Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-30
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Militia Will Leave for Gettys-
burg Tomorrow Morning.
NO TRACE OF EGGLETON
Asserted That Warden Gamblers As
sailant Is Fugitive From North
Carolina and Is Named Harrison.
peciaI Correspondence of The Star.


Forty members of the Alexandria
Light Infantry will leave here at 1:3O
o'clock tomorrow morning for a ten
day camp at Gettysburg. Pa. The MEM
bers of the command will be in charge
of Capt. f. l.. Slaymaker. Lieut. {. II.
May and Lieut. Arthur Herbert. jr.
They will also be accompanied by Maj.
James f. King. Lieut. AdjNant Stewart
A Howard. Lieut. Louis n. Duffey and
Sergt r. c. Talbot. The Alexandria
militiamen will board special car
at the Union station, which will be
attached to a train carrying the other
Virginia militiamen. They will reach
morning.
port at Armory Hall at 1880 o'clock
this evening. Following drill the mem
bers will prepare for the trip. Most
of them will. it is expected, remain
at the armory until shortly after mid
night. when they will march in a body
to the Union railway station. They
will go in heavy marching order.
No Trace Of Fugitive.
The authorities have not yet obtained
any trace of William Eggleton, the ne
gro who escaped from the city Jail yes
terday morning after knocking Warden
William Gambler in the head with a
club. d. F. Causey, policeman of
Greensboro. n. c.. who was in Wash
ington today. declared that he believes
that the negro's real name is Harrison.
He said this after seeing some photo
graphs taken by the Washington author
tiles following Harrison's arrest in Wash
ington in December.
His name is Harrison declared the
Greensboro policeman. He belongs to q
bad lot of negroes in the vicinity of
Greensboro. and he Is wanted there as a
fugitive from the county Jail. having es-
capped from there after he had served
about one year of five years sentence"
Yesterday afternoon, it is stated, Egg
gleton was seen on an electric car going
in the direction of Washington. He saw
Washington officer on the car. recog
nized him, and jumped of near st. Asaph.
Policeman Causey thinks Eggleton will
make an effort to go to Danville or
Lynchburg, Va, where he has friends.
Paying Off Church Debt.
The last installment of debt which has
been hanging over the First Baptist
Church of this city for many years will
be paid off Sunday. The church has had
the debt, it is stated. for the past twenty
years. and amounted to several thousand
dollars. The members of the congregation
are much elated over the fact that the
obligation will be wiped out. and. In cele-
bration. will arrange for the burning Of
the mortgage in the latter part of July.
Announcement is made that the congre-
CATION of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South has since April 1 paid off $4,000 on
it's church debt.
Plans are being completed for the safe
and sane Fourth of July celebration at
the George Washington Park. There
will be a base ball game. running and
I jumping races and other events. There
will be fireworks in the evening. There
will be music at the park in the after
noon.
After today persons owning or harbor-
ing dogs without having paid the license
tax will be subject to fine. Auditor
Price has issued 42o licenses. The num-
Der issued last year was ZIG.
Receiving City Taxes.
| Collector of Taxes P. F. German is
| today engaged in receiving city taxes.
| After tomorrow no discount will be al
lowed
| After celebrating three hours a jury
| in the circuit court for Alexandria coun-
ty yesterday afternoon found Michael A.
| Nolen guilty of manslaughter and fixed
his punishment at three years in the
state penitentiary. Nolen was indicted
for the murder Of Robert Murphy, Jr.,
| June II.
The funeral of Thomas Van Buren,
Risheill, who died yesterday, will take
place this evening from the dwelling of
his son, Thomas L. RisheiTl, 513 South
| Washington street.
| The will of Capt. A. j. Fair was ad-
mitted to probate today He left his
property to his wife. and directs that
upon her death it shall revert to her
children: