Evening star., 1901-06-25
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
GOVERNOR TYLER ISSUES A PARDON
TO RICHARD L. CLARKE.
The Liberated Man Was Convicted of
Passing COnnterfeit Coin
General and Personal.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, June %, 1901.
The clerk of the corporation court this
morning received communication from
Gov. ]. Hoge Tyler announcing that he
had pardoned Richard L. Clarke. who was
serving a two years sentence in the state
prison on conviction by the corporation
court of this city of passing counterfeit
coin. The pardon recalls case that at
tracted considerable notice here more than
year ago and received the closest atten-
tion from the officers of the United States
secret service. Clarke was arrested in this
city March 3, 1900, with partner named
James Barry, by Officer James Hall. Spu-
rious silver dollars were found on the men.
At the hearing Of the case before Mayor
Simpson several witnesses testified that
they had been swindled with bad money by
the prisoners.
were supposed to be crooks Of note. attract
ed to the station house Chief Wilkie and
Mr.. Moran of the secret service bureau IN
Washington. The chief and his assistant
upon examining the coins supposed to be
counterfeit pronounced them spurious, but
said they were fairly good limitations. In
weight, however, the dollars were below
the standard, weighing scarcely more than
half dollar. They bore the date of 1879.
The police were of the opinion that the
two men had been working as counterfeit
ers with other parties at distant points who
were engaged in big scheme. One of the
prisoners stated that he got $50 Of the bad
money from man in Baltimore But the
efforts of the police and the secret service
men failed to connect the prisoners with
other counterfeiters and they were sent for
trial to the corporation court, where both
were sentenced to the penitentiary. Barry
was pardoned by the governor some time
go.
County Court In Session.
Thn T,r
court. Judge ]. M. Love presiding. which
opened yesterday, continued this morning
in the county court house on Fort Myer
Heights. The of D. NJ Rust against L.
T. Haney, motion to remove from office the
county surveyor, in progress this
morning. In the case of ]. F. Haney ct al.
against E. j. Roberts ct al, a contest over
the Jefferson district school levy, the court
yesterday afternoon ordered recount of
ballots and decided that the school levy of
40 cents on the 500 carried.
General Matters.
The final meeting of the present city
council will be held this evening. 1t is ex-
pected that considerable business of local
interest will be transacted. The new coun-
Gil will organize at noon, Monday, July 1.
MIR. Archibald HoXton of Fairfax, who
graduated few days ago at the University
of Virginia, where he was coach Of the base
ball and foot ball teams, has accepted a
position as instructor at the Episcopal High
School
A letter has been received by the United
States court clerk here from District Attor-
ney Allen stating that there will be no
grand jury for the summer term of the
court, which commences in this city next
Monday A petit Jury has already been
summoned
The repairs to the Hydraulion fire engine
nave been completed, and now the city will
have It's usual protection from fire. For
many weeks past the engine has been out
OF service occasioning the fire department
considerable trouble.
A large crowd of Sunday school scholars
and teachers went down to Marshall Hall
this morning on the twelfth annual Sunday
school excursion.
The closing exercises Of Hallowell public
school for colored girls were held this
morning at Shiloh Church. Superintendent
OF Schools K. 'KenIper was present MANY
certificates and prizes were awarded