Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-14
AL ExANDRIA AFFAIRS
Railway .Motorman and Con-
ductor Charged With Murder.
WILL BE GIVEN HEARING
Alleged That Death of Boy Was
Caused by Carelessness.
INQUEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
Services in Commemoration of Land
ing Of English at jamestown.
General News.
INQUEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May IA. 1907.
Following the death this morning Of lit
tie William Creegan, whose legs were
crushed or by a Washington, Alexandria
and Mount Vernon railway train at the cor
ner of Duke and Royal streets, Sunday aft
Groom, Justice Luther H. Thompson, In the
police court, issued warrants charging John
Barker and Richard Acton, motorman and
conductor, respectively, of the train, with
murder in connection with the case At the
request of Attorney James r. Cation, of
local counsel for the road, the hearing was
postponed until next Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock. The men had been under bond
in the sum of $1,000 each to appear in the
police court this morning on the charge
of being responsible for the injuring Of the
boy, but before the hour set for the trial
the status of the case was changed by
the lads death. On motion OF Common
wealth Attorney Brent, who was present
for the state, Justice Thompson required
a renewal Of the bond In each case for the
appearance of the defendants at the time
stated.
City Coroner Samuel B. Moore directed
that a coroner's jury be summoned to meet
at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the under
taking rooms Of B. Wheatley on King
street, for an inquest over the remains.
The hearing had not been concluded when
this report closed.
The jury met this afternoon, and after
Friday evening. when the members will
reassemble at Wheatley's undertaking
rooms.
The condition of the wounded boy i'm
proved somewhat late yesterday ;, after tel.
then recognized that he had but the re-
hottest chance Of recovery. After the in
quest his remains will be removed to the
gan, PIT South Royal street, and prepared
for burial. Arrangements for the funeral
will be made later.
Landing at Jamestown.
A large audience gathered in old Christ
Episcopal Church last evening when serv-
ices were held, in commemoration of the
landing Of the English settlers at James
town and the establishment of the church in
America. The historic house of worship
was prettily decorated with flowers of a
variety selected to suit the spirit Of the
occasion, and many of the old hymns which
were used IN the church at jamestown were
sung. Rev. P. p. Phillips, rector of st.
Pauls Episcopal Church, who made the
first address, spoke of the unconscious way
in which the pioneers of western civilization
made history. He pictured the colony on
jamestown Island as modest little COM
munity, whose members were without idea
that they were playing leading part in
the WOraQS advancement from TINS ne
drew lesson to apply to people in the ordi-
nary walks of life.
Rev. Edgar Carpenter, rector of Grace
Episcopal Church, sketched the history of
the jamestown settlement from the time of
the landing of Capt. John Smith until the
development of Virginia into great colony.
Rev. William J. Morton, rector Of Christ
Church, followed with paper in which
he discussed the religious element in the
colonial period. He stated that the settle
ment Of the new country had Its inception
in the desire of the promoters of the move
ment in England to Christianize and civilize
the savages as much as in the hope Of add
ing valuable possessions to the English
CROWN
Quotes From Charters.
In support of this he quoted from the
charters granted to the English companies,
showing the stated purposes of the enter
prises upon which they embarked. Among
the first settlers, he said, was clergyman
who conducted religious services at Cape
Henry when the voyagers first landed, April
20, 1907, after crossing the ocean. Other
services were held Immediately upon ar
irving at jamestown Island, and thereafter
regular morning and evening prayers were
held, according to the custom OF the Eng
lish church. From this beginning of re-
ligious life on Virginia soil the speaker de-
clared that it had continued uninterruptedly
until the present: Virginia is the only part
of the United States,'' he asserted,
where for the full 800 years the services
of the church have been maintained in
unbroken succession" He spoke of the i'm
preston upon the civilization of America
in the early days Of the colonial period
and mentioned the names Of Washington,
Mason, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and
others as children of the church who had
lic
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