Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-20
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
MUCH WANTED NEGRO WALKS
INTO POLICE STATION.
Police Commissioners to Hear Charges
Against Lieut.. Smith * Gen.
eral and Personal Matters.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 20, 1904.
Augustus Marshall, colored, appeared at
| the station house yesterday Afternoon and
| informed Officer Gill that he had come to
give himself up on the charge of felonlous
| assault There was no warrant out
standing for a person Of that name, out
| later it was learned that the prisoner was
| the man for whom the police were
searching, under the name of Augustus
| Washington. In the police court this
| morning the prisoner was given hear
| ing before Justice Cation. 1t was testi-
fled that Marshall had used knife with
| serious effect upon the face and neck of
James Diggs, also colored. at the corner
of Wolfe and Columbus streets last Fri
day night Diggs' face was SCARED by a
| long and ugly cash. Marshall was fined
| $50, in default of which he will spend
sixty days in jail
In the case of the commonwealth
against Albert Walker, colored. in the cor
poration court yesterday, Judge L. c.
Barley presiding. the prisoner pleaded
| guilty to the Indictment charging him
with feloniously shooting Arthur Moss,
penitentiary. Judgment for the defend
| ant was rendered in the case of Lewis
against Simpson Bros, removed from a
| Justices court. Final DEGREES were en-
council of Alexandra against delinquent
property owners The jury rendered. YER
dict for the plaintiff for $4S92 in the case
| of ]. A. Wingfleld against Carter Bros,
removed from a Justices court. 1t is said
that an appeal will be taken in this case.
The regular monthly meeting of the
board of police commissioners will be
held this evening. when several matters
relating to the management Of the police
force will be discussed. The board will
consider the charges preferred against
Lieutenant Smith by William Travers. In
a letter to the commissioners Travers all
leges that the lieutenant abused and
struck him and acted in a manner un-
becoming an officer.
called meeting of the general com
m1ttee on the firemen's parade and tour
nament in connection with the annual con-
Ventlon of the state firemen here in Au-
gust will be held this evening at &
O'Clock in the rooms of the Business
Mems League
General Items.
Funeral services over the remains of Mrs
Jennie Topping, whose death occurred yes-
terday morning, were held last evening at
o'clock at the undertaking parlors of b.
Wheatley, on King street. Rev. J. A. JEFF
fers of Trinity NJ E. Church officiated.
This afternoon the remains were forwarded
70 STERLING, Loudoun county, for interment
Mrs Mary E. Craven, widow of John
craven. died last evening a her home, $40
King street. She was a sister of Mr. John
T. Nails, and was eighty-f1ve years of age
Arrangements for the funeral will be made
later.
Members of the Epworth League of the
Washington Street Southern Methodist
Church attended the summer rally Of the
Epworth League union of Washington and
vicinity held last night at Rockville Rev.
w. H. Ellison of Del Ray delivered an ad-
dress on the Successful Devotional Meet
ing"
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base ball team of the Alexandria Athletic
Association Is with the Norris Peters team
of Washington, which will be played Satur-
day afternoon On the old fair grounds.
Mrs Morton, wife of Rev William ]. Nor
ton rector Of Christ Church, is visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Powhatan Moncure,
in Stafford county.
Miss Alice E. Colquhoun has gone to
Peaonian Springs, Loudoun county, where
she will spend several weeks
Mr.. John M. Johnson and family left last
night to spend the remainder Of the sum
mer at Old Sweet Springs, Va.