
for occupancy by several secretaries.
From the looks Of the weather.
worn pile, It will be q giants job
to do anything with It. Time has
wrought many changes since Thom-
as Jefferson frequently visited II.
Two decades since, the remains Of
the Holmead estate were sold in
halves to the German and French
governmental. Neither ever built
upon them, though they have be-
come the choicest Of sites. That be-
longing to France lies on the south
side Of 8 street, and 10 covered with
an almst impsnetrable thicket.
During the war the German par.
eel was taken over by the alien
property custodian, but since peace.
has been returned to its owner.
With an eye to profits, Jerry Sui
livan commenced putting up tin
garages on the north tract in 1918.
He ranged them about the property
boundaries, and they found tenants
so readily he increased them to half
a hundred.
But Jerry Kept On.
The serried ranks OF tin came to
the notice Of the authorities, who
took Jerry into police court, charg-
Ing him with violating the building
regulations since he had obtained
no permit for construction. The
case was dismissed, however, hut
the municipality was not through
with the bluecoat. He was Qm-
moned before the police trial board,
charged with violating q municipal
ordnance, and dismissed on Feb
ruary ., 1921. But Jerry went to
the District Supreme Court and OBJ
tained a mandamus ordering him
restored to service. The time for
the corporation counsel's office to
note an appeal from this psremp-
tory mandamus lapsed and Jerry
remained on the force In triumph
and In possession Of his lucrative
garages. He opines now that he
must find, another home and an
other profitable venture.
Among those who win be forced
TO hunt new space to house their
cars are the Minister from Costa
Rica. Congressmen Kincheios and
Harrison. and Maj. Maurice Il,