Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-09
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
JAMES CLARK WOUNDED, SAM
UEL HENDERSON FUGITIVE.
Result of Shooting ARRAY on Public
Highway-Jail Prisoners to
Be Closely Watched.

| ALEXANDRIA, Va, September 9, 1908.
| During quarrel shortly after - o'clock
| last night, Samuel Henderson, colored.
| fired five shots at James Clark, twenty
| one years Of age, also colored. One of the
| bullets is embedded in Clark's hip and
the other in his right wrist. Three missed
| the mark. Following the shooting Hen
| derson made his escape. He has not been
apprehended
Police headquarters were notified of the
| shooting shortly before 1 O'Clock this
| morning and Policemen Talbot and Ar
| rington We're detailed on the case. They
| found Clark lying on the roadside at the
extreme end of North Washington street,
| Just beyond the corporate limits. A few
minutes before o'clock Lieut.. Smith had
| Clark placed in an ambulance and convey
| ed to the Alexandria Hospital. The bull
| lets were probed for today. Clark Will
| recover.
When seen at the hospital this morning
Clark said he and Henderson, together
with four other negroes, were on their
way to the Potomac railroad yards, where
| they are employed. The men. he said,
were Joking and a woman's name became
involved, when Henderson produced the
| weapon and fired All of the men except
! one fled following the shooting Clafk
says all hands had been drinking.
| HENDERSON came mere HUH I'm S"i'-
| lima Clark is from Caroline county. Va.
Strict Surveillance Enjoined.
Prisoners in the Alexandria county Jail
| wifi hereafter not be permitted to leave
| their cells unless accompanied by guard,
nor will they be allowed to romp on the
| lawn and smoke cigarettes. In other
words, they will be more carefully guard
ed than heretofore. The foregoing is the
essence of a recommendation made by the
grand jury in the circuit court Tor Alex
andria county Judge j. X. L. Thornton
presiding, yesterday afternoon. The rec
| ommendatiOn followed an investigation
of the circumstances attending the escape
| of Richard Mcclure and Samuel Hines,
negroes, who got away from Jail Septem-
| Der l last, following an assault on Jdlloi
Harry Crack.
| Indictments We're returned as follows:
| Charles Mccoy. colored. robbing A. Nj.
Roberts, the Plains, Fauquier county, Va;
| sentenced to three and one-half years IN
| the penitentiary. Lucy Banks, colored.
| grand larceny; two years in the pen1ten-
| tiary James Dorsey cOlored, petit lar
| ceny: two months in the county jail. Hally
Cash, colored, housebreaking and larceny;
| Cash. coIored housebreaking and larceny;
| three years in the penitentiary John
Jones, larceny of hose from Luna Park;
three months in the county jail
The grand jury returned five indict-
ments against Richard Mcclure colored,
and four against Samuel Hines, also col
ored, for assaults and highway robbery
Both of the men recently escaped from
the county Jail.
The cases of Robert Lee. colored. in
dicted for attempting to wreck car on
the Old Dominion and Great Falls Elec-
trio railway. and Clarence Anderson, col
ored. for burglary, We're set for tomorrow:
October 1 is the date set for the trial of
ind nfn f.,,
car breaking.
Judge Thornton appointed a committee
consisting of Commonwealth Attorney
Crandal Mackey, Deputy Clerk of the
Palmer to make arrangements for rails
ing the floor of the courthouse and also
lowering the floor of the jury box. The
plans will include a separation of the
races. According to the proposed plans
the floor will be elevated and all will have
chance to see what Is going on without
craning their necks over each others
heads.
Frederick w. QEaham was appointed by
the court "a member of the electoral board
of school trustees. His appointment meets
with geenral appreciation.
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Walker.
Mrs. Elizabeth Walker. wife of Mr.. Jo-
seph Walker of Del Ray, Alexandria
county Va, died suddenly at her home
forty-four years of age and was born in
England Besides her husband she leaves
two children. Her funeral will occur to-
morrow afternoon, and the remains will
be taken to Washington on the 2:15
O'Clock boat and buried in GIenwood GEM
etery.
The issuing of permits to white chill
dren to attend the public schools was
concluded at . O'Clock this afternoon by
Hubert Snowden, clerk of the city school
board Tomorrow and Friday are the DAYS
for colored children to secure permits.
The number issued to whites this year is
slightly less than the number granted
last year.
A meeting of the officers of the Bryan,
Kern and Carlin Club has been called for
O'Clock this afternoon at the Office of
Col +. l.. Smith, at which time an
executive committee consisting of three
members from each OF the four wards
in the city will be named 1t is under
will not be made public until the next
regular meeting of the club. This com
mittee will have control of the general
working of the club.
General and Personal.
In the police court today fine of 81
was imposed on Cash Bremen who was
charged with disorderly conduct. The ar
rest was made on complaint of J. r.
Wells. John Simms, colored charged
with discharging a pistol in Park row,
was acquitted. Carrie Evans, colored
charged with disorderly conduct, was also
acquitted.
Preliminary arrangements for the for
nation of lodge of Red Men in this city
We're made last night at a meeting held
at the Office of Norton & Boothe. 1t was
announced that the lodge will be formally
organized in about three weeks.
During the progress of a barroom brawl
about $50 o'clock yesterday afternoon
Thomas Tibbs, colored. was severely cut
with knife in the hands of a man said
to be James Edmonds, also colored. Tibbs
had his injuries dressed at the Alexandria
Hospital He will recover. Afterward he
went to his home. The police have not
yet captured Edmonds.
The marriage of Miss Sadie Davis and
Mr. Andrew Cheshire took place at $50
o. clock yesterday afternoon at the rec
tory of ST. Paufs Protestant Episcopal
Church Rev. P. p. Phillips, rector per-
formed the ceremony.
Arrangements have been made for a
meeting of Fitzgerald Council, No. 459.
knights of Columbus, to be held at 8
o. clock tonight at ST. Mary's Hall Con-
siderable will, it is expected, come up for
consideration.