A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > District of Columbia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=323 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=32435 Submitted by: Susan Article Title: Washington Star Article Date: December 23 1852 Article Description: Michael Colbert Arrested Article Text: Michael Colbert was arrested this morning by Officer P. B. Bell and taken before J. H. Goddard, esq., charged with forging the names of Thomas Eckhardt, Mrs. Gen. Jones, Wm. Patterson (William Patterson), T. B. Entwisle, E. N. Stratton, Capt. G. A. Schwartman, E. King, David Kurtz, R. Buree (K. Buree?), Capt. B. F. Sands, and others, to a petition for a license to sell liquors; $2,000 bail was demanded in each case, but the prisoner, being unable to find it was committed to jail. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DC-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com