Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-25

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a., lGuu.h Services at II a. m. and : u.
>, ~ Rev. H. Suttr.
x rm'S thUrch.-Scrvicc ut II Il. m.
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..re Ctnrrb.-Scrvice at II a. m. with
,nmupion TO children and $50 D. m. by
r,y H. T. sharp.
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u..- and sermon at Il. IN. by Rev.
Father Quinn. EcSpcrs at i p. IN.
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>soI Presbyterian Church. Services at
n, =. m. and 7%op. NJ. by Rev. VIM. Dnwid-
E,,,if Gurrh Service at II a. IN. and
80 Il. m. by Rev. Mr.. Hippo.
Tr;u'g N4h. Epis. Chmrch Services al
II y. III. and $50 p. IN. by Rev. John Ed
wards.
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TIA III. and $50 =. m. by Rev. Mr.. Smith.
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anil ut $50 p. m. by Rev. Mr. Smith.
lr, UthodiM. Preaching at | | IL. m. and
20 y. m by Rev. J. n. Logan
,;,rmra lutheran Church. Service al II
N in German by Rev. J. \. Schwoy.
Yer4glER% thri$iion .i&x0ciuti ion. Pray
r. meeting at the Jail ut y. III. Aims
House at sop III. Triuity NJ. +. Church
n $3.50 j. III.
BecoE'S TRIAL.--The question OF juris-
ir,ion in the case Of the colored boy Biscoe,
now in I.conardtown, Md, Jail, charged
with the murder Of Capt. Dixon, is causing
some uneaSjncss. The grand jury is inves-
,ira,iug The matter, but at last accounts
lad not reached ii conclusion. Capt. Geo
phr,an, OF the steamer Sue, has been before
the jury with charts and maps, and pointed
ont on them whore the homicide was com
ui,,ri i: the statements of Bscoe are to be
asrn. According to these statements the
homicide was committed in The Potomac
r.yrr about Ii mile from the Virginia shore,
wdlic the sloop was being steered towards
pney Point lighthouse. This gives Mary.
land Jurisdiction. Col. Robert NJ. Mayo, a
Virginia lawyer, residing in Westmorelnnd
r)uuty, in whose waters some claim the
murder WAS committed, says the statements
OF BscOe must be received. Captain John
Murphy Commonwealth attorney in
We-tmoreland county, has written TO the
s. Mary county authorities that he will
send witnesses to Leonardtown 10 prove
that the homicide was committed in Eir-
GINA. During the delay in deciding the
question OF jurisdiction there has been some
excitement in Leonardtown about the fate Of
the prisoner Forty Of the LeonarftoWn
militia company are guardin" the Jail day
and night. Last Sunday two boats filled
with Nlrgnians went up to Leonardown
They visited the Jail and became much ex.
cited They told the guards they wanted
b-Coe hung and that if the jury failed to
convict him they would like 10 hang the
jury. There was some talk then OF lynch
~ Bi-Coa, hut nothing conld be done with
the guard on duty. Relatives of the muir
degtd man were among the FirginiaEs 1t
Is stated on good authority that should Bis
coc he sent to Virginia for trial he will lie
Iynchcd immediately on reaching Virginia
soil. The prisoner appears nervous and I'M.
easy. He has asked the sheriff TO give him
company in his cell. A letter to the Balti-
more Sun from Leonardtown says "Biscoe
evidently knows nothing Of the whereabouts
oiyoung Bell, who disappeared some time
IN May last. and who, it was thought, was
Killed by Biscoe. A young man named
Bland was on the vessel Empire with Bell
when he left her in Washington, telling
Bland he was going to see Captain Gordon,
the owner, and return the Same evening,
which i the last he saw of him. Other cir
clmstances indicate, however, that Bell ia
sill living