Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
ALEX CAMBRIA AFFAIRS
JAMES EDDINGToN, ALLEGED
MURDERER, LOCKED UP.
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Charged With FILLING col0rsd Man in
Prince William County-General
and Personal Notes.
Special Corresponding of The Evening star.

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! Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
| ALEXANDRIA, Va, February q, 1905.
| James Ed6ngteA. a negro. twenty-one
years of agar charged with having murdered
James Lyles, also colored, at F'reestone,
Prince William county, yesterday morning,
was brought here this morning and locked
| up in the station house preparatory to his
| incarceration in sthe county Jail at Manas-
sas Eddington was in charge Of Constable
Hemmill Of Occequan. The shooting oc-
CURED in shanty near a camp OF railroad
| laborers at Freestone. Lyles received
charge of shot in the thigh and bled to death
! before surgical aid could be summoned.
Foster Alexander, another negro. was shot
in the leg. but his injuries were not consid-
cred fatal. Following the ARRAY Eddington
took refuge in a board hut near by, where.
he states, he was fired upon by friend OF
the dead man. A coroner's jury conducted
an inquest over the remains of Lyles. and
Eddington was placed under arrest In the
afternoon.
In>his cell at the station house this morn
ing he said the shooting was accidental. but
admitted that he had had previous diff
Guilty with Lyles and expected more trouble
before he met him Sunday morning At the |
urgent request of a friend he safd he car
ried a breech-loading gun when he went to |
a shanty where he thought he might meet
Lyles. When he entered, he said, Lyles got
up and made a motion as If to draw pistol
from his hip pocket. A scuffe followed be- !
tween the two men. when the gun was dis |
charged The major portion of the load en-
I tered Lyles' hip, but several shot struck |
Alexander; infiicting painful wound in the |
leg. Eddington declared that he had not
shoot his antagonist but that the gun went |
off accidentally in the struggle Eddington |
said he then went to small shanty, where
he was besieged by negro named Pat Os,
uj a anna utIn which inflicted
the fatal wound on Lyles. Osburn called
Eddington out. announcing his purpose to |
kill him. the latter stated, but Eddington |
barricaded the door According to the prts- !
oner's statement Osburn then thrust the |
muzzle of the gun through crack between
the door and the frame and fred Edding- |
ton. feeling something strike him In the
chest. fell upon the floor. exclaiming that he
was dying. Osburn then hastily left the
premises, and his supposed victim, after re- |
covering from his fright s9fiicientiy to make
| had only been struck by flying splinter OF
wood ~
The prisoner is about twenty-one years Of
age and Lyles was few years Older. Both
came from the same section of South Caro- |
lima. and both were employed in the railroad
construction camp at Freestone. 1t Is stat
ed that the difficulty between them started
about female acquaintance.
Murder in Alexandria County.
Gus Wilburn, a negro about twenty-five
years of age was shot and instantly killed
late Saturday night at the door Of bar
room near Arlington Junction, Alexandria
county. negro known as William Wright
and also asWilliam Lewis, eighteen years
of age, was arrested Sunday morning,
charged with the murder and Is now lock-
ed up in the Alexandria county jail await !
ing a preliminary examination. The two
men had attended a party in the neighbor-
hood in the evening when, 1t is understood. !
some trouble occurred between them. Later
they met at a saloon and Wilburn stepped |
outside. AS he turned to re-enter the room
he was shot in the forehead. The pistol |
ball struck him close to one eye. Wright
was arrested Sunday morning by Constable |
Cornell of Jefferson district.
Victims of Railroad Accident.
Mr. Edward f. Mitchell of Strasburg, and
Fireman Nathaniel Thornton. the latter col
ored, who We're hurt in the railroad acct
dent at Front Royal Monday. died as the
result of their injuries Saturday at Front |
Royal. Mr'eMitehell, who was general man.
ager of the Shenandoah Lime Company,
and a leading citizen of that section, never |
fully recovered consciousness from the in |
ternal injuries he sustained. Thornton was !
badly scalded. His remains were brought |
here last night and the funeral services |
will take place from his former home this !
afternoon. He forty years Of age. A |
wife and several children survive.
General Matters.
Funeral services over the remains of |
Mr.. Alfred Roberts, whose death occurred |
Friday at his home near Mount Vernon, |
will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 |
o'clock from Cameron" the ancestral !
home of the family near this city.
The funeral of Mordecai Hurst, who |
was killed Friday night by being struck |
by an engine in the yard of the Southern !
road, took place yesterday afternoon at |
o'clock from the undertaking rooms of |
w. Domaine d Son on King street.
delegation of MaSons and members of the (
Ewell conducted the services and the in |
terment was made in Bethel cemetery.
The fire department was called out yes |
terday afternoon for slight blaze at the |
residence of Mr.. Edgar Padgett on South |
Patrick street. The flames were soon ex-
tinguished but the furniture was con-
sderably damaged by water.
Mrs. Shaw missionary to China, will |
deliver an address on missions at the |
Second Presbyterian Church this after |
noon a 80 o'clock.
Mr.. Haines Injured.
Mr. Chalmer Haines, an old resident of |
Alexandria, fell on N street near 9Th this
morning and received a bad cut over his |
right eye and was otherwise bruised. Mr..
Haines. had been visiting his daughter, |
Mrs Knowles, on 9th street just south Of !
NJ southwest, and had left her house to
visit a son, who resides in the neighbor- /
hood when he fell. Officers Perry and Pes |
seur of the harbor Office force carried the |
injured man home. and he there received |
medical attention.