Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
JAMES MooDY HEARD ON MUR-
DERoUS ASSAULT CHARGE.
The Proceedings Dismissed and De-
PENDANT Released From Jail-Gen-
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eral and Personal News.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. 701 King ST..

Bell Telephone NO. 1o6
ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 10. 1902.
James Moody was examined before JUS
tiee E. 3. Thompson at the Alexandria
county court house at o'clock yesterday
afternoon on the charge of murderously
assauiting Elvin J. Marcy Of Bailston in a
saloon In Rosslyn August 25. The charge
was dismissed and Moody was released
from jail. He was represented by Attor-
neys Machen and Moncure, and the state s
interests were looked after by Common
wealth Attorney James E. Clements. Moody
was arrested soon after the assault, and
has been kept in Jail until yesterday after
noon AT times since his injury the con-
dition of Marcy has been considered criti-
cal, out ne Is now recovering, although his
strength was not sufficient to permit him
10 appear at the hearing yesterday. Had
ne been there, however the result would
not have been changed it is thought, as he
oenled 10 Justice Thompson soon after the
assault that Moody was his assailant.
Claim Not Given Consideration.
The attempt of a woman giving her name
as Mrs. Roberta Beach-Clark of Washing
ton to establish a claim to the estate of the
late John +. Clark on the ground that she
IS MS Widow has developed nothing ad-
dltlonal, and it Is believed here by the
Iriends OF the dead man that nothing else
statements that Mr. Clark was never mar
rleo except to Miss Mary " Shinn, with
Whom he lived many years. and whose
uealn occurred several months ago. Cap
tam WEBSTER said this morning he had been
INFORMED that the woman representing her
sell as Mrs. Clark had lived in Alexandra
IN ner early youth, being the daughter of a
man named Beach. The captain did not
regard the representations Of the woman as
worthy of serious consideration. This is
tne view taken by other friends of the late
Mr. Clark. They scout the statement that
ne was ever married to the stranger. Mr..
Clark died without having made a will
His estate Is small.
Soldiers in the Tolls.
Two young soldiers from Fort Hunt CIV
ing their names, respectively, as Leacey
hurley and Alfred Hard were in the dock
at the police station this morning charged
with drunkenness and disorderly conduct
ana defacing the property of the Washing
ton' Alexandria and Mount Vernon rail-
road. Conductor Goods testified that the
men rode to this city last evening on his
train and that they became involved in a
brawl which resulted in the back of a seat
being torn from it's fastenings. They had
nothng to say in their own behalf, and a
me or 80 was imposed on each, with the
alternative of twenty days on the chain
gang. Hugh White, another soldier +. Gin
Fort Hunt, was required to pay the same
amount on the charge Of drunkenness and
dlsorderly conduct.
General Matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G. Walker of Lg-
mum, Culpeper county, Va, have issued
cards for the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Purifee Gibson Walker, and Mr.. Lewis
Tustler Haney Of Alexandra county. The
ceremony will take place Wednesday after
noon at 4:3O o'clock, the Oath instant, in
LaeI Baptist Church, Lignum.
The new registration in the first and
second wards. where the books are now
open, has been very light up 10 the present
The number Of negroes qualifying is small
in comparison to the whites.
The eightieth year of tie Episcopal Theo-
logical Seminary Of Virginia. situated three
miles west of this city. will begin next
Wednesday, the 18th instant. AT that time
Rev. Bergman Green, the former rector of
Christ Church in this city, will begin his
duties as regular professor