Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-24
ALEXANDRIA AFFA AIRS
Negro HighWayman Sentenced
to Fifteen Years.
WILL REMODEL CHURCH
Masons Going to Richmond Con-
oiave-knights of Pythias' Fair
Opens Tonight.
nee of The Star.

So ial torres rndcncc of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. October -. l9l".
Fifteen years in the state penitentiary
vas the sentence imposed in the corpora
ton court today in the case of Ellis West,
cniorcd. indicted for highway robbery.
West was at once remanded to jail and
v III shortly bc sent to the penitcntary,
here lie Will begin his sentence. West
was represented by Attorneys Richard
Washington and H. Noel Garner. lie was
convicted of holding ND and robbins .Io-
So IT, Rose of Richmond John Nc
tuer was foreman Of the jury.
Tie robbery occurred about O'Clock
t. morning of October ~ last. ucar the
TOW union Passenger railway station
Rose was held up at the point of 4 pistol
a. three negroes. He identified West "a
IL man who held the pistol To his fore
i,y,L- The thieves secured mis- money.
pocket cook watch and knife and pass
b. k<
Within few hours afterward West
was arrested and most Of the stolen
goods recovered Two other suspects
arrested at the same time Were acquit
t.i Rose being unable to identify them
q the preliminary hearing he'd IN the
police court following tneir arrest The
IUaNimum penalty for highway robbery
II Virginia * eighteen years ana the
minimum eight
NJ meeting of the congregation of
The First Baptist Church. held yester-
day plans We're completed for remodel
lIiG the interior of that structure The
work will he begun this winter. The en-
Tire interior will he completely changed.
and the entrances ON the front also will
bc altered considerably. Within a short
time PLANS for the work will be passed
upon and the contract awarded
} l. w Tinberman. an officer in the
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Masons In
Virginia. and II. l.. Dinwiddie, high
priest of Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal
Arch MaSonS. this city. accompanied by
J. w Latham. W. =. Davis, C. W.
Fletcher. officers of Mount Vernon chap
teT. Royal Arch Masons. will leave here
tomorrow for Richmond to attend the
annual cOnvUvation Of the Grand Chap
ter of Virginia, which begins at 5
O'Clock tomorrow evening.
NJ - piuwiddic eminent commander
OF old Dominion Commandery. Knights
Iempiar. and Z. W. Latham, William Is.
Davis. {. W. Fletcher. officers of that
commauaery, will attend a grand con
chve Of the knights Templar. which will
be held Ill Richmond Thursday evening
Deserted Auto Found
y deserted automobile was found on
Queen street. near Faycttc street, last
ni@ht 10y Policeman Roland. The machine
bo e on the ramc plate the name OF
-Ada.na FarwcII and the District of Co
1uInitia license tag was 3::Gg. and the
Mar land tag :;3>p. The police say the
machine must have broken down. Later
II was taken back to Washington.
William Willis. we'll known resident
O. Fairfax county, died last Saturday
night at his home near Mount Vernon.
lie was cightyseven years old Resides
bis widow several children survive him.
The body vas today forwarded to Brandy.
tu'peueT county. for burial
\ special meeting OF the board of po-
lee commissioners Will be held at :
O'Clock tonight 10 elect a successor to
Policeman Herbert Knight who resigned
Al applicants for the position are ex-
pected To be present.
: bazaar, to be continued throughout
the week. Will he opened tonight at
Odd Fellows Hall under the auspices
of oriental Lodge. knights of Pythias.
The hall mas been tasteful1y decorated
for the occasion. 1t is expected that
the attendance tonight Will be large.
Special features are planned for each
evening.
In the police court this morning the
case of Emma Carter. colored, arrested
OF suspicion of stealing metallic box
containing SIS. together with a num-
her of valuable papers from John W.
Summers was continued until tomor-
row morning. The box and papers were
recovered. but not the money.
Gibbon Street Lot Sold.
Ernest O. Rammel and others have sold
to Harry II. Simpson lot and brick
building thereon situated on the south
side of Gibbon street between Alfred and
Columbus streets. y deed for same was
placed ON record today in the Office of
the clerk of the corporation court.
I'm the corporation court this morning
l. n. Cox was appointed administrator
Of the estate of the late Mary T. Moore.
y bicycle found yesterday by Police
man GaTVcy on the ball grounds on
North Alfred street was this morning
identified the property OF Samuel a.
Tucker. and il was turned over to him.
As stated III The Star there will be an
exhibition drill tonight by the Alexandria
Light Infantry at Armory Hall, which
will be Witnessed by number of officers
Of the new Leesburg company.