Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-21
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
DETAILS OF DROWNING OF PRng-
BYTERIAN MISSIONARY.
Information Contained in Letter FROM
Mission in Africa-Business q
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. January II. 1904.
Details concerning the drowning of Rev.
Henry c. Slaymaker of this city, about two
months ago. in the Congo river. Africa. are
contained in a letter recently received by
DR.. D. H. Chester of Richmond. secretary
of missions for the Presbyterian Church.
from Rev. L. c. vass, who was in charge
of the mission expedition when the steamer
Lapsley was capsized. Mr.. Vass states that
Mr.. Slaymaker was by his side at the time
the little steamer foundered. Mr.. Slay-
maker was seen to have hold of the railing
on the upper side the boat went over.
Mr.. Vass did not see him again, and be-
lieves that he became entangled with some
of the people who could not SWIM and was
taken down. The young missionary was
thought to be a good swimmer. In his let
ter Mr.. Vass states that the Lapsley was
upset In the endeavor to force Roadway
against strong and turbulent current. The
water. he says, boiled UP around on all
sides, pressing the vessel down. and In a
few seconds she had caps.zed- He reoited
the recovery of the wrecked steamer and
advised the sale of what remained and the
construction of new and larger vessel
fitted to make Roadway against the strong
currents. This, 1t is stated, has been ap-
proved by the Presbyterian committee on
missions Already movement has been
started in the Second Presbyterian Church
of this city, of which Mr.. Slaymaker was a
member, to raise funds for the purpose or
supplying the loss of the Lapsley.
Gases Dismissed on Motion.
In the corporation court yesterday a YER
dict of not guilty was returned by the jury
in the case of Carl Mander. charged with
breaking and entering railroad car in the
yard of the Southern road. The verdict
was brought in at once on motion of Com
monwealth Attorney Brent. who stated to
the jury that the evidence at hand was not
sufficient to incriminate the accused. 1t
was charged In the indictment that the Of
Tense was committed the night OF October
p, but Engineer Loorey, principal witness
for the prosecution, stated that he was not
on duty that night. With no evidence ex-
cept that of the detective who had testf-
fled before the grand jury in the cases
against Frederick Strobel and William Car
ter Attorney Brent declined to attempt
prosecution. This concluded the cases OF
alleged car robberies in the yard Of the
Southern. In the several cases brought up
not conviction was obtained, 1t develop
ing upon trial in each case that the evil
dence was of the fiimsiest character. The
indictments which were reported were the
result of the testimony of man said to be
a Pinkerton detective. who was employed
as a yard brakeman for several weeks
Brief Mention
A brief session of the board of police COM
missioners was held last evening in the
police court room. The business transacted
was of a routine nature.
The Junior Card Club was delightfully."-
entertained last evening by Miss ELIZA
Uhler at her home on Cameron street.
Mr. George c. Jones, the student at the
Theological Seminary who became vioienl-
ly insane few days ago. was conveyed
last evening to the hospital for the insane
at Staunton.