Tag: Washington DC
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…
4 Women Arrested for Wearing Soldiers’ Uniforms on Halloween in Washington
Four young women dressed in soldiers’ uniforms for a night of Halloween fun never expected their costumes to land them in police custody. In 1919,…
9-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Playing Tag Near Church
Nine-year-old Albert Garner did not have much of a defense when he stood before the Juvenile Court. He simply looked up at Judge DeLacy and…
Mystery Woman Found Unconscious After Poison Dose at Washington Hotel
A handsomely dressed woman checked into Washington’s Buckingham Hotel in good spirits. By late the next morning, she was found unconscious in her room. Believed…
D.C. Children Warned Not to Drink From Horse Troughs
In the summer of 1907, Washington, D.C. officials faced a public health problem that seems almost unthinkable today: children drinking from horse troughs in the…
D.C. Launches Mass Vaccination Drive Amid Smallpox Outbreak
In the spring of 1925, Washington, D.C., found itself in the grip of a growing smallpox outbreak. Health officials were scrambling to contain the disease…
