Evening star., 1898-09-27
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
A Calm Succeeds the Police Tempest
in a Teapot.
CONTRACT TO Fave KING STREET
Legal Proceedings Ordered Against
an ELECTRIC Railroad Company.
GENERAL NEWS OF INTEREST
Evening Star Bureau,
721 King ST.


ALEXANDRIA, Va, September u, 1898.
The meeting of police commissioners,
which has often been postponed, finally
took place last night in the mayors court,
the purpose being to investigate the ground
for the publication of article alleging
that Officer Herbert Knight had preferred
charges of dereliction against Chief Web
ster in the case of Mr.. Augustus Deane's
stolen COW. 1t had been announced that the
proceedings would be conducted publicly,
but some member of the board, it is said,
objected to this and the meeting was held
behind closed DOORS not even the attorneys
for the opposing parties being admitted.
The case giving rise to the trouble is as
follows: Augustus Deane lost a COW.
Presumably it was stolen The matter was
reported to Chief Webster at the station
house, who took such action as he thought
best. Shortly thereafter an article appear
ed in local paper headed Charges Against
Chief Webster" in which it was set forth
that Officer Herbert Knight had made
charges to Mayor Simpson against Chief
Webster of dereliction in taking steps to
recover Mr.. Deanes cow
Thereupon Officer Knight handed the
mayor a letter stating that the publication
in point had injured and misrepresented
him, and asking that the police commits
sioners be called to investigate the matter;
hence the meeting of last night.
The investigation lasted for about two
hours, during which time number of wit
nesseS were examined, and after consul
tation Mayor Simpson came forth and
nounced that the finding of the board had
been that there was no evidence to show
that any formal charges had been made
against Chief Webster. 1t is a fact worthy
of note that the friends of both parties are
claiming that their respective favorites
were eXonerated.
Street Contract Awarded.
The
yesterday evening and awarded the con-
tract for paving the block of King street
between Royal and Fairfax with vitrified
brick to Julian c. Smith of Baltimore. The
contract provides for the paving, at 81 80
per square yard. of vitritied brick, with
6-1nch granite curb at 20 cents per lineaI
foot, the guarantee being for five years
As the Washington, Alexandria and Mount
Vernon electric road had not sienifed its
intention in regard to complying with the
counciis ruling requiring the company to
lay new and improved rails on Kings street
the committee authorized Mr. Gardner
Boothe, corporation attorney to take such
action in the premises as he might deem
necessary. The work of improvement on
hlng street will doubtless be commenced
In a short time. D.
WILLIAMS Released
Samuel Williams was released yesterday
evening from custody at the city iail. VIII
llams was one' of the four men who were
arrested on suspicion of being implicated
in the assault and robbery of Samuel Low
cry of Washington, which occurred in this
city week ago. The evidence was NOT
suffcient to hold the prisoners, who have
al De released. Thus far no other arrests
nave been made, but the police are not
abating their efforts to discover and bring
the guilty parties to justice
Action of Grand Jury.
The grand jury sworn at the September
session of the Alexandra county court yes
terday found a true bill against Jerry F.
Brown, colored, for breaking and enter
ing dwelling in the daytime and COM
mitting larceny. Brown was sentenced to
Two years in the penitentiary. The iury
also recommended to the court the dismiss
al from office of Magistrate Valentine Sell
lers and Constable Gains Sellers is
charged with official action interfering with
the regular d1spensation of justice.
Police Docket.
Inc following cases We're before Mayor
Simpson In the police court this morning:
Harry Brown, charged with disorderly con-
Duct, was fined 500; Charles Beckham,
colored, charged with dsorderly conduct
was assessed $3.50; Albert Bell, small col
ored boy, charged with throwing stones on
the street was fined 81. The case of Harry
Mason, colored, charged with brutally as
SauitHS d cOiOfeQ woman named Celia
Johnson, was continued until tomorrow
morning. The Johnson Woman's condition
Is considered very critical by her physi-
can. Yesterday evening she was uncon-
sclous, but this morning appeared to be
somewhat better
Examination Postponed.
A letter was received last night by the
secretary of the civil service examination
board for the postal service in this city
from the civil service commission stating
that the clerk and carrier examination
heretofore set for October l would be post
poned until October %. The reason given
was stress of work incident to preparing
quarterly reports. No further applications
Will be accepted unless the board is spe-
cially instructed
General News Matters.
In the circuit court yesterday, Judge C. e.
Nlcoi presiding. Marshall Mccormick, esq,
of Berryvile, Va, and Raymond A Heis-
kell, esq. of Prince Georges county, Md,
were admitted to practice in the AIexan-
dria bar. The arrangements between Alex
andria county and city with reference to
the sale of the Jail property, now owned
Jointly by the county and city, will prob
ably be adjusted in this session of the cir
cult court
Miss Helen Muir, the eighteen-year-old
daughter of the late W. H. Muir of this
city, died at the residence of her sister in
Washington yesterday. The remains were
brought to thu Muir residence here yester-
day, from which the funeral took place this
morning at 10 o'clock.
The remains of Mr.. K. 8. Nelson, who re-
Gently died at his home near Fredericks-
burg, We're brought to this city about noon
To-Day and inferred in Ivy Hill cemetery.
The clerk of the school board yesterday
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