More than 200 African Americans gather at First Methodist Church to protest the vandalism of a house on East 33rd Street that was rented to a black family (above, the original Jan. 16, 1908, story) …  A man on crutches is hit by a streetcar at 9th and Main  …  An actor tells police two robbers beat him when he claimed he didn’t have any money … Pianist Josef Hofmann is staying at the Hotel Alexandria … A man is arrested at 1st near Main on charges of carrying a .45.