Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1896, Page 3

SPECIAL NOTICES. ONLY BLIND CLUES No Solution of the Brutal Hall more, wonderful S sntbay ¥i "Hall, 721 6th Notice! Holders of the American Se- curity and Trust Company De- Denture Bonds, 3 Series No. 1, EA ee Do You Want Money? This Company has abundance of money to loan on real estate and collateral security at the prevailing rates of interest. DIGGES “AIRFAX HAVE REMOVED THEIR TEAL SSrAPe TAN INSURANCE OF- (N: AND TO NO. 613 22TH ST. N.W. (few doors ). g apo-3t CHARGED WIT CHANGING TICKETS CAR LOAD OF STERLING BICYCLES ‘This is the wheeel that is ‘orld produces. ‘The Lest the w MITCHELL, v4 ‘och aw GAS FIXTURES REFINISHED. how soiled we make them like vew; no common Process, but, same as, factories use. iain fx- - el x id and. lve Write for esti- Central Power ap)-Lin ind an Adequate Motive for the Crime. . Testimony Given by the Railroad NO MATTER use. Plain fix- |OMAS, STATE AGENT. :—In settling my claim against The Insnrance Company, under policy 3 . occasioned by the death of my husband SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS THE TWO CASES The murder of the poor old cobbler, John Wesley Hall, seems to be surrounded with all the mystery that Edgar Allen Poe con- ured up to make his story, “The Murder in the Rue Morgue,” so fascinating. It is now nearly forty-eight hours since the old colered man was donc to death in his little shanty on 9th street just above U street, but up to the present time the po- lice, sc far from apprehending his assuil- ant, seem actually to have no reasonable This is not due to the fact that they have not worked hard The murder, in addition to its hor- rible brutality, seems so abselutely devoid of motive that it offers a particularly inter- esting opportunity to the officers of the law, and every man in the uniform of a Policeman is keeping & sharp lookout for suspicious persons. The police eighth precinct are all on the qui vive, and it is doubtful if ever there was a crime in that section of the city which excited them to such an extent. ‘They are keeping a sharp watch on every m:an in the precinct who has ever been suspected of any crime or who ever had any dealings wich the murdered man. neighborhood to the north of the U street station is ordinarily not quiet one, but for the last two days the colored people around there have ail on their best behavior. Complete Disappearance. Detective Lacey has carefully followed up every suspicion of a clue, but so far without any success. Barrett and Owens, the two policemen who have been specially assigned to the case, are both young men, but they have the reputation of being pretty shrewd and clever fellows, and, being young, are following up tHeories and suggestions that more experienced men might regard as unworthy of serious at- Since the body of Hall was first discovered they have barely stopped to eat or sleep, but are out on But they seem to have abso- ‘When the mur- Railroad officials and railroad ticket brokers were in Judge Miller’s court today in full force to hear the case of Wilber W. the ticket broker charged th “‘doctoring” Baltimore and Ohio rail- as heretofore published in The technical charge against the broker was forgery. tickets, alleged to have been altered by the were produced in court and $2,000 was sett from Hartford in payment. ery truly yours, ory Mealy 300A ELAIDE Z. CONARD. iTORS OF WM. AYRE, JD 1, ed to present their bills and ull persons indebted to the re, jr. Will please pay the amount ‘T. COUMBE, Assignee, aps3t Marmaduke, = EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian tire. road tickets, bars, or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an inch. Dotted lines are fsotherms, or lines of equal temperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or hours. The words “High” and “Low” show locatfon.of Solld lines are i90- The plugged snow bas fallen during preceding twelv areas of high and iow barometer, Small arrows fly with the wind It is a satisfaction to know that there is one place In town where you may buy tailoring at real material—best identified. Lawyer Henry E. Davis repre- sented the detendant, and entered pleas of pot guilty to three charges brought by clue to work upon. yalue—no more—no less. Best orkmansbip—best fit. |. 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CLOUDY WEATHER, The. fellowing heavy precipitation (in inches) was reported: During » the. past twenty-four hours— Shreveport, 1.14; Keokuk, 1.02; Kansas City; 1.28. “Rivers—The following» changes in the rivers (in feet and tenths) have occurred Fallen, 1.1 at Nashville, where it is 1.7, above the.danger line... “ Condition of the Water. ‘Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.; Great Falls, temperature, 46; condi- tion, 18; receiving reservoir, 4T; condition at north connection, 2; condi- tion at south connection, 13; distributing reservoir, temperature, 46; condition at in- fluent gate house, 10; effluent gate house, 8. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 11:50 a.m.; high tide, 5:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tid p.m.; high tide, 6 a.m. and 6:14 p.m. The Sun and Moon. 5:32; sun sets, 6:32. Moon rises, 4:15 a. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:41 p.m.; extin- 1 a.m. The lighting is merican Securit The Conditions Favorable for Light Showers Tomorrow Morning. For the District of Columbia and Mary- land, cloudy tonight; Friday, partly cloudy, with conditions favorable for light showers in the early morning and during the day; warmer Friday morning; southerly winds. For Virginia, light local showers tonigh: Friday, partly cloudy, with local showers; warmer; winds shifting to southerly. General Agent Alvey of the railroad. As- sistant District Attorney Mullowny prose- = & Trust Co.,1405 GSt Two Cents cubic foot per month for all kinds le>candise and Government Storage. ‘That's all we charge for Storage room in immense Storage Quarters—centrally located—light and roomy. Expert movers and prompt service. ‘Trunks Stored for only 25c. month. Stored (even temperature), $1 MERCHANTS’ 929-931 D St- aps-20d MONEY! Daniel Drew, who accumulated one of the fortunes ever made in Wall street, said: the sap runs up the trees buy stocks,” and the records of Wall street for the past twenty years show he was right. 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He testified that on the 6th of February he called at the Baltimore and Ohio office to see his brother, and while in the general passenger agent for the District, asked him if he would stop iu Mr. Marmuduke's and :ell two tickets good for passage betwe and New York. Witness reminded Mr. Hege that the time-limit on the tickets had expired, but the latier said he knew it, out would like to sell them. Witness took a Memorandum of the numbers of the tick- ets, and also made a private mark on thom, which he identified. He stopped in the defendant's office and offered them for sale. Mr. Marmaduke told him they were no good, but gave him $2 for them. The tickets had originally been good from Chicago to New York, but the Chicago to Washington coupon had been detached. Witness identified the tickets shown him being the tickets he sold to Marma- temperature, April 1, 1896. SCOTTISH RITE CATH Weather conditions and general forecast: ‘The barometer has risen on the Atlantic and gulf coasts and in the southwest and fallen In the lake regions, the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys. along the middle Atlantic coast, and is low north of Dakota and on the north Pacific coast. A secondary depression covers the upper lake region. It is warmer in the central valleys and cooler over Kansas, Indian territory and western Texas. Rain has prevailed RAL.— EVANGELIST —A statutory meet- April 9, 1896, DELIVERY ©0., a_ particularly ’Phone 659. It is highest 0:07 a.m, and 12:34 LINCOLN FIRE District of Columb! TRANCE COMPANY OF THB ‘The annual meeting of the stuckholders of the Lincoin Fire Insurance Com- Paty of the District of Columbia for the election of a board of trustees for the ensuing year will be held at the office of the company, Wash! mn Loan and Trust building, on MONDAY, April 1896, from 12 o'clock im. to 1 o'clock fe m Wednesday, April 15, in- ‘On April 15 the quarterly dividend of two (2) Per cent will be paid on the capital stock of this roughout the central valleys and upper lake region, but the continues clear in New England middle Atlantic states, It is also clear .n Rocky mountain districts, The indications are that the cloudiness will increase on the Atlantic coast and low- er lake region, with local showers Friday and warmer southerly winds. Rain is also indicated for the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys, followed by clearing weather. guishing begun at 4 begun one hour before the time named. Naphtha lamps all lighted by extinguishing begun at 4:36. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 38; 2 p.m., 50; maximum, 52; min- y TAL p.m.; Had a. Number. J. T. Wright, ticket broker on Pennsyl- vania avenue, was next sworn. Mr. Mullowny said he expected to show by the witness that Mr. Marmaduke is a mem- NOTICE TO CREDITORS: All persona or firms having claims against the (x Davison are notified to file the same with me on or before April in order to participate in the distributi funds. ber of the Guarantee Ticket Brokers’ Asso- ciation, whose members are known by dif- ferent numbers, Mr. Marmaduke being No. ‘all the*time. lutely nothing to go on. derer left the little shanty Tuesday night he could not have disappeared more com- pletely if the earth had opened and swal- lowed him up. As time gces on certain features of the ease become more surprising. when a murder is committed the criminal, no matter Fow smart he may be or how carefully he covers all nis tracks, leaves HENR! », Assignee, Mertz building, Washington, D.C. HOME ICE COMPANY. EK M. Wiliis, Proprietor. se completed, and cargo (2.051 it rari ed fom Rockport Like, M wholesale and retatl Brompt service full su THE WEATHER FORECASTS BY FLAG SIGNALS. an mhl4-s,t,th,29t Witness said that the defendant is a mem- ber of the association, and witness identified the number “VI” on the tickets. Witness said that one evening a man came to his office and asked witness if he would not cash @ rebate on Mr. Marmaduke, as the latter’s office was closed. The tickets purported to bear the signature of Gies, a broker in Chi- cago. So far as witness could discover, the tickets were genuine. the tickets and said they were in the condi- tion they were when he bought them, but he did not discover that the: until complaint was ma Gateman Sollers testified that he took up one of the tickets from a passenger at the epot and turned it over to Mr. Alvey. The tter interviewed the passenger. Witness had been notified early in February to look out for the plugged tickets. Ticket Broker Davis gave evidence con- cerning the mode of d but knew nothing of Mr. nection with the tickets. General Agent Alvey testified that the tickets in question which purported to bear the signature of the Chicago broker had not been in the hands of a broker there. They were mailed from the Chicago office of the company, and had been sold to Mar- maduke as decoys. The tickets, he said, to expire on the 4th of BURGLAR, Fai He round. api3in ness further notice. Business examinations a specialt: tion guarantecd. $20.00 REWAKD—A REWARD OF $20.00 IS OF- fered for the arrest and conviction, or information leading to the arrest and conviction, of ans person found improperly in possessior tarpaulins, picks, bars, axes, hammers, hand axes, Explanation of the Flags. ; The flags are holsted each day upon the issue of tne morning weather map apg, fmt until dark, ‘They indicate the weather that may he expected during the following thirty-six turs, ticularly the last twenty-four hours of that period. They are t> be read from the downward. If more than one kind of weather is predicted for the period from 8*¥,m: condiions first amed in the forecast will be represented by the uppermont fiag!> of a ‘cold wave" {s included In the forecast message, the cold-wave flag wil be di Proper weather flag. ‘The temperature flag, when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 8, indicates paced below numbers 1, 2 or 8, indicates colder weather; when not displayed, the temperature will remsin stationary. looks some trifling detail, whic! suffices to send lim to the gallows. But in the Hall case things are quite different. Here a man, who In all probability was ig- 1orant, and was certainly a brute, enters a little one-ctory house only a few feet back from the sidewalk, and in a thickly popu- lated neighborhood. at an early hour of the evening, les than a hunared yards from a police station, and with a brick and a pounds the life cut of a man. He goes out, leaving the door parii open behind him, and—and that is ail. was at an hour of the evenirg when many people were passing the house, and if Hall made any outcry it is incenceivable that it should not have been heard by a dozen Witness examined had d of any lanterns, 'y had been plugge: but more par- top of the staf vito 8 p.m. the ‘Wiien a warning isphiyed below the appliances. or property or material of any Kind used im the business of the nede-signed. marks of identification, &c., address E. Street Railway Contractor, office Central Power st. ‘ne. Telephone 1040. mh28-2w Station; yard, 123 @ Washington, D.C. DR. J. HALL LEWIS, DENTIST. HAS REMOVED F st. nw. to 1023 Vermont lealing by brokers, Marmaduke’s con- dese warmer weather; when the *thdiditions are that his office from 1309 ORNAMENTAL WROUGHT ION Grilles, Gates, Hinges and Escute! Protect your pro for sketches and estimates. ‘Tile Shop, 520-522 13t “his woman,” inststin; to Mr. ‘Trusty. Prather was also recalled and questioned on that point, but he was ypable to say y criminal relations be- gle thing of any value to take away with hi No delay, the money Wrought Iron Gas that she was true Police Confident. The police are confident that sooner or later the mystery will be cleared up, for they think that the murderer Is not a man sharp enough to keep his secret for long. Sergt. Montgomery is of the opinion Hall's assailants numbered two, three, instead of one, ag is generaliy be- He bases this on the theory that n working alone would not have had the nerve to stay In the room with the mur- dered man for such a length of time. If there was more than one the discovery would naturally be increased, for a secret shared is a hard one to keep, and men of the caliber that Hall’s murderer is presumed to have been are very likely to ‘The fact that no one seems to have heard a sound from the little house lends cre- dence to the theory that Hall was knocked senseless by the brick and fell to the floor and that the other wounds about the body were made from sheer deyilishness. Certain it is that the razor cut in his throat was made some time after the fatal blow was struck, for the razor was locked up in the bureau drawer, where the murderer found it when he broke open the bureau in his search for valuabies. It is more than probable that, seeing the razor, the murderer thought to make the job complete, for the breath may not have altogether been driven out of his INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, AMUSEMENTS . that there were an; were punched and were sold two days after Witness saw the passenger, wha m. done 00, the . Clements, who!Hives' in the house the for on the nortW to® Hall's little | shanty, ‘was next calléd&s‘a-Wwitness. She sald that on the night of thy murder she heard Hall singing over his work about half-past 6 o'clock. After that she heard nothing further from the old man, though she did not go to bed until 9 o'clock. Her brother Will, who is one of those under ar- rest, was at church that evening, she said, and did not come home until after she went to bed. ‘ Mary Lizzie Harris, Alexander's best girl, was th@n put upon the stand. She insisted that he came to her hou: night between 6:30 and 7 o'clock. ed so late that he said he was afraid to zo home, and she suggested that he stay all He slept on a lounge in he= room. pt with a girl fricnd without a struggle, presented the ticket, and he and pointed out Mr. Wright’ place where he had purchased it.. The man who presented the ticket, he said, gave his name as Flemming, and said he was a race track man from New York. Witness sold the tickets to Mr. by the fact that other spake thelr wheels POPE Brittain, Mana: fettt ent with him office as the makers ctrive to ARR ATTRA ATARAR RARE RUTHER ARERR RETO RI HR ROD Im every Case were a man receives a ler be eagerly tears it open and reads Put your business it In the form of a personal typewrit- ess, Which repro- ten work perfectly. They ul as personal letters. Drop in and see samples and get prices. ron S.Adams,512 th St. @id not know who ‘inning to end. Mr. Wright was again questioned, and ke | EDUCATIONAL . said he did not question the man from whom he bought the tickets to ascertain whether he had come from Chicago or not. The Second Cane. This clcsed the proof in the first case, and @ colored witness named Abraham Gates, who is a barber, was sworn in the next case. He testified that he went to Mr. Marm&duke's office for bought a ticket for New York for $4.75. When he first called there Marmaduke had no New York tickets, but told him he would have one later in the day. Witness left $10 deposit there and returned later in y and got the ticket. This ticket gave to Mr. Hege. The ticket broker the tickey that night. to the Sending of ind told of the ticket the chances of to call that Possible Fight. But if there was no struggle then it is difficult to account for the disordered con- Gition of the room and the blood spots that are spattered on all four walls. a hunchback and a cripple, it is true, but even so, men of that sort who are deprived of the full use of their legs are often ex- ceedingly strong in their arms. death struggle Hall may have wrapped his long, wiry arms about his assailant, ‘ear- ing, and scratching him’ with his bony fin- gers. He did not need his crutches then. He was, fighting for his life, and life is very sweet and precious sometimes, even Then it was that the murderer, unable to pick up the brick with which he struck the first blow, reached out and grasped the nearest chair. With this he beat poor old Hall again and again. The force with which it was used Is clearly for it was broken to pieces, and even the heavy wooden seat was split into Until they have something more definite to work on the police are sedulously pur- suing the drag-net method, and are bring- Ing in every man who for any reason 1s lable to suspicion. method Is that today they have seven men behind the bars at the eighth. nothing in the way of proof against any ot them, but they are all men who were more or less intimate with Hall. stance, holds to the opinion that one of them, Laurence Banks, knows more than he is willing to tell. mouth tight shut ever since he was locked up, and if he really does know anything about the murder he conceals it well. is not in the least disturbed by his arrest, and his indifference is so complete as to seem studied. Conflicting Stories, The most important arrest yet made is that of Eugene Alexander, a young colored man, who was taken into custody last Alexander is the fellow who was only recently released from the reform school, where he was sent on the testimony of Hall, and who is, therefore, thought to have entertained a grudge against the old man. Alexander has 2 bad reputation in the precinct and is the man whom Police- man Yoe arrested a couple of years ago for housebreaking. Yoe caught him in a bed room of the house adjoining his own on ‘th street extended, while in the very act of ransacking the room, with a pistol in his Do you need paint? You painters are offered a splendid oppor- tunity to buy Paints at extraordinarily low le great reductions for <¥ painter in the city should lay’ in an extra supply Going te build? cost of the Glass. and get the best quality Chas. E. Hodgkin, 913 7th. When You Need ~Whisky Im the house you need it badly. Always be prepared for sudden cases of Sickness by having a tottle of ‘Tharp’s Old Reliable “Berkeley” handy. b She was sick, and sle] in_the same room. Laura Ruffin, a young colored girl who runs with Mary Lizzie, gave the same testi- mony, and both girls insisted ihat they lied yesterday when they told 2 policeman that Alexander went home about 10 o'clock Tuesday night. Detective Lacey testified as to the inter- view that he had with the two girls after Alexander's arrest. Wm. Clements was then called, and testi- fied that on the night of the:murder he wes at church, from &:30 to 11:3 o'clock, and did not know anything about the occur- rence until-he reached hom night. Clements said that ne could -bring a dozen witnesses to prove his whereabouts, and the jury decided that they might as well release him from «custody. John Laws, another of the “suspects,” was given a chance to tell what he was do- ing Tuesday night. Laws told a straight story, that agreed in all its details with the story his wife told Sergt. Montgomery, when there was no chance of collusion between them. He said that the Trusty woman used to be intimate with Hall, but that he broke off with her some time ago. Laws was then rele: other suspect, Lewis result of this FOR SALB (Houses). FUR SALE (ots)... FOR SALE (Miscellancous).... HORSES AND VEHICLES...... timate on the il save much mosey Lacey, for in- Banks has kept his told him he must use Mr. Hege testified Gates for the ticket, a the colored barber returned him. ticket, he said, had thought, but the This closed thi Doctors every- for medicinal ‘The purest Rye Whisky in the world. James Tharp, 812 F St. Ink Can’t Be Spilled SAFETY INK WELLS. Incline them sidewsys—even turn them m up—and not one drop have a simple device t aping—even by evaporation, and Keeps ink free from dust. C7 Filled with any co? Easton & Rupp 4ai mth St. Popular Priced Stationers. (Just above ave.) u8-14d THIRTEENTH SERIES Citizens’ EquitableBuilding Association of George- town, D.C. NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIPTION ERI to an old cripple. been plugged, so he plugging was a good job. e second case, and as the witnesses in the third case had not re- large was nolle prossed. Was not satisfied with the ig the plugging of the sec- led Mr. Wright to ex- After a very careful ex- he said that the ticket-nad been The court volunteered the suggestion that the railroad company might have to use cast iron tickets. Counsel for the defe: nothing to say in the to: have the court dispose without argument. Judge Miller discussed the proof, and the le cases to the grand d at $500 in each of the toward mid- sponded this chi Judge Miller Proof concernin; amine the ticket. When the first investigation was made, tt Was thought that Hall's watch was stolen, along with the money and the old pistol that was in the drawer with the little toy bank. This morning, however, Sergt. Mont- gomery went to the undertaker’s lishment, where Hall's body is lying, and made a more thorough search of the dead man’s clothirg. He was rewarded by find- ing the watch in the pocket of the outing shirt which Hall wore under his cobbler’s The hands had stopped at 7:42%4, but this does not establish the hour of the crime beyond a question, for it was not broken, and may have kept on until it ran down at that hour yesterday morning. It was running all right Tuesday evening. one of the men who is locked up at the station, told the sergeant as at Hall's house that the old man what time it was. The latter took out his watch and told him it was ten minutes after 7. stolen watch is sometimes a valuable point- er leading to the detection of the murderer. so that in the present case the police are even shut off from that possible clue. So far there has been no reason to draw back from the theory that robbery was the motive of the crim: to be the treasurer of the nected with his church, and was sup; by his neighbors adant said he had and was willing Gf the charges ased,-@$ was also an- WANTED (Rooms). oe Surprised the Police. WANTED (Situafions). Precinct Detective Hartigan was very much eurpriged in the Police Court this afternoon when Judge Miller imposed a fine on Benjamin F. Kirby, a white man, for violating the policy law. Kirby had been in custody several days, ard in the language of the police he had “squealed.” This, it is said, he dia in consideratl &_promize that he would not be sent’ to charge, and sent th jury. Bond was fix two cases, which was given. Hotel Arrivals. Raleigh—W. C. Nesbit, W. W. Gibbs and Dr. H. W. Turner, New York; G. 8. Proud and T. C. Caslein, Philadelphia, Pa.; W. G. Cooper, Atlanta, Ga.; R. R. Ryan, Bir- Since his arrest Alexander has told sev- eral conflicting stories as to his where- abouts last Tuesday night. that he spent the night witb his “girl, who lives in an alley several squares west of the scene of the murder. questioned the girl said that he left her house at an early hour, learned of the predicament he was in she said that he was telling the truth, and that she had lied for fear of being prosecuted for violation of the Edmunds act. other hand Alexander’s brother and sister- in-law, with whom he lives on 9th street above the scene of the murder, insist that he was home that night and slept there as usual, The woman says that when he came home she tossed the door key to him from her bed room window as she always did when he was out late. Another Man. The police this afternoon have been chas- ing up a clue that seems more promising than any of the others. for a colored man, who, for reasons that they. are keeping quiet, they think is deserv- He is the owner of about as bad a reputation as any man in the neighborhood, end is regarded as an all- around tough. He was seen in South Wash- ington yesterday, and is understood to have been acting in a very suspicious manner, and to have let drop some remarks that made it-look as though he could throw some Hght on the mystery if he wanted to. Detective Lacey said today that-if he had known this man’s name yesterday he could have secured him then, but he was misled. through a confusion in names. ‘This man, whose name the police decline to divulge today, is said to have ap; yesterday in ¢lothing altogether different from what he had been wearing lately. He acted in a nervous and excited manner, and when questioned about it he said that he was feeling sick and intended to get out of town as soon as he could. * The police are also keeping a pretty close watch on Frances Trusty, the colored wo- man~ who first discovered the dead body. It is said that she was on terms of con- siderable intimacy with Hall. Inauest Resumed. ‘When the coroner's inquest was resumed this afternoon there was really no new evi- dence to put before the jury. 2 , The first witness called was Frances Trusty, and she was questioned as to her ‘relations with Hall. She said that she was a friend of .is, but denied that she was ———— NOT INSANE AFTER ALL. A Young Woman Who Tried to Imi- taie Nellie Bly. Miss Sibyl Wilber, a young woman from the west, who does newspaper writing for ker livelihood, made an effort Sunday to emulate Nellie Bly by having herself sent to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the Insane. She succeeded in getting into the custody of the police and being sent to the hospital for the insane, because of supposed de- mentia, but at the hospital her identity was discovered. She came here some months ago and recently married a young reporter. Sunday afternoon she was found wander- ing about the towpath abcve the Aqueduct bridge, seemingly demented. a kind-hearted lady, who is interested in mission work, found her and she escorted her to the seventh precinct station. there she was sent to the first police pre- cinct. Here the matron took charge of her. She pretended to be a religious crank, say- ing she had power to cast out devils. Lizzie Cronin was the name she gave, and her appearance indicated to the police that she was probably from the country. Sanitary Officer Frank received the com- plaint in the case and he requested Police lickling and Nevitt to make the examination. They went to the police sta- tion, made an examination and then made the necessary affidavit concerning the wo- man’s alleged insanity. Sanitary Officer Frank did not see the woman, but upon the certificate of the sur- geons he could do nothing but send her over to the insane hospital. She there Tuesday, and Wednesday confessed that she was an imposter and admitted her Adentity. She was held there until noon to- day, when she was releazed. Lewis Munroe, mingham, Ala.; G. Miles, Boston, Mass. Ebbitt—A. E. Penfield, Bridgeport, Conn. W. Brown, Rochester, N. ¥.; Gen. A. J. Gross and wife, Holt, Ky.; ex-Gov. A. B. Fleming, Fairmont, W. V: 9 -M IEETING SECOND MONDAY OF CACH MONTH. ADVANCES $200 PER SHARE TO STOCK- (OLDERS. . THOS. BROWN. EDGAR FRISRY, Vi EDGAR P. BERRY, Treasurer. TheWashington Decorative Art Society, 807 VERMONT AVF... HAVE ON EXHIBITION ALL KINDS OF ART WORK AND NOVELTIES FOR EASTER. that when he evening he ask but when she L Gen. HL L. When arraigned he answered guilty, and because of a request from the Police that ended, Judge Miller asked torney Mullowny if he had ice President. Abbott, U. S. A.; C. F. Dana, New Yor! sentence be suspi Prosecuting At any recommendation to make. first intimation the prosecut: had of any deal in the case, Swered that h M. Foster, Pittsburg, Pa. W. Sabre, Providence, R. I. A. H. Babcock and wife, Bangor, Mi C. Hayward, Sanford, Me.; E. F. Boston, Mass: ‘This was the ing attorney » and he an- ie had no recommendation to Judge Miller thereupon f $60 or thirty days in Jal ees Ses reey, Miss Sites Goes td Béitimore, Miss Ruth Marie Sites of. Fédchow, China, now visiting her aunt, MrsillA, P. Lacey, has been called to Baltimore to address several meetings of the"vothan’s Foreign Missionary Soctety unde#-the direction of Mrs. E. B. Stevens, the‘genéral executive. a coee ef a kingdom; Miss Whong: ington friends, in a fo politan M. E. Church, Aj . Hall was known “lyceum” con- Page’s—C. A. Otis, St. Paul, Minn.; J. W. Covert, New York. Shoreham—Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rand, H. Schumann and wife and Miss Schumann, H. A. Look and wife, Pitts- burg, Pa.; F. W. Von Der-Smith, Passaic, N. Arlington—G. W. Saul, Cleveland, Ohio; w. J. ra Pittsburg, Pa.; J. V. Prince and wife, Brooklyn, ah = So . eae. Bos- ; ¢. A. Collier, Atiani Goraant Winton and wife, T. S. Byers, irchild, New Y¥ to have considerable money about his house. They certainly ex- agserated the amount, for the books of the lyceum show that he was cnly indebted to that organization to the extent of 65 cents. If it had not been for the little toy bank, which contained a couple of dollars, in nickels, dimes and quarters, which be- longed to Hall’s cousin, Hezekiah Prather, the murderer would not have found a sin- posed a fine of Ownership of Property. Decisions fixing the ownership of con- siderably more than $100,000 worth of pror- erty were rendered today by Judge Hag- ner in the cases of Mrs. Annie McCartney, Susan Fletcher, William Fletcher, Mrs. McCartney and two heirs of William Fletcher against Mrs. Fletcher and certain heirs of William Fletcher. The contention of the plaintiffs was that all the preperty of the deceased which stood in the name of Susan Fletcher, was put in her name by William Fletcher to be held by her as trustee, but not to belong to her. Judge Hagner ruled in favor of the de- Mrs. Susan Fletcher. SST. Hugh Taggart, W. V. M. Berry and Robert represented the plaintiffs, while Attorneys W. C. Cole, Gorgon & Gordon and Edmund Burke 4| Mrs. Saffvld, They are looking ing of suspicion. Normandie—H. D. Hee a Morse an . Zell Patladelphia, Pa. Secreta Dixon, Bristol, and Mrs. G. 8S. Bosanquet, New Yor! G. Benedict and wife, Burlington, Vt. Oxford—T. ne ed — = tk rd’s—C. N. ‘sinder and wife, ae W. R. Royce and wife, F. Hamilton, New York. St. Jemes—Geo. Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa.; F. H. Bain, Meee re ae 3 radford, Pa.; Wm. ent iew Frank Seaman, New Yor! ¥ wkins, Richmord, Va.; Mrs. S. R. Smith, Boston, Mrs. G. Newkirk, Boston, Mass. Johnson—J. R. Green and wife, Boston, ‘W. M. Monash, Chicago, DL; A. Welsert_and ae oS Fast es . Pittsburg, Pa.; B. ison, Rich- a HL. “Alexander, New York; H. ladelphia, Pa. C. Fassett, Philadel; Miss administratrix, She is accom Cochran—E. ly front the flowe: will meet her Wash. : ie” at Metro- The 500th Performance. The 500th performance ief Rob Rob takes place this evening’ at the Lafayette Square Opera House. the event Mr. Reginalf composer, will conduct the.orchestra and a flash-light picture of the audience will be taken between the second and third acts. This will be a novelty, as it is the first ston audience has been pho- Castoria Surgeons “Hi York; R. C. Infants and Children. CASTORIA PROMOTES DIGESTION, and ovex comes Fiatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoca and Feverishness. Thus the child is rendered healthy and its sleep NATURAL. OAs- TORIA contains so morphine or other marcotic fir felebration of De Koven, the ippeared for Mrs. Se A Receiver Wanted. A suit in equity asking the appointment of a receiver to take eharge-of the assets of the Northeastern Savings and Deposit Bank and for an auditor to inquire into the solvency of the stockholders was filed to- ed by Thomas P. Woodward, assignee of . corporat! st Wilbour F. Lewis Sadler, Sipheus R. Appleman, An- l, Andre’ * Joel Hillman and. Cox April 14 time a Washin; : The Park Avenue Hotel, at Aiken, 8. C., was burned yesterday. The loss is $16,000. Beecham’s Pills for con- loc. and 25c¢ Get the book at your drug- gist’s and go by it. Anoual Eales More Than 6,000,000 Boxes. ——— Lewis Stevenson Returns From Japan, . Lewis Green Stevenson, son and pri- vate secretary of Vice President Stevenson, Metropolitan—F. Pa; WG. Harvey, New Yor! Barvadough, Kansas fs wo grell ‘adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription H. A. ARCHER, M.D., E. yer, Boston, Mass.; Jas. Ffanklin, Buffalo, Nisailonal—Chas. S. Hamilton, Biddeford, known to me.” T11 So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, N. ¥. “For several years I have recommended ‘Casto- ria,’ and shall always continue to do so, as it has invariably produced beneficial results."* EDWIN F. PARDES, M.D., ‘125th st: and Tth ave., New York city; has arrived at his heme, in Bloomington, ce. Of five months in Ja- pan. He joined his wife at Bloomington, y_will,come to. Washington, where he will resume his duties. He was in poor for the orient, but stipation, HAS ; Geo. E. Sharke, Steubenville, Ohi oe recteren ates ete eget ee L: G. A. Bicknell, New York; Frank’ Kane. Philadelphia, Fa.; Dr. W. H. Felton and le, Ga.; J. J. Macdonald, LL argued before Judge health when he departed, is now in robust conditidh. g g AIT d i i Be i g2 ap8-tf ARD X. 1419 F et., Washington, D.C. Citize THIRTEENTH SFRUGS ns’ EquitableBuiidin, Association of George- town, D: C. BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN For sU oR SUBSCRIPTION ic HALL OF THE TO THE 13TH SERIES ampomATIO) ; CORNER _apt-8t OF 31ST AND M STS. a. TO 5 P. ND . ice President, C. P. WILLIAMS, Secrotary. EDGAR P. BERRY, Treasurer. CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD MINING STOCKS. A goed stock ‘The Mt. and offer a limited amount of treasury stock at Ecemts per abate to wed being rt Battle Mt. Gold M) subscribers, the money re- for ‘This company controls mineral territory in district, ducers,’ to wit, the group, ‘and other celebrat ts one of the stocks thai thor ble and all investigation, referring to any responsi- ishington, as well ax to rokerage’ firms in ‘Colorado Springs or Denver. ‘Oficial brokers for the company TIONAL INVESTMENT COMPAN nw., where Ml 'be 2 Silsby & Company, BANKERS AND BROKERS, Office, 613 15th st. 0. Nationa: Metropolitan Bank building. ‘Telephone 505. Thos. P. Morgan, LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUIBIES, Office, 1333 F st. n.w. Assets of Company, over $21,000,000. Telephone 1126, The Union Savings Bank, 1222 F Street N. W. MONEY TO LOAN On approved District real estat collateral security. FOUR PER CENT Interest paid on savings deposits. mb5-284 Open until 5 pam. on government Gays, and Saturday evenings from 6 to W. B. Hibbs & Co., Members New York Stock Exchange, . 1421 F Street. Corresponds LADENBURG THALMANN & ©0., de6-164 FRANK WILSON BROWN BROKER, 1335 F St. N. W. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions and Cotton, Direc: private wires to principal cities. Long-uistance telephone 1414, Corresponden s of Messrs. Theo. W. Myers & Oo, No. “I New at., New York, members of the New York Stock Exchange. The National Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company Of the District of Columbia ‘Chartered by special act of Congress, Jan., 1867, and acts of Oct., 1890, and Feb., 1892, CAPITAL: ONE MILLION DOLLARS. SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Rents safes inside burglar-proof vaults al $5 per anoum upward. Securities, jewelry, silverware and valuabled of all Kinds in owner's packsge, trunk or casi taken on deposit at moderate cost. SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. Deposits received from TEN CENTS upward, and interest allowed on $5 and above. Loaus money un real estate and collateral security. Selis Grst-ciass real estate and other securities In sums of $500 aud upward. ‘TRUST DEPARTMENT. ‘This company is a legal depository for court and trust funds, and acts as administrator, executor, trusts of al! kinds, Wills prepared by a ‘competent attorney in daily attendance. BENJAMIN P, SNYDER, President. THOMAS HYDE, First Vice President, JAMES M. JOE THOMAS R. JONES, Third Vice Pres. E, FRANCIS RIGGS, Treasurer. GEORGE HOWARD, Assistant Treasurer, Qusigree, and executes ‘STON, Sccond Vice Pres, ALBERT L. STURTEVANT, Secreiary, T. J. Hodgen & Co., BROKERS AND DEALERS. STOCKS, COTTON, Booms 10 and 11, Gurcoran bldg., cor. 15th and F ats., and 605 7th st. n.w. GRAIN AND PROVISIONE, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washiizton, Ge10-16tf* HE NEW YORK STOCK ‘CORSON MEMEEES OF 71 & ouaiben Was Real Estate& Steck Broker, Can execute orders in Investment Securities, Stocks, Bonds, Grain or Cotton 1419 F st. ‘iullding. ‘of Messrs. Moore a atlas, ry Baltimore bought and sold. ity made of investment securitien, Dis fand, all local Hallroad, “Gas, Insuranet telephone Stock bought and sold, . T. WAVENNER, --ND il, ATLANTIC ASHINGTON STOCK On all reputat to Exchanges States, elther for Private wires. throughout the United