Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-24
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Long Sentences for Robbery on the High
way.
Great Success of the Business Men,
BanQuet-Other Local Notes
of General Interest.

cluded Saturday evening at Fairfax Court
House. The case was given to the jury at
| 4a0. and after being out an hour and e
| half returned the following verdict: 1--WE,
| the jury. find the prisoners. Harry Poss
and Thomas Henry, guilty as indicted. and
fix their punishment at nine years each in
the penitentiary. AMOS FOX,
| Foreman"
AS soon as the verdict was announced
Mr.. Edmond Burke made a motion for
new trial. and upon being asked by Judge
| Chichester if he desired to argue the mo-
| ton, said he did, and was given until Mon
! day. March 2, in which to do SO.
The interest in this case has been in
tense since its beginning, the court room
being crowded each day. The prisoners
| were as calm and collected when the YER
dict was read as possible, and when they
| were taken back to Jail Poss said in an
| swere to a question by the sheriff as to
what he thought of the verdict: THAT it
was no more than he expected" Henry in
| reply to the same question. replied: THAT
| what they did they did right" The Star
slowly left the court room and nearly all
| seemed to think that the prisoners had re-
ceived a fair and just sentence.
The crime for which Poss and Henry
| were punished Is considered one Of the
| most serious in this state. the penalty for
which Is from eight to eighteen years, or
death. The jury On the first ballot stood as
| twelve, two for ten and seven for eight.
Business Mems League.
The Business Mems League of this city
held its first annual banquet and reception
Saturday night. At o'clock the members
Of the league and its invited guests began
to assemble at their rooms at the corner of
King and Washington streets. and at 8
they moved in body to Odd Fellows Hall
m rn1, oh,,o o{,.
to be held The hall was beautifully deco
| rated with colonial flags and national
colors. ported plants and cut flowers. The
tables had been arranged in a square, and
presenter beautiful appearance. The
menu. which was most elaborate in every
particular, consisted of all substantials and
1elicacies Of the season. When the last
course had been served. Mr.. NJ. 3. Harlow.
the occasion, began the speech making. In
few well-timed remarks he outlined the
work that the league proposed to do. Said
that one of the principal objects of the
league would be to devise practical plans
for identifying and improving the streets.
He said that the league would also make a
vigorous effort to secure the building Of
memorial bridge and forever unite the
rorth and south. He was followed by Mr.
Frank p. Anderson. who responded to the
toast. 1.-The Day We Celebrate" Mr.. VIM.
F. Carne responded to the toast, "Alexan-
dria City, Its Past, Present and Future"
the reading Of ''Washington's Farewell Ad-
dress by MIR. X. kemper.
The banquet and reception were a fitting
conclusion to the exercises in honor of
Washington's birthday.
Police Court.
The police on duty last night report the
| night as being clear and cool; three prison
ers and thirteen dodgers at the station
house. Mayor Thompson this morning dis
DoSed Of the following Jornac Tuc,s
arrested by Officer Hall. charge, assault
and cutting Benjamin Henderson, colored,
continued, Henderson being unable to ap-
pear on account of injury: Horace John
son. colored. arrested by Officer Smith,
charge. obtaining team from Mr. H. b.
Pullman under false pretenses, sent to iail
for ninety days. subject to the chain gang;
CEas. McGill, colored. arrested by Officer
Young. charge, vagrancy, neld to notify
parents Martha Lewis, colored, arrested
by Officer Deane, charge, drunk and dis
orderly, fined s.; Alonzo Simms and James
Cliff, refusing to work on chain gang, pu.
on bread and water diet until they change
their mind.
A Young Hobo.
Saturday night Officer Young picked up
small negro boy and carried him to the
station house, where & charge of vagrancy
was placed against him. To The Star man
he said he had been in Atlanta, Ca, with
the Buffalo Bill show during the exposition
there. On the way north he left the show
In this city, and has been wandering around
the city ever since. When brought before
Mayor Thompson this morning he said that
he was an orphan and that he was on his
way to New York, where he hoped to get a
position of some kind. He is only about
twelve years OF age. A colored woman
named Martha Allen requested the laayor
to allow her to adopt him; that she would
take good care of him. The mayor granted
her request, and he left the court with the
woman. perfectly satisfied.
Wanted to Go to Jail.
About three weeks ago a colored man
came to the station house and asked Mayor
Thompson If he would not send him to a
hospital. as he was suffering with the rheu-
matism. He said that he lived in Loudoun
county. and that he was an orphan, and
said his name was Horace Johnson: He
was told that Alexandria had no hospital
Tor his kind and that he had better go to
Washington, where he could be accommo-
dated. About week afterward he came
Ger Ferguson locked him up and put
charge Of vagrancy against him. He was
sent to the chain gang for ten days. While
ne was serving the sentence Mr.. H. b.
Pullman, who runs a livery stable in this
city, swore out a warrant, charging him
with obtaining a team under false pre-
lenses. Officer Smith went to the city jail
and placed him under arrest and brought
him to the station house. Mayor Thomp-
son this morning sent him to Jail FOE
ninety days, subject to the chain gang.
Wanted an Officer to Serve Attach.
ment.
Mr.. William Webster, a constable Of this
city. this morning asked Mayor Thompson
to send a uniformed police officer to issue
an attachment against Tom Sing, who
runs laundry at the corner of st. Asaph
and Prince streets. He said that the Chi
naman would not obey the orders of any
one unless he had on the brass buttons
and that he did not care to have any diff
Guilty with the Chinaman.
Miss Civalier q Success.
Miss Myra Lee CAVALIER, one Of the So
ciety bellies Of this city, left here about ten
days ago to join the Edwin Ferry Theatri-
cal Company in Texas, and a Houston,
Tex, paper says Of her first appearance
as an actress: THE Desdemona Of Miss Civ
alier was attractive and pleasing. She has
an unusually pathetic and sweet voice. and
winning simplicity of manner, q clear
enunciation, tender, musical tones and
much dramatic fire and taste, which goes
toward making the performance one that
gives pleasure, and also bespeaks for her
the promise of great future Miss Cfval-
Ter has been a resident of this city all her
life, and is great favorite in society, and
her many friends here will be glad to learn
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