Evening star., 1896-07-20
ALEXANDRA AFFAIR S
Sunday Fires Believed to Be Of Incendiary
Origin.
A Woman Thrown Out OF a buggy
BY Her Escoft-HiEhway Rob
berry at Jackson City.

The number OF fires on Sundays recently
nave given rise to the belief that Aiexan-
dria mas firebug who does his work in the
morning after the electric lights are extin-
guished. The night watchman al ;he Port
ner Brewing Company's plant discovered
file about 2:30 yesterday morning In the
keg shed, but succeeded in putting AZ out
after hard work without turaing in an
alarm. - - 80 o.. 80
Special Officer Sam Parks. at the Wash
frgton Southern railway depot, discovered
blaze in small frame house on the south
side Of Queen street between Fayette and
Henry about $3.50 this morning and turned
In an alarm. The house belonged to a man
named Cook and was occupied by himself
and family. who were gotten out with some
dimculty. The house was almost DESTROYED
before the flames could be gotten under
control, and while the loss does not am,,lnt
" lnueh II pas caused considerable uneasi-
ness and the police will make effort TO
eaten the person who started it. as all of
the hires recently have evidently been of in
cendiary origin.
In the Mayors Court.
Mayor Thompson had two cases only be-
fore him this morning, which goes to show
that the disorders that were formerly a
great disadvantage TO Alexandria are rap
IDLY being suppressed by the present eff
cOlOre0.
! was arrested on suspicion Of having stolen
photograph album from the residence of
| William Grill Cartier, on North Henry
| street Snow had in his possession a pic
ture OF Letter Carrier Padgett, which had
been IN the album. He showed the picture
! 10 Mr.. Padgett, which led to his arrest
He claimed that he found the picture on
the street, and as his employer testified
that he was at his place Of business at the
time Of the robbery he was dismissed
The other case was that OF James Gaines
an Old colored man, who has been an in
mate OF the infirmary, charged by Dr.
slaughter with lunacy. He was sent to
jail until his sanity can be inquired into by
a commission of lunacy
Threw Her Out.
! Quite large crowd was attracted to the
neighborhood Of the Washington Southern
station yesterday afternoon by a colored
man throwing a woman from a buggy in
winch they were driving. Apparently
| without provocation, the man picked the
woman up bodily and threw her out on The
/ cobble stones, and. strange to say, She
escaped without injury. The man then
| 1ioFe Out OF town at furious gait CLOSELY
followed by Officers Lyles. Wilkerson and
aowlson. who, however. failed 10 catch uE
| WITH him The woman took train for
washington, refusing TO give her name OF
| make complaint against the man.
Robbery at jackson City.
| -. II. "llliafns, Eegro tough and a deni.
zen OF the jackson City locality is locked
| up In the Jail here, charged with highway
| rt tbbery- Williams beat an old scissors
! grinder named Pratti yesterday afternoon
al d then relieved him of his watch and
| SlJ in money. Pratti told his tale of woo
ana Wllliams was socn apprehended and
carried before Justice Lane of the county
| VINO sent him to jail to await the action OF
| the grand jury. The ofense will doubtless
| ccst Williams long term in the peniten.
| tiary.
| Suspicious Tramps.
The telegraph operator at Mallow. three
niiles west of this city, wired police head.
| quarters Saturday night that three tramps
were acting suspiciously in that localit,
al he believed they intended wrecking q
train. Officers Davis and Lyles were sup
Piled by Lieut.. Smith with a shotgun aut
| ammunitfon and ordered TO 40 to the scene
but when they arrived at the depc; the,
| were INFORMED that the tramps had disa n
| peared, and their services were not re
| Quired. = = 'a'
Fight ON King Street.
| Edward Nolan, a young white man. had
difficulty with his uncle, John Nolan. or
| King street this morning and used his un.
| Gle up pretty badly. Edward was arrested
| by Officer Atkinson, and will answer a
| charge of assault and battery before the
| mayor tonight The trouble was simply tn,
| reopening of an old feud, which ha.
| brought The uncle and nephew together
| before.