Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-29

George H Bailey, Norman Brainard, Robert s.
Brown, Garrett M. Davis, L. F. Dudley Henry
Garrett, C. M. Heaton, John F. johnson, john
b. Kinnear, Col. G. c. Knifnn J. Vance Lewis,
Enoch Marris, Rev. Dr. Robert r. McMurdy.
Wilmer G. Plat, William E. Skinner, o. d.
Sunny and Thomas E Woods. DR.. McMurdy
was elected the first president, MIR. Bailey vice
president Mr.. Davis secretary and Mr.. Kim
near treasurer.
In 1888 the association changed its name
to the Public Welfare Association Of Takoma
Park, and in 1897 to its present name, the
Takoma Park Citizens Association. This, we
are told, was the first citizens association in
the District and nearby Maryland to admit
women to membership. Mrs. Morris Bien.
Mrs c. M. Heaton, Mrs. j. B. Kinnear, Mrs
Hervey Knight and Mrs. Angus Lamond were
among those to join about 1898. Herbert
Walton Rutledge is the present president of
this association.
A few years ago another civic body was
formed here known as the Citizens Associa-
ton of Takoma Park, D. c., of which DR.. d.
N. Shoemaker is now president
Never was the alertness of the people Of
Takoma Park better shown than when they
secured, in 1911, the first branch of the Public
Library. OF course, the board of trustees was
influenced by the 1900 volumes accumulated by
the Takoma Club and Library social and
literary body organized by the late Louis p.
Shoemaker. However, the actual securing OF
the library for this place was due in no small
y
Andrew Carnegie, and born in the same town
with the great philanthropist who waited upon
him when the latter was in Washington and
made a successful plea for branch library on
behalf of the people of Takoma.
'TAKOMA Park, like every other place, has
had its proportion Of scares and excite
ments. One of its biggest scares was when
"Jack the Slasher" visited that village on
Saturday night, october %, 1893, and entered
the home of Judge Miller of the Washington
Police Court Incidentally, this also
of the biggest scares the entire city of WASH
ington ever had. Takoma being but one of the
first places visited by what proved to be
colored man, IS years old, and undoubtedly
of unsound mind. Speaking of this event,
The Star said
"The judge went home Saturday after
court and retired usual about 10 O'Clock
Three hours later Mrs Doyle, his next door
neighbor, called to him, saying she had seen a
burglar. The judge thought Mrs. Doyle only
imagined that her house had been visited in
the manner stated. But, I'll be over IN q
minute he said to her from the front window.
1.-THE judge put on his clothes and was
about to start out, when the cold weather re-
minded him that he needed an, overcoat. He
went to the coat rack in the hall, but mis-
coat was gone
They've been here too the Judge said.
Gan investigation was made, and the Judge
discovered that pane of glass had been cut
from the kitchen window. In some rooms in
the house every drawer had been ransacked.
and part of Sundays dinner as well as the
overcoat was missing. A package of sausage
meat was among the missing articles, and this
was afterward found in Mrs. DoyIe;s house,
where the intruder had stuffed it into the
pockets of Mrs. Doyle's brothers coat
In Mrs. Doyles house every bureau drawer
had been ransacked, and nothing was in order,
he NF1Iu hi afcCfx1nr
of shoes. In both houses there was sverware
and plenty of portable property but nothing
in this line was touched. Judge Miller's cuff
buttons were taken from his cuffs, and the
missing overcoat was found on the lawn, where
it had been cut into carpet rags. The pair of
shoes taken from Mrs. Doyle's presented the
same appearance when found on the lawn"
FROM this time until March 10 following
every householder before retiring locked or
bolted every door in the house and put chair
under the doorknob as we'll for the city was
actually terrorized. But no burglar as daring
as this one could remain unprecedented for
long, and so on the date mentioned he was
caught entering a house at Tenleytown. A big
sigh OF relief went up all over town, and every
BODY breathed more easily. Here Is what The
Star had to say of his capture:
George Taylor. alias Jones, arrested yester-
day at Tenleytown while engaged in burglar
ling the home of Judge Hunt, at the intersea-
ton Of Rockville and River rcads is alleged to
be Jack the Slasher.' Evidence of various
kinds points to him as being that much hunted
for person. In his pockets were found the tools
that the slasher must have used in his singular
work OF deStruction-razors and sharp knives
and all were stuffed with small pieces Of cloth
and dress goods, mementoes Of his little trips
If he is Jack the Slasher,' though he viii
probably never be sent to prison. An insane
asylum will be his future home, for Taylor is
undoubtedly crazy mana person not Of q