The times., 1898-01-24
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA
George Carroll Goes to Columbus
for Six Years Imprisonment.
heath of Mrs isabella Leiiboh-
Services i'll the Churche
quiet and Orderly sunday

.Jaxandria va, Ian 23.-George car
roll, coIored, who was convicted III tue
United states court Of housebreaElhg anu
| h,,r,,tary win be taken to Columbus, o.,
tomorrow 10 serve term of six years
In the peIItentiary, Carroll was eh'-
ployed by Major W. b. Hughes at foro
Mver in s94 when thelatter' S house was
broken into and robbed OF about Sooo
worth of iewelry. subsequently Carr"i
was arrested in Washington by Detective
George Tayman, and the stolen property
was found on his person.
The prisoner was brought TO this Guy
and tried in the United states court COZ
victed and sentenced to serve SIX years III
the Albany penite tentiary.
on the night OF July Z Oh the same
year he escaped from the jail III .ilis ciUy
with Charles FontIeroy, who W as awaiting
trial on tie charge OF bigamy' taIio'i
was not reCaptured until November %
last. when he was arrested in Washington
by officer Sprinkle. He was returned 10
the iail in this city to await the actioh
of the United states court, as the con
tract with the New York prison TO receive
Government prisoners had expired Conse-
cuentIy Carroll was taken before duuGe
Hughes and sentenced to the Columbus
penitentiary-
The prisoner I will be in custody of Deputies
c. f. Glover and r, W. P. Garnett. Car
roll, while he does not deny that he was
in possession of the stolen goods, protests
that the robbery was committed by other
parties, ami intimates that he Will at
some future time diyulge their names. he
saws he did not know who the jewelry
belonged to when he accepted ii TO
djspose OF, and wou1d not have had any
thing to do with it had he known it was
the property of his former employer. He
also complains that he was convicted with
out having been afforded counsel, and
that the parties he shielded failed to come
to his rescue.
James Fl. johnson and BENJAMIN Pres-
ton, who claim Washington as their home.
were arrested last night by Policemen
Goods, Hall. Wilkinson, and Proctor, for
disorderly conduct at the Washington
Southern Railway station They deposited
So each and were released and left the
city Immediately.
The steamer Wakefield, which arrived
here this evening, brought seven barrels
of herring from the lower Potomac.
Mrs. Isabella Lennon died at the home
of her son, DR.. Charles Lennon, on King
street, at noon today. Mrs. Lennon was
the wife of Rev. Joseph 6 Lennon and
daughter OF the late Richard Rudd. She
was highly esteemed by a large circle
of acuuaintances She was sixty three
wears OF age, and the Immediate cause
OF death W as cancer.
Mrs George Seymour Brackett, widow
OF the late Edgar l.. Bra ackett, died at the
residence OF her daughter Mrs. j Heimer,
in Washington yesterday afternoon. The
funeral will take lace from the resi-
dence OF her son, Mr.. A D. Brackett, in
this city, on Tuesday. Mrs. Brackett was
most estimable lady and had many
friends and relatives IN this city, where
she had lived nearly all her life.
Today was an unusually quiet Snnda V,
nd there were no arrests reported by the
police. The services in the Second Pres
byterian Church were conducted by Rev.
aIr. Mebonc. of Frederick sburg, who ex-
changed pulpits with the pastor, Rev.
Mr.. Thacker The services in the other
churches were conducted by the resident
clergy.
Mr. Ben Swain, of Pittsburg. has re-
turned from a visit to his mother in this
city.
Arlington Ruling Order OF Fraternal
Mystic Circle Will meet at Odd Fellows
Hall tomorrow night.