The Washington times., 1925-07-25
FARMER IS HELD
IN THEFT Of
TOOLS
Son Also Put Under Bond by
Rockville Judge for Al
legged Completely


Algie P. Gregg, prominent farmer
of the GAINESVILLE district and
owner of six grain threshing out.
fits, was before Judge Samuel
Riggs in the police court here on q
charge of stealing a number Of
tools from the M. J. Lime Com.
pany, of Frederick county, and fol.
lowing a hearing was required to
of the November grand jury. His
young son, William e. Gregg,
charged with completely in the
I.robberies, also was released on bond
of $500.
Tools from a steam shovel be-
longing to the lime company, which
had been left alongside road were
found by Deputy Sheriff Gingell
and Policeman Roy Bodmer, scat
tered among Gregg's threslling ma
chimes. The elder Gregg admits
taking the tools but insists that he
badly needed them in emergencies
and intended returning them.
The store and garage Of Arthur
Gloyd at Middlebrooke was broken
into between IL o'clock and day
break Friday morning and tools,
automobile parts and a large part
of the stock of store goods stolen.
1t is believed that q truck was used
to haul away the loot, the value of
which is estimated at about $1,000.
Mr., Gloyd and his family were
asleep in their home, fifty feet
away, but heard no suspicious
sound. Entrance was gained by
forcing a back window. Sheriff
Clay Plummer Is working on what
he says is a good clue to the per-
petrators.
Shortly after P. M. Carr, owner
of a store in the Conduit road. near
the District OF Columbia line, left
for Washington at o'clock Friday
morning his place of business WAS
broken into and 800 in cash and
merchandise Of various kinds stolen.
Entrance was gained through a
window. Deputy Sheriff Stanley
Gingell is investigating.
A license has been issued here
for the marriage Of Daniel w.
Bowie, twenty-eight, and Miss Mil
dred F. Walestron, twenty-one, both
Of Silver Spring, Md.
A large tent, with a seating
capacity of about 1000, has been
erected on a lot near the Rockville
court house and evangelistic serv-
ices to continue three weeks or
longer will begin there Sunday
morning. Services will be held
every night and the preaching will
be by the Reverend William B.
Waters, of Rockville. The congre-
cations of the various churches Of
the county where Mr.. Waters has
held services are cooperating.
The Reverend Charles o. Rosen-
steel, pastor of st. Johns Catholic
Church, Forest Glen, and a large
committee of members of the con-
gregation, have begun preparations
for the annual benefit festival,
which will be held in the grove
adjoining the church the afternoon
and night of August 5. Several
thousand persons are expected to
attend
The United States Civil Service
Commission has certified to the
Post Office Department the Games
of Harry A. Dawson, Willis B.
Burdette and Wilbur S. Day as
eligible for appointment as post
master of Rockville to succeed Mr..
Dawson whose term Of four years
expired early in July.
Mr.. Dawson, it is understood, tops
the list so far as percentages are
concerned, with Mr.. Burdette Sec
ond and Mr.. Day third. The other
applicants were w. Harry Beard
and Curtis Ward. Representatives
Frederick N. Zihlman will recon-
mend for appointment one of the
three certified and there is under
stood to be little doubt that his
chbice will be named. Representa-
tive Zihlman, however, has been
called to Cumberland by Illness or
his mother and his absence from
Washington may cause some delay
in the announcement Of the appoint
ment. In the meantime, Mr.. Daw-
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