Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-04
ALEXANDRIA. AFFAIRS
SHOOTING OF J. d. HooE ATTRIB.
UTED TO ACCIDENT.
Friends Of Deceased Reject Theory Of
Suicide-No Motive for Such o
Deed-General News.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

ALEXANDRIA. Va, September 4. 1906
The tragic death of John D. Hooe at his
home near Warrenton. Va. yesterday after
noon was distinct shock to the people Of
Alexandria, and especially to his many rela-
tives and close personal friends here. A
number of Alexandrians attended the re-
cent horse show at Warrenton. in which Mr..
Hooe took an active part. ana they report
that he was apparently in the best of
health and good humor at that time. They
are consequently 10th to believe that he
committed suicide and incline to the .opin-
ion that he shot himself accidentally.
Mr.. Hooe was born in Alexandria about
thirty-eight years ago. He was the only
child of the late Philip B. Hooe who mar
ried daughter of John B. Daingerfield.
during his lifetime one of the richest and
most prominent citizens of Alexandria. He
was educated at the Episcopal High school.
Hanover Academy, the Virginia Military
Institute and the University of Virginia.
and started to take a course in medicine at
the University Of Maryland. but was COM
PEELED to relinquish his, studies there be-
cause of serious attack OF Illness
Wife Was Miss Herbert.
About fifteen years ago MT, ,Hooe mar
ried Miss May Herbert. daughter of Col.
Arthur Herbert or the firm Of Burke &
Herbert, bankers and sister of Mrs.
Henry C. McCauley of Washington. Sew
eral years ago Mr.. Hooes fondness for fine
horses, racing and fox chasing led him to
Warrenton, where the facilities for such
sports were better than at Alexandra, and
he purchased handsome home near that
place. E., .,--,,..,..-s, ..4.5t-al.-
He was considered one Of the best heavy
weight riders in Virginia, and kept small
stable of thoroughbred hunters for his own
USE He also went in for racing in small
way. His horse. Gum Honey. won several
steeplechase races at Benning last year and
the year before.
A man of handsome physique and courtly
manners, Mr.. Hooe was popular wherever
he was known, and his death Is sincerely
regretted. He was nonresident member
of the Metropolitan Club of Washington.
member of the Fauquier Club Ct Warren
ton, one of the officers of the Warrenton
Horse Show Association and was at one
time NJ F. H. of the Warrenton Hunt Clup
Col. Arthur Herbert left for Warrenton
this morning, and the funeral arrangements
will not be made until after his arrival. II
Is presumed that the remains VIII pe
brought here for fnterment.
Was Alone in His House.
dispatch from Warrenton states that
Mr.. Hooe shot himself while alone IN
room in his beautiful home near that town.
and that mystery surrounds his death. ND
motive 1t is stated. has been assigned TOT
the deed, and it is added that many OF MS
acquaintances and friends in that sectioh
are convinced that the shot was nred acci-
dentally So far as Is known. the dispatch
states. no one was in the house with MT.
Hooe when the pistol was fired.
A stableman heard the report OF the
weapon and. rushing into the house. founa
that his employer was already dead, win
a bullet wound over the heart. The STABLE
man then hurried to Warrenton with the
news Mrs Hooe, who was drivlns VIII
a relative at the time. was summoned 10
the house by message that her huspaho
was i'll.
General Matters.
The clerk to the city school board will
commence issuing permits for children to
attend the public schools of this city next
Monday morning at the Alexandra Light
Infantry Armory, which has been loaned
to the board for the purpose Permits VIII
he issued to white children Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday. between the hours OF
o a M and pm, and to coloreo chiiuren
Thursday and Friday between the same
MIS-. Joseph Moore died Monday night at
the home Of her father-in-iaw, Joseph
Moore ST.. after a long illness from
typhoid fever. She was a daughter OF Jo-
seph Dreifus, and was nineteen years OF
age Mrs Moore Is said to have contracted
the fever while nursing her sister, VINO IS
i'll with the same disease.
whose death occurred at her home. All
North Alfred street, Saturday morning,
took place from st. Mary's Cathoic Cnurcn
this morning at $50 O'Clock The services &c
were conducted by Rev. Father kehy' the
assistant rector of the church
Funeral services over the remains OF MRS.
Wilhelmina Furrer, who died Sunday AFTER
noon at the residence of her daughter, MIS-
q Rohraus Ill South Columbus street,
were held at the residence at 2:SO O'Clock
this afternoon Mrs. Furrer was native
of Germany but had lived In Alexandra
number of years. ...ts....