Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-05
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
TWO SMALL BOYS ADJUDGED TO
BE INCoRRIGIBLE.
Turned Over to the State Prison As
sociation-General and Personal
Matters.



ALEXANDRIA. Va. July 8, 1905.
Two small boys Benjamin Allen and NAL
vern Mayhugh, aged. respectively, fourteen
and nine years were adjudged iEcorriglb,e
by Justice Cation in the police court this
morning, and the decision to turn the prison.
ers over to the State Prison Association OF
Virginia was announced TO the fathers of
the lads. Both boys will probably be placed
in the state reform institution located near
Richmond. George Massey, about ten years
of age. who was charged with the same
onenses which led to the arrest of the
Allen and Mayhugh lads, was also accused
with stealing chickens and the considera-
ton of his case was deferred until o clock
this afternoon In announcing s decision
Justice Cation stated the belief that the
placing of the boys in the custody of the
prison association was the only course
which offered any prospect Of reformation
for the youthful prisoners.
Referring to the evidence against the boys
the justice said he could not believe that
any one young could be guilty of the
ofIenses which they had committed without
having been Influenced by older and more
vicious associates. The parents of the
boys while accepting the announcement
with evident distress. seemed satisfied with
the course indicated as the only means of
doing anything to correct the evil tenden-
cies of their children. The evidence showed
that the boys had been guilty of several
daring robberies on a small scale, as stated
in The Star yesterday, and the means en-
ployed Indicated a desperate disregard for
law and authority.
Aftermath of Celebration.
An aftermath of the exuberant ceebra-
ton in which many people INDUCED yester-
day occurred this morning in the police
court. when an unusually large docket was
called. most of the cases being those in
which disorderly conduct. drunkenness and
fighting were charged Harry Davis, col
ored, who was arrested by Officer Ferguson
on the charge of assaUlting Charles Bal
tinore with a knife, tried in vain to eX-
plain away the accusation. He assess
ed $40 George Ryan and William Wade
appeared in the dock with the marks of
personal encounter on their faces. They
were arrested by Officers knight and
Lyles, who testified that the defendants
engaged in a fight on the premises of the
saloon of James Kelly on upper King street
late yesterday afternoon. The disorder oc-
Cured just as a base ball game on the fair
grounds closing and big crowd gath
cred about the place. Both men were
assessed 81. Violet Kaufman, arrested by
Offlcer Nicholson on the charge of drunk
enness and disorderly conduct failed TO
appear and her collateral in the sum of
$40 was forfeited Against the name of
Joseph Robey, which said to be fcti-
tlous, was the charge of disorderly
duct and fighting. By failing to appear
the accused forfeited So collateral. The
same charge was registered against the
name of Charles Brown. the defendant in
this case also forfeiting s. by non-appear-
ance. Several other cases on similar
charges were dismissed.
General Matters.
A large crowd gathered on the old fair
grounds yesterday afternoon and witnessed
a close and exciting game of base ball be-
tween the Alexandria base ball team and
the nine from the navy yard in Washing
ton, in which the home players managed
TO win out by the score of q to 5. Toward
its close the game was interfered with
somewhat by a rumpus kicked up in a
neighboring saloon.
Three prisoners who were confined In the
Fairfax county jail at Fairfax Court House
on the charge of robbing freight cars and
who attempted to escape by cutting their
way through the bars have been tempo
rarily transferred to the Alexandria county
Jail on Fort Myer Heights for safe keeping.
They had almost gotten out of the Fairfax
Jail before their effort was discovered
Commonwealth Attorney Crandal Mackey
OF Alexandria county was among those
from this section who attended the horse
show at Culpeper yesterday. The occasion
had a political aspect account of the
gathering of many persons who are ac-
lively interested in the present Virginia
campaign