Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-08-10

.hor southwesterly winds, conlleo warm
Ho s Generally fair Tuesday.
,-cr RY TRAIN.-About half.past
ol,"iock this morning north bound pas
BIZ train of the Chesapeake and Ohio
ssu,sTsood whsn q short distance north of Four
han" nm strCck brick wagon, drawn By
nio s 'e snd in which white man named
t"U Srobolson end 8 colored man named
). no az were sitting. The latter was
ueU IuS INSTANTLY, and the former terribly
R!leu ai Both horees were killed outright.
maus teins literally cut in two, and che
one smashed The train was stopped and
Way Ticholson and the dead man placed on
M. MI and taken TO Washington, where the
Doa n'aS man shortly afterward died. Lees
IL ,r,s subsequently, tsken back to the
pooy 1.-The acc dent and an Inquest held.
sceu' .,;danoe exoneratt d the tsainmen from
luz lee,sSi,,tv It being shown that the team was
Sill il'o' ,,sck and the horses seemingly saw
gu sn I'D trsio coming and grew alarmed.
~ ue' ,sb.t could be learned the occupants
'JI waqon did not see the approaching
o., ,o and mad Just whipped up the horses
H' tbe locomotive struck them.
% Tns" Mace where the accident occur
Ia' - short distance north OF Four
lev r,o nm. near farm crossing, and being
orods heavy passenger trains are COM
W up,'o6 In run fsst before reaching that sec
~, NJ he road 10 order to prevent stall
~, ~ uban the ascent is reached. The en-
"joea, N he train this morning wss unable
3 ssa env distance ahead, and when he de-
".ro,o3 the III. fsted team on the track
oonia M. s:cp In time TO avert an accident.
IT, hoYsos killed : ad been kept at night on
~ -xsnn farm. and the team was on lite
o,to an adiacen. brick yard when struck.
~ roIsoo and Lee came here from Stafford
oauosv near Fredericksburg, short time
sso snd were engaged In hauling poles for
,bs Western Uulon Telegraph Company.
"a, tho Inst week or ten deys they had been
emnloyed 10 enc of the brick yards between
tbi, cite and Washington.
Ms Nicholson, the wife of the unfortunate
MN was tel, graphcd for as soon IS her husband
rssched Washington, and at once proceeded to that
city
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Ga Saturday even
Inc lanes Dudley, colored, pasterer, who
claims to be q member of the G. a. r., ex-
nol,Aciap. etc not satisfied with the blood
hes, suoerlnduoed by the torrid wave now
pf sling over this part of the country, raised
his "Qsuse" stiil further by INDUCING In
stimulating potops, after which he went
boms and made Ii rather uncomfortable for
Instantly. Ills better.haf, after having her
patience sorey tried, sent for policeman,
and ina short time Officer Jones
appeared at Dulley's house and
demanded the body of the delinquent.
The officer soon found the object OF his
search and took him In charge, but Dudley
was DESTROYS of arguing the legality OF The
procedure and demanded that warrant be
shown before be De taken. The officer pre-.
sen,sd his "6illy," and quietly remarked
thai rat was his warrant. which proving
satiefactory, Dudley was escorted to tie sta
ton house. Upon realizing that he
was 10 be held in dursnoe vile TIL
Monday morning, life seemed TO have lost
It's charms, and the prisoner began making prepa-
tions for scsp;ng any further OF its ills by max
ing his exit from this to the spirit world la
Judas Iscariot so dotling his shirt he improvised
a rope from the end of which he WAS soon dang
ling. Lieut.. Smith, however, opportunely put in
an appearance and intercepted the passage OF the
wouldbl suicide across the styxian Hood by cut
ting him down. This morning Dudley was fined
for disOrderly conduct and discharged
YESTERDAY, 1t is generally admitted
broke the record for heat this season, 1t be-
iDg about as comfortable hefesbouts "a In
Cay, aud by the tins people gathered in the
churches the beat was very oppressive,
forcing the peyspirstion from every pore Of
The BODY. Fans we're piled continuously
during he services which followed, and al
Ter most OF the wcrshippers had werded
heir wRy hcna under the tropical heat they
hsd but Little !pclinstiou 10 expose them
selves sgsia 90 ths solar rays. During the
bottest noEtioa Of the afternoon bat few peo-
ple were to 5a seep on the street. About
the whsrves a fer lunches OF men
we're gathered Ia tue shade of some
ir!en jv shed or wsrehou wniohing tie
exoat or boats which pes up and down
tbs river. These steamers ID is believed,
carried more passenger yesterday than on
any SeGday this sessoD, most of the boats
being .oeded GoRn to their guards. The
temperature after euudawn had fallen but
little, 20 cir circulating oslcu sted to afford
relief 10 swetering humanity. The sun set
red end fiery, indicative OF continued clear
snd bet weather. and the uuoomforts bleuess
experienced to-day shows the sign to have
been correct.
POLICE REPoRT.-Last night was clear
and warm, with two prisoner. hut ro
dodgers at the station house.
The following cases were disposed OF at
the Mayors Office this morning:
Jas Dudley. colored, for disorderly con.
duct; Sarah Henson, oolored, for diRogde
CONDUCT; Geo. Origg. colored, for bling
drunk on the street, and Frank Hayes, for
disorderly conduct, we're fined 81 each.
matketman. charged with disordesly
conduct, was dismissed.
Peter Hedgmsp, for being drunk on the
street., was ordered to leave the city.
john Thompson, eolored, for an assault
on Celia Johnson, also co!ored, was fined S..
George Payne and William Parker. COL
ored Tor fighting. wer, 6ued 81 so each.
Thos BRYANT, cocssd, for disorderly con-
duet was 6oed -
Geo Norton. q color, d boy. for stealing,
was dschare, after be'ag whipped ct the
requsss OF his mother.