Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-24
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Two Colored Laborers Fatally
Shot Near Fairfax.
SEARCH FOR SUSPECT
TRIAL OF CONSTABLE ON MUIR
DER CHARGE POSTPONED.
Early Morning Fires Command Atten-
ton of Department - General
and Personal News.
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Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


ALEXANDRIA. Va, October "a. 1904.
The Alexandria police department was
notified this morning by Fairfax county
| authorities of the fatal shooting of two
colored men employed as railway laborers.
which occurred last night near Fairfax sta
| ton on the Southern road eighteen miles
south of this city. The names of the vic
| tins were not furnished the local depart
ment, but a description of the suspected
murderer was given, and efforts were at
! once started to find some trace of him in
| the city. The officer who brought the news
! of the shooting informed Lieutenant Smith
that the fugitive was a negro from North
| Carolina. who was supposed to have made
| his way to Alexandria after the commits
| sion of the crime. Accompanying the Fair
| fax official was negro youth who declared
| that he would be able to identify the sus-
| pected man on sight
| Lieutenant Smith detailed Officer Hender-
| son to accompany the other officer, and they
set off with the negro lad to scour Peters
burg a portion of the town freauented by
visiting negroes from the construction
camps. After a brief search Officer Hender-
son telephoned to the station house that he
had reason to believe that the man had
| made for the Long bridge. He was then
directed to follow up the clue.
Inc details Oh the smoothing furnished the
department were extremely meager, and
further information could not be secured
! over the telephone from Fairfax this morn
ing 1t is stated that the shooting the
result of a quarrel between the men in a
railway mess car last night.
Circuit Court in Session.
The October term of the circuit court
for Alexandria county, Judge c. E, Nicol
presiding, opened this morning at 10 O'Clock
h. IIaiu ltc
The docket was called and several cases
We're set for trial The case of John II.
Cornell, indicted for the murder of Wilmer
N. Steele, was continued until the Decem-
Der term of court.
This case has attracted considerable at
! tention in Alexandria county. Cornell. who
is constable of Jefferson district, had a
warrant for a misdemeanor to serve on
Steele June 20 last. The accused sought
to evade arrest by running, whereupon
Cornell, it is alleged. shot him. Steele's
death occurred the next day at the Alexan-
dria Hospital. Cornell will be defended by
Attorneys Machen and Moncure, and Com
i.monweath Attorney Mackey will be assist
ed in the prosecution by Attorney j. B. L.
Thornton of Manassas.
Early Morning Fires.
The fire department was called out about
9 o'clock yesterday morning for blaze
| In the wood yard of T. J. Fannon at the
corner of Henry and Duke streets. The
| flames had gathered considerable Roadway
Eby the time the engines arrived, and the
libest efforts of the firemen resulted in saw
| ing only a portion of the large quantity
| of wood which was piled high in the yard.
1t is estima ted that the loss more
| than $1,000. The origin of the fire is I'M
known.
The department again called out
about 9 o'clock for a small fire in shanty
| on South Washington street. The of
| the special apparatus was all that was
necessary to eXtinguish the flames
General Matters.
| An Italian who was serving a term of
/ twelve months in the Fairfax county Jail
| for a felony succeeded in escaping from
the jail building at Fairfax Court House
last night He effected his escape by
knocking down young Wallace Cross, the
son of the jailer, and making a dash
through the door, which the latter had
previously opened. The prisoner had served
one month of his term. The search which
was at once set foot by the officers
had not been successful at a late hour to-
day.
William Bolton, who resides in the old
| Braddock House, severely injured yes
terday afternoon by falling from a high
trestle at the head of King street lie
was removed to the Alexandria hospital
Mrs. Cassie NJ. Chauncey died last night
after a long illness at the residence of her
husband Mr.. William Chauncey 619 South
Fairfax ST. aet.