Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-06

%N CUT By COMPA NION.-Early yesterday
'safernoon some boys were engaged in the
%diyersion of shooting marbles at a cent in
q the alley running through the block bound.
q ed by King, Lee, Prince and Fairfax streets,
n when dispute occurred between two of
the youths-Robert Pitts and Thomas Wiki
D erson-the latter saying his marble struck
u the coin, which assertion the former contro-
h verified and seized the cent. Wilkerson's
& persistence finally exasperated Pitts so
q much, that be drew clasp knife and ran at
s the boy, exclaiming "I'll keep this cent or
8 cut your throat" Tor a threat of like import) J,
and suiting the action to his words made
Il lunge at his companions neck. The knife
struck the boys throat obliquely, and though
inticting severe cash, it was fortunately
not deep enough to prove serious. He also
4 received another cut on the shoulder. Wiki
erson, upon realizing that he had been cut
ran to his home, on Union street, with his
I neck and bosom covered with blood, and
y rushing into the presence of his relatives,
nearly threw them into paroXysms through
@frlght. The boy was taken to Doctor Jones,
Nwho, upon examining the cut, said it was
mot dangerous in it's nature. Pitts fled from
S8fhe scene of the cutting, and upon the case
@beng reported to police headquarters Wig
sorou5 search was made by the officers for
4 the fugitive and it was late at night before
he wat captured When found he was con-
cealed in a cupboard ut the house ofhis un.
Gle, on north Columbus street. When the
police came to the house thoy were denied
admission and were compelled to force an
entrance through window. Upon enter.
&ing, the father of the object of their search
was found in one Of the rooms, and
audging his scion was somewhere around,
h., hn2 koko
abe youngster was found in cupboard.
sE22To. day the juvenile offender was brought
&before tho Mayor, who fined him fifteen
dollars. Young Pitts has for some time
manifested fractions spirit, having on one
occasion shot companion named Donnelly
with pistol. The ball, it will be remem-
bered, did not penetrate the latter's skull,
but was mashed flat against his forehead
DELAYED ENcURsIoNIsTs.- steamer
Arrowsmith left her wharf at this city at
about $50 O'Clock yesterday morning with
about five hundred excursionists on board
for Colonial Beach. Nothing occurred to
mar the pleasure of the trip until the steam
or was returning, when just off Matthias
Point the shaft. which had been occasioning
1.-THE officers of the boat some anxiety all day,
began 10 crack aud gave every Indication
SShdl ere lOnS IL Wou'u ne converted into Two
pieces. The woodwork upon which it rest
ed also began To give way. which caused q
portion of one Of the paddle boxes to bulge
inward. The steamer was headed for Ma.
thias' Point, where she was secured to the
wharf, and the announcement made to the
passengers that it would be impossible to
proceed further. This was about six
O'Clock and considerable anxiety and
grumhlins s,on became manifest among the
excursonists. there being no mode of com
muuication vi tbs city or Washington,
and all that could be done was to await the
arrival of one of the regular steamers to-
day, by which aid could be summoned. At
this juncture, however, number of persons
from Washington who had been down the
river on a tusb, n passed, and observing the
plight of the steamer ran alongside to see
wha. ai,i could be rendered. The captain
and the purser Of the vessel Immediately
awaited themselves of this opportunity and
boarding. he ting were landed at Quantico,
from which place dispatch va, sent to
This city for aid, whereupon the ferry boat !