Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-02-22
7-o-n,v rvEN1Se, FEBRUARY %.
local NEWS.

,so,. paILI1Ps.-A reporter of Tia
!bi .rI n,,1 oeslerday saw Jefferson Phil ps,
dA1" :, INV in Jail under sentence 10 :e
VII no =, W.roh 25 next for the nasdsr OF
Ihues & smith. Ia this city. on the n'gns
Wis % od last. When ssen Philips was N
o 'a,5 oar his cell. Ia this room he spends
a. = IT, Sscs INT g: night Ia confined In car
1'.' NC room Vas litsle pigeon, left nin' %
Ssi.o5a,gsd prisoner, end the Waiis we're
uis.- 9th rouga drawlDgs. In ieac psn,
o CO. 81 ahIog. rug boatseto. PhiilpS appeared
cD, ,1a,lIc cneeriul. locked IL fair heaitn
"sanCA his cheeks are nos 81 ruaoy IS e1eS
ms onr 70 en- iuquiry as 10 how Dc was
WEI ..I1a m said 10 Ras eOf5rlDg eseas aeel
g5 i.b rt5.snma.!su1 aud pain 10 HE SIDE ana
W. W. aIso had bid cough. S5veral DOE
tnH- ,sifrif5 .9eia II his room. Wnen
tie2 e.. a szSa osrn5 TO zee hin, be said DooocS
On ~. oypn p.opo, his lawyers. OCCASION
Du Is o. ia tgo uiaiaters (ReVs. Catsor ana
s n1cA I Of the Methodist churches) 10
.f,nni,o how he spent bis time, ne sale,
VIC -, - ~ tbs walls, tlas ne drew boats,
po,l go The ;neals, bat did uot 60 much. IL
Aua 80 IN remark by tle reporter that Il
iep.y f,r,nuate ne hsd not learned 10 READ
ION S9 ba was young, ne said yes that is one
mHo -, rrsay nisforiunes." When asked
- % - rms cling done towards securing him
VIZ Nv trial he said be supposed h!s lawyers
I'D sfsepd 10 all that and that If such
W. ~ acas yefnssd him, then his friends Tcu
t ~, n he Goyarnor Ia his behalf. he
npf'b is IsYysrs bad given him every assuI-
s..,o ,bet he would get new trial. and that
- h,lisvsd ms teutenca OF the court would
-. ha carried ou,. He also said that be did
bH' - bo1 II5lIpl tha
oen;t that had tried him, that ne felt that ne
woud get q lorg tine whea en- Alexandra
;orv Was secured, but lhas hs hai no ioea
tbat such d verdict Wou'd De ie1dsTed.
When asked if ne had considered eefcre ne
abot Mr. Smith ali the trouble 'hat would
f7lIow. he said 20. be never hao.
Phillips certainly does not 500 IKE
ma, who believes he Is to bang Witain
month roy does he seem TO rehi:2' n!a un-
nertsln tenor Of lifs. When reminded by
tSs reporter OF the uncertainty Of t,s lsns
on5 ~ executive olemeDoy and tlat rs
sbouid be preparing himself fot tle Tofee
oven II he hsd hopes OF a nsw trial 90 sim.
niv es!d, "yes sir," and IL 'sss eppsiet that
he did not think "the Roree" would befel
Him When asked whst the miris.ers did
y,be7 tnsg cane TO see him. Philips said
tbsg liked 10 him and prayed but bad net
,ea6 10 pim yet. Ee said biz friends lad
bsor klnd 10 him and had raised encUga
nancy &c psy the expenses OF taking his
c.ss f. ihe Court OF Appeals. Before the
repor,sr lefi tho room t1s city sergeant 80.
Ter, d aud dufisg ccnversst or about aef n
and DE, the Fsrquier mutderers who for
some lire ve.a corfued 10 jail With Pailps,
Inc latter joined IN ana laughed and talksc
apparently at perfect ease.
l; ia understood that Msssrs. Burke arc
Breat, Pail ips' altcrneys. will finish their
yrepsrl ton OF the papers Ia the case In
iew days when oue CT them will go to Rioh-
moad sud apply TO ope Of the Judges OF the
Court Of Appeals for viii Of esror and 81.
persedeEs.