Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-05
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
TRIAL OF SAMUEL RUN1AP POST
PoNED UNTIL TOMORROW.
Defendant Charged With Making False
Statements to Procure Marriage
License-General News.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

oPSclai Correspondence OF Ine Evening Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. October 8, 1904.
The case of Samuel Dunlap, who was ar
rested yesterday afternoon on warrant
sworn out by Mrs. Lena <. Hicks, charging
him with perjury. was continued until to-
morrow morning at $50 tn the police court
this morning upon the motion Of Attorney
c. c. Carlin, counsel for the defendant.
Justice Cation fixed bond for the release of
the prisoner at $500.
Dunlap was formerly private in the
United States army, and was stationed at
Fort Hunt. Recently he has been in the
employ of the Southern Railroad Company,
Mrs. Hicks alleges that September % Dun
lap procured license for the marriage of
her fifteen-year-o daughter, Ola Virginia
Hicks, to Hugh Wellington Crockett, CIV
ing the age of the girl as twenty-one years.
Mrs. Hicks also claims that advantage was
taken of her absence to conduct her daugh-
ter to the house of a neighbor, where she
was dressed in the attire of woman and
other means adopted to deceive the officiat-
ing minister as to her age. 1t is stated at
the Office of the the clerk of the corpora
ton court that Dunlap came alone to pro-
cure the license, and that he swore, Ito the
best of his knowledge and belief" that the
ages he gave were correct.
Mrs. Hicks resides with her husband, Mr..
Robert L. Hicks, at 22S Jefferson street.
Overrules Motion for New Trial.
Judge l.. C. Barley in the corporation
court yesterday overruled the motion to
set aside the verdict and grant a new trial
in the case of the commonwealth against
John Whalen who was recently convicted
on the charge OF grand larceny and SEN
fenced to serve five years in the peniten-
tiary.. The motion was presented by At
torneyS Machen and Moncure, counsel for
the defendant, on the ground that the In
dctment was defective. The court allowed
stay of execution for thirty days in order
that the prisoner may appeal. 1t is said
that Attorney Darlington of Washington
will be associated with counsel for Whalen
and that the case will be taken to the court
of appeals
General Matters.
At the session of the Woman's Foreign
Missionary Society of the Baltimore con-
ference NJ. E. Church South. held yesterday
at Staunton, Va, it was decided to hold
the next meeting in Alexandria. Mrs. ].
T. Williams of Romney w. Va, formerly
of this city, was elected vice president Of
the society.
Mr.. c. C. Carlin of this city, democratic
presidential elector for this congressional
district, and Representative John F. Rixey
will address the voters of Loudoun county
at LeeSburg next Monday.
colored lad named Lewis Jones is being
held at the police station on the charge of
stealing a gold watch and chain from the
residence of Mrs. Charles H. Kane, 112
South Washington street. When searched
at the station house the missing articles
were found on the boys person. 1t is prob
able that he will be sent to the state re-
form school for colored youths.
Mrs. Mary Conway and her daughter,
Miss Carrie Conway of Vicksburg Miss,
who have been visiting in this city for the
past week, will leave today for Fredericks-
burg, to visit relatives, whence they will
return to their home.
Engineer Noble Smith of the Columbia
Fire Company Is out Of the city on his
leave of absence of ten days. For the time
designated the position Of engineer is being
filled by Officer Banner Young of the police
force.
An unidentified colored man. who had
been terribly injured on the. Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad yes
terday, was brought to the Alexandria Hos
pital yesterday afternoon and both of his
legs were amputated. 1t is said that he
was employed on iao yaHfsad -ronstruction
gang and was injured in Jumping from
freight train. si7 -'aH