Evening star., 1909-06-05
HELD FOR GRAND JURY'S ACTION
COURT MAKES
ORDER IN HOMICIDE CASE.
Eight Witnesses Testify at Pre-
liminary Hearing-General and
Personal News.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 8. 1909
In the police court today James Lucas
colored. was held for the action of the
grand jury on a charge of numbering
Samuel Blakey, colored. The court acted
after hearing the statements Of eight
witnesses.
Policeman Young told of having found
Blakey. with his throat cut, last Thurs
day night and of the arrest Of Lucas.
Witness said Lucas. after being locked
up. informed him he cut Blakey with d
knife and then threw it on the wharf.
The testimony of Policeman Knight was
to the effect that the defendants father
assisted in the search for his son. and
that Lucas on being taken in custody
| said he did not care to make a state
ment until he had seen his counsel.
Thomas n. Carter testified to finding
| the body on the wharf.
William Murdock, an attache of a cir
| Gus, saw the two men together and OBJ
served Blakey discard his oil coat and
| another coat and cap. He heard Blakey
| remark:
"1f you want to fight let US have it
| out" One of the men uttered an oath, a
blow was passed and Blakey staggered
| against witness The latter caught him
and laid him on the wharf He died
| within few minutes.
Repeats Remarks Heard.
| William Speaks, colored says he heard
some one in the crowd remark Put it
on him. Jimmy. Witness demonstrated
| with the men and was about to try to
quell the disturbance when some one
said: Leave them alone; they are Just
/ playing"
To
| both colored. said their testimony was
| about the same as that of the preceding
witness and they were excused from tes-
| tifying.
Ethel Poindexter, colored, testified she
knew Blakey. She said that on one oc-
casion he showed her a pistol and told
| her he was going to kill Jimmy Lucas
the next time he saw him.
! A coroners jury yesterday afternoon
rendered a verdict that Blakey came 10
his death the night Of June 3 on Aitche-
sons wharf the result of wounds in
hicteG with sharp instrument In the
hands OF James Lucas. The jury was
composed of L. A. Fisher. foreman r.
Summers. l.. c. Leatherland and James
| New. The evidence was substantially
| the same as given this morning in the
police court with the exception that Ethel
Poindexter did not tell the jury about
the pistol incident she related this morn
| ing.
Confederate Memorial Exercises.
| The members of r. f. Lee Camp, Con-
| federate Veterans. and the United Daugll-
ters of the Confederacy have been invited
to attend the Confederat. memorial day
exercises at Arlington al O'Clock to-
morrow afternoon. The invitation has
| been accepted and the veterans attred
In their regulation gray uniforms. will :
part on the 2::D o clock p m. electric train.
| r. +. Lee Camp. Confederate Veterans,
Will hold business meeting Monday
night next, when Col. Arthur Herbert
| will read a paper on Gen Lewis Armi-
stead at Gettysburg" Members of the
camp. the various Confederate organiza
tions and the citizens nerally have been
invited to be present.
Brief Mention
| l.. f. Smoot & Co. of Washington today
reported to the police that thieves last
night stole a large quantity of rope iron
and salt from the landing known as Shep-
herds opposite Alexandria. The police
are investigating the matter.
/ At an early hour this morning a sneak
front of the store of Hellmuth Bros,
corner of King and Columbus streets
! George Arthur. the seven-mc nths-o Id
son OF Edward and Laura krause. died
this morning at 2US King street after a
brief illness.
William Lambert Cockrell. twenty
months old son of r. F. and Cora Cock
rell. died at 704 North Columbus street
this morning The muneral VIII take place
at 1920 o'clock tomorrow morning.
| The annual closing exercises of the
Episcopal High School. west Of this city,