Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-10

m','. d, C., august TO- lS76-lO:3o a. H.
m9..,o eastern ind Middle States stationary to
y, ,,l;,c barometer and generally warmer, clear
- rsrll, cloudy weather, with southwest 70
s,,,Lcast winds in former, ana win easter'S ~
s,'.nery winds in latter, and probably thunder
ms from western New lork to Virginia,
vorylsnd and southern New Jersey.
Tuy EVERETT MURDEREks. The Port To
,,,,o independent gives the following account
,,,nc arrest and commiital of the two men
'r.nr,trd of :hc murder OF young Everett III
,;',nopt: 1T appears that on Nj ,oday,,, two
,,r, men wcnt to the store OF Mr. L. A:
s;,b At Cross Roads, apd offered small
' ,'ar,t nf silver coin in exchange tor paper
,,'rancv Failing to BE- accommodated they
,l,.oDdcd further. After leaving the store
, ray, vino were present on observing that
,tor wore strangers, aud acting under rather
WV ;..ons circumstances, concluded to collect a
,n,J and arrest them, whereupon NJ ssr>
n. II4s!ip, Wm Smith Thos. Price, DR..
,rt s'" y Price and VIM. w. Cobey pursued
49,, arrrsfe1 them. After being arrested they
s'.rc eramiYe,! separately and question: as to
,,,o,r nnur. and their business. Ope OF them,
a., d,,k chestnut color, gave his nane as Al
l'r, + ser, the other, of a high, chestnut col
-, y,v, his name a James Henry O'Neal,
and at d that they had made their escape
.r,, Ouap,ico. Va. where they had been ar
r,.red On Sunday morning They made sever
Al contradictory statements 10 reference 10 their
n,me, and other matters. They were brought
i, this place on Monday evening and lodged 10
ii; for identity. Justice Boswell had several
,..r.ons summoned from PomoDkey who arrlv-
r., Yesterday, but failed t. recogn'z; either OF
Them. 1t has been deemed prudent TO hold
them until other parties can be brought Toward
10 ,xamine them
ihc same paper has the following: "Sher
II! Wade has received letter trom Sladers-
yir, y. g., sating that three negro men bad
urriyci there from " ,shington city, claiming
10 have been recently discharged from the
navy. but that their acrlon and certain remarks
II ti,lrs led to the suspicion that they are
emil y of some crime. The cantain Of the boat
on which they arrived reported that they re-
,u>r 70 90 ashore while the vessel lay al Al
rx4ndra, Va. The letter requested that Il
i >cription of the supposed murderers oil Mr.
Everett be forthwith sent to that place, which
rurcst was promptly responded to.
The Clerk of the Court also received let
ter from Lovettsvle, Lruloun county, Va,
stating that negro man had been arrested
there ou suspicion of being one OF the murder
rr>, aud asking that some one be sent on to
identify HIM"
The Washington Republican of this mo ming
las the following contradictory dispatch from
Or,ntico: There has been some excitement
re TO- day caused by the news brought here
iii, morning by the steamer kcyport. from
tiymont, that the Durdcrers Of young Everett
VIE released, not being the right parry. But
4 gentleman, Mr. Liuton, from the vicinity OF
Port Tobacco, this evening says the report vas
WAS nivan out there about these men DOT being
the right party to quell the mob OF two hun
bred persons Of Charles county, Md. who were
ready 10 lynch the nurdercrs. They have
been I'd, ni6cd as the murderers as the studs
.! young Everett were found upon the shirt OF
oprof lhcm NJ Luton, my Informant, thinks
there is NJ doubt but they are the right party
\ letter to the Baltimore Sun from the Port
Tobacco, dated yesterday, says: Tine two
negroes, Albert Foster and james Henry
~ al, arrested at Quantico Oh Saturday, last,
charged with the murder OF young Everett. at
Warnings store, near Giymont, on the plight
d the lot h Of July, and who made their es-
cape Sunday mor0iug from the Potomac City
II ,tc where they were con6ued aud were sub
) qurntly arrested, proved not to be the men
wh, committed the murder. They have been
confronted by persons who saw the murderers
prowug about Warnings store on the day of
tie murder, and they fail to identify them.
Mr. Lucas who last saw the meo 10 the vlclni.
n .! the store, visited the Port Tobacco jail
Yesterday for the purpose of identifying the
i4i>oners, aud stated positively that they were
nut the men.
Poster gives as a reason for escaping from
the hotel. if he we're Innocent, that he was want
ed In Washington for an offence committed
there, and was afraid of being srnt back and
punished. O'Neal AYERS that he was on Long
Island. \. Y. on the night OF the homicide,
and gave the names of several persons IN New
lrk by whom he claims to he able to prove
liz presence there Oh the night of the muir
der. The authorities, it is said, have no doubt
Of these men not being the parties who COM
mittcd the murder, bu, hold them uuil they
can bear FROM parties 10 New York in regard
to O'Ncal's statement, and from the Wash
nstnu authorities IN regard TO Foster. The cx
cl',ucutin connection with the arres, Is cooling
If s,ucc the news has been circulated that the
men are net the ones wanted.
Several parties arrived here from Wash
Inslon yesterday, and others TO day, with the
ln,rutlon. it is rumorcd, to !yneh both of the
Prisoners, but upon arriving here and learn
tx th.t the idcutifcati ~ failure gave
up the lica and left. a party was, it is said
hrlag made up in this clion for the same
purpose, but it would certainly have failed, as
the authorities would defend their prisoners
until the last and until they could have an i'm
patial hearing
F"urI WARD TlLDEN AND HENDRICKS
CLrE.-'lhcre was good turn out OF the voters
0; the 4;h ward last uight at the Friendship
,nsinc house for tho purpose of orsanlzlog a
rleu aud Hendricks Club. Charles Goot..
rlch called the III etiug to order, and stated
that at the last mcctiog resolution Was adopt
ci lroyiaing Tor the appointment OF commit
rs who should report u permanent organiza.
ton for the club. The entire committee, for
unavoidable reasons, had bsen unable to meet,
ana therefore majority Of the committee
drrln,d it best not to suggest the pcrmaoent
cheers OF the club but to leave the selection
10 the meeting itself, On behalf of the COM
mttre he presented the following resolution,
which was unanimously adopted: