Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-13
ALEXANDRIA.
A TRAMP CUTS A MERCHANT.


Mayor Strauss this morning examined the
case of John Conlow, tramp, charged with
assault with intens 10 kill Mr.. Henry Baader
near tine Washington and Alexandria depot last
night between and 10 o'clock. As Mr. Bladder
was asleep and it was deemed improper to
bring him to the mayors court the hearing was
a short one and Conlow was committed to Jail
for the grand jury. A STAR reporter inter
viewed Conlow before the trial this morning in
his cell at the station house and Conlow said
that he came from North Carolina, but that
his family lived Clay street, Rich
mond. He declined to give the num-
Der of his house. as he said he did
not wish his friends to know of his arrest He
did not he said. remember much about the
case las. night and inquired Of the reporter
with apparent guielessness: Ills the man cutl'
He represented that he had asked Mr.. Bladder
for money and tina: Bladder had insulted and
struck him and that they then clinched while
he had a Barlow knife open IN his hand, and
the knife, without any effort on his part, might
have cut Bladder, but did not know whether it
did or not.
The facts, shown at the trial, were
tina. he asked charity of Bladder, who
was waiting to take the late train for
Washington. and Bladder gave him a
small sum. at which he nsulted Bladder and
drawing pocket knife. slashed him across the
side Of the face. cutting his ear and opening a
great cash in his jaw. The man ran of up the
railroad while Mr.. Bladder conveyed to his
nome. As soon information reached the
police telephone message was sent TO WASH
ington to keep watch at the Long bridge, and
Lieut. Smith started to Washington in q
buggy. Conlow was arrested at the bridge by
two Washington officers, and brought
back by Lieut.. Smith, reaching here about
O'Clock this morning. Mr.. Bladder received
medical attention ct his home on King street
and the doctors anticipate nothing serious from
his wound unless erisypelas should set in. Mr.
Bladder is probably the quietest man in Alex
andria- He has been attending to his own
business and letting other peoples business
alone for twenty years here, has accumulated
self fine dwelling on King street between Lee
and Fairfax streets, a block two above the
Alexandria and Washington ferry.
PROVISIONS FOR THE POOR.
The contract for city supplies TO the destitute
poor outside the poor house have been awarded
by the city committee on streets to J. NJ
Adams, frs. ward; J. I. Downey, second ward;
j. I. Patterson. third ward, and NJ. Downey.
fourth ward. The rates offered were very low
extra -four at IL and ~ cents per pound, good
roasted coffee at II and IL cents per pound,
extra c sugar s and 81 cents per pound, bacon
and cents per pound, fish and cents per
dozen, pine wood BIO per cord. Orders for
these articles are given TO the suffering poor,
not by the police, as in Washington, but by an
poor. who receives a small salary-sl50 per
annum- Last year S1S3 of groceries was given
in the first ward, $17S.30 IN the second ward,
S272 in the third ward and s279 in the fourth
ward; S54S was spent for wood distributed.
NOTES.
Thieves on Wednesday night broke into the
Alexandria Fertilizer Company's office and
also into Smiths coal Office on Princess near
Lee streets, and stole few article of little
value
Mr.. F. A. Reed Of this city has been elected
grand r. A. captain Of the Grand Chapter of
Royal Arch Masons in Virginia
Shortly before n funeral yesterday hand
some new hearse belonging to Undertaken
Wheatley was run into by horse and wagon
and so damaged that another hearse had 10 be
substituted for it at the funeral
Winston johnson has bought for e8oo from
G. @. Nauch six acres Of low land in Alexau-
drla county between the Washington and Ohio
railroad tracks on Four-Nils run.