Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-17
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
A Chinaman Uses a Rawhide on Young
Boy.
Need Of n Patrol Wagon to Carry
Prisoners to the Station
Other Notes.

There was a good deal of excitement
in the neighborhood of George Lees
Chinese laundry about 8 o'clock last night.
caused by one Of the Cinnamon engaged
there catching the little son of Mr.. George
Ayres and giving him cowhidirg Sc
verely. 1t appears that a number of boys
had been worrying the laundrymen until
they were very much exasperated, but be-
fore he could catch them they had run
away. He caught young Ayres, who was
not, however, i'm the crowd, and admin
istered a dose of riwhide, AS above stated.
Mr.. Ayres swore out a warrant against
the Chnaman, but when the policeman
went after him he found that Lee had
departed. Later OFFICER Belts found him
in a branch laundry up town and took him
to the station house. followed by large
crowd of boys. This, together with an
other arrest, made later. Is but another
example of the disadvantage of not hav-
ing a patrol wagon in which to carry pris-
oners to the station house. While Officer
Furgusson was walking his beat he found
a man named Billy Brown lying on the
pavement at the corner of Cameron and
Washington streets SO drunk that he could
not walk, and when he was arrested the
officer had to send for a cab to get the
man to the station house, inasmuch as II
carry the man in the condition he was
found. The matter of a patrol wagon has
been several times suggested to the city
authorities, but they have never taken
any action in the ma liter.
When the new addition to the station
house was arranged there was a place fixed
for the wagon, but that Is as far as il has
ever gotten. The expense Of the wagon
would be comparatively small, and 1t could
easily be arranged that the horse could be
used also for a sprinkler for the streets
during the summer months. While II is
true there are not many arrests made
when the wagon is wanted II is wanted
badly.
Carrie Travers and Ollie Anderson, the
two women who engaged in a fisticuff ct
the loo al depot on Thursday night, as men,
toned in The Star, were fined S. each 10y
the mayor.
Drs. Jones. O'Brien and Purvis on yes
terday amputated the foot Of little Charlie
Quailes, who was run over by an electric
car on Thursday night
The regular weekly meeting of the Pea
body Literary Society was held last night
Several interesting subjects were discussed.
L A charter has been granted TO the George
r. Hill & Co. cracker. cake and candy
factory of this city, with capital stock OF
100000. This has heretofore been a private
firm, but owing to the rapidly increasing
business 1t was thought best to form u cor
Mr. G. w. d. Ramsay, the venerable
father Of G. VIM. Ramsay of this city, who
mas been spending the summer with his
daughter in Salem, Va, has returned to
this city for the winter.
Mrs. NJ. w. O'Brien continues very Ill at
her home on Upper Cameron street.
l.. Mckenzie Bell, agent for the United
States Express Company in this city. who
has been in charge of Capt. Webster Of the
police force for some days past for failure
to pay fine of So assessed by the mayor
on account of doing business without a
license, has sued out a writ of habeas
corpus returnable before the United States
court, which meets in this city on Tuesday
next. 1t will be remembered that Mr.. Bell
agent for the United States Express
Company, refused to take out a license
for the company as required by an ordi-
nance of the city council claiming that the
ordinance was contrary to the interstate
commerce law. test case is to be made
The tug NJ. 3. Harlow was hauled on the
ways at the shpyard in this city yester-
day for repairs.
+. +. German, collector Of taxes for the
northern district, to whom was given the
bills of Collector Cox of the southern dis
trict, who rendered his resignation at the
last meeting of the city council, has given
bond and taken charge of the bills.
1t is said that the receivers of the Rich
mond and Danville Railroad Company will
sell their interest in the gravel bank on
the farm of the late Henry Dangerfield of
this city, near Springfield. This bank has
furnished a great deal Of ballast for all
points along the line.