Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-24

rlpUfCn W6iS tDEhluk tuSik LOUHucp oho
ghan on Fairfax street between Gibbon aud
Erspkiia. their attention WAS attracted By
Sna srsDiclcue movements OF man stand.
irg reg, the corner Of Fairfax and Franklin
s-ree,s. Officer Price at once quickened his
.,aea ard me man, seeing that he was pur-
pa ra.e ID 10 run down Franklin street,
=, 5s,s soon overteken by Officer Price,
y efsed hiQ oyer TO Officer Arlington,
60 Us latter 70 hold the man Till he
Pee cou,d lcok around Mr.. W. P. Graves
3.oe md. see il a.! was right. Officer Price
80 vent To the front door OF Mr.. Graves
srora 20 see if it wss fastened, and on put
in, hl- hand on the latch the door opened
I'D nv he dim light of candle the officer
coz firee men standing behind the counter.
T,scfi er called to them to know what
lber gsr- doing, and having already drawn
bi. o,lol shot directly at the men. The
slol gas Immediately returned by one OF
,r4 ,cso. the ball passing over the officers
head and lodging in the jamb.
The officer seeing that he was standing
bsfgean me men and the electric light on
the ong!da and feeling that be was thus at
d. ssg "a ltage, backed from the store and
tmmsii4tey two OF the men rushed there
ira.a anti ran up Fairfax street. the officer
irlqp 6; tbc o az they ran and the msn se-
ro.aa:,ms O1i,e Arlington had cone up to
80 store With Ills prisoner and the latter
.skiug edv&utage Of the confusion broke
fre,n The officer and ran aud In turn was
ami at esysrai times. The continue fripg
soon attracted Dumher of nen TO the scene
and ijghj- aging heen obtained and some
OF the me.l having arnsd themselves with
sho.ennp. pistois, &c, q eeagch,Dg party was
soon TO ;noS sn1 with she ffce;s and Mr..
Graves 81 ne head, the store wss entered
and an examination of the premises begun.
GA tee hocr, bahind tue oouatsr, WAS found
a siacaa banner, o brace and biz end
chic wish which the front door OF the store
had be an forced open sud partial attempt
made 10 open Small Iron safe, the knob of
the latter having heen knocked eff and
hole partially bored above the lock. Ii was
entity intended to blow the cafe open with
exDlosipes The search was continued and
in the Il ird-siory was found one OF the men
wing on the floor and partially concealed
Sahjnd some boxes, SO. The man refused
to say how many acoompiloes we're Win
him or II any OF them were still In the store.
Ne was brought down stairs Ia o much
frightened condition and after being gsZed
mon by much interested crowd he was
escn,ted to the a.iou hcpsa and locked up.
Here the man gave his name as John Clark,
NJ Stauutop, but subst opently said he came
from Richmond He Is 81 years old, dark
and his body almost entirely tsttooed. He
asi6 that there we're onlg two men With him
and that he did not know them, having only
met them that night Ia the depot yard.
Later he said be came here from Orange
with he men.
Further search of The store discovered that
an attempt had 6rst been made to gain en-
entrance therein by cutting hole In the
basement door 90 Franklin street. Not be-
ing successful In the attempt, the front door
was then attacked, the staple which held
the paddock uas broken and the other lock
rrled optn. Ons OF the men had then eta
fioned himself at Che corner TO keep look.
out while the others we're at work on the
safe when the officers appeared on the scene
and frustrated their designs.
The firing C! the pistols st such an un-
seemIy hour ard the blowing OF the police
men's whlstles, caused much excitement In
that usually quiet neighborhood and coon
large crowd gathered In and about Mr..
Graves store. Here some very emueing
scenes occurred during The recital OF the
narrative Of the burglary by those who fret
reached The spot and it was surprising to see
the humble end variety of firearms that were
90 speeGiIy produced. When the burglar WIS
bronoh, down stairs and exhibited to the
wondering crowd msny declared that they
had az eu the mao bsfore, but none could
tell q nen or where. The crowd did not
disperse for oyer an hoDr after the alarm
was first given. The bravery of Officer
Price Is generally commended. as was also
that cf Officer Arlington In so promptly
ccmiog 10 his assistance. The escape CT
the n5n who Was first Ca ared was the re-
~. - Ipnn the ahnnt-
ing, and the desire of G,1 Arlington to 90
to tn assistance of hs pain whom he
believed wss Seipg killed.
Two detectives from Washington came
here lc-das and said ;bey believed they had
seen he pr,sorer in that city with 80 me
tougjs. They think he is one Of the sang
of burglars who have beep operating In the
surrounding country for sometime.
This morning further search OF the
store an5 premises vas made sud moro bur-
glars iaols and fuse we're found.
At three O'Clock this evening the pri aoner
was Brought before Msvor Strsuse, who held
q preliminary exemins ion. The only wit.
nesses examined were the two officers and
Mr.. Graves, whose testimony 10 substance
was e. given allows The prisoner was
committed to jail on the charge Of burglary,
g., to await tne action Of the grand jury.
a large crowd was present At the exsmina-
ton.
Afer rendering his decision the Mayor took
OCCASION 10 pub icly commend officer Price for
bravery shoS n i'll making The arrest
10 reporter offs GAZeTTE Clarke said thst
Stanton was hil homo but that he had been away
from thero for several years. BE persisted n say
ing that thsre we're only throe men implicated in
the sn.ir and that he never ssw the other men
till he met them last night.
PERaoNAL-Mr L. III. Blackford, of the
Episcouai High School, pear this CITY, will
sail fto,a New York in tho steamer Umbris
to morrow morning for FIVE weeks absence
10 Europe While Do IL sway the Associate
Principal, DIR. c. l.. c. Minor, WI remain
at the school and represent him.
Capt. G.. A, Mushbach has renamed from
Staunton, whsre he went to attend meet
ing OF the directors of the Allegheny Mining
aud Development Company, at which meet
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