Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-26
LEXANDR|A AFFAIRS
Young Girl Leaves Home to
Join Carnival Company.
IS SENT BACK BY POLICE
Birmingham, Ala, Pastor Declines q
Call to the Second Presby-
terrain Church.
is SENT BACK BY POLICE
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, June 26, 1911.
Lured by the attractiveness as 1t ap-
peared to her. Of carnival life, Viola
Sherman, an looking country
lassie eighteen years of age, last night
left Culpeper. Va. proposing to join the
carnival company which was playing at
that place, and which reached here this
morning. Partially clad. and lying in
one of the company's cars, the girls
hopes were rudely shattered at O'Clock
this morning, when she was aroused from
her slumbers by Special Officer Simplee
of the Southern Railway Company and
told she would have to accompany him
to police headquarters. This was done
at the instance Of the proprietor OF the
company. who. Mr.. Simplee said, told
him he did not want the girl with his
show.
The girl was arraigned in the police
court and. amid copious tears. told how
she came to leave Clupeper. with other
things stating that one of the men en-
ployed by the company asked her to
come along with the show. The girl said
ployed at Culpeper. She was averse to
returning to that place, she informed the
court. However, she was willing to 60
to Washington and enter a home for
girls In that city.
The court decided that the best place
for Viola was in Culpeper and this af-
ternoon she was returned to that place
by the police.
Pastor Declines Call.
Rev. Urban D. Mooney Of Birmingham,
Ala. who recently was extended call
to become pastor of the Second Presby
terrain Church In this city, has declined
the invitation. The declination Of Rev.
Mr.. Mooney was received in the shape of
a telegram last night by George B. Ken
nedy. chairman Of the committee appoint
ed by the church to extend the call. In
his telegram Rev. Mr.. Mooney stated
that he was compelled 10 decline the call
owing to the pressure brought to bear
church.
1t is expected that the congregation of
the Second Church will shortly hold a
congregational meeting for the purpose
OF extending call to some other pastor.
This church has been without a perma-
nent pastor since the Rev. J. r. Sewer
resigned January 1 to accept call to
Augusta, Ga.
Albert Strother. colored, Of Fairfax
county. arrested on suspicion Of robbins
the residence of Andrew Javins of Fair
fax county May 3 last, was arrested in
and Ferguson. and was this morning
turned over to Deputy Sheriff n. E. Dove.
He will be given a hearing this afternoon
before Justice Broadus.
Among the articles stolen from Mr..
Javins' residence were two set rings, one
plain gold ring and two gold watches.
Six months on the county roads was
the sentence imposed in the police court
this morning in the case Of Edward Smith,
colored. charged with robbing William
at so. and a pistol. Odom claimed that
the robbery occurred Saturday last, the
goods being taken from a railroad camp
car. Smith denied this. although a dealer
in such articles identified Smith as the
man who sold him the suit on that day
for $50.
Breaks P1ate-Glass Window.
Lawrence Poindexter. colored, seven
years old. when arraigned in the police
court this morning admitted that Satur-
day last he threw stone through large
plate glass panel in the door of new
house on upper King street. the property
Of Hugo Herfurth. jr.. smashing it. The
glass was valued at So The lad claimed
that he was induced to break the glass
by larger colored boy. The court ruled
tnat the case was civil one and dis
missed the lad
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Pitts.
who died Saturday night. will be held at
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from her
home. 1000 Prince street. fhe services
will be conducted by Rev. Edgar Carpen-
Church. Mrs Pitts was the widow of
Capt. Henry S. Pitts. a veteran South
ern railway conductor. who died less than
month ago. Immediately following his
death Mrs. Pitts was stricken with
paralysis, from which she never recov-
cred. The following children survive:
Mrs. Herbert Taylor, Bryan and Garrett
Pitts
Cases disposed Of in the police court
this morning follow: Mack McCauley.
ert jackson. colored. fined SIS: Melinda
Holmes, colored. dsorderly conduct, fined
IS; John Foster. colored. disorderly con-
duct forfeited s. collateral: 'Hoggy"
Jackson: colored' disorderly conduct
orderly conduct. fined IS: Ike Edney.
colored. drunk on the street. fined SO;
John Thomas. drunk on the street for
feited S. collateral; Jerry Smith. drunk
on the street. fined IS; Joseph Miller.
roam at large, acquitted: John Roth.
drunk on the street. fined So: Mink Light
foot, coored, abusive language toward
Joseph Fair, acquitted: Amos Robinson
and George Pinkey. both colored, charged
with abusive language toward Robert
Banks colored fined IS each.
Excursion Well Attended.
The excursion given by the Young
Mems Sodality Lyceum today to Mar
shall Hall was enjoyed by q large num-
Der Of persons.
In the corporation court this morning
decree for divorce was given In the
case of William j. Erskine against Au-
gusta L. Erskine on the ground of de-
sertion.
The electric arc lamp at Washington
and Wilkes streets fell at / o'clock this
morning and was smashed.
STOCKHOLM BOAT WRECKED.