Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-03
ALEXANDER AAFFAIRS
REPORT OF INSPECTORS AS TO
ovERcRowDINa IN JAIL.


Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, March 3, 1906.
Acting on the recent report of the city
Jail inspectors Judge Barley has issued q
rule against Mayor Paff and each member
OF the city council requiring them to APP
pear before the court on April o to show
cause why a peremptory mandamus should
not issue commanding them to erect new
jail for the city of Alexandria or to so re-
pair the present structure that the Virginia
law which provides that only one person
shall occupy a cell at a time shall not be
violated
The report of the inspectors while show
ing a good sanitary condition and setting
forth that the food furnished to the pris-
oners was all that could be desired DIS
closed alleged unlawful overcrowding. Ac-.
cording to the report there were at the
time of the inspection fifty-one persons of
both races confined In the jail three of
these being women, one white and two col
ored. The report was that as many as five
and six prisoners were obliged to sleep in
one cell.
Judge Nicol of the circuit court year
or more ago issued a rule against the city
council requiring them to make certain i'm
provements In the jail. but it is said that
tho overcrowded condition then was not as
extreme as at present
Held as a Witness.
e. e. Graham was yesterday arrested by
Policemen Belts and Beach, the charge
lodged against him in the Police Court
this morning being that he was a ''sus-
picious character" 1t was testified that he
had made the remark that he was within
ten feet of George r. Curtin when the lat
ter was murdered. A lantern which he is
said to have sold to DIR. Beach, veterinary
surgeon, which was alleged to have been
covered with blood, was placed in evidence
Graham protests that he was at Fairfax
Court House the night In question. He
was held by Justice Cation for twenty days
and will probably be examined at the pre-
urinary hearing of George Patterson and
Stephen Davis. who are charged with the
murder of Curtin, before Justice Cation
next Tuesday morning.
Although nothing definite concerning the
evidence which has been collected can be
obtained from the authorities, 1t Is said
that they are confident that the manner Of
the death of Curtain will in the end be
brought to light, and the guilty person or
persons punished Ever since the discov-
cry of the body of Curtain floating In one
of the docks the authorities have been
busy working up the different clues pie
sented.
Death Of Frank Price.
Mr.. Frank Price died last night at the
home of his brother-in-law. Mr. Theophilus
Ballenger. sos Cameron street, in the fifty
NTH VI ILLS age ne deceased VINO
was a machinist had been employed for
many years at the Washington navy yard.
He was also extensively engaged In the
fishing business, operating each season one
or the largest fishing shores on the lower
Potomac. 1t is said that for several years
past he has continued to operate the fish
Ing shore at some financial loss In order
that the large number of men whom he had
employed when the business was a paying
one should not be thrown out Of employ
ment.
Mr.. Price was a lifelong democrat and
one of the political leaders of the second
ward The funeral will be held at the home
of Mr.. Ballenger at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon
Suits Decided
The circuit court for Alexandria county,
which has been in session for the past
week with Judge Nicol presiding, ad-
journed yesterday for the term
In the case OF r. A Phillips against the
Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad
Company. a decree has been entered giving
the plaintiff 500 and directing each side to
pay its costs. The plea of the plaintiff was
that the defendant company be enjoined
from using his land until II should be ac-
quired by condemnation The plaintiff was
represented by +. M. Phillips and the de-
w. Moore.
In the case of c. NJ. Adams against the
Washington-Southern Railway Company
involving the title to the land at the head
OF King street where the company has an
overhead crossing, the courtdes.ided that
the land had been acquired by regular con-
domination proceedings and dismissed the