The Washington herald., 1909-05-19
WASHINGTON HERAr.p RrRr,r


81 kElE Street
Alexandra, Va. May 1s.-Guy ouissn.
berry. twenty-five years old. OF Lexin1-
ton, Va, q visitor at the home Of /
Donovan, lessee CT the Richardson farm
Fairfax County, about three miles sou+f,
Of this city, was the victim Of a rather
mysterious assault about / O'Clock tbi.
morning, said 10 have been committed nv
two negroes.
QUisenberry had retired for the night
With him in the house were two vro7oa,
who occupied an adjoining room. Ths
farmland and his wife occupied a room
in the rear Of the house. QuIsenbe-v
was attracted by the sound Of mems
voices He overheard one remark We
viii get them now" A few moment he
for ne had heard the two women Ieava
their room and go TO a nearby bathroom
Knowing the remark must have been IN
tended for the women. Ouisenberry psr-
tally dressed and left his room 10 uake
an investigation.
Upon opening the door he saw two men
in the darkness. Without the formaI,-v
OF asking them their mission, he knocked
one down A scufie followed IN the bsu
One Of the negroes struck him on tha
head with 4 blackjack. wherevpo,
QuisenbeTy rolled down the stairs 70 the
first floor. He was insensible.
The excitement and noise caused TIA
women TO make an outcry and the
negroes beat hasty retreat. The vor,s,
afteTwRrd came 10 the assistance OF NJ
QUisenberry
In less than an hour aftervard Mr
Donovan, who had been spending the
evening in Washington. returned home
Upon discovering what had happened ba
came 20 this city and procured the se-v-
ICES pi Dr- Walter Warfeid, who shortly
after : O'Clock visited the injured man
and gave him medical treatment II was
two hours later before Quisenbe-v re-
gained consciousness he then relsfAs
the story OF the trouble and described
one man as being short and The o+ha-
tall Both were very black. he SAID.
George Whedbee. thirty-nlne years old
a one-armed man, tried 10 XIII hinselP
with a pistol, az King and Fayette streets
at 80 O'Clock last night One bullet in
ficted a slight flesh wound IN the stom-
ach- Another went wild The weapo7
was dropped by Whedbes as he fred ths
second shot
Bystanders grabbed Whedbee and held
him until the arrival OF Policemen
Beach and Sherwood who took him 70
the police station where he was locked
up Whedbee did not require medical
treatment. as the wound vas compare
lively slight
few minutes prior 70 firing tha
shots Whedbee tod some friends good
BY, and added that he contemplated
self-destrUction- As the nan had been
drinking. but little attention was pa55
TO the threat 1t the police station TO-
night he reiterated his intention OF end
ing his existence, asserting that life was
not worth living.
William Padgett. eighteen years old,
was arraigned in the Police Court this
morning on a charge OF stealing two
quarts OF whisky from the freight shed
of the Southern Railway Company sew
eral days ago. The court recommended
that he be sent 20 the reform school.
Robert s. Barrett. y. $ NIcklfa.
Thomas Chauncey. and ". Schwab Iefr
tonight for Roanoke. Va. to attend ths
State convention Of Red Men, which VIII
meet in that city tomorrow.
The viii OF ArEaistead Piersou vas pro-
bsted in the Corporation Court to-day BY
his wife, Caroline Pierson, who qualified as
executrix- He left his estate. valued at
about $50. 10 his wife and grandson. VIII
lam Young