Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-06
= Curious Story Of Crime.

Albert bIncltl. colored. WIS hung at l,:uiaa
&. II. Yesterday fer The murder OF Charles IS
Walton in hlaroh, 1879 But few s.eotc!or5
w,ro pras.nt, apd tdero was ~ crowd outside
tho Jail. o. tho night Of March Q. 1879. tho
store of Charles K. Walton at Yancey7il!a Was
destroyed by FIRE. AID thu body Of Mir. Walton
was f,urd in too ruins, The head c!u;Atd in,
and pre:enlipg eViitEciG tina: murder had tesn
Committed before tho bulldog tGd bcea fired
| Walton hld always Warn heavy gold ling, and
search Was made for it 10 tic ashes Of the f:e
in tho plac> whlre thu oharfed remains Of bis
body re found. Suddenly o poero. named
Bill Tallcy, eho W:s helping 10 the seeroh, held
up the ling, ssjiog, Here it IL; found it u
1t Wss of ucce rcoognig:d by Waion's friends,
aud the significant crcum5tauc, that it showed
20 sigus OF ever having been IN tho Gro attract
Cd attention. Tacy VIZ arrested, aad then
c,ufcs d thet Mi ca,li had given I'm the ring
tho day after tho Gre, aud that he did cot know
il was WaltoL's until BIO bead i; talked about.
| lie then got scared and eudeavored 10 get lid
of il 10 tie Way described. Mitchell had Just
been married, end search upon bis prcDises
disclosed brt ken pcSle ,rs ard GAGS that had
COMO from Wslou's stock. Mitchell was al
rested and made iulI c5nlessiln lle lad
been engaged TO be married, and licked the
meaus 10 supply the bridal fest up to bis IDEAS
Of proper style. Taking his axe, he went to
as soon ss 10 YVES let in ho heHod Walton
down. lie then filled sack with cakes, crtck.
ers, pickles, elndy, cheese, nuts. Bologna STU
cages ADD tuch other things tina. struck his
fancy; rtko open this money drawer cn1 took
lis oonteuts, despoiled Walton's to5y o! ell
yaIusbIcs and then spread coal oil gbou: ard
set fro to tic bulldog. The next day lbs get
cut a license aud was married The feast was
one OF The most sumplu:u' the o1lored pcpu!a
| ton bad ever known Oh suoh an tcosoD.
TIE Cry GA DISTRESSED Writ En.-l lave
had pamphlet sen: to me entitled Tho Legal
Prevention Of I.llldrGcy." I dsrs SAP it is .
very allie pamphl;t. bu. baya lot rcsd Il; it
i, not iteracy l WAIT to prevent, but l!terscs |
lorg fer some patent msthcd Of oonViscl6g
every man, woman AID child, who is poor, uE-
| hsppy, or Rap!s piu money, that they csonot
rush into literature neil mcll aud ntk, monty
at will Above al, | should like legal penalty
| imposed % every orc who sotds first effort
to me. 1t is m equ,! Effort" and by pc
meaps my 'iis." for lie to read tbcir poetry,
and for them to write'. say invariably. asd
ZAP it again here, that if the Argel Gabriel
wero 10 write book, and ask IL, Tor tay cendli
Opinion Of is morris. | would no! give it to
him, | am fast bso3Dirs n i5anthr2p, ifon
the amount OF trash, gsrtished T;tE cn5hcr
sense, grammar, rhyme ncr me!re. that 10y
fei,og creatures uerrc!rate With Wow 10 timo
and fortuua. Will aaythirg ev;r coHViocn this
crGwl OF im5cc;l q that TO Etilc even dtceDiiy
demands previous cultisstlous lafCI atom a1d
Common SEES or that real genius Is Ike any
OF her 6iamord. AID needs c,Tciul cnuvGtlng
ard polishing [ suppose mol !-Er0m the
NorenLcr Atlantic.
AN ENGINEERS MISFORTUNE Every
effort IS made" sid railroad tfic:r il ,e-
en-. conversation, TO procure Trustworthy,
faithful employees, lu al kinds Of 600; p:ioD5
aro gotten Up 10 throw u Of. | haTo ouo cise
in MAD. Tfcra is rule on the read for wEiob
| labor. which c,mpels net only tic conductor
but the onriGecr TO sign tho 'clps OF all train
orders. When tny superintendent took charge
10 insisted upon having tho rulo adhered to,
npd 10 That way 30 stc3rtaIoed that thcro was
ono engineer 10 tho employ Of tho Company
who c5uld neither read nor write, ard no hsd
been ruuuiug an cneino fcr ftteca years. re
was m,rried psn sid bis wife was onco
school teacher, AID through her tfJr.s he vas
able to commit to memory tee rules es pTattd
90 The time cards, and he had them 60 thor
oughy 6XGd 10 lis mird that be could pciot
them OFT o. the card, bu! no wes just IS l!sbls
to do SO with tho csTa Bottom side up IS 10 coy
other shspo he wss good cue.acer. but We
ware obliged to let Lin 60. lbs went home
very much cdasrine3, bot went to work to learn
to both road aud Htitc. lilo spent whole Water
a! it, bat lie uaG too far a.ong in yesrs to be
successful, end Gnsli7 Esa obliged IN give ii up,
aod to day be is firing on the road
MALAR1A.-Thc Massachusetts State board
Of hssI:h is reported to be making On extensive
aud thorough Investigation Of the ciusis of the
malaria which appears to bav, inVsded New
attacked places where csso of fever and ague
and of remittert fever was never known before.
erd in some Instances scarcely 30 iohabltant hes
escaped The 7slleys of the Housatonic and
Connecticut hayo been Severely visited. At
Springfield. Mss, there have been thousands
OF cases. In c2s place. whero there were lSG
wolkmep. lS5 had agut, The o1use oltha cut
break has not yet been ascertaiasd.
PAYMENTS FOR LOST BONDS. -Judsa Law
rsncs frat comptroller Of the treasury has rem
dered decision, in which he shows that there
is no specific status regarding the payment of
lost bonds. The decisio, hclts that when O
government bond payable TO bearer has been
lost the government may, alter a sufficient
leDgth of lime. make payment thereof 90 the
clear proof Of the ownership aud upon The exc
cuticn of proper bond Of indemnify.
Sunday night Inst the barn belonging 70 Mr..
r. 0. Hudson, who lives between the Eldorado
aud Rixeyville roads. about three miles from
Culpeper G. H., Eas burned to the ground.
along with quantity Of ha7s harness. &c. Loss
$500; Insurance $500.