Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-03-26
FealIna lhe nesd Of a nrootraced effort 10

Feeling the nesd OF q proetrRced effort Ia
Kingston, Somerset county, Nd, they ask.
sd him and he consented to 60. BE repre-
sertsd hinseif es q siogle man sbd under
that guise he became eutangied with q
ynung girl living here, ard under promise
CT marriage accomplished her ruin. She Ia
now In critical condition. and this man
cannot make amends for what he has done,
because he has grand, good wife living,
who does not doubt he Ia sill he processes
| to be.
His work did not stop here. There Ia q
woman In Crisfeid whose husband Ia par.
| TALLY insane, who became Infatuated with
| him, end he accomplished her destruction.
| He then came to Baltimore and By his fine
manners and talk and ministerial garb &C.
complished my ruin."
Mr.. Della was seen by q reporter of tae
GAZETTE to day and on being asked about
the mater handed the reporter the follow
| ing prepared ststsmen.:
| "a II sat ments and allusions made against tn Q
eyarg eIlsf, other than what he acknowled ged in
the Bstin ore Gazette, are only false reports iust
| tuted for the purpose of vindcating the girls
cause and making it look darker on the part of
| the young man. The letter which was received
| by the EDITOR Of the Baltimore Gazette was one
| written by or through the Kingston girl, and not
| second person, as it was intended to cause the
Iublic to bslieve. The wife and sister Of the
evangelist called to see Miss Henderson in Balt.
more, and when they told her they had heard
| from Mr.. Dslla, and knew the truth, which was
| read 10 hers he conf.s sed to them that the
evangelist not to blame at all, but she was the
cause ofall the trouble; that she did go in the
room where he was. She has in her possession
| letters which she received from Baptist evan
gelist who had been IN that part OF the country
| just previous to the coming of Della, which she
showed to Dells, and whichhe ssys.sre of char
acttr to ndcate thst she quite favorite of his
MIR. Della says that altar the first night that she
| came into his room, which was M nisy night,
| she came In again two successive nights snd Was
ordered for Gods sake to go away and not tempt
him any more, when she replied that ehe could
| not live away from him and if he did net grant
| her r,qnest she would give alarm and say that he
had attempted liberties With her,
When asked what inGnctd him to write
the letter ha replied that 30 many charges
| had been made against him that be thought
he would write statement and publish It,.
! he also said that no one had been here
locking fur him to shoot him aud that when
he beard Of sUoh runor he went to Bslti.
moro to look for the girls brother.in-lsw.
"to face him about tae charges brought
against him." DALAI. MIR. Della was born
IN this c y end lived here TILL four or five
years ago when he went to Maryland. He
gay bis wife ia living In Baltimore. Whtn
asked about his future plans he said he had
not made any yet. he suppoaeG, however,
the charges agansthim would interfere with
bis evaDgeIiotic work 10 the neighborhocd
| fer the present; hs vas doing well In Nor
| folk when tae reports reached that city and
| then he came here, He sa9s the report
shat he Is to be tried In Trinity Church, this
CT ;. on Tuesday ia not true.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHrAs.- @ hts pleasant
aud Interesting session OF Oisntal Lodge,
K. OF P, was held laat night, the attendance
being unusually large, many vieitors being
present. Mr. James Milf ten, the D d. g.
O, installed Mr. w. Il Bdrnham % Outer
Guard for the term. MsEsrs. q. q. Harper,
e. a. Cramp, and George Kaufman, the
committee fer drafting new set # by Laws,
presented the same. which we're considered
and adopted. Mr.. Edgar F. Thompson, the
temporary president of the proposed "P,.
THAN Building As,octa'ion." reported that
slch association would be comps, ID OF six.
| team representatives, four from each OF the
three lodges OF the city and from RsthboDe
Division No s. and that q permanent organs
| ~ ton Of the association would be effected
ia 6 few weeks. The objeit OF the sssoti la
ton is TO erect an imposing PSthian temple
that will be credit to The city as we'll 30 to
the order. This movement Wss the cor cep.
ton OF Raihbone Division No. s, Mechauios'
Building Association Ne. |, originally started
from Mechanics Lodge No. 3, <. of P OF
| this city. Rsthbone Division, U. r. E. Of
P, under command ct their popules Dir
Height Captain Geo. Fl King, will visit the
Drum Corps Fair in fatigue uniform on
Monday night, std, II circumstances permit,
Hill give an exhibition company drill.
DEATH OF L FAMILIAR CHARACTER.-
James 8urey, oolored individual, familiar
10 all AlexsDd,ians daring the EAST for y
years, died at the aims house day Or two
ego, eyed % years. Burey Yves more gem
orally known as ''Bowlegged Jim," and he
peVer appeared on the street without st
tracing the attention OF the pasaersby In
GOES uence OF bis curious physique, biz
pedal extrem' ties Icing more than twelve
or thirteen inches lopg and bowed. while
the t-opk Of his body was developed enough
t have entered into the makeup of o SIX
footer. Though bis ieaa were SO short, he
had full uss OF them, could dance jig, and
always walked hrl.kly, seemingly intent
only on mnding his own bnsiuess. Nest
dwarfs and deformed psople soon rnsnlfevt 3
spirit OF sei-su fficieDcy, bat 80 far ss known
thls wss not apparent In jim. Re was o
shoemaker By trade. and lived up to the
proVerb, ne Sutor ultra orepidan. never mix
log In politics or any other matters for which
he was unified. and throughout hls life he
erjoyed The respect OF every one. Several
wears since Jln connected himself with 8
oircns and for !ims appeared IL tae
muEeam depart mebt OF the chow but he
soon tired OF that and returned 10 his home
in this city. His funeral took pace yester
day from the undertaking establishment Of
Mr.. B. Wheatey.
FAIR.-The Third Regiment Drum Co pa
fair, now In progress at Armory Hall, wGs
attended last night by the largest crowd OF
tie week. Following 10 the vote on the va.
rious srticles to be bslloted for
Lsdies' Watch: Miss Genie Sullivan 162.
Miss Berthe Padgett 7. Niles Katie Beach III.
God headed Umbrella s. Welker 2. a.
Suiven !, A. Arnold u
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