Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-28
AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA
COLORED MEN IN COURT CHARGED
WITH ASSAULT.
MI. BENJAMIN Scrivcner, Their Vic
TIM Unable to Appear Against
Them-General Items.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. 701 King St.

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Thomas Blandheim and Armstead Harris
both colored, were before Mayor Simpson
in the police court this morning charged
with assaulting Benjamin Scrivener. Mr..
Scrivener was unable to appear against the
prisoners, being confined to his home from
the effects of injuries said to have been
received in an encounter Saturday night
with the two men.
officer Deane, who discovered the injured
man lying the sidewalk near the corner
of King and Pitt streets, testified that he
was perfectly helpless and appeared to be
suffering from a broken leg. With other
officers he assisted MIR. Scrivener to his
residence. In the opinion of the physician
who was summoned the injuries were seri-
Gus. the leg being either fractured or badly
Sprained.
Three or four witnesses were called and
testified concerning the assault. One wit
ness stated that he saw Thomas Bland
helm and Mr.. Scrivener engaged in a fierce
struggle King street near Pitt. Going
up he found the colored man savagely as
saulting his PROSTATE opponent. Aside from
this statement the evidence was meagcr,
and little could be CLEANED to Harris
connection with the affair or the facts lead
ing up to the assault. and Mayor Simpson
decided to postpone the case until tomor
row morning. He said he thought more
witnesses could be brought forward and in
Structed the officers to secure them Of
ficers Beach, Arlington and TIGER made the
arrest.
Masonic Lodge Instituted.
Union Lodge of Masons, colored, was in
stituted here Saturday evening, the cere-
monies being conducted by Rev. J. E.
Brown Of Fredericksburg, district deputy
grand master of the fourth Masonic district
of Virginia, acting under the authority OF
the grand master of colored Masons, DR.. =.
B. Ramsay Of Richmond. The following
officers were installed: j. H. JONES' wor-
shipful master: r. D. Ruffin, senior war
den; Weston Green, junior warden Mag
nus l.. Robinson, secretary; Rufus j. Pres
ton, treasurer; William Washington, senior
deacon; NJ. L. Robinson. tr., Junior deacon;
William Bayne. tiler: Robert H. Robinson,
chaplain. The lodge has twenty-five men,
berS.
Police Court Proceedings.
Mayor Simpson this morning assessed
Stephen Smith $40 in the police court for
using vulgar, threatening and abusive Ian
guage to William Travers. The same fine
was imposed on Henry Washington. col
ored, charged with disorderly conduct and
carrying concealed weapons. Jas. Phillips.
charged with assault. was assessed s..
Samuel Page, small colored boy, was be-
fore the court on the charge Of fnjuring
private property. He was required to pay
the damage and also the sum of 81 for
throwing stones on the street.
Inquest Ordered.
Coroner William R. Purvis will hold an
inquest this afternoon over the remains OF
an infant which was discovered yesterday
on 1st street between Columbus and Alfred.
The child was carried to Demaine's under
taking rooms, where DIR. Hugh Mcclure
held an autopsy yesterday afternoon. 1t
was discovered to be a white female infant
about five days old. From the marks on
L<tl 4lyyI hoo, lad 70,
death by a rope or cord, and in the opinion
Of Dr. Purvis an inquest was necessary.
colored man named Robert PoindeXter
discovered the child and made report at
police headquarters. The body was COW
cred with mud and was frozen stin.
General Matters.
In the corporation court this morning,
Judge ]. K NJ Norton presiding, the case
of John H. Jones, colored, against Mrs.
Matte Morris was taken up. The plaintiff
sues for a reward which he alleges Mrs.
Morris had agreed to pay for the return Of
a sum Of over s., 600 which she lost on the
street more than a month ago 1t Is claimed
by the defendant that the money was re-
turned minus more than $500. The hearing
Of testimony was In progress when this Ie-
port closed.
The January term Of the Alexandria
county court, Judge ]. NJ. Love presiding,
convened this morning at 10 o'clock in the
county court house on Fort Myer Heights.
A special grand jury was sworn to invesu
gate the case Of Walter Turner, colored,
charged with attempting criminal assault
on a colored girl named Green, near Ross
Ign. Up to about noon the jury had not
reported.
Twenty persons were received into men,
bership after the regular services at the
Methodist Episcopal Church South last
night. Rev. E. v. Register. the pastor an
nounced that the special series Of meetings
which was commenced two weeks ago will
continue throughout the present week.
Funeral services over the remains of Mrs.
Fannie T. Bradford, who died Friday in
New York, took place Sunday morning at
$50 o'clock at the undertaking rooms of
w. Domaine & Son, on King street. Rev.
E. V. Register conducted the services end
the interrnent was made in the Methodist
cemetery.
The funeral of Horatio Bell. whose death
occurred in Washington Friday last, took
place yesterday morning from Mount Olivet
Church at Ballston, in Alexandria county.
Interment was made in the cemetery adj
joining the church.
The committee of twenty-five charged
with the responsibility of arranging plans
to secure the election of such candidates for
council as will pledge themselves to work
for better streets, better sewers and other
improvements will hold it's third meeting
this evening in the rooms of the Business