Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-10
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Letter Indicating . Possible Suicide by
Drowning
Funeral Of John Hunt - Disorderly
Crowd From Warrington
Other Local Notes.

Mr. Frank Root this morning turned over
to the police authorities a note which he
found In a bottle on the shore Of Hunting
Creek, dated January %. 1896 The note
reads as follows:
''The finder of this note will please no
tify the county authorities that they will
find my body in this run. (Signed)
"A BROKEN-HEARTED NAN"
The note is thought to be the work OF
some mischievous person, as no one has
been reported to the police as being miss
ing since that date. The note is evidently
written by an educated person. as the pen
manship is good. The police will investi-
gate and see II there is anything in it.
Funeral of John Hunt.
The funeral of the late John Hunt took
place yesterday afternoon at 800 o'clock
from the residence Of his mother-in-law.
on North Patrick street. and was attended
by one hundred and fifty members of the
Junior Order of American Mechanics, and
many other friends of the deceased. The
funeral services were conducted by Rev.
bergman Green Of Christ Church. and
the fnterment was in St Paufs cemetery.
The following gentlemen acted pallbear-
ers: Horace Swain and Harrison Simpson
Lambert Lyl& Of Alexandria Lodge. AL
bert Harden and Roy Callahan Of Belle
| Haven Lodge.
A Disorderly Crowd.
Saturday night when the 1890 local train
| from Washington arrived four young men
| the eldest of not more than eighteen years
of age) alighted and Immediately became
very disorderly. Officers Belts and Beach.
who happened to be at the depot at the
time, told them to keep quiet, and imme-
diately they began to abuse the officers,
one OF II en- stating that it, would take
fourteen Alexandria policemen to run
them in They were placed under arrest
and taken to the station house and locked
up, and charge of drunk and disorderly
placed against them. All night long they
were very disorderly, and when told by the
! station keeper they must keep quiet they
cursed him. They gave their names as
Wade Moreland, William HUMPHREYS and
Harvey HUMPHREYS of Washington. Mayor
Thompson this morning fined them IS each.
Bar Rooms Closed.
The bar rooms of Edward Hughes, Thos
Kelly, H. Kaletski Morris Levin, Richard
| Burnett, VIM. Brawner and Thomas Dow.
ney. whose licenses were revoked about g
week ago for violating the Sunday liquor
law by Judge ]. K. M. Norton of the cor.
| poration court, were closed Saturday night
| at II o'clock and the police officers in.
structed to keep sharp lookout and report
any CT them If they reopen or sell liquor
again. yesterday was one or the QuteteS1
| Sundays that this city has experienced fol
some time. Not single drunken mar
| could be seen and liquor could not be pro.
| cured for love or money.
| Police Court.
The police On duty last night report the
night as being clear and cold, no prisoners
and eighteen dodgers at the station house
Mayor Thompson this morning disposed
Of the following cases: Wade Moreland
William HUMPHREYS and Harvey Hum
| phries, arrested by officers Bettes and
| Beach, charge, drunk and disorderly con.
| duct fined S. each; William Webb, Abe
| Beckwith and John Hamilton, arrested by
| Officers Ferguson and Atkinson charge
| vagrancy, sent to jail for ten days, subjec,
| to chain gang.
Charged With Lunacy.
A warrant was sworn out Saturday by
Annie Founteroy for the arrest of hel
| father, Edward Banks, colored, charged
with lunacy. Banks has been for the pas,
two years afflicted with "A religions craze
but of late has become much worse and
at times he threatens to kill different per.
sons. Officer Beach, after the warrant had
| been issued, took charge of Banks and
| locked him up. Mayor Thompson sent him
| to Jail for further examination. He will
be examined this afternoon.