Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Dispute Over Game of Cards
Results in Stabbing.
|COMBATANTS ARE COLORED
Frank Jackson Dangerously Wound
ed by Rhode Arlington.
ASSAILANT IN STATION CELL
Movement for Cleaner Streets.
Sunday School to Hold Rally
Day Services.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


five years old. was shortly before {
O'Clock tonight stabbed by Frank Jackson.
colored. about twenty-three years old,
following a dispute over a game of cards,
| and was seriously injured.
! Immediately following the stabbing Ar
rington walked unaccompanied to the AL
| eXandria Hospital and at the door said
to the matron:
| Il have been stabbed. / don't want to
die in my sins. have been a bad man.
Arlington was at once taken in and
placed on the operating table. where an
examination revealed that he had sus-
tanned jagged cut above the heart and
an ugly cut on the left arm. Drs. Powell,
| Moore and klipstein were summoned and
| fourteen stitches were taken in the arm
| and an equal number in the wound above
the heart. At the hospital at late hour
tonight it was stated that Arlington had
| an even chance for recovery.
Jackson in Custody.
| In less than half an hour afterward
jackson was taken into custody in pool
room located near where the stabbing
took place, in the southeastern section of
the city. Policemen Ferguson, Sampson
| and Garvey made the arrest and Jackson
was locked up.
| When seen in his cell tonight at the
police station Jackson said he and AIRING
ton, together with another colored man,
! were engaged in the rear part of the
| saloon in a game of cards, playing for
drinks. He explained that the winner got
two checks, and that there was also a bet
of cents on the side. He and his part
ner, Arlington, bet ) cents each, he said,
on poker hand, and he held three aces.
Being the winner he picked up the money
| He was then accosted by Arlington, and
jackson said 10 was a little shy of
| him. a tusSle followed he said and he
| used pocket knife, which he had in his
! hand.
jackson said that following the stabbing
| he went into the saloon and bought drinks
for three men, including himself. and pur-
chased three packages of cigarettes. after
which he went to the poolroom, where he
remained, on the second floor, until he
| was arrested by the police. Jackson said
that following the cutting he threw the
was an ordinary pocket knife. and he had
it in his hands just before the cutting. 1t
has not yet been recovered by the police.
Abolition of Trash.
A movement inaugurated some time
ago by the Civic Improvement League
having for its object the discontinuance
of the throwing of waste paper and
| trash in general on the streets of the
city. is being carried out mainly through
| the cooperation of the members of the
police force. who have been instructed
to see that the nuisance is abated as far
| as possible.
| The results are already apnarent al
| though it is claimed that much rema ms
to be done before the main purposes are
accomplished This cannot. however he
done. it is declared, without the aid of
the citizens i'll general. Work of getting
the people interested in the league
is in progress. and the members say that
the time is not far distant when they
| Will be able to point to satisfactory re-
| suits.
Sunday School Rally Day.
Annual rally day services will be held
at 40 o'clock tomorrow evening by the
Sunday school of the Second Presbyterian
Church. During the services an Offering
will be taken up for the Sunday school
building fund. The following program
will be given: Ships log; hymn, Filing
VIDE the Gates invocation, hymn.
ment: hymn, Onward, Christian Sol
ders'; duet. Stephen Field and Julia
Biglow; hymn, The Service of the
King: hymn Sunday school choir: of
fertory, quartet: hymn, Soldiers of the
Lord: address. Rev. J. r. SEWER pastor:
hymn, my Pilot; hymn, Jesus Savior,
Pilot Me-: responsive reading. hymn
Ship Alloy" and Let the Lower Lights
Out the Life Line" Mr.. Kennedy; chorus.
school: benediction. The musical progra I'M
Will be In charge of Mr.. G. B. kennedy
Improved Roadway in Prospect.
The work Of constructing an improved
roadway from Franklin street south
ward on Washington street to St
Mary's Catholic cemetery is being rap
idly pushed to completion. Two car
loads Of gravel arrived this morning
and being spread, and seven car
| loads of the material are expected to
arrive early next week. The roadway
| leading to that cemetery is in better
condition than ever before.
Circuit Court Proceedings.
| Cases disposed of in the circuit court
for Alexandria county today, Judge J.
s. T. Thornton presiding. were as fol-
lows: Gibbons & Co. agt. the Airing
ton Brewing Company; verdict for de-
PENDANT. Spangler agt. Brooks; verdict
for plaintiff for $40. Booker agt. Will
son; verdict for plaintiff. Court ad-
journed until Monday next. when
several appeal cases will come up for
| consideration.
Recent Deaths.
Funeral services over the body of Philip
r. Fowle, who died in ST. Louis, should
the body reach here on time, will be held
at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at St
Paurs P. f. Church, and the interment
will be made in Christ Church cemetery.
Emma May Baggett. the eleven-months
| old daughter of Benjamin 7. Baggett.
| died this afternoon at her fathers home.
215 South Fayette street The funeral
| will take place at 4 O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon.
| Mrs. Bette White, sister of Mrs. Sallie
| Fisher, this city, died October ID last at
| her home. Council Grove. Kan, following
burns received few days previous to
| her death.
Brief Mention.
| civil service examination was held
here today to secure elgibles for the
census office. There were sixty-seven ap-
plications. as follows: Male, white, 20;
female, white. 43; male. colored. 3; fe-
male. colored, L. The examination was
| conducted by N. l.. Williamson, secretary,
assisted by r. L. Lucas, jr., and Alvin
| Powell.
| In the corporation court this afternoon.
Judge l.. c. Barley presiding, a Jury re-
| turned verdict Of guilty in the case of
| Peter Hall. jr., indicted for robbery. and
| fixed punishment at imprisonment of fif-
| teen days in jail and fine of IS.
| Joseph l.. Crupper of this city, the re-
publican nominee for state treasurer will
Monday next, speak at Coxs store Stat
| ford county Va, He will also speak Mon
dav night at Falmouth. that county