Evening star., 1897-03-09
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Desperate Fight Between an Officer
and Two Tramps.
KNIVES AND PISTOLS USED
Local Notes of General Interest to
Many Residents.
TOLD IN BRIEF PARAGRAPHS
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 121 North Washington ST.
Telephone 116,

this city was last night the scene of
desperate and bloody fight. in consequence
of which Mr.. John W. Loven, "a special
watchman for the company, is lying at
his home in a precarious condition, and
Daniel Crimmons and d. M. Mahoney,
two "hobos" both more or less wounded,
were sent to Jail this morning for ninety
days each.
Last night shortly after 10 o'clock Mr..
Loven was making his usual rounds, when
he noticed three tramps acting In sus-
picious manner. He ordered them out or
the yard, but instead of obeying one of
the men. who had large stick in his hand,
sprang at the officer and struck MIN a
terrific blow i nthe head, which felled him
to the ground. Immediately the other two
terrific blow in the head, which felled him
and began kicking and striking the watch
man with their fists on the head ana rlos-
The officer managed to draw his revolver
and firing directly at the man VINO had
hit him with the club. the ball struck him
and he fell to the ground, whereupon the
other two tramps started to run. The Of
ficer fired at them without effect. Inc
firing of the pistol attracted the attentioh
of several policemen, who FASTENED to the
scene. In a few minutes Mr.. Loven ara
the tramp were both removed to the police
station, while other officers went in search
of the other two tramps Ihey succeeoed
in capturing one of them.
At the station house the tramp who mad
been shot by Mr.. Loven gave his name as
Dan'l Crimmons and his home as flat'
county Mo. The other tramp at hrst re
fused to give his name, but later said 1t
was D. NJ. Mahoney. DR.. W1lliam II. FUR
Wis was Immediately summoned and ne was
not long in putting in an appearance. upon
examination it was found that the bulet
had entered the abdomen just below the
navel and had lodged in the lower part
of his stomach The wound is dangerous,
but not necessarily fatal. Upon 1nvestlSa-
tion Of Officer Loven's condition II was
found that he had several deep saSh5S
across his scalp, several ugly oontusions on
his head, where he had been kicked, and
mis- left arm was badiy bruised. M ms
clothes had nearly been torn from him
during his desperately struggle with the
men. He was removed TO his home, and
this morning when The Star man called to
see what his condition was he was told
that he was resting easy. AS stated above,
the two tramps were taken before the may
or this morning, and Crimmons was fined
$40 for assault. in default of which he went
ceived ninety days for assisting In the as
So ult Both men will be heavily shackled
and put to work upon the streets.
Business Mems League Meeting.
A regular monthly meeting of the Busi-
Less Mems League was held in the league
rooms, at the corner of Washington and
King streets, last night. The attendance
was not very large but a great deal of
il nterest in the proceedings were taken by
those present The resignation of First
Vice President Worth Hulfish was receiv-
ed and accepted, and Mr.. Frank E. Ander
sen was unanimously elected to the va
cancy. President M. B. Harlow called the
leagues attention to the necessity of hav-
ing small manufactures locate in this
city. He said: 1T is these small plants
that Alexandria is especially fitted for.
and if these could be induced to locate here
1t would be a great benefit to the city"
This subject was thoroughly discussed by
all present. and all were of the opinion that
every business man and citizen should do
all in his power to get plants located here.
Mr.. A d. Brockett was of the opinion that
the first step toward prosperity would be
to Improve the streets. He said that If
| Only the center of the streets were paved
with Belgian blocks or other material 1t
would be great Improvement. He refer
red especially to Cameron street. which is
unsafe for fire engine to pass over, ow-
| Ing to the recent patching done, which had
| left 1t in a miserable condition.
| Mr.. McCuen, a member of the committee
| on streets of the city council, said that
council would gladly improve King street
| II the property owners on that thorough
fare would pay one-third of the cost. 1
| nave personally inquired in regard to King
| street and know that the property owners
| will not agree to pay their share, as they
| say that 1t would not benefit them in the
| least. said Mr.. McCuen. After some fur
| ther discussion on the subject the league
| adjourned
| a Narrow Escape From Death.
Mr.. George r. Curtin, a trolleyman of
| the Washington, Alexandria and Mt Ver-
| non Electric railroad met with a very
| narrow escape from death while at work
| on motor car No. near Arlington juno
| ton yesterday afternoon. Mr. Curtin was
| working on top of the car fixing the troll
ley pole when it jumped from the wire and
| became entangled with lot of cross wires.
In his efforts to release the pole his head
came in contact with the heavily charged
| trolley wire, giving him a severe shock.
| throwing him to the ground. where he was
| picked up unconscious by his fellow work.
men and brought to this city. where he
| was attended by the company's physician.
| DR.. w. M O'Brien. One of his legs was
| badly sprained from his fall, and he is
| otherwise suffering from the severe shock
| he received.
An Installment Agent in Trouble.
The police court was crowded last night.
the occasion being the trial of W. A. Bro
| die, a Washington installment agent, who
was charged with unlawfully entering the
house Of Mrs. Mary Harrison, on South
Alfred street, and removing two rugs
| Brodie was represented by Mr. Samuel G.
| Brent and Commonwealth Attorney Mar.
bury looked after the city's interest. Mrs
| Harrison. who is widow, stated to the
court tnat some time ago she had pur-
chased two rugs from Brodie on the in.
stallment plan at $3.50 EACH She made
her payments regularly until she was taker
i'll, when she owed balance Of s. Mrs
Harrison's little daughter then took the
stand. She said that on Friday last, while
her mother was absent from the house
Brodie called and she declined to let hin
in. whereupon he broke in the door ano
entered and removed the rugs from the
floor and carried them away. Brodie IL
his defense claimed that as nothing hac
been paid him on account for some time the
property belonged to him. He was mad,
to pay'$4 costs and return the rugs to Mrs
| Harrison.
| Police Court.
The following cases were disposed of in
the police court this morning: Julia Cheeks
Hattie Leavel. Sarah Wanzer, Lee Leave
and George Wanzer. all colored, charged
with disorderly conduct, were fined $2 each
in default of which they went down 70,
ten days. Sylvester Quail and Herbert
Phillips. two small boys. were charged with
throwing stones on the street They were
fined 81 each. which they paid Shirly
King was charged by Auburn Price witt
having assaulted him. Mr.. King was dis
, | miss>d, as Mr. Price failed to put in his