Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21

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ington lawyer who kindly lent me his fathers
photograph. Mrs. Daniel A. Chandler daugh-
ter makes her home in California.
The home OF the Milers still stands at 1915
Vermont avenue and the writer recalls this
square half century ago he knows of but few
other houses then standing in the block. On
the Vermont avenue side there only the
adjoining dwelling to the Miller residence.
Around on Ninth street, on the east side, near
u street, there a row of about six frame
dwellings in one Of which mo. 1920 lived John
s. Friel printer and his family including
son. Basil, who married an old friend of the
writer, then Miss Emma Williams. On the T
street side there we're five six small frames
up toward Vermont avenue, and in one of these
cat 927) lived the family of william c. Robin
son, including his sons. j. Clinton and Eddie,
who quite interested in historic Wash
ington.
There was nothing on the U street side where
is now the police station, which the writer par
ticularly recalls because of the gruesome spec
tacle he witnessed when the body of Shaw, who
had just the day before been executed,
laid out in the side yard, awaiting disposition,
after it had been recovered from Jansen, the
body snatcher, who had taken it from Potter's
Field to be disposed of for medical purposes.
This was in January, 1888.
OPPOSITE the Millers, on the west side of
Tenth street, for 80 years lived the family
~ rant IT Brooke Amiss, for years In cnalse
- No notice precinct His Oldest son, W. n
A,riss also connected with the Follce DeP =,
ment died some years ago. Announcer SILL
arooke Amiss jr, is Identified Win 1le
tneton Board Of Trade Meme D., 49, D.
-.e~ried Harry E. Mockbee OF WOODWARD q
Tn.hron,s and another daughter, Salle' "ho
49, recently became Mrs. James ID. Clear
A. tho northwest corner of TenCn ana L
..-n... resided DIR. Chesterfield RObb, VINO mao
to sons. Jim and Walter, and niece, h11
collins who lived with the family NealDS
lived the family of George W. FranKiln' n,e' ~
49, rs FRANKLIN. their sons, Harry and joe
and their daughters, Emma. VINO maIIieo JIM
Au,iss and Blanche who married Whham H.
v,n,bau NV recollection is that the FranKhhs
lived in the house owned and formerly occupieo
Inv ferastus C. Weaver, known as squire weaver,
whose children were Augustus EgOef" anu
Robert. en-,
NEXT to the Pranklins lived the Frank family
which included August, Charles A, teacher
ard Iuli,ls A. a Government clerk. Lima, the
daughter. married oscar Towner, son OF L. b.
Towner who kept a dry goods store at lSl412
Seventh street northwest. The Rollins ana
Davis families were also residents OF TINS Sloe
of the street The Davis boy was named
Charles
At the corner of U and Tenth streets was
Altmans stores, the sons of the proprietor being
named Charles, william and John, and the
daughter Annie South of the Altman store
short way lived Police Officer John N. Salkeld
and his brother, ThoG'as L.
Returning to the east side Of Vermont avenue
Mrs. F4iney lived at !sI7, next to the Mlliers'
then came the home Of Iolice Omcer Joseph l.
Morgan in one of two bricks erected on wnaU
had been Mrs Flineys side yard Then came
the residence of John H. Falconer, clerk III
the Post ONCE Department whose house num-
Der was 1921 The Miller. Flney, Morgan and
Falconer houses are still standing.
The block bounded by S, T, Ninth and Tenth
streets and one to the east were then entirely
vacant ground.
THE harsh things that said about the
Police Department today are only repet-
tions OF the same old accusations made III some
form or another ever since the Police Depart
ment was established, and it was one of these
unsubstantiated and unproven rumors that
caused the separation of Detective Miller ana
the entire detective force from the District
Police Department
Indeed, the fact that public opinion is some
times formed too hastily surely demon
strated in the accusations against the detective
corps back in 1882, when upon the word OF two
three-card monte men, who were then in jail,
public opinion was poisoned that one of the
detectives was removed from Office by the COM
missioners and then Congress took the matter
up and legislated out of existence the remaining
members of the corps.
Indictments were found against the ex-de-
tectiveS, and when they were brought to trial
not single conviction was had, though the
allegations made by two alleged crooks, we're
many and specific. Speaking of one of these
trials, Mai RiahaEd Sylvester in his District, of
Columbia PQIice"o tells us: ,,5carF t2i.sa- a,s,