Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-03
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Grand Jury Returns Eight In
dictments Against Rixey.
ILLNESS OF ACCUSED MAN
Attorneys Believe He Will Be Able
to Appear in Court and Plead
February 20.
ILLNESS OF ACCUSED MAN
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

special Correspondence az The Sta..
ALEXANDRIA. Va, February :; 1911
Eight indictments We're returned by a
special grand jury in the corporation
court this morning. with w. H. Sweeney
a foreman, against {. j. RiXey pres-
dent of the defunct Virginia Safe DEPOSIT
and Trust Corporation, one of the in
di"tmentS charges Rixer with larceny of
s.,oooO of the money of the Virginia Safe
Deposit and Trust Corporation.
-Four others charge that he feloniousy.
know inGiy and falsely made false state
Tacnts concerning the financial condition
of the bank to the state corporation COM
mission
Three other indictments charge him
with akirS an entry in an account kept
IN bank with intent in SO doing to con-
zeal Tic true state Of such account. to
,'efraud said bank and 10 enable and
assist a person to obtain money to which
he was not entitled.
Following a conference between Attor-
neys j. +. Cation, John l.. letters and
John :. Barbour. attorneys for RiXey,
with Commonwealth Attorney Samuel G.
Bent il was decided to have Rixey pro-
duced in court at :; O'Clock the afternoon
uf February ~. al which time BOND VIII
he fixed and date set for his trial. The
indictments will he taken up separately
when Rixey is tried.
His Condition Serious.
Immediately after the jury had re-
turned the indictments a conference fol-
lowed between his attorneys and Com
monwealth Attorney Samuel 6. Brent.
after which John S. Barbour announced
to the court that while Rixeys condition
is not critical. it is serious. He said
Rixey who is now in Norfolk. was suf
fering from chronic heart trouble and
nervous shock, and that his counsel was
assured by his physician that to bring
him into court at this time would retard
his recovery. In conclusion he added
that il had been agreed to bring him
here February ~ at > o'clock in the aft
ernoon. unless 1T would be serious men
ace to his life to do so. and that on that
Cay they would give proper bail bona.
Judge Barley said he had not entered
an order for Rixey's arrest and would
leave the matter OF his production in
court in the hands of his attorneys.
His counsel said that they expected
they would be ready for the arrangement
TN that day and asked before leaving
court for copies of the indictments re-
turned against the accused
Made Exhaustive Inquiry.
The grand jury which today returned
the Indictments against RiXey a short
time ago made an exhaustive investiga-
ton of the affairs of the Virginia Safe
Deposit and Trust Corporation, and in a
report made to the court following the
investigation returned eight presentments
against Eixey which are virtually the
same as set forth in the indictments re-
turned today. Those composing the jury
WERE. w. III. Sweeney, foreman: r. f..
LAWYER. James Bayne. d. r. Stansbury,
John W. May, G. j. w. Summers
The Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust
Corporation went into the hands of re-
ceivers December 20 last. following ap-
l.lication made to the corporation court
on the part of those composing the board
Of directors of that institution At the
same time the eight branches of the con-
Germ located in different parts Of ,irgiEia
also closed their doors, making nine
banks suspended
Afterward Commonwealth Attorney
Samuel G.. Brent requested Judge Bar
ley TO call a special grand jury to investi-
safe the affairs of the concern, which re-
suited thus far III the r>turning OF eight
indictments against {. j. Rixey its preSi-
dent
Reception for Red Men.
The Red Men of this city will this even
ing tender a reception to George 3.
Grigss. Houston, Tex, great incohonee of
the Improved Order of Red Men of the
United States. and others high in the
order. The affair will take place at S
o'clock at the Young Peoples building
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Others who will also be present at the
reception are w 4. S. Bird. past great
incohonee, Topeka. Kan: Judge Thomas
H. Jeffries. past great sachem, Atlanta.
Ga, and John W. Cherry, past great