Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-12

For Tuesday slightly warmer generally fair
weather is indicated for this section.
STILL MYsTERY.-Coroner Birch, of this
county has iu his possession q part OF letter
found near the spot where man was found
dead neur the Aqueduct bridge, on the 4th
inst, The man. who had committed suicide
l,y st1,o,ing himself in The head, could not
he identified Ga the paper found Coroner
Birch nade..out the wold Baltimore" and
IN, names 'I!everone" and Mrs. Snow" A
part of al envelope was found postmarked
'Washingto1, d. g., June &c, a In" On it
can be deciphered the words Il h street."
A yellow strip OF paper, inscribed 81. L..
l.rvc,onr, Arnold's, Md }" was elso found.
The body is sill on Birch's farm. In men.
lioning the affair the Alexandria coireapon-
dent Of the Baltimore SIN says:
alexandria county has had several cases
in which visitors to Washington ended their
lives by violence among its hills and no clue
to name or home was ever obtained. Ihe
most notable of these cases occurred on the
18th Of March, 1855. Ga that day Il coroner's
iuauest was held upon an unknown white
man found on the canal bank near Airing
ton Springs. The throat was cut from ear
to car. Nothing was found upon the per-
son of the deceased to show his name or res
lcnce. He WAS man apparently about
50 or 40 years Of age, light complexion,
brown har, un,i had OH drab sack and
dark pautaloons Thrust into the bosom Of
his coat WAS large knife stained with
blood. Ii he was murdered, rs it was sup.
posed he was, the deed was probably conf
J mitted with his knife, which was placed
II where it was fuuad by the murderer. The
body was carried to the jail-yard in A!exan-
dria, aud while there was seen by Mrs. Jas.
Atkinson, who tainted at the sight, and de-
clared it TO be the body Of her uncle, Mr.
Hoyle, Of Nottingham, Md. A messenger
was sent post.haste to Nottingham, and
he found MIR. Hoyle eating his dinner. An
ambrotype of the body was taken, and the
remains inferred. Four years afterwards,
the attorneys of a Mr.. Steele, of Pennsyl-
vana, who had been missing at Pierce's IN
auguration, came and examined the CLOTH
ing and picture, and decided that the muir.
dered man was Mr.. Steele. On this evidence
Steees estate was about to be apportloned
among hil heirs, when Steele came back.
fer long tour among the fur countries OF
the Northwest. No clue has ever been
found to the nune or residence Of the dead
man, and his clothing was burned at The
mark ct house fire in Alexandria"
CORPORATION COURT-Judge ~ Is. Meddc
prcsidiaq.-E Eliza j. Heiskell was appointed
administrative of Jas Wilson, deceased.
Com. vs.. JAS T.. Clements, for criminal
libel, mol pros entered for commonwealth.
The grand jury, with Mr.. b. Wheatley
as foreman, returned tho following:
Com. vs. Ella Thompson, indictment Tor
iulanticide, true bill.
Com. VS.. David Tennesson, Indictment
for fcloneously shooting Barney Richards,
not true bill.
The grand jury also submitted present
ment against George H. Smith for keeping
policy shop. and was thereupon adl'urne"
till TO- morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The case of w. F. Graham for assault was
set for trial on Thursday, and those of Ed.
Girtz for robbery, and Ella Thompson for
infnnticida, for Wednesday next.
4 Mr.. j. N. Johnson, on behalf of the eX-
ecutors of the late John Lannon moved the
court to admit The will Of the deceased to
probate, which motion was resisted ny
Messrs. G. A. Mushbach and F. l.. Smith
for Mr.. Thos I.annon, the curator, on the
ground that the order requiring all parties
n interested in the will to appear at this term
50 Of court had not been executed, the sum
I mons not having been Issued. The case was
|sS continued Till the first day Of the Septcm-
al Der term, and Thos. Lannon, the curator
81 was required to give an additional bond OF
s5 900.
~ The will of jeremiah Robinson, colored,
N was admitted to probate.
d Court adjourned till to morrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
POLICE REPORT. Last night was cloudy
OBJ 81 y,hn