Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-11
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
Arrests Made for q Burglary Of Some
Size.
Railroad Company Responsible for .
Death-LocaI Notes of General
a1d Especial Interest.
Evening Star Bureau,
No. 727 King st.
Bell felenhnna No 1n6.


Bell telephone No los.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. July II, $780,
Six colored prisoners were lined UP in the
dock when Mayor Simpson opened police
court this morning. Their names ware AL
bert Yarbow, Rufus and Amos Robinson.
Robert Saunders, James Bell and Andrew
Jackson. The charge against them was
that of burglarizing the residence of Mr..
H. C. Ansley, on the corner of Duke and
Pitt streets, while the family was visiting
on Seminary hill about a week ago. Lieut..
Smith was the first witness. He told of
having been sent for by Mrs. Ansley Sat
urday last and of working up the case un-
til yesterday afternoon he. with Officers
Knight and Hall, arrested the two Robin
son boys, Jackson and James Bell. An
examination of Bell, said the lieutenant.
resulted in the officers locating many of
the stolen articles in house on South
Royal street between Wolf and Wilkes
where Bell and Jackson resided.
Officer Belts, who is acting sergeant tes-
titled that he and Officer Beach had inter-
viewed Bell late in the evening and that
the prisoner had confessed to the robbery
directing the officers where to find more
of the missing articles. The two officers, in
company with Officer Knight, returned to
the house on Royal street, and, tearing UP
the floor and opening the ceiling, they dis
covered articles of furniture, bed coverings,
forks, toilet articles and, in fact almost a
complete assortment of household goods.
Saunders was then arrested. The recovered
goods were carried to the station house,
where this morning Mr.. and Mrs. Ansley
identified them. The officers stated that in
Bells confession he said that entrance to
the house had been effected by means of
a small knife, with which a panel of back
door had been cut out. The robbery, he
told the officers, took place on July 3, more
articles being carried away on the It'll in
slant Several other witnesses were ex-
amined, among them being Mr.. Benoni
Wheat.
Mayor Simpson, after hearing the evil
dence. said he would refer the cases of
Bell and Saunders to the grand jury, and
that jackson might be released for the
present, though he would be- constructive
ly, under arrest. The other three men were
dismissed. There is another party known
to the police who will probably be arrested
shortly. Mr.. and Mrs. Ansley went over
the recovered articles this morning and eS
timated their value at S25S. Goods not yet
recovered will amount to more than 800.
Held Railroad Company Responsible.
The coroner's jury, summoned by Cor
oner Kirby to investigate the death of John
K. hewitt of Fairfax, who was killed yes
terday morning at Telegraph Crossing, as
reported in The Star, returned a verdict
about o'clock yesterday afternoon declar-
ing that Mr.. hewitt met his death by being
struck by train on the Washington South
ern railroad, and that the accident was
due to negligence on the part of the COM
pany's officials After the inquest the re-
mains were forwarded to Pohick from
which place the funeral will take place to-
morrow afternoon.
Corporation Court.
In the corporation court yesterday the
cases of the John Eaton Company against
the Mt Vernon Fire Insurance Company
and the Bank of Toronto against the same
defendant company were dismissed The
case of r. T. Lucas, jr., against Emma
Lucas was ordered stricken from the dock
ct, r. T. Lucas having acquired the interest
of the defendant.
The case in chancery of Simpson against
Field was referred to Commissioner E. b.
Taylor.
On Thursday next the following cases
Will be called: Thompson against Duncan
and Howell against the Chillum Castle
Land and Improvement Company.
General Matters.
Marley Encampment, No. 6, l. O. O. F.,
met last night and installed the following
officers: George Written. chief patriarch
Henry Hunter. high priest; George W.
Bontz, senior warden; William E. Latham,
scribe; P. NJ Bradshaw, treasurer; J. A
Sprouse. junior warden.
At the annual meeting of the James H.
oInall d SOnS company or New \ ork and
Washington, held here yesterday, James
II. Small was chosen president; c. A.
Small, vice president; James H. Small, jr.
secretary and treasurer. These officers
constitute the board of directors.
Mr.. A. S. Doniphan of The Evening Star
bureau, together with the Washington,
Alexandria and Mt. Vernon Railway Com
pany, have leased Stabler's drug store, at
the northwest corner King and Washing
ton streets Mr.. Doniphan will conduct a
store therein, and the railroad company
will have their waiting room and ticket
Office in this building.
Mr.. Frank G.. Anderson of this city will
deliver an address before Shenandoah
Tribe of Red Men, at Lovettsville, Va,
on the Goth instant.
Mr.. NJ. B. Harlow has sold to Mr.. James
S. Schwartz a tract of land lying partly
within this city and partly in Fairfax
county. for the sum of $1,000.
Messrs. John ]. Dolan and Reeves 7.
Strickland of the Washington bar have
been admitted to practice in the local
courts