Plaintiff Alleges She Was Assaulted by Nellie Smith
Mrs Mary A Waters, through attorneys William B. Ambrose and Charles H Merillat, filed suit yesterday seeking $6000 in damages from Mrs Nellie Smith over an alleged June 2 assault. Waters claims Smith dragged and threw her down stairs, beat her, injuring spine and knee, requiring hospitalization at Providence. The two women reside in the same house on New York avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth streets Northwest. Smith’s husband was not present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A Waters
William B. Ambrose
Charles H Merillat
Nellie Smith
Mra Smith
Custody Sought in Writ for Granddaughter Virginia M Hurdle
Justice Barnard ordered Emily V Travers to produce Virginia M Hurdle in court and show cause on August 17 why custody should not be granted to Eugene t Hurdle. Hurdle claims marriage to Mrs Travers on December 25, 1900 and that the child, nearly three, has been kept from him since his wife deserted him over a year ago. He seeks custody and is represented by William Earl Ambrose and Charles H Meriliat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Emily V .Travers
Virginia M Hurdle
Travers
Hurdle
Estate Sued for Coal Bill in District Supreme Court
Moscow-Georges Creek Mining Company sues Charles T Consau and Ida M Mayers as administrators of the Gilbert Mayers estate for 324360 with interest from February 1019. The coal contract, tied to a brick yard under construction, was made during the anthracite strike and price set at 350 dollars per ton with Mayers paying freight. Attorneys William E Ambrose and Charles H Merillat represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Supreme Court
Moscow-Georges Creek
William E Ambrose
Charles H Merillat
Graham’s Record in Louisville Leads to Embezzlement Link
Police traced Jason Graham and Frank Richardson to a chonus directory scheme with a telegram from Louisville stating Graham was arrested there in 1960 as Joseph W Griest alias J W Browne and fined $50. Mundy, arraigned for embezzlement, had hearing postponed. Benson, held on a grand jury bond after a failed purse snatching attempt on Amanda Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Louisville
Jason Graham
Frank Richardson
Joseph W Griest
J W Browne
William Mundy
Mundy
Ira W Kline
F Street Northwest
Lloyd Benson
Amanda Craig
G Street
Burley to Be Hanged After Roosevelt Refuses Clemency
John W Burley, convicted of raping a young girl in the District of Columbia, faces execution by hanging on August 26 after President Roosevelt denies clemency. The case, first of its kind under new code provisions, highlights calls for swift justice and notes prior convictions.
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John W Burley
United States
Roosevelt
Burley
Igalla
Free Water
Burleys
Rey John Roberts
Brother Roberts
MCA
Moody
Nopady
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Parsot
Prisoer
Albany
Court Denies Mental Intervention in Burley Case
The judge rules the defendant Burley remains fully responsible for his crime despite affidavits and expert opinions suggesting mental unsoundness. Jury verdict stood since December 1903, and execution is scheduled between August 26 and 2. The Attorney General advised against pardoning the petition. The crime occurred in Marion alley near McKinley Manual Framing School. victim Ella Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saya
Almaighty
United States District Attorney
William Il Moody
Burley
Marion Court
McKinley Manual Framing School
Ella Turner Burney
Stutler to Rest as Robinson Charges Delay Investigation
Warner Stutler superintendent of the street cleaning department will be away thirty days for rest with a country or sea trip. The ongoing inquiry into maladministration charges filed by Royal Robinson against Stutler is postponed to early September. Commissioner West’s vacation further delays proceedings and Commissioner Macfarland plans annual leave.
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Robinson
Warner Stutler
Stutler
Royal Robinson
West
Macfarland
District Building Notes From City Police and Engineers
Private George H Laeger is found not guilty of neglecting patrols. Electrical Engineer Allen plans thirty eight gas lamps in the northeast and northwest county sections. John H Darling becomes temporary sewer division chairman with salary. Schmidt resigns as special street railroad crossing policeman. Holton Wolfe granted twenty eight days leave for San Francisco. Police trial board clears Robert Livingstone of unbecoming conduct. Private EBJ Lawless fined twenty dollars for neglected patrols on a boat. Karl Scherer fined ten dollars for admonishing John Burgess. Water mains ordered on Sixteenth Street Sherman Avenue and Ninth Street. Fire alarm upgrades planned at Soldiers Home with cost around 635 dollars.
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George H Laeger
Allen
John H Darling
T Schmidt
May Sylvester
Edkport
Iowa
Holton Wolfe
San Francisco
Police Trial Board
Robert Livingstone
Lizzie Johnson
EB J Lawless
Metropolitan Police Force
Karl Scherer
John Burgess
Sixteenth Street
Park Street
Sheridan Avenue
Sherman Avenue
Florida Avenue
Ninth Street
Rhode Island Avenue
R Street
Soldiers’ Home
July Fire Losses and a Worthless Check Arrest
Acting Chief Engineer F J Wagner reports July saw forty one bell alarms with seven false. Fires cost an estimated 3472 dollars, insured value 36000, plus thirty local alarms costing 410 dollars with insured 12966. Total loss 3882 dollars, under five percent of total insurance 79026. Charles W Kersey, 28, wanted for passing a worthless check, was arrested in Richmond and returned to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F J Wagner
Charles W Kersey
Richmond
Capt Boardman
Washington
Horne
Kersey
Robert J Strong
Accused Man Sent to Jail in Embezzlement Case
John W Taylor, ex-employee of the Washington Railway and Electric Co, indicted for embezzling railroad car tickets, appeared before Justice Barnard in Criminal Court No 1 on a bench warrant and was committed to jail awaiting further action. The note mentions June 15, 1903, and references local advertisements and printing services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W Taylor
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Justice Barnard
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House & Herrmann’s
Everal
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R. 4. Brown
N Sts
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, Cor, 7Th and
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Pa. Ave
Water Registrar
Plumbing Board
Harding
H W Woodward
H L Karpeles
Congress
Little Sisters of the Poor
Methodist Home
Karpeles
Timothy V .Woonan
Richard A O Brien
MR. Stutler
District Building Notes
Tony
America
Mothers’ Club
Lansbeirgh & Bro
Woodward & Lothrop
Smith Premier Typewriter Company
Eleventh St. N. W
Washington, D. C
Heurich
Phone West
Senate
Heurich Brewing Co
Post Business
Forest City
The
Washington Post
the Post
Rien
Victor E. Adler
JEN Per Cent Clothing House
Tth
St. Nw
City Bulletin
Mary Moreland
Office of the Register of Wills
Laura V Small
Laura Isabell Small
Testatrix
Laura V. Small
Baker's
Chicago
A. Muddiman & Co
Reisinger
Broomstick
Susan Rhoades
Martha ‘Thompson
Kimball
Rufus A. Eens
Regal
Pennsylvania Ave
M. W
St. N. W
Hubbard Heating
F Street N. W
Uneeda Biscuit
Corby’s Modern Bakery
Yale Laundry
10Th St
New York Ave
Office and Works
Washington Gas Light
Io Hill
Duffy
Airec
Rochester
Diamond
Burlington Vt
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