Evening star., 1898-10-24
LIVELY ACROSS THE RIVER
Negro Toughs Created Trouble on an
Electric Car.
MOtorman Injured and Car De-
raiied-A Bicycftst Held Up
and Robbed.

| peaceful and quiet enough looking on or
| binary occasions, took decided turn Sat
urday night and Sunday, and lively times
prevailed. A chapter of incidents ami acci-
| cents served to keep up the excitement for
the occasion. The limited police force Of
| the place, corfined 10 one constable was
| entirely Inadequate to meet the demands.
| This was the first outbreak since tn. de-
| partUre of the provost guard which was
| c@mped on the hill back of the buildings of
| the consumers Brewing Company, when
| camp Alser was realty, and which. while
| IN existence. was well able to maintain
peace and quiet, not only among the NIL
itary, but ar,ong the citizens as we'll the
latter having a wholesome respect for the
soldier bays Willie on duty
| The excitement began SATURDAY. night
| anu continued with brief intervals of rest
| tnlll yesterday evening. The good citizens
| or the locality place the blame Oh two
| Things, the first and main fact being the
| existence of the gambling dens and tne pei
| icy concerns, while the second fact is tho
| liberal sale Of liquor in the village on Sun
| Gays, despite laws that exist to the CON
| .rary. The arrest and conviction of a sa-
| ioon Keeper nov and then does not seem 10
nave salutary effect, and the business
! Keeps uo without intermission The efforts
o. the one constable, j. w. Gaines. to Sc
cure evidence for a conviction is laughed at.
The First Trouble.
| iV III 81 ticLDle commenced Saturday
night. Two colored men, who went from
Georgetown. probably spending some time
al boston, crossed the bridge and board
| eu car OF the electric road for Falls
Church. The negroes were considerably nm
der the influence of liquor and botn were
armed with knives, it is said They
| We're quiet erCrgh until after the car got
| St"i teu' When they became so disorderly
ana proiane that the conductor spoke to
| tiem. 1here was quite a number of DeoDIe
| III the car, including several ladies' The
| opstfeperous passengers paid no attention
| ~, - me conductors remarks, and when he
| attempted to eject them short distance
beyond Fariee station there was trouble ex-
| pc. eIiehceu. farlee station is between Balls.
1 1Ult ana the national road to Arlington
| me me coneuctor. Arthur Niles, called Motor
| man Miller to his assistance. and fbasa two
We're Unable to eject the negroes Several
| ol tne passengers, one a big DortIv nari
| itht a hand, and the negroes were finally
accident. III 'ie
| Nhlie the car continued On to Falls
M Diurcn lhe negroes planned a revenge
| lhcy walked to Mulhall station where tbo,,
| tore up portion of the platform station
| ana placed 1t on the track The first oar
! 'hdt came along after this possibly nearI,y
an, an nour later, was one in charge of f. W.
| pan as conductor and his cousin l. Y
! ban, as motorman. The car stonne5 ut ~
lee station to let lady on and the negroes
| attempted to get on board and more trouble
ensueo, f, .he negroes assuming very threat
| enlhS attitude. stone was thrown with
| accuracy and struck MOtornan L. y ran
! IN the chest, rendering him unconscious
ne IS seriously injured and was carried to
Us Us nome % ater. In striking the portion of
| th9 platform on the track the car was de-
! rallied partly. the wheels of the front truck
| leaving the track.
The Man Arrested
| Inc matter was reported to the Virginia
| aulhofltes and, from a description of the
men. Lee Gaskns, colored was arrested
| on suspicion of being connected with the
| occurrence. He was taken to the Alexandria
county jail. The prisoner was not captured
until Yesterday afternoon, and was found
| bySherin Palmer and several DEPUTIES in The
| woods near Falls Church.
. me other criminal is thought to be
| Sandy Jones, colored resident of Vir-
slnia, who is well known to the sheriff
| and constables. He has served some time
| IN the county Jail, the latest term being one
| of three months for assaulting an officer in
| reslstinS-arrest. Up to this morning so far
as could be learned James had eyaded ar
| rest though the sheriff has announced his
determination to capture the man.
| The trouble Saturday night is only some
| of the difficulty experienced by the employ
es of the railroad with the rough element
| who live in the country through which the
| road runs.
Negro CycIist Robbed.
The search for the two negroes in the
| car trouble Saturday evening and numerous
| small scraps varied the monotony of yes
| terday, the most notable thing, eliminating
the days excitement, occurring in the even
! ing about O clock, when Joseph Fields,
who works at Kraft's bakery, 18th street
| ana pennsylvania avenue. rode over to the
| village to attend religious services at the
| First Baptist Church. Fields reached the
| place too soon and to pass away some Of
| the extra time started to ride out the lower
| Falls Church road. When he reached the
| vicinity of Dead Mems Gulch'' two man
! appeared from the shadows on the road
| side, grabbed the bicyclist and threw him
! from his wheel. He relieved of all the
| cash he had in his possession, amounting
| to about $50. As soon as released he
| mounted his wheel and rode as fast as ne
| could to Rosslyn, shouting the cry of ''mur-
| der at the top of his voice, so badly
| frightened was he. He managed to give
| description of his assalants, and though
| an immediate search made of the
| neighboi hood the robbers were not found
| Nhile these occurrences or similar ones
| are frequent happenings. yet there are
| many respectable people living in Rossyln
and the county surrounding who deplorc the
! existing condition of affairs. Indeed it is
| said by some that such events as these pre-
vent people from more thickly populating
| the vicinity. The village of Rosslvn is
| without a town corporation, and, as has
| been said before, has only one constable
! who alone is unable to maintain law and
], order, and whose efforts are defeated on
l every hand, though now and then he is
| successful in making a conviction The
! locality has no lookup, and every time an
| arrest is made the prisoner is conveyed
| down to Alexandria for safe keeping
! sometimes whan an arrest is made at
| night. too late TO go to Alexandria, the
| prisoner is brought to Georgetown and
| through the courtesy of the local police
| department. is locked up for the night
Board of Trades Work.
| The board of trade, recognizing the evils
of the gambling communities so close to
| Washington, began an active crusade some
| time ago that was extremely beneficial. A
committee of local business men personally
visited Richmond and had a long confer
| ence with Gov. OFarrell, relative to the
matter. The result was that the governor
J sent Detective Baldwin to Jackson City
| Rosslyn and Alexandria,, and the crusade
! against crime and gambling that he inau-
guratad resulted in the breaking up of a
| number of places, saloons and gambling
| houses. The arrests and convictions made
| seemed to have good effect, and for
| time everything was quiet.