Evening star., 1909-08-30
HAPPENINGS IN ALEXANDRIA
FLETCHER NOMINATED FOR
CENSUS SUPERVISOR.
Robinson Sentenced for Freight Car
Robbery-Negro Arrested Charged
With Union Station Hold-Up.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. August 50, 1909.
The name OF Albert Fletcher, jr.. OF
| N'a1rentou. Va, was this morning sub
nitted to Director Durart Of the census
by Representative Cariiu to be supervisor
Of the census for the eighth district.
Mr.. Fletcher is engaged in the general
merchandise business at Warrenton with
his father The cnly other applicants for
!, the position besides Raleigh 7. Green of
Culpeper. whose name was withdrawn,
was that of Col Graville Gains of War
rentou and Robert Frazier also of War
renton. The names of the nine other
supervisors were submitted several days
ago and this, tlc eighth district. makes
the ten complete. Mr.. Fletcher served as
assistant supervisor of the census for this
district under r. K. Campbell in 1900.
Mr.. Fletcher will have, it is stated. the
distribution of lis enumerators unde +
/ him. Just how tho patronage Will be
distributed is not known, although this
city will have about six. The first named
number was used. in Alexandra at the
taking of the last oensus
Harvey Robinson and James r. Hughes
We're arraisned liz the police court this
morning on suspicion of rohbing a South
ern railway freight ear Wednesday Y
!
that he and Robinson that day had been
drinking together and that they went t"
the freight shed of the depot and went
| into freight car. which was open. and
took box of cheese and another box
| containing merchandise. They carried
them two squares, laid them on the
ground and left.
The testimony of George s Hinkn.
freight agent was that merchandise val
ued at slf:t.15 was taken from ears at the
depot, and all save the cheese, valued at
1915. was recovered by the police and
Special Officer NJ. l.. Pankey.
The court fined Robinson $50 and sen
fenced him to serve thirty days in jail.
The case against Hughes. the court
stated. would be continued for ten days.
Robinson was represented by Attorney
Edmund Burke and Attorney Lewis II.
Machen appeared for Hughes.
The following cases were disposed of
in the police court this morning: Will
lam Ford. colored. assaulting and beat
ing Lucinda Ford colored, acquitted; !;
Luckie Washington. drunk and d sor-
Frank Williams, disorderly and fighting
acquitted; Stanton Scott and James
Thomas, colored, assaulting and beating
Daniel Nelson. also colored, fined $40
derry. fined $50: Gertrude Jones, Emma
Jackson and Mamie Jackson, all col
ored, disordery conduct and fighting,
the former forfeited So collateral and
the two others lined Sd each.
Isaac Edney, colored, came to grief be-
cause ne ran away for the second time
from the chain gang. He said he want
ed to go to Washington to arrange about
some money affairs, and that was why
he left The court gave him six months
on the roads for vagrancy.
Ellis West colored, who was arrested
last night on suspicion of being one of
the four negroes who held up and robbed
D. c. Colvn. Manassas, Va, Saturday
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police court at II o'clock this morning.
Colvn appeared and was unable to iden-
tify West and the latter was acquitted.
So far as known the police have no
further clue to the highwaymen. Colvin
was robbed of S4j, a silver watch and
pocket knife near the union passenger
railway station at a late hour Saturday
night.
The marriage of Miss Mary D. G.
Downey, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thorn
as D. Towney. and Arthur Green. both Of
this city, will take place at 80 O'Clock
this evening at the parsonage OF st.
Mary's Catholic Church. The ceremony
will. will be performed by by Rex; l: F. Kelly.
tended by her sister, Miss Kate Downey,
and the groom will have for his best man
Mr. Frank Monroe. Following the cere-
mony reception will he held at the
home Of the parents of the bride-elect,
S15 Franklin street.
Mrs. Martha Ellen Davis. eighty-three
years Old died last night at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Burson; GOT Oronoco
~treet. after lingering illness. The de-
ceased was a native of Hanover county.
Va. Her funeral will take place al 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning. Rev. Edgar
Carpenter. rector OF Grace p. +. Church.
will conduct the services. The burial will
be made In Rock Creek cemetery, Wash
ington.
The funeral of John G. Wiley, who was
killed in Andover, n. j., Friday. by fall
| ing from a bridge, took place at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon from his home, 123
Prince street. Rev. Edgar Carpenter.
rector Of Grace P. f. Church. conducted
the services. Members of the Junior Or
der of United Americans. OF which he
was member. attended the funeral.
The election of a pastor for the lmman-
uel Lutheran Church. slated to have been
held last night. was postponed until some
future date Since the resignation of Rev.
j. j. May the church has been without a
pastor.
It is reported that a number Of gunners
yesterday invaded the marshes in the
vicinity of Hunting creek and hunted birds
In violation of the law. The season will
not open until Wednesday next.
Members of the Alexandria Light 1nfan-
try. who have been camping during the
past. week at Marshall Hall. returned
home last night They report having
spent most enjoyable time.
Miss Ada Tcer IS spending several
weeks at Bluemont, Loudoun county. Va.