Evening star., 1895-11-01
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Four Of the County Magistrates Recon-
mended to Be Removed.
Report of the Grand Jury, Who Were
Complimented by the Judge-Other
Interesting Items.

| The grand jury. in the Alexandra county
| court, which has been in session for sew
| eral days past examining into the accounts,
| etc, of the county magistrates, yesterday
evening made report. which recommends
| the removal of four of the magistrates
| Payne and Patterson, white and Harris
| and Pollard colored. The report says the
grand jury found the accounts of Magis-
| trates Hooker. Schlevogt White and Lane,
colored, all correct; of Justice w. H. Payne
| the report says that they found his docket
was not kept up, and he plead ignorance of
| the law: this excuse the jury would not ac-
cept. They also found that he was In one
of the gambling houses in the county on a
Saturday and Sunday and played keno. He
| made no effort to bring the keepers of the
place to justice. His removal was there
fore recommended. Justice Patterson's re-
moval is recommended because he went
into a bar room on Sunday and bought
| liquor. and in order to avoid appearing
against the parties moved to Washington.
OF the case of Justice Harris, they found
| that his docket showed that he had only
tried eleven cases since 1888. This was
found not to be a true record.
He had otherwise failed to comply with
the law, and had not acted in an impartial
manner He had also failed to turn over
| fines collected by him. His removal was
| therefore recommended The grand jury
found that Jesse Pollard, colored. had not
Intelligence enough to keep a satisfactory
record. or discharge the duties of the Office,
and that he was in the employ of one of
the race tracks. He was therefore recon-
mended for removal
| Trout had failed. while in office, to make
| a proper return of his cases; no recon-
| mendation was made. The grand jury also
returned the following indictments: Com
of
| liquor on Sunday; true bill. Common
wealth agt. Frank Foster; selling liquor on
Sunday; a true bill. Commonwealth agt.
J. NJ. Hill: for exhibiting gambling table;
not true bill. Commonwealth agt. Fred
| erick Goldman: for malicious cutting;
true bill.
The grand jury then adjourned fol. the
| term The judge. in discharging them,
thanked them in the highest terms for the
good work they had done during the ses-
sion.
Sues for Divorce.
Mrs. Lizzie Loretta Peoples has filed bill
in Washington for divorce from David w.
W. Peoples of Athens, Ohio. She sets out
that she was married to him July %, 1892. at
Newport. KY. by Thomas P. Bodkin. JUS
tice of the peace; her maiden name was
Lizzie Loretta Rhn: that she lived for nine
months under the same roof with the de-
fendant who then deserted her. Mrs. Peo-
pies Is well known in this city as Miss
Smith, and has for the past two years been
employed by the Farmers and Mechanics
Insurance Company as stenographer and
typewriter. During that time she has made
her home here. and has many friends.
VIII Try TO Clean the Docket.
Judge d. NJ. Chichester and Mr.. Leonard
Marbury, the assistant commemorative at
torney for the county, will make a hard ef-
fort to clean up the criminal docket of the
county court at the next term, and for that
| purpose the trial of all criminal cases now
| On the docket have been set for the Novem-
ber term The judge says he is determined
to put stop to the illegal practice of Wash
ingtonians on the Virginia shore of the Po-
tomac opposite Washington. and in this de-
termination he is seconded by Mr. Marbury
so some Interesting cases may be looked for
at the next term of the county court.
The Electoral Board Meeting.
The city electoral board had a meeting
yesterday and reappointed constables for
the election on Tuesday. as follows: R. E.
Knight. first ward: Frederick Schneider,
court house. and Louis Bull. Friendship.
The constables for the second and fourth
wards have not yet been made public. Mr..
c. II. Yohe was appointed a judge of cleo
tions for the court house precinct. to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Mr.. Edward
Pferpont. < The board Also stamped the off,
cfal ballots which will be used in this city
on the day Of election.
Mr.. AndersOn's Address.
Mr.. Frank E., Anderson of this city, chief
of the land division of the pension bureau,
delivered an address Wednesday evening
before Lebanon Lodge of Masons in Wash
ington, taking as his subject the "Origin,
History and Aims of Masonry The occa-
sion was the annual visitation of the lodge
by the officers of the grand body. At the
Gle Sc of the evening Past Master Wilson, on
behalf of the lodge presented Mr.. Ander-
son. who is considered one of the brightest
Masons in the old commonwealth, with
beautiful illustrated copy of the book of
Spain, by Elmondo De Amecia. Mr.. An
derson will deliver address before Hiram
Lodge in Washington tonight.
An Old Case.
By consent of the attorneys interested~in
the case of Shipman against Fletcher it has
been removed to the corporation court, and
Mr. E. B. Taylor has been appointed COM
missioner to ascertain and report all the
cost in the various cases growing out of
that suit, in order that there may be a
final settlement between Shipman and
Fletcher in reference to the Judgment in
favor of Fletcher and the costs expended
on the large mass of papers which have
been filed in the case.
Police Court.
Mayor Luther H. Thompson this morning
disposed of the following cases: Owen Car
roll, dairyman. charged with allowing his
COWS to Craze on Washington street; fined
81. ]. w. Goods, charged with using abusive
langl age toward Mr.. Peake was dismissed,
the evidence not sustaining the charge.
George Darlington, colored, charged with
rot supporting his young child, was made
to give security that he would do SO in the
future.
Notes.
Nothing at all was done yesterday look
ing toward securing a new trial for Albert
Hawkins, the colored boy who was sentenced
on Wednesday to be hanged for an attempt
ed assault on a white girl in the county.
The electric railway company has large
force of hands at work in the deep cut for
the new road bed near Four Mile Run. The
ties and rail for the road between this city
and Washington are nearly all in position.
An entertainment was given last night at
the residence of Mr. c. o. Sipple for the
benefit of the Methodist Protestant Church |
A large crowd was in attendance and the
affair was quite success financially.
Rev. Theron H. Rice, who has been in