Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-20
A FEARS IN ALEXANDRIA
Money Stolen From Dan Henry Has Been
Recovered.
A Young Man Painfully Injured I'm n
Shoe FactOry-Other Local
Notes.

VIM. Gary, the white man who is charged
With robbing Col. Dan Henry of $3.50, as
published in The Star, is still held at the
station house.
Lieut.. Smith has taken charge of the case.
Yesterday afternoon the lieutenant succeed
ed in recovering 500 more of the money
making s115 in all recovered, or exactly
half. Gary was taken to his home yester-
day evening, and when he found out that
the lieutenant knew more about the case
than he supposed, he ''squealed," stating
that he had given 500 to his mother, and
said that was all he got from Mr.. Henry
But Mr.. Henry is certain that he had $3.50
Gary will be tried at the next term of the
corporation court.
Painfully Injured.
Mr.. o. w. Swazfaber, one of the en-
ployes OF the Dulaney shoe factory, was
painfully injured yesterday afternoon by
getting both arms caught between two
rapidly revolving iron rollers.
Shoe soles are run between these rollers
and Messrs. Swazfaber and Norman Cur
us, the engineers, We're engaged in sand
papering them. Mr.. Swazfaber's hands
We're drawn between them, and but for the
presence of mind of Mr.. Curtis, who grabbed
wrench and knocked the betting out of
gear. ne would doubtless have been killed.
L ne right arm was mashed to the elbow and
the left arm above the wrist. No bones
were broken, although the flesh was badly
mangled.
Drs. Howard and Snowden were hastily
summoned and rendered the necessary sur
slcal AID, after which the young man was
removed to his home on Prince street He
was seen there by Star reporter and DIP
peafed TO be in considerable pain Though
taxing the matter very cheerfully He said
that the accident was almost unavoidable
aIlu .nat no one was to blame but himself.
ne expressed himself as deeply gratifed
a. .he treatment he had received at the fac
Tory. Unless unexpected complications set
IN the doctors say that he will not be per-
manently disabled.
The Board of Supervisors.
Inc county board of supervisors held a
regular monthly meeting at the county
court house in this city yesterday, but be-
You'd auditing a large number of bills and
ordering their payment, no business was
completed Mr.. J. E. Clements of the spe-
cial committee on the court house and iail
properly reported that, in the opinion of the
committee, the ordering of suit by the city
council for the partition and sale of the
property was the proper step to take to set
tie the ownership, but the committee recon-
mends That when the sale is made the
supervisors see that the county gets fee
simple deed to its portion of it, or the cash
Tor 1t. They regard the property as being
worth $4,000, and 800 the county's share
county.
Prizes for the Schools.
Mr.. Charles c. Carlin, postmaster, yester-
day notified Capt X. Kemper, the city super
intendent of public schools, that he would
give two gold medals as prizes in the public
schools one to the young lady of the eighth
grade of Lee School and the other to the
student in the seventh grade of Washing
ton School who shows the greatest pro-
nclency In mathematics for the session of
1Sa1-96 Capt. kemper, on behalf Of the
city school board, will accept Mr. Carlin's
generous offer. The medals are to be
awarded at the end of the present school
year
Police Court.
Six prisoners. and four dodgers were
at the station house last night. Mayor
Thompson this morning disposed of them
as follows Michael Thomas, arrested by
Officer Arlington, charge, drunk in the
street was fined s1.50. VIM. Eppes, colored
ested by Officer Howson, charged with
an assault on his wife, Hattie Eppes. was
fined So John Smith, j. A. Hall, Frank
Patterson and Frank Moses, charged with
being drunk and disorderly, fined $3.50 each.
Notes.
Rev. ]. T. Williams of the NJ E. Church
South is conducting a series of revival
services in that church. He is assisted by
Rev. Mr.. Kern Of Del Ray. All are in
vited to these meetings. which will be held
every night this week.
Rev. Z. N. Calish of Richmond will de-
liver q lecture at the synagogue on Wash
1ngton street this evening at $50 O'clock
The first german of the season will be
given Friday evening at McBurneys Hall,
at the corner of King and Washington
streets. by the Alexandria German Club
CHARLES Chapman, well-known colored
man. was taken suddenly Ill ON the street
Yesterday and had to be assisted to his
home.
The Washington Southern Railway Com
pany has commenced the work of laying
pipes to connect the depot buildings with
the Henry street sewer.
Magrus L. Robinson, colored, of this
city, has announced himself as one of the
candidates to represent the republicans of
the eighth Virginia district in the next
naticEal convention.