Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-08-14
NO TRACE OF ROBBERS.
Posses Scour Country for Men Who
Brutality Assault Aged Couple
in Fairfax County Yesterday
Morning.

Fairfax County west OIL iui5 CiIS -
aroused over an assault about one
o'clock yesterday morning upon MIS-.
John McClintock, So years old, by
two nergoes, who also robbed her OF
$500. Mrs. McClintock is unable to
give an accurate description OF her
assailants, and it is feared consider
able difficulty will be experienced IN
identifying them. Posses are scour-
ing the county in search of the
fiends, and if captured and identi-
fled it is probable the negroes Will
not be brought before the court. The
McClintock farm is situated near
Annandale, about eight miles west
of Alexandria.
The crime was committed in the
presence of John NcClintock, the
husband, 90 years old, retired farm
er. who has Deen confined to his bed
several years.
After she had been robbed Mrs.
McClintock groped her way out OF
the house to the big post upon which
the country dinner bell has swung
for years. Mastering all her strength,
she tugged at the rope until she fell
exhausted to the ground. The alarm
summoned relatives and friends from
the neighborhood. They found heT
huddled upon the ground, nearly un'
conscious, by the bell post.
John McClintock was union sold
in the civil war and afterward setti'
ed in Fairfax County. He bought al
estate Of nearly 400 acres mile
south of Annadale.
When she recovered sufficiently
this afternoon to relate the detail:
of the attack to Constable Il. w
Foster, of Franconia, Mrs. McClln
took explained that she and her hus
band occupied separate beds IN
| lighted room on the second floor
After midnight she was awakened D.
the weight of a mans hand upon he
neck.
Il thought they were the hands O
my husband" she said, "andwhllt
half asleep l said: Why don't you liz
down, John, and try to get SOM
sleep Then l began TO realize tina
it could not be John because he wa
too infirm 10 leave his bed. tn
hands frightened and surprised me.
opened my eyes and saw that tn
hands belonged to big black negro
who stood beside the bed, and wa
trying to choke me. Another negr
| lighter than the one who had hol'
of my neck, stepped up from the dlr
ection of the door i want tina
money said the man who had hol'
OF me, while the lighter negro re
moved the belt containing about $40
| from around my waist. | screamed
but it did no good. John was unable
10 help me. The negroes pulled m
out of bed, threw me upon the floo
and kicked me. After beating m
| they jerked the mattress from tn
bed and threw it on top of the light
ed coal oil lamp which stood upol
the table, extinguishing the lamp
| pulled the mattress from the lamp
Whether it was the object OF the mel
TO set the place on fire by throwing
the mattress on the lamp, or whethe
they only did that to snuff out TIL
light and make good their escape
| do not know"
DR.. t. C. Quick, Of Falls Church
who was summoned found Mrs. NJ
Clintock was bruised by the kicks
Her neck showed the prints of on
of the negro's fingers. Her condi
ton had much improved yesterda
afternoon
The negroes had forced open tn
front door. The large black negr
removed his shoes in the lower hall
and led the way upstairs TO the light
ed bed chamber.
The money taken consisted 0
500 and $40 bills. The belt wa
found empty yesterday mornin
about 80 yards from the house.
The McClintock mansion is in a
isolated section of the county.
Mrs. McClintock was in Alexandra
few weeks ago seeking information
concerning the postal savings ban.
recently established here.