The Washington herald., 1908-07-27
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU.

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+ Alexandra. Va. July 3i-Ar --succass-
( fuI raid was made by thieves shortly aft
[ er midnight last night upon ne little
village Of Del Ray A-exa-lr-a County
+ That they secured no plul6e- is due
. 70 rle slertress Of the -zziEs1-s or thar
[ little village. and not % the -iu.5ity os
E the would-be robbers
I According 20 a report received a- Do
Z lice headquarters in This city shortly
AFTER midnight last night, the thieves BAD
with them a wagon and one Of those
n charge OF the vehicle wzs about 10
rob The chicken house Of isaac c Bur
reE. O justice OF the peace. Before -Eay
could make good. a son Of III Bur-eu
: appeared on the scene and rhe wouId-be
Z robber VS. profuse with apologies tell
I ing 8Ir. BurreI that Re had made a mis-
take. Mrs. BurrelI at once called up Do
lice headquarters and informed Policeman
/ Sherwood that the men in charge OF the
wagon had proceeded toward The store
/ conducted BY Ve-uey Bros. that place.
and she believed that IL was their IL
/ re1tion 70 rob the store
+ M Sherwood BY telephone notified 1Ir.
+ Varney, and the latter, armed with a
double-barreled shotgun. dressed. and
F lay il wait for the wUuld-be robbers ul-
- nearly 1 o'clock this morning, but
they failed 70 marsrialiZe. II IS sup
posed THAI they became frightened after
I their first experience. and abandoned the
nights work
Rather than have a charge OF '-sus-
I pscteG OF petit larceny entered On rhs
/ bIot-er at pclice headquarters opposite
his name. Arthur Watts. colored. OF this
city. last night paid out So 10 J H Fary.
I a contractor. by whom he was employed
al 81 Elmo. Alexandria County. NJ FaTy
told the police that three s. bills ard n3ns
s. bills were taken yesterday from his
trousers which were hanging on build
. ing in course e construction al St Elmo.
he suspected Watts and Watts was sub
. sequertly escorted 60 police headquarters
He told the police that rather than have
+ the stigma Of petit larceny connected with
his name he would make Jhe loss good.
although he denied having taken the
money Watts afrsrward gave a check
for the money. and was allowed 70 de-
part, the arrangement being satisfactory
10 Fary-
With a lump On the left side ot hs-
face as large as an egg Mamie Jackson.
CoIored. q resident o. Chicken alley.
appeared at police headquarters a.
O'Clock this morning and told the poEcs
that the large lump was brought about
by q blow she received from Thomas
Ferreu. also col9red. VINO she alleged
used what she believed was a blackjack
Mamie also JCId the police that Ferreu
struck Henry Hammond colO-sd- knock
ing him % the floor Of Ee- home Sae
said tie assault was without provOcaUol.
although she subsequently added thai
-aere was a dispute over some clothes
Eerreu was arrested to-day Re VIII be
gwen a hearing in the Police Court TO-
morrow morning
The funeral o. Samuel Dement,. who
died Friday. took place at 40 O'Clock
this afternoon from the home OF his sis
ter. Mrs. Charles y. Steele. - South
Fairfax street Rev. Edgar Carpenter.
rector OF Grace Protestant Episcopal
Church, conducted the services. and the
iurerment was II Bethel Cemetery. The
paEbearers were F NJ Hamilton J P
Steiner. ". J Wilkinson. OIachsa X
HammiH, O. W Philips. and E. G.
Arnold
J. T. Petty. an employe Of the car It.
pair shops at the Potomac railroad Yards.
was seriously injured II the back while
az WOlA yesterday. M Felly vas taEeT.
10 his home in Del Ray. Alexandra
County.
wo-S n the large brick addition to ths
Mount Vernon avenue schooIhouse. Del
Ray. IS progressing. The bricklayers have
ready completed half their work
violations OF the Sunday closing
law were reported to-day by the polico-
This afternoon many Of the residents left
ne city for excursion resorts
SSTvices at the First Baptist Church
were conducted By Rev. Richard R.
Riedel. Of Washington
Overcome by Heat.
Thomas Hurdle. seventy years old, Of
6ge Louisiana avenue northwest. was