Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-10-24

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nnyritement was caused near the jail
D g,, MA = quarter past 0 clock last night
soo ,r,o p;stol shots and by man falling.
.! ,-owd soon gathered when it was dis
= ,.srsd that the man was John Moody,
CIT .,rit;ye from Justice, who had been
N. .'by 4 colored man named Wallace,
sjy, K 4 constable in the county. The
wa, W.. made himself known and sum-
t lam, the bystanders to all him in
.ltinr Moody to jail. Some OF the
s.awi made an attempt to comply with
Il. request. but the majority OF the as
. ~ which was growing every
s,innfe into multitude, was averse
.aoidjpg colored man in conquest
orcr white person, and voices from
,ba crowd in the nature of interroga-
lions as to why some one didn't do
tho nero for shooting a white man, so
famed the constable that he deemt d
+ hest 10 leave the prisoner and get in o
Ms buggy and drive home. Later officers
E1rpuson and Sherwood took charge of
Moody and conducted him TO Dr.
0'Rrjfns office, but the doctor being
.irE did not carefully examine the
mans Injuries, it being apparent to
lin thai he was not much hurt, and
t6st he was endeavoring to excite the
commiseralion of the crowd which was
f,Ij0wng him. Moody was finally
,,Ecn 10 the station house, where
he was kept until to-day, when he was
urped over to the county authorities.
The facts in the case seem to be rs fol-
lows Moody is a Washington hack
driver and recently he carried lady
on q trip to Arlington. In going to or
returning from the latter place he
was charged with assaultiug his pas
senger and taking ring from her, for
which otltnse he was arrested and
taken before Justice Burch and SEN
fenced to fortydays in Jail. He was turn
ei over to white constable who was
10 bring MIN to the Jail in this city, but,
in police parlance, he "bucked" IN
fought the constable so savagely that
the latter found himself powerless TO
carry ont the mandate of the justice
The Justice then placed the commit
mcut in Wallace's hands, but, he,
too, found he had assumed hard
Job. Moody was 10th to so with 9 col
ored man, aud resisted arrest so furi-
Ously that he was finally struck on the
head by the policeman, after. which he
submitted and accompanied his cap
tor to this city. They arrived in front
Of the jail about nine o'clock last night.
Wallace knocked several times at the
door, but could get no response. AT |
his iuncture. and at moment when
he pOliceman's eyes were oil the prls-
yner, the latter made a sudden stoop
md ran around the corner to Princess
treet. Wallace ran after him and de-
handed that he halt Moody paid no
attention to the summons and Wallace
lrew his pistol and fired at him. The
prisoner kept going, when the consta-
Die fired a second shot and Moody fell.
When the crowd had gathered it was
exported that one ball had entered the
mans head and another his leg. This
morning Dir: Gulick examined Moody
II the station house and found an
.brasion of the skin about three inches
hove the left knee, which could have
,een caused by CHANGING pistol ball.
10 also found a wound on his head
which, however, had been caused by
he constable's stick and not by his PTS
.O. Captain Webster, after the add
Ournment of the police court this
made trip to the county and
notified the authorities that Moody
was in custody in this city. Sheriff
yeitch concluded to take the commit
ment and place the prisoner in Jail.
He arrived here about II o'clock and
placed Moody in the care of City Ser
.eant Smith. William Moody, father
of the prisoner, reached this city this
He was very excited and
under the influence of stimulants. He
emphatically asserted over and over
again that he would "kill the negro
who shot his son." and he went up
Cameron street with crowd of boys
in his wake. There never
was more apt Illustration OF the pro
verb, h, riHo rerjtds, than was exhibited
by the exasperated father, who, true
to human nature, seemed to think his
son was martyr, and one among a
few caught in the meshes of the law.
Turning TO Sheriff Neitch he said:
You know gambling is carried on at
Jackson City" The sheriff replied:
Il believe there is; l don't knorc it to be
|, fact The elder Moody eXcitedly eN-
"Well, l know it" Mr..
Veitch brought the colloquy to a close
by remarking, well, you were on the
grand jury the other day when gam
bling cases were before it. You then
said YOU did not knO,c gambling was
there" Moody formerly
lived in this city.
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