Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-12
ALEX ANDRIA AFT AIR
FITZHUGH WEEMS, ALIAS WILL
LIAMs, CHARGED WITH ROBBERY.
United States Soldiers Fined in Police
Court-General and Per-
sonal Items.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening star.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, December II, 1904.
Fitzhugh Lee Weems, alias Fitzhugh
Williams, was given an examination In the
police court by Justice Cation this morning
| on the charge of robbing cars in the freight
ward of the Southern railroad in this city.
| The case was referred to the grand jury.
| Weems was arrested last night by Officers
Young on Prince street. At the station
| house he gave his name as George Garter,
| although he was said to be positively iden-
| titled as Fitzhugh Lee Weems. He had been
wanted by the police of this city for several
! weeks in connection with the case OF Nor
decai Hurst, the Fairfax county constable
| who was arrested last month on the charge
| of purchasing goods which had been stolen
| from railroad cars. 1t was thought he
would prove an important witness In THIS
case Recently the police department re-
ceived notice that man supposed 10 pe
county jail near Richmond the night or De-
| cember L. He made his exit by cutting a
| hole in the wall. While in Jail at that place
| he was known as Joe Neal.
United States Soldiers Fined.
James Dooms and Richard c. Cox, United
States soldiers, were before Justice Cation
| in the police court this morning on the
charge of stealing So from the person OF
James Battenfield, also a soldier From
the evidence it appeared that Dooms ana
Cox enticed Battenfield to disreputabe
region in this city known as Hard Cor
ner'' and had there robbed him of all the
money he had in his pocket. A fine OF $50
each was imposed. in default of which the
accused will spend ninety days In jail. 1t
was stated that all the men were members
of the 47th Company, coast artillery, sta
toned at Fort Hunt. Officers Smith, Mich
olson and Ferguson made the arrests late
Saturday night
Alleged Short Weight Bread.
Upon the complaint of Market Master
Lyles local representative of the Corby
bakery was. before Justice Cation to explain
the charge that a quantity of bread dis
tributed this morning by the bakery had
been found to be of short weight The
market master had collected and weighed
few dozen loaveS In the market, stating
that many were found to be an ounce short
of the required pound. He said that eighteen
loaves weighed together had balanced less
than seventeen pounds. On the other hand,
it was represented to the court that on
some occasions the bread would weigh
more than the required weight and Justice
Cation dismissed the complaint, ordering
that the bread collected, about twenty
seven pounds, be confiscated. 1t will be
sent to the almshouse.
General Matters
The December term of the corporation
court Judge Louis c. Barley presiding, was
opened this morning at 10 o'clock A grand
Jury was sworn for the investigation of sew
eral criminal cases on the docket
According to announcement made by
Mayor Paff, horn-blowing on the streets
will be restricted to- Christmas day and
December %. The discharge of frmarms
of any sort is prohibited Powder crackers
not exceeding three inches in length may
%t,1, ISL rcfrr do
Myron Wood the little son of Mr.. James
Wood, died Sunday morning at the resi-
dence Of his parents, 222 South Fayette
street.
Miss Virginia Fisher and Miss Sallie
Kemper Of Warrenton have been visiting
Mrs. A. Warfield at her home in this city.