Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-25
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Mysterious Affair on North Payne Street
at Night.
A SlOOp's Captain Found Dead ON
Deck-Many Other Interest,"
ing Local Notes.

The attention of the police has been call
| ed to a rather strange occurrence for AL
exandria. 1t appears that people living on
North Payne street, rear Queen, were
aroused about o'clock Tuesday morning
by cries of "he1p,' ETC., coming from a
house occupied by colored woman named
Margaret Ross. A neighbor rushed in with
a pistol, and, being directed to the back of
the house, saw big negro, perfectly nude,
leap thu ough the dining room window and
scale the back fence. The night was warm,
and the negro's back, which was glistening
with perspiration, was plainly visible in
the rays of the electric light near by. Two
shots were fired at him, but went wide of
their mark The first known of his pres
ence in the house was loud noise, caused
by his knocking over a lamp while moving
around in the dark. 1t woke Maggie Ross,
the Oldest daughter. and when she scream
ed he caught her by the throat and at
tempted to choke her; but she pulled away,
and he made his escape as stated. The
police will have but little to say about it,
and there seems to be something of a mys-
terry about the affair; but the story as it
is told here comes direct from the girls
mother.
Died ON Deck.
The body of Capt. Jack Kelley was dis
covered about o'clock this morning in a
chair on the deck Of his sloop, the French
Smoot." He was dressed only in his I'M
derclothes and had his hat on. Capt. Kel-
ley has been in bad health for some years,
and from the appearance of his body had
been taken with a hemorrhage in the night
and had attempted to go for help when he
sank in an armchair on deck. where he ex-
pred. Capt. Kelley was divorced man,
about fifty years of age, and had lived on
of very quiet and retiring disposition.
and commanded the highest respect of all
who knew him. His remains were removed
to Wheatleys undertaking establishment.
and will be inferred by Potomac Lodge of
Odd Fellows from their hall at o'clock
Sunday afternoon.
Charter Granted.
In the corporation court yesterday Judge
Norton granted a charter to the Anne Lee
Memorial Association of this city, the OBJ
ject of which is to raise funds to erect a
monument to the memory of the mother of
Gen. Robert E. Lee. The capital stock is
to be not less than $500 and not more than
$1,000. and he officers named for the cur
rent year are Mrs. L. w. Reed, president;
Miss Sallie Stuart, vice president; Miss
Alice q. Colquhoun, recording secretary;
Miss Katharine H. Stuart, corresponding
secretary; Mrs VIM. J. Boothe, treasurer,
and the trustees are Messrs. L. W. Reid, ]. |
T. Burke, w. A. Smcot, H. Strauss, NJ B. |
Harlow. Geo. w. Ramsay, c. C. Carlin and |
Edgar Warfield.
The Del Ray Garbage Fight.
AS stated in The Star yesterday after
noon, the complaint of the citizens of Del |
Ray about the garbage from this city being |
deposited on the grounds of the aims house |
to the discomfort of all living in that sec
ton of the county was referred jointly to
the committees on poor and finance by
council. The Del Ray people have decided |
to allow council three days to cover the
pits and desst from cartins the garbage
there, and the action of the committees
mentioned is awaited with much interest
The Del Ray people have but little conf
icnce in the city council here as they
have employed Mr.. c. c. Carlin to take
eSal steps to abate the nuisance.
Notes.
he roll of membership of the Alexandria
Association at the last meet
ng of the board of directors.
The colored people of Alexandria gave a
TO the teachers in attendance at
he coored normal institute, now in ses-
ion here, last night.
Mrs. Olive Mason is quite sick at her
lone on South Washington street
Prof. Richard T. Hamilton, who was one
# the teachers at st. Johns Military
academy for several sessions. but now of
Jenna, Nd, is visiting friends in town.
The Misses Ewing of Prince street are
pending the summer in Fauquier county