Tag: Washington DC
College Men Trampled D.C. Policeman in Rush for Hats and Coats
The first notes of “Home, Sweet Home” usually signaled that a dance was coming to an end. At a fraternity gathering inside Washington’s Mayflower Hotel…
Alleged Washington Burglars Were Betrayed by a Noisy Dumb Waiter
In the silence before dawn on January 13, 1930, someone inside Washington’s Ashley Apartments heard a dumb waiter making strange noises. A dumb waiter was…
D.C. Woman Claimed a Tea Burn Left Her Unable to Wear Evening Dresses
A cup of hot tea, two busy corridors, and one badly timed collision were enough to send two prominent Washington women into court in January…
Exploding Liquor Bottles Betrayed a Washington Driver During Prohibition
During Prohibition, transporting illegal liquor required secrecy, careful planning, and, preferably, bottles that did not announce their presence by exploding beneath the hood of your…
Washington Food Vendor Arrested for Cooking With Water From a Horse Trough
Washington, D.C., health officials had a blunt warning for food and drink vendors in the summer of 1923: keep it clean or face arrest. Dr….
3-Day-Old Baby Found Abandoned on Cold Floor at Washington’s Union Station
A three-day-old baby girl was found abandoned on the cold marble floor of a restroom at Washington’s Union Station in January 1930. The infant, dressed…
Washington Painter Found Dead After Rats Were Heard Inside His Locked Room
When fellow lodgers heard rats moving around inside George Goodman’s locked room, they knew something was wrong. The 54-year-old Washington, D.C., painter had only recently…
Police Searched for Mother Who Abandoned Infant at D.C. Nursery
A young woman entered a Washington, D.C., nursery carrying a two-week-old baby dressed in little more than the bare necessities. She told the staff she…
Police Officer Found a 10-Day-Old Baby Abandoned in a Washington Alley
A faint cry in a Washington alley drew Officer Burton toward an old tin tub sitting behind a row of homes on P Street. Inside,…
Parents Feared Missing Teen Girls Ran Away With the Circus
When two teenage girls vanished from Washington, D.C., their parents feared the lure of the circus had carried them away. Seventeen-year-old Edith Holmes and fifteen-year-old…
