Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1884 — WASHINGTON. [ARTICLE]

WASHINGTON.

John Langster, a negro, escaped from the chain-gang at Washington, but Police Officer Fowler found him secreted in an outhouse. Another negro came to the aid of the fugitive, and both of them wrenched his pistol from the officer, whom Langster shot dead in the presence of a crowd who refused to help the murdered man. Langster, whea arrested, said God told him to kill Fowler. J. H. Squier, the insolvent Washington banker, killed himself by cutting his throat. Mr. Neal, the Solicitor of the Treasury, has determined to bring suit against the bondsmen of Capt. Howgate, the defaulting disbursing agent of tho Signal Service Bureau. Capt. Howgate, it is believed, is hidden not far from Washington. The InteriorDeparment lias orders to dispose of the reservation at Fort Sanders, Wyoming, and the barracks at Eaton Rouge, they being no longer useful to the army.