Evening star., 1901-09-11
Willis Petty Indicted.

A special grand jury met this morning
at IL o'clock in the corporation court for
the purpose of investigating the charge Of
attempted criminal assault against Willis
Petty. The prisoner was arrested August
%, and a few days later waived an exam
ination before Mayor Simpson. His ac-
cuser was Mrs. Roberta Payne, wife Of
as follows: Messrs. George F. Steiner,
Samuel H. Lunt, R. H. Knox, George E.
Price. r. H. Wattles, J. c. Milburn, D. H.
Appich and r. Lee Field. j. c. Milburn
a considerable time. during which a half
dozen witnesses were examined the jury
reported an Indictment. Judge Norton
docketed the case and 1t will go over until
the next term Of court This action was
taken at the request of Mrs Payne, who is
not in condition to stand the excitement
of the trial at present. Petty was not
brought into court and will not be produced
until his case Is brought before petit jury
Death of Thomas Moss.
Mr.. Thomas Moss, well-S1own and
highly esteemed resident. disd this morn
ing at his home, 323 South ST. Asaph street,
after a comparatively short Illness The
deceased was fifty-four years Of age and is
survived by widow and several grown
children. The deceased had been in~-ill-
health for the last two months, but had
not been confined to his bed, and the an
nouncement Of his death was a surprise
to his friends
but had resided In this city the major
portion Of his life. AT one time he held the
position of ticket agent for the Southern
Railway Company in this city and more
recently he held clerical position in
the Washington and Ohio branch of the
Southern company here. The funeral ar
rangements have not yet been made. The
deceased was member of Mosby's Com
mand, Confederate Veterans
Funeral of William s. Clark.
The funeral Of Mr.. William 8. Clark.
whose death occurred In Baltimore on Sat-
urday last, took place at o'clock last
evening from the residence of his father
Mr. Thomas W. Clark, LA South Fayette
street. The Rev. E. v. REGISTER of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South con-
Quoted the funeral services. The interment
was made in the Methodist Protestant
cemetery The following were the pail
bearers: Frank Hoy, William Poss, r. H.
Cox George Reynolds, Carter Smith, Clar-
ence Remington and Lewis Harding.
Police Court.
In the police court this morning Con-
stable Buck Grady, colored, of Jefferson
district, Alexandria county, was before
Mayor Simpson on the charge Of assault
ing Howard Bradshaw, also colored At
tOrney Walter u. Varney appeared as COun-
sci for the prisoner. The complainant
stated that he had been arrested last Sun
day near the old canal basin and assaulted
by Grady, who, Bradshaw alleged, beat him
and kicked him after charging him with
warning crap shooters ofaGrady's approach.
Among the witnesses was a big colored
magistrate named Green, who caused much
amusement In court by his recital of the
hearing Of Bradshaw before him. He said
he had fined the prisoner $3.50 and 81 costs
for the compound bffense'' Of resisting an
officer and abetting gamblers Mayor
Simpson remarked that Green and Grady
were doing commendable work in patrolling
the district just north Of the town on sun
day, and the case was dismissed.
General News.
Fredda Mumford, the sfx-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. Frederick Mumford died last
night at her parents residence. 316 Com
merce street, after brief Illness Of diph-
liberia.
The city democratic committee met at 10
o'clock this morning In the Office OF the
commissioner of revenue In the market
building and organized with the election of
Charles Bendheim as chairman and r.
Theo. Cook as secretary. Oscar Carter was