Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-20
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
HAN HELD FOR GRAND JURY ON
LARCENY CHARGE.
Temple Houser Admits Having Taken
Money-Crowd Bids Farewell
to B1acksburg Boys.

| ALEXANDRIA, Va, september ~, lSo0.
J. Temple Houser, who, as stated in The
| Star yesterday, was arrested by Policemen
Lyles and Jones on the charge of entering
the fruit store of Mantis Bros, on lower
| King street, Tuesday night and stealing
| therefrom $62 was given hearing before
| Justice Harry B. Cation in the police court
this morning 1t was testified that Houscr
had been under suspicion for several weeks
past owing to the large amounts Of money
which, 1t was said, he had been spending.
Policeman Garvey testified that he had
| been watching Houser for some time, and
stated the man had been spending more
money than he appeared to be. making.
Lieut.. Smith stated that he had had con-
ference with Peter Mantis, one of the pro-
prietors of the store. and that the latter had
marked several bills. These bills. he al
legged, were found in Houser's possession
when he was searched yesterday after his
arrest
Houser when asked II he had any state
| ment to make in regard to the robbery, ad-
mitted that he entered the store Tuesday
night and took the money. He said he had
been connected with two other robberies
at the same store several weeks ago. when,
he alleged, he was accompanied by William
Chiakalos. a clerk employed by Mantis
Bros. Houser stated that at the former
robbery he and Chiakalos got 500,
which, he alleged, they divided between
themselves. After hearing all the testimony
Justice Cation held Houser to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury.
sChiakalos was represented by Attorney
Leo P. Harlow, who asked that the case
against his cient be continued ten days,
until he could confer with him in regard to
the matter. Chiakalos was accordingly re-
| manded to Jail for ten days
Alexandria Students Leave.
A large crowd gathered at the union depot
last night at 10 o'clock to witness the de-
parture Of a number of Alexandria boys,
who are students at the Virginia Polytech-
| mic Institute. at Blacksburg, Va. The snowy
uniforms Of the cadets made fine appear
ance and attracted a great deal of favor
able comment among the bystanders.
Among the party were First Lieuts c. NJ
| Smith and L. T. Downey, Sergts. r. r. A.
johnson, Ralph McBurney, Raymond Hoff-
| man and William Hellmuth, Corporals Alex.
Harris, Luckett Watkins and Cadets T.
! Clarke. William Rogers, Frank Westelaken
| Uhler and Beattie.
The number of Alexandria boys at this
school is larger than that at any other insti-
! tuition In the state. AS all of the boys re-
| ceiyed their preliminary education at the
| public schools of Alexandria, the local
| school authorities have taken great interest
| in the good work which they are doing at
| Blacksburg. Col. Theodore H. Ficklin, the
| principal Of the Washington High School
here, received letter recently from DR..
Mcbride, the president of the Virginia
| Polytechnic Institute, in which he saiu that
| schools were better prepared than those
| from any other section of the state.
| Convictions in County.
| w. o. Davis and G. w. Jenkins were ar
raigned before Magistrate Birrell of Alex.
andria county yesterday morning on the
charge of stealing some grapes from q
R--t-
hour yesterday. The boys were arrested by
| Special Policeman Kennedy of the Southern
Railroad Company. Both entered a plea OF
guilty, and were sentenced to pay fine OF
SO each and to serve thirty days in Jail.
]. C. Hern, M. D. Coiburn, Harry Stuart
and Howard Hern were arrested at the
| same time by Policeman Kennedy and tried
| before Magistrate Birrell on the charge OF
trespassing on the property of the railway
| company. A sentence of thirty days in jai
and fine of $3.50 was imposed in eacf
| case.
George Brown, colored, arrested by Con
stable Cornell of Alexandria county, wa,
quired to pay a fine Of $40, on the charge o.
| being a vagrant.
General Matters.
Twelve colored women were arrested las
night by Policemen Henderson, Jones and
| Bell, ana drTdlSneO III the pOIlce court tnis
morning on the charge of disorderly con.
duct The policemen testified that the wo.
men congregated in a saloon in the north.
ern section Of the city until a late hour last
night, and were very boisterous and dis
orderly. Chief Goods stated that he ha6
given orders that the disorderly gatherings
in the various barrooms be broken up, an(
said that the women had all been warned
against congregating in the saloon. Justice
Cation imposed fine of IS upon each of the
defendants.
Willie Parks was arrested last night by
Policemen Beach and Henderson on the
charge of stealing $40 from G. M knight, q
soldier Knight stated that the woman
took the money from a pocket in his shirt
and when he asked her for it she refused
to give him the money. She was fined. $2(
by Justice Cation.
Report was made at the station house
last night that three white women were
accosted by a colored man about 1875
o'clock last night as they were walking or
North Washington street near Christ
Church 1t is said that the man grabbed
hold of one of the women but was fright
ened off by the appearance Of several mer
who were near. The man is described as
being short and heavy set and very black
The police are investigating the case.
| DEATH BY ACCIDENT