Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-05
ALEX ANDRIA AFFAIRS
DEATH OF DONALD MCLEAN, A
LEADING RESIDENT.
Member of Three Fraternities and En-
ployed in Revenue Service
General Matters.


Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, September ). 1905.
Mr.. Donald Mclean, one of the leading
citizens of this city. died last night at 10
o'clock after a brief Illness at the Aiexan-
dra Hospital. Death was due to appendi-
citis. About a year ago Mr.. Mclean suf-
fered from an attack of the same disease,
but recovered without a surgical operation
being performed. Recently the disease
manifested itself again and he was con-
veyed to the hospital. where he again de-
clined to submit to an operation, and grad
ually became worse until his death resulted
last night. He was in the fifty-seventh
year of his age and is survived by little
son, Donald Mclean, twelve years old. Mr..
Mclean was a son of the late Anthony Nc
Lean, who for many years was prominent
in the affairs of this city. In recent years
Mr.. Mclean had been employed as a
gauger and inspector In the United States
internal revenue service. He was formerly
a member of the firm of Mclean & Unler,
dealers in wood Mr.. Mclean belonged to
the Alexandria Washington Lodge OF Ma
sons the Alexandria Lodge of Elks and the
Royal Arcanum. The paltbearers VIII be
selected from the membership of these or
ganizations and delegations from each Will
attend the funeral, which will take place
tomorrow afternoon at 4:5o O'CLOCK from
St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mr.. Mclean
was of the most popular residents or
Alexandria, and his death has caused gen
eral regret in this city.
Charged With Assaulting His Wife.
A young man named Lee Robinson was
before Justice Cation in the Police Court
this morning on the charge of assaultlng
his wife and also on the charge or assault
ing his wife's brother, Mr. James WOOD,
with a pistol. Mrs. Robinson told the court
that her husband had returned to their
home on South Fayette street last night I'M
der the influence of liquor. and had pro-
cee,led to strike and slap her about and
to raise a row generally. She also stated
that the man had threatened to shoot her
with a pistol and had assaulted his moth
er-in-law Several residents in the neigh
borhood who had been called as witnesses
stated that they had been aroused about
midnight by cries of murder and "po-
lice issuing from the house occupied by
the Robnsons. officer Beach, who made
the arrest informed Justice Cation that he
had FASTENED to the scene upon hearing the
alarming cries and had found Mrs Rob-
inson in d highly nervous and excited COL
diton. He said that her face bore the
marks of assault.
MIR. Wood stated that he had hurried to
Robinson's house upon being informed that
Robinson had attacked his wife The for
mer, the witness stated, met him at the
door and threatened to kill him with pis-
toll If he attempted to enter.
Justice Cation dismissed the charge of as
sault upon Mr.. Wood, but fined the de-
PENDANT $50 on the charge of beating his
wife and required Robinson to give bond
to keep the peace. The court also warned
the man against further offenses of that
character. The defendant was represented
by Attorney Moncure.
General Matters.
While engaged in tagging a Southern
railroad train late yesterday afternoon at
the intersection of King and Henry streets,
Peter w. Simpson, an elderly fagman en-
ployed at the box at that crossing, stood too
close to the track and was struck and seri-
ously injured by the locomotive. He was
knocked several feet, and it was at first
thought that he had been killed. He was
removed to the Alexandria Hospital, where
his injuries were found to consist of several
bad cuts and bruises about his head.
The fire department was called out early
this morning for blaze in an unoccupied
frame house near the Southern depot The
building was nearly destroyed, but the fire
men prevented the flames from spreading to
other structures.
Judge Louis c. Barley and family, who
have been spending the summer at orkney
Springs have returned to this city.