Evening star., 1933-07-02

Vernon; clerk, z. D. Appleton; surgeons, W. q.
H Newman, s. A. H. McKinn and johnson Eliot.
There we're then but six detectives. their names
being John W. Coomes, George w. McElfresh.
James A. McDevitt, George o. Miller. Augustus
H. Voss and Joseph Acton.
The eight precincts then serving the District,
their locations and the Meutenants In charge
we're. First precinct, street between Four
and half and Third streets southwest, Lieut..
Gessford Second precinct, Seventh street, north
of Florida avenue building still stanoing).
Lieut.. johnson. Third precinct, High street pc
tween bridge and canal (Georgetown), Lieut..
Skippon. Fourth precinct. street between
Twentieth and Twenty first streets northwest.
Lieut. Noonan. Fifth precinct 414 Tenth street
northwest, Lieut.. Kelly. Sixth precinct, Aassa-
chusetts avenue between Ninth and Tenth
streets northwest Lieut. Greer. Seventh pre-
cinct New jersey avenue corner OF sueet
northwest, Lieut.. Austin Eighth precinct,
South Carolina avenue between Fifth and SKIN
streets southeast Lieut.. Bo.eier.
THE old building in which the headquarters
] was then located was historic because here
had once been the boarding house of Mrs. Pey-
ton where lived such notables as John c. CAL
houn Vice President with John Quincy Adams.
and who continued on as such with Andrew
jackson, but thought so little Of the Office that
ae rendered his resignation in 1882; Henry Clay.
member of Congress and statesman; Senator
Robert Y HAyne, who in 1880 debated the Con-
stitution with Daniel Webster; Henry A. Wise.
member Of Congress, Governor of Virginia and
diplomat, and Henry Wilson, Vice President
during the second term of q. S. Grant.
The old police headquarters was removed
from this corner many years ago, and the pres
ent building where is now the office OF the d.
rector of tranic, was erected by the Ford Mo-
tor Company. The Baltimore & Potomac Depot
was removed about Is years ago. 1t stood on
Government ground. and its sheds extended for
almost block south Of the main building. The
tracks, over which came the railroad trains
from the South occupied Sixth street all the
way to Maryland avenue. Architecturally the
building was very pleasing to the eye and from
this standpoint was not discredit to the city,
though the placing of the depot on north B
street, and the tracks in South Washington,
did surely not enhance the value Of property
in this section of the city. 1t undoubtedly was
a great relief to adjacent property owners when
the depot and the tracks leading to it were
removed shortly after the completion Of the
Union Station in 1907.
The Baltimore & Potomac Railroad was first
opened for business between Baltimore and
washington in the Summer of 1872, though the
depot, according to william Bender Wilson, at
that time was very uninviting looking frame
structure with a platform having q pine shed
roof over it, and stood Just outside the present
one"
Tne depot III WHICH (18FuelQ Was SIOt Was
not sufficiently completed to be occupied until
1873, and some Of the older residents may re-
call that the ground on which it stands was
piled with wooden poles to the depth of IS
feet because Of the nature Of the ground here
about being right over the course of the old
Tiber Greek, later converted into the Washing
ton Canal, a portion of which is now larger
sewer. and which upon several occasions has
backed up and flooded shis territory, one OF the
lowest points In the city.
mr. WILLIAM TTNDALL. who had per-
- sonal knowledge Of the details Of this sad
affair, is also among the missing today. He
was fine citizen; always helpful and no one
was better posted upon the affairs OF the city.
At the time of the assassination, the doctor
was secretary to the Board Of Commissioners,
and years later he read his recollections Of this
event before the Columbia Historical Society," IN
which he said, in part:
"A few minutes before 10 O'Clock on the