Evening star., 1902-08-23
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
EFFORT TO OBTAIN EXECUTIVE
CLEMENCY FOR JOHN LoMAX.
Colored Youth Under Sentence of
Death-Police Court Docket
General and Personal.
Evening Star Bureau.
No. 101 King St,
Bell Telephone No. lu6.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, August % 1902
An effort will probably be made by coun-
sci of John Lomax, the colored lad held
here under sentence to be hanged in West
moreland county September D. to get Gov
ernOr Montague to commute> the sentence
to life imprisonment Friends of the con-
demned boy have employed W. H. Saddler,
a colored attorney formerly of this city,
but now residing in Pennsylvania. to take
legal steps to save him., if possible, from
death. Saddler has examined the records
OF the trial at Montross, August g. and says
that while he found some technical errors
he did not discover anything on which ap-
pllcation for a reversal of judgment could
be based. He has intimated, however that
the governor will be requested to substi-
tute imprisonment in the penitentlary for
the death penalty.
The youth of the convict and his evident
lack of mental and moral development will
be urged as reasons for executive Glenn
ercy.
Gases Before the Mayor.
James Self was before Mayor Simpson in
the police court this morning on the charge
OF assaulting a woman named Ollie Sykes
Evidence was adduced to show that Self
mad beaten the woman and he was fined
rant yesterday charging Martha Lewis.
also colored with assault The casa was
postponed yesterday, but this mornin. il
came to trial, to the misfortune of both
complainant and accused Martha was
taxed -. Whlle double that amount was re
qulfed OF Annie, the evidence having shown
that she was not only disorderly herself
but Kept disorderly house William Hans
brough got into trouble by making a fuss
On .he street. He didn't like being gath
eleu @ III oy an oificer, and protested against
accompanying him to the station house
For these misdemeanors he was assessed
90 William Willis colored was also dis
oroerly' and the fine in his case was the
same
Brief Mention.
MI Park Agnew has been appointed as a
member of the executive committee charged
with preparing for the jamestown ter-cen-
tennial exposition, to be held in Norfolk.
1901. II the present colossal plans for the
eNpositloh succeed it will be one of the
greatest aHalrs of the sort ever seen in
this country.
The fifty firemen from this city who at
Tended the annual convention of the State
remen S Association at Portsmouth re-
turned to Alexandria this morning They
were at the convention two days and re-
port having had very pleasant visit.
Officer James Hall has carried out his
intention, stated yesterday, Of resigning
from the police force
The national bank at Fairfax Court
House which was organized a few weeks
ago will be opened Monday The bank will
be temporarily conducted in a brick build
ing In the court house yard. 1t is the in
tention of the stockholders to construct a
new building with modern Improvements
soon.
Messrs. Joseph J. Bray, Edward c. Hall,
Ralph M. kidwell and Admiral Weaver are
JUS completing residences at Ballston, in
Alexandria county
James E. Clements, commonwealths at
torney OF Alexandria county, has been in
vited and will deliver the cnarge to the
knights at the annual tournament to take
place near Arlington on Labor day, Sep
tember l. 1902