The Washington herald., 1909-04-15
WASHINGTON HERALD BUREAU.

603 King street
Alexandria, Va. April 14-While walk
ing across the lobby Of the city post
Office at AIS O'Clock this afternoon. Rich
ard II. Lyles, a well-known citizen. fell
to the floor and died three minutes later.
A clerk in the Office saw Mr.. Lyles as
he fell, and two clerks and Postmaster
Burroughs conveyed him TO the postmas-
ter's private office DR.. Delaney. who
was summoned, pronounced life extinct
Heart failure is supposed to have been
the cause OF death
About ten minutes before his death
Mr.. Lyles left the Office Of Walter Rob
erts, where he had been employed for the
past quarter of a century as bookkeeper
for the purpose of getting the mail H2
appeared TO be In his usual health.
Mr.. Lyles was sixty-four years old. Be
sides his wife. he is survived by the
following children: Mrs. ". w. De-
maine, Mrs. Theo ". Boiling, Mrs. Hay
ward D. Luckett, OF Ashville, n c,
and Enoch Lyles. His body was taken
TO his home, S0 South Fairfax street
Funeral services viii be held Saturday
morning from St Mary's Catholic
Church. Mr. Lyles was a member Of
Alexandria Council. No. s27. Royal Ar
canum-
A verdict OF not guilty was given by
jury in the Corporation Court. Judge J.
B. T. Thornton presiding. shortly before
o'clock this afternoon. In the case Of
T. c. Roderick. formerly superintendent
OF the Alexandria Electric Light Com
pany, Indicted on a charge Of embezzling
funds OF the company. The foreman OF
the Jury was ]. r. Drew. The fury was
out about an hour before reaching its
verdict Immediately afterward Roderick
shook hands with the jurymen. The case
was submitted without arguments. Rod
erick was represented by Attorneys ). z.
Fisher and ". NJ Ellison, the latter OF
Washington. Commonwealth Attorney 5.
G. Brent conducted the prosecution.
On motion of the attorney for the
plaintiff a motion for judgment in the
case OF the Alexandra Electric Light
Company against P. T. Harrington was
dismissed.
A detail Of Minute Men OF Washington,
under command Of Col NJ A. Winter.
viii take part IN the parade 70 be held
here April 80. They viii ride with the
chief marshal and ais stan Secretary
williams Is in receipt OF a letter from
the Richmond Howitzers. light artillery,
in which they desire 70 know what plans
have been made for visiting military
companies. as they expect 20 take pare
Chief Wagner. Of the Washington fire de-
partment. has accepted an invitation 70
participate, and viii bring down a num-
Der OF fremen and several pieces Of FIRE
apparatus. Various fire companies Of
this city also will participate.
Announcement Is made that the deco
"a acion committee will award a prize Of
SIS for the best decorated residence or
business place the day Of the parade.
The sermon before the Chesapeake
Presbytery tonight at the Second Pres
byterian Church. was delivered by Rev.
T. E. Hooper. and the communion serv-
ices were conducted by Revs. J. ". Lup-
ton and William Chinn- A sermon VIII
be preached tomorrow night by Rev. H.
w Moffett, Of Leesburg, Va, at which
time the session viii end.
Funeral services for Augustus y. Butts
took place at noon to-day from his home.
424 North Columbus street. Rev. ". J.
Morton. rector OF Christ Episcopal
ANlFEU. toLQuELeQ the ecLN4ltS- 6AI4dA
was in Methodist Protestant Cemetery
Members Of Friendship Veterans Fire
Association attended the obsequies- Pail
bearers were: F. J. Pan, E F. Down
ham, F. F. German. F. Didzoneit, D.
Shuman. and ]. H. n. Curtin.
A weIl-attended meeting Of former
students Of old St. Johns Military Acad
emy was held tonight in the rooms OF
the chamber OF commerce. when plans
were outlined for the banquet and re-
union April @,
X. Kemper. jr., viii leave here to-mor-
row morning for Mobile. Ala. where he
! has accepted lucrative position with the
/ Mobile and Ohio Railway Company. Mr..
/ Kemper's wife also will depart to-mOr-
/ row for Deleplane. Va, where she will
spend a month with her parents, after
which she will leave for Mobile
! Mrs. Endoscia 2. Davis. widow Of Ed
ward W Davis, a former resident OF this
city. died yesterday in Washington. She
was ffty-eight years OF age. Her funeral
viii take place at II o'clock tomorrow
morning from Demaine's undertaking
! parlors.