Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-16
Alexanlria Oazette.
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THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 16, 1882
LOCAL MATTERS.

WEATHER PROBABILITIES, Nov. Is. 1882.
For the Middle Atlantic States fair weat her varia
bic winds generally shifting to southcastcrly
stationary or higher temperature, rising followed
rs falling barometer.
RUN OVER AND KILLED-About eleven
o'clock last night as freight train was
moving along Union street, between King
and Cameron, the hands employed thereon
became aware of the fact that some one had
been run over, and upon stopping the train.
it was found that their surmises were cor
rect, for they discovered on the track the
dead body of man horribly manglcd
When picked up the remains had more the
appearance of a bundle Of twisted CORY rags
than anything that had ever resrmhlcd IL
human being Blood and fragments of flesh
had been scat cred 70 several feet around
and TO add 10 the horror OF the sad affair it
was impossible to identify the late untortu-
nate man. The mangled and detached re-
mains were gathered together and convey
cd TO the undertakcl'5 establishment of Mr.
l.. Nhcatlcy, and this morning were view
cd by many persons The back portion of
The head and shoulders were crushed into
Jelly. an arm and leg twisted off and the
viscera mashed into a sickeninS mass. In
the pockets were found silver watch which
had stopped 1T five minutes to nine o'clock,
Il tWo-;'"!ar bill and eighty Cents in change,
and &n uls:tr knife but nothing to in
dictate The i:alic Of the deceased 1t
is SUPPRESSED HAT h WAS an oyster shuckcr
from Bultimvrr vino had been seen several
times or t:iu streets Yesterday in an intOXi-
Gated condition. and it is thought that while
under the im!!n2nce Of liquor he attempted
10 climb over or under the cars which were
lI,,,, ont hn str en-
able 10 get up and was run over when the
cars were moved. 1t was rumorcd last night
that there had been foul play in the matter,
but there is nothing to justify it, This
morning the Coroner, DR.. Il. c. Powell, held
all inquest nj Mr. Wheatlcy's undertaking
establishment, with }. w. Nails as foreman,
and a verdict Of Academia! death, in ac-
cOrdancc with the above statements, was
rendered. The jury was unable to elicit
anything definite that would lead to the
Identification Of the man or of his name.
The description given of the unfortunate is
us follows: a German about 80 years old,
and weighing about 1865 pounds dressed in
n dark check cashmere suit; one striped
brown and white cotton shirt; one blue
chcckercd bingham shirt; low quartered
shoes; coarse grey cotton socks: black felt
SLOUGH hat, Of fine quality: and having an
old silver watch with gold plated chain.
Ills remains, after being as well arranged
rs possible, were placed in cofu AMI lii 5
evening buried from Mr.. Wh ALLEYS cs-
Enlistment.
RoBBERIEs.- bold and impudcnt thief
or thieves are at work in the city and during
the past two nights several robbcries have
been committed by them. Yesterday morn
ing, about four o'clock, Mrs. James Roach
nj her residence on Payne, between King and
Cameron SIS, was startled from her s'eepby
hearing some one in the lower part Of her
house, and upon getting up and going down
stairs she saw coorcd man in his stocking
feet coming up. She screamed with fright
when the theft ran down the steps and out
OF the house. Miss Alberta Sission. teacher
Of one of the Public School. Mrs Roachs SIS
ter, the only other inmate of the house then
came down, when it was discovered the THE
or theievs had carried otfa lot of silver ware
after they had eaten sumptuously Of the pre-
serves, &C., which they found in the dining
room. The value of the articles stolen is es-
tlmated at 500 and as yet their is no clue
to the robbery. Miss Sission's watch was
in the room with the stolen articles. but it
escaped the attention of the theft. The
thieves tried unsuccessfully to force an
entrance into the house of Mr.. J. W. Savage.
next door,
Last night the residence of Mr.. Emanuel
Francis on st. Asaph street, was also en-
tered and robbed, though the articles stolen
were not of much value. The robbers made
Il fire in the stove, burned several bundles
papers belonging to Mr.. f., none Of which,
however, were valuable cooked some cod
fish that they found in the kitchen and with
some oysters that were also in the house
had quite good supper. After thus max.
ing themselves as much at home as possible,
they converted the room into what Ncbu-
chadnezzar threatened to do with the
habitations Of "thc magicians, the. astrolo-
gers, the SCORERS and the Chaldeans." They
were evidently frightened off. for this morn
ing several articles, including Mr. rs boots
were found scattered around the house and
yard.
An effort was made last night to enter the
residence Of Mr.. f. j. Evans on the corner
OF Wolfe and st. Asaph streets, and it is
supposed that the same parties who made
the attempt, were the ones who robbed Mr.
Francis
This morning between two and three
o'clock Officers Grady and Tomln, who
were on the look out, saw a colorcd man
trying to effect an entrance to Mr.. Under
woods house, on St. Asaph street, between.
king and Cameron, by pricing open the
binds. The man saw that he was watched and
Immediately ran off and was pursued by
the officers. who chased him to the low
ground at the end of Fairfax street and
shot at him, but he made his escape in the
darkness and has not yet been found.
Several other attempts at house breaking
have been reported during the past two
nights and most of the citizens have gotten
out their guns, and if the robbers are caught
IN the act, warm reception will be
rendered them.
CORPORATION CoURT.-Judgs y. &. Meade
presiding. Isaac Eichberg ct al. vs.. II. S.
Barker ct al. chancery report of 4. Stuart,
commissioner Of sale, filed and decree for
distribution.
Evcline Hopper VS.. w. 4. Duncan ct al:
chancery; decree directing S. F. Beach
trustee, to execute deed of release and
decree filed
Taylor, trustee We Hawking ct al chan.