The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-17
NEWS FROM ALEXANDRIA.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Nov IA sequel
to the loss of Mrs Mary Morris $1,000.
which occurred on October 10 was en-
acted in the Police Court last night, when
Nora Green and George Shirley, both col
ored. were held for the grand jury by
Mayor Simpson, on the charge of the lar
ceBy Of $685. from John Henry Jones, also
colored, who wss the finder Of the money.
Jones. who is employed at the drug store
q Edgar VARIED, IT., upon finding the
money, carried il home and hid il in his
bedroom. He revealed the fact 10 Nora
Green, q one-aTuaed negro, who slept with
han on that night Green steaIthiiy erept
10 the spot where the money was and took
1855. L seems that jones, after turning
the residue OF the money over TO its owner,
was not DESTROYS of prosecuting Green but
the police were Policemen Knight, Belts.
Beach, and Goods worked on the case, which
resulted n the arrest OF Green and Shirley.
Last night small ante-roOm in the sta
fionhOuse present ed the appearance OF a
department store There we're groceries,
Shoes, dresses, beds. hats, suits Of clothes,
reviewers. and numerous other articles,
bought with the stolen money Jones was
the FIRST witness examined at the hear
ing. He told Of the find and Of Nora Green
sleeping with him Green has been spend
ing money freely and stated that he won
il gambling Witness worked diligently
with q view OF recovering the sum stolen
before he would turn the money over 10
its owner. Prior 10 this time Green never
had much money. Green had told a negro
named Thomas Bloudhsim that he had
stolen the money, and he returned 10 Jones
home on the night following with a view
OF stealing more and found that Jones had
removed the money Charles Beverley. col
oTed, testified that the two prisoners had
bought goods from the store Of Edward
Scpher, IN North ST. Asaph Street, and
paid cash for them. These goods were car
ried TO the house OF Thomas BIondheim.
Mary Cant, negro woman, testified that
the prisoners had purchased her hat and
belt, and had two new FeTolvers- Eta
Cave had also seen the prisoners with rolls
Of bills Edward Waters testified to tay-
ing seen Shirley with a $10o bill The
prisoner wanted him TO change il, which
he did. Charles Griffin told OF the prisoners
purchasing a beSstead and mattress and
some chairs from him. Fred Jones had
LIso seen the prisoners with large amount
of money. Thomas Blondheim had seen
the prisoners with bills of large denomina-
tiCRs. A note was produced alleged 10 have
been written by Charles Jackson, eolored,
in which he stated that if they didn't give
him $50 ne would --squeaF to Sergeant
note for the purpose Of seeing whether
Jones had the money.
officer Knight testified that the pris-
oners had bought the two pistols IN
Washington, and paid IS for them
When the prisoners bought the pis-
tolls they gave the names OF Robert Jack
son and Andrew Johnston The pistols
were bought from a D Street pawn shop.
During the trial it developed that the
pawnbroker, in giving in his report to
the Washington authorities, had given the
wrong nun hers. and he also failed to re-
port concerning = razor he had sold the
prisoners The Washington police were ac-
quainted with the case, and, it is under
stood. the pawnbroker will be arrested on
the charge of failing to make correct re-
turns Of his sales All the goods recovered
were found IN the house occupied by Mary
Cant and Eta Cave, both coloTed. Green
told Shirley to keep mum, and they would
not get more than two years in the penl-
Tertiary.
There was a smash-up on the SoJthern
Read at Burke's station. sixteen miles
south of this city, at S:45 o'clock yes. er5ay
| morning, which resulted in The derail-
Taent of two engines, the burning OF one
caboose and the demolishiRg of two cars
l loaded with merchandise From what an
be learned 1t seems that the rear end of
| the Southern's freight train was standing
on the main track when the chesapeake
and Ohio fast freight, with two engines,
dashed up. As the engines struck the
Southern7s cars they were derai1ed and
| thrown over on the side. All the men on
| both trains jumped in time TO save their
| lives. The caboose was burned up and the
| merchandise IN the two cars scattered for
several hundred yards along the track
| The engines On the Chesapeake and onio
were numbers 119 ard 19S, and the South
ern train, which is a local freight, was
/ 81, IN charge of Conductor Swartz. As
soon as news of the accident reached This
city Drs. NJ. W. oBrien and Julian T
Miller were despatched on special car
| 10 the scene, but fortunately their ssr-
! ices we-r not needed. wrsckirg train
| Vas also sent out. Traffic was delayed
for come time. Passengers ab7srj north
bound trains were transferred around,