Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-20
AT AIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Shocking Death of Popular Young Rail.
road Conductor.

Evening Star Bureau,
No. I'D King Street.
Bell Teiephona No rfs.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. September 20 i>s
The remains CT Mr.. Charles r. Fitzsin
mcrs. tie Southern railway conductor who
was killed at l.inville. on the Manassas
branch. Saturday night. were brought to
MS late home, No Hos Duke street in this
city. today
Mr.. F1tzsimmons death was n shock to
mis- many friends in this city. where he was
very popular
From. what can be learned of the acct
dent. IL appears that Mr. Fitzsimmons was
standing at a switch. waiting for a freight
train to pass. While thus standing the
train passed at rapid rate. and a door
from one of the box cars fell of. striking
him on the head. breaking his neck and
causing instant death. His body was
picked up by the train crew and taken to
Strasburg. and his family in this city no.
tilted. He was in his twenty-eighta year.
and wife and one child survive him.
Sanitary Measures.
Mayor Simpson is actively engaged in
having the city put in the hes. possible
sanitary condition. and to that end reports
are being made to him daily by the various
officers of spots that need attention. He is
imposing fines on those who fail to obey
the Orders to clean up. and will. he says
continue to do so until all is clean and
healthy.
Stole the Harness.
Thieves entered the barn of Mr.. Dick
Roberts near St. Asaph junction last night
and took away all the harness except one
bride. 1t is believed that the thief or
thieves kept on to Washington and the
police there have been requested to look
out for the harness and thieves
Police Court.
Mayor Simpson disposed of the following
cases in the police court this morning:
William Pruitt, charged with being drunk
was dismissed. Thos. Smith, charged with
drunk and disorderly conduct, was fne,.
$50 Albert Miller, charged with disorder
ly conduct. fined $50. Leonard White
charged with trespassing on the property
of the Southern Railway Company was
dismissed with reprimand. Edward SGm-
ners. charged with assaulting Anne Fran
els was fined s.. 80
For some time past complaints have been
coming in from the first ward OF the dis
orderly conduct of a number Of youn; men
and boys in the neighborhood OF The tun-
lei al the corner of Wilkes ana Fairfax
streets Last night there was a free Tight
in which Harry Mckinney ana Pet Nc
Kinney assaulted William Zimmerman. In
the police court this morning the :.cKin-
neys were fined 10 each.
Saturday night a negro woman named
Lizzie Williams came to Headquarters bit
ter in her complaint against Albert VIII
liams. She claimed he had assaulted her
Mayor Simpson this morning fined Will
liams $50 1t developed that Williams had
also stolen dog collar. and for this he
was fined 81.
Breyfties.
Some ten or twelve officers of the police
force today went TO Fairfax Court House
as witnesses in the trial of Richard Burnett
and George Chichester. charged with arson
Mrs. j. T. Beckham and daughter, Miss
Carrie. have returned from Auburn" Gu
pepper county, Va, where they have been
spending the summer
Capt. Fountain Beattie has returned from
Lynchburg.
Mr.. Patrick McAvoy left for Monroe to-
day TO take charge of the Southern rail-
way shops.
MI. Barbour Daingerfield has returned
to Georgetown College to resume mis-
studies.
Col. Delaware Kemper who was recently
elected president of the Alexandria Times
Company, today took charge of the paper
as editor-in-chief.