Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-17
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
POLICE INVESTIGATION LEADS
TO TWO ARRESTS.
Clothing Recently Stolen From Rail-
way Car Found in Emma
Green's Home.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. September L. 1905.
In the arrest OF Richard Vance. colored.
last night by Policemen Sampson and
Ferguson and the arrest in Washington
yesterday by Detectives O'Brien and Par
ham of Edward Robinson. also colored.
the police of the two cities claim to have
! cleared up the robbery of southbound
! freight train over the Washington-S South
ern road of clothing valued at S2''.oo.
which occurred Sunday last at Colchester.
| Fairfax county, Va, sixteen miles south
! of Alexandria.
| Vance was today placed in the custody
| of Detective A +. Cannaday of the
| Washing ton- Southern railroad. II is I'M
| derstood he will he held for the action of
/ the grand jury without the Formally OF 4
! preliminary hearing. Robinson was
| turned over to Sheriff Rorabaugh of Fair
| fax county.
Vance was captured early last night in
the home of Emma Green. colored. 30
! North Henry street. He was hiding in
al clubhouse. and before he had time to
resist arrest the policemen had him COW
| cred with their guns.
! When taken to police headquarters
Vance readily without persuasion, it is
stated. told the whole story of the rob-
| berry. although he denied having taken the
goods from the car. He says he and
! Robinson left here on the train the night
/ of the robbery. and Robinson at the above
I place got into the car and brought the
goods to the car door and told him to
! assist in removing them. He asserts that
at first he declined Robinson. however.
was persistent and he acquiesced. and
! they carted tWentyfour suits of clothes
to the dense woods adjoining the place.
\ portion of the plumber was hidden in
/ the woods and they returned to Emma
Green's house with the remainder, and
Tuesday they returned to Colchester and
secured the remaining goods and brought
them to her house.
Police Make Discovery.
According to Vance several suits were
yesterday conveyed to Washington by
Robinson. and following Robinson's arrest
in that city Detective OBrien came here
and in company with Policeman Young
. started 10 search for the home of Emma
Green. as Robinson. when taken into Gus
today,named her as his friend. Emma
was soon found,> and when the detective
and policeman entered her home they
found about sixteen suits. which were
brought to police headquarters in
wagon. She denied, it Is said, knowing
they were on her premises Detective
OBrien subsequently took the plumber to
Washington.
Detective Cannady said today that prac
tically all the clothing with the excep-
ton of about six suits. has been ac-
counted for. The police expect to find
the remaining suits.
The goods were shipped from Baltimore
and We're consigned to +. NJ. Curtis, Fred
ercksburg. Va
Vance is twenty-nine years old and came
to Alexandria from Fredericksburg. His
companion. Robinson, is twenty-eiSht
years of age.
Hearing Set for September 20.
in, bn
of the Washington Southern Railway
Company against the city council of Alex
andria Va. are slated to be heard in the
| circuit court for this city September %
Judge j. Il. r Thornton has declined to
sit in the case. and Gov. Swanson has been
| requested to designate some one to act
| in his stead. Up to the present IT has not
been announced who will act in his place
The object of the injunction is to COM
| pei the railroad company to remove its
tracks from Henry street. For some time
past this matter has been in the courts.
Since the establishment of the new union
passenger railway station the railroad
company has virtually abandoned the
tracks on the foregoing thOroughfare.
Red Mems Lodge Organized.
A lodge of Red Men was formally organ
lied last night at the office of Norton Il
Boothe. with the election of the following
officers: J. William May. sachem: A. l..
Jameson. senior sycamore: d. +. Robey.
junior sycamore; r. S. Barrett. prophet:
III. Noel Garner. chief of records: Harry
ID. King. collector of wampum: c. H.
May. keeper of wampum: Arthur II
Mitchell. W. II. Charles. Carroll d. Woolf.
trustees; Louis p Woodward. keeper OF
Wigwam; A. L. Jameson, X. w. Ogden. I'll.
n. Garner. w. S. Nicklin. committee on
bylaws: l.. 2. Woodward. 0. Fl. Kirk,
A. D. Grimes. w s. Nicklin, J. William
May. committee on supplies.
The election of the foregoing omcerS
is subject to confirmation on the night
of organizing. Announcement is made
that regular business meetings of the
lodge will be held the second and fourth
Fridays of every month in the hall of the
Alexandria National Bank building.
Bank Building Improved.
Marble for the construction of the front
of the bank building being erected by
the First National Bank arrived here
his morning and the work of placing it
in position will be commenced within the
next few days.
At a meeting of the hank directors held
yesterday the contract for the interior
finishing of the structure was awarded
to the Welt Manufacturing Company:
Grand Rapids. Mich. Architect Milton
Dana MOTTlil VIII nave Charge VI the
placing of the same.
No Law to Prevent.
According to a ruling handed down in
the police court this morning by Justice
Harry r. Cation in the case of G. c. Pei
ton. charged with keeping his poolroom
open after midnight, there is no city
ordinance to prevent the playing o! the
game on week days, although. of course,
il is against the law after midnight Sat
urday. Justice Cation said, however, that
any noise from these places after that
hour would constitute conducting dis
orderly house and both proprietor and
patrons could be fined under that charge.
He also said there was no ordinance to
prevent minors entering such establish
ments. Pelton was therefore acquitted.
Recent Deaths.
The funeral of Miss Mary Elton Shaffer.
who died Tuesday last. took place at ,
O. clock this afternoon from Grace Protest
ant Episcopal Church. Rev. Edgar Car
penter, rector, conducted the services,
and the intermeut was made in Bethel