Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-06
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
POLICE ATTEMPTING TO TRACE
TRAIN RoBBER.
Body Of ]. d. Hooe, Who is Said to
Have Committed Suicide, Buried
in Christ Church Cemetery.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, September 8. 1905
Chief Goods and Policemen Beach and
Jones Of this city and Special Ohicer Traw-
ers Of the Washington. Alexandria & Mount
Vernon Railway Company. who had been
searching for the man who stole nearly $500
Of the electric railway company's money
from a car In this city yesterday morning.
returned to Alexandria late last night with
out having discovered the whereabouts of
the fugitive and 1t Is suspected that they
were on ''cold trail" AS stated yester-
day. the officers Of the company suspect a
former employee of the road and he Is the
man that is being sought.
The police were informed yesterday that
this man boarded the car on which the tin
box containing the money had been placed.
but jumped OF after having ridden one
block and that he left for Washington on
man carrying box and answering to
some extent the description of the suspect
from the It'll street wharf to Rosslyn. where
1t was believed that he had taken a car for
Fairfax for the purpose of boarding q
south-bound Southern railway train.
The officers went as far south as Manas-
sas, but failed to find further trace Of the
man. In the meantime Lieut.. Smith re-
ceived information indicating that the man
who Is suspected jumped from the car at
the intersection of King and Henry streets
and ran north on Henry, carrying a tin
box in his right hand. Today the officers
notified the police Of several cities to watch
for the fugitive and arrest him ON suspi-
cton.
Funeral Of j. d. Hooe.
Funeral services over the remains of John
D. Hooe, who. 1t Is reported, committed sui
eide at his home near Warrenton Monday
afternoon, were held in Christ Church
cemetery, this city. yesterday afternoon,
Rev. p. P. Phillips. rector Of st. Paups
Episcopal Church. officiating The remains.
which were accompanied by funeral par
o'clock. and the original intention Of hav-
ing the services at st. Paurs was aban-
doned in order that the pallbearers who
were chosen from among Warrenton
friends Of the deceased. might return to
their homes on the late afternoon train.
Messrs. j. Bathurst Daingerf1eld, c. s. Tay-
lor Burke. Arthur Herbert and William
F. Brookes, 5r., Of this city were among
the pallbearers A number Of relatives and
friends OF the deceased met the body at
the station and attended the services.
General Matters.
In the circuit court for Alexandria city
yesterday, Judge c. E. Nicol presiding, in
the case Of the Atlas Mutual Insurance
Company against the Mount Vernon Fire
Insurance Company g jury assessed dam
ages against the defendant company for
$103.5O and $2.232.93. Arguments on de-
murrer In the suit of Hughes versus Wash
ington-Southern Railway Company were
heard and judgment was reserved.
Miss Halle Makeley Is visiting friends in
Prince William county, Va, near Manas-
sas.
Mrs. E. H. Kemper wife of Mr.. Kemper,
auditor of the Southern railroad, has re-
turned with her children to their home in
Alexandria after spending the summer at
Markham. Fauquier county, Va.
Mrs. Zorro Hill has gone to Hastings, N
Y. on the Hudson river to spend several
weeks.