The Washington herald., 1907-12-09
NEWSOFALEXANDRIA
Thieves Enter Two Stores;
Get Little Booty.
BOYS ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE
Texan Deposits $40 for Alleged Desc
Grafton of Grave of "The Female
Stranger"-Masons 40 Honor Com
rade-GeOrge Midgets to BE Sem
fenced by Judge This Morning.
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Alexandria, Va. Dec. S-The shoe store
Of S. II. Lynn & Co. 40 King street was
robbed OF six pairs Of shoes shortly be-
fore ! O'Clock this morning few min
utes before o'clock thieves also entered
the store of Webster & Kirby, us King
street They secured 90 cents from the
cash drawer. but were driven away by
the sounding Of a burglar alarm before
they had time to secure anything else.
The shoes stolen from the store of Lynn
& Co. are valued at So.
The police are busily engaged in en-
deavoring 10 capture the robbers It is
believed both robberies were committed
by boys
The police were apprised of the robbery
OF the Lynn store a few minutes after
the thieves had decamped. Mr. b. l..
Myers, who lives on Pitt street, in the
rear of the Lynn store, saw two men in
the alley. He fired at them and then
notified police headquarters Lieut.. Smith
and Policemen Roberts, Ferguson and
Garvey at once responded. and after
making a search were unable to locate
the meH. The robbery was reported late
this morning. The robbers effected an
entrance to the building by scaling a
rear wall and breaking a glass in the
transom over the rear door.
At Webster q Kirbys store the burg
lars broke the glass in the east window
Mr.. Webster stated to-day that three
bicycles were in the store ready for re-
moval from the place. and had il not
been for the sounding Of the burglar
alarm these would have been stolen.
Grave DesecratiOn Costs $40
\ well-dressed man, giving his name as
Jason Swan, accompanied by two women.
and claiming to hail from Texas. was
taken in custody this afternoon by Mr..
William II. Emerson, sexton Of St. Pauls
Episcopal Cemetery. on a charge OF
desecEating the grave Of The Female
Stranger" in 81. Pauls Cemetery. Swan.
II is alleged. had cut a piece of the mar
ble, about an inch square. from the slab
resting over the grave. When questioned
he explained that he desired it for
souvenir. He was taken by Mr.. Emerson
TO police headquarters. The women went
with him. Lieut.. Smith required a de-
posit OF $50 from him before he was al
lowed to go.
The grave OF The Female STRANGER" is
one of the most interesting in this city.
and Is frequently visited by large num-
bers of tourists. Owing 20 the fact that
relic hunters frequently endeavor TO chip
pieces of marble from the slab over the
grave 1t is closely watched.
Lasts HOnOrs for w. II. Lambert.
Funeral services for William II. Lam
bert, the well-known banker. who died
late Saturday night, will be held at 3
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon in the Sec
ond Presby yterian Church. Rev. Joseph
r. Sewer will oficiate. and the burial will
be IN the family lot in Union Gene
terry. The funeral will be conducted with
Masonic hOnors. The members Of Alex
andria-W Washington Lodge. No. D. OF
which the deceased was u member, will
assemble at their temple at o'clock, to
attend the funeral. Members of the
Grand Lodge of MasOns of the State are
also expected, as Mr.. Lambert was past
master of the Grand Lodge. The pail
bearers will be: J. +. Alexander. Dr. w.
NJ. Smith. ii. X. Field, c. a. Simpson.
A. G. Uhler. r. w. Arnold. +. T.. Down
ham, and Edgar Warfeld.
A meeting of the board OF directors OF
the Citizens National Bank. Of which
Mr.. Lambert was vice president, will be
held Thursday morning, and suitable ac-
tion Will be taken on his death. The bank
building viii be draped in sober black to-
morrow.
At II o'clock tomorrow morning George
Midgets. alias William Johnson, colored,
will be brought to the Corporation Court
and resentenced to be hanged for the
murder of Charles T. Smith. which oc-
Cured October 20. 1906. Judge L. o. Bar
ley will pronounce sentence, he being
the trial judge that convicted Midgets
As the law allows the condemned man
at least thirty days after sentence being
pronounced before he can be executed, il
is expected that Midgets will not be
hanged until about the middle of next
January. Midgets, since his incarceration
in the city Jail, is being closely guarded.
and will be kept under rigid surveillance
until executed.
A meeting Of Sons of Confederate Vet
erans will be held at Lee Camp Hall at
O'Clock tomorrow night Officers will
be elected and a name will be selected
for the new camp. meeting was held
some time ago. and thirty-eight' names
OF prospective members were secured 1t
is expected, however, that several more
names will be added TO the list to-mor-
row evening. The committee of three
appointed TO draft constitution and by
laws for the organization will submit its
report at this meeting.
well-attended mass meeting for men
was held at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon at
the Second Presbyterian Church. An able
address on the story Of transformed life
was made by Tom Harrison, a converted
railroad engineer, of Atlanta Ga Rev
Frank RawlinsOn. formerly a missionary
10 China, delivered an interesting address
this afternoon before the members of the
Fannie Mercer Missionary Society, at
the First Baptist Church.
The revival services at the Second Pres
byterian Church, conducted by Rev. Rich
ard Orem Finn, an evangelist. of At
lanta, Ga, which commenced last Tues
day. are attracting considerable atten-
tion and the church is filed nightly with
a large congregation Gospel songs are
sung at all OF the services by the Daley
Quartet Rev MIR. Finn has planned TO
hold fourteen meetings tomorrow in the
shops and factories Of this city.
The Junior Euchre Club was entertain
ed IN a most delightful manner by Miss
Mary Snowden on Thursday evening at
the home of her parents. Dr. and Mrs
Arthur Snowden, in King street The
prizes were won by Miss Laura Danen-