Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-12
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Future Disposition of c. J.
Rixey Under Amusement.
ORDER ISSUED BY COURT
His Removal to Hospital for Insane
Criminals Observation-Disclosures
'eral and Personal.
ORDER ISSUED BY COUR7
Special Correspondence. Of The Star.

eral and Personal.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, February II. 1912.
When c. Jones Rixey. the former head
of the collapsed Virginia Safe Deposit
and Trust Corporation. appeared in the
corporation court at noon today an or
der was issued under section 1852 of
the code on City Sergt. r. Fl. Cox. to
make application to the asylum for the
criminal insane for a place for Rixey
at that institution, and pending action
on the application by that institution
Rixey was left in the custody of the
sergeant. The latter had him trans
ferred to the custody of DR.. J. w.
Freed, assistant superintendent of the
hospital at Stanton, Va, who will re-
turn with Rixey to that institution at
4 o'clock this afternoon.
Prior to the arrival of Rixey in court
his attorneys made a motion for a sus-
pension of the order for his transfer to
Marion, Va, and also motion that he
be admitted to bail. Both motions were
overruled by the court. 1t is said to
apply for writ of habeas corpus. had
an order been made today committing
Rixey to the Marion institution.
Rixey was accompanied by DR.. ]. w.
Freed. He was met by his son.. G. J..
Rixey. jr., in the Office of the clerk OF
took place.
Missing Man Found Dead.
The body Of Charles Travers, thirty
two years old, was found at noon today
at his home, 219 South Royal street, by
Chief of Police Goods and q brother Of
the deceased, Robert Travers. Lying on
a table beside the bed was an empty
phial, which bore laudanum label, and
another phial, nearby, which was par
TALLY empty. contained carbolic acid.
DR.. S. B. Moore, city coroner, said this
afternoon that he would give a certifi-
cate of death by suicide.
Travers has been missing since
Thursday last. The doctor said this
afternoon that he had evidently been
dead since that time.
The deceased is supposed to have
brooded over the illness of his wife, who
only recently underwent an operation
at the Alexandria Hospital and who is
still there. but is reported to be slowly
recovering. The last seen of Travers
was Thursday evening, when he visit
ed his wife at that institution
Owing to his wife's illness she was
Virginia District for Taft.
With seventy-two delegates present, rep
gressional district, a republican conven-
ton convened here this afternoon in the
Elks' Hall. Resolutions indorsing Pres
mously adopted by the convention. H. F.
Dodge was chairman and J. w. Gregg
served as secretary.
Before adjourning this afternoon the
convention will elect two delegates and
two alternates to the national convention
which will be held in Chicago June Is
next; one presidential elector, a member
of the state executive committee and will
nominate a candidate for Congress.
The convention is composed Of dele
Alexandria county, 4: Culpeper. 4; Fair
fax, 10; Fauquier, 4; King George, 4; Lou
doun, II; Louisa, 4; Orange, =; Prince Will
liam, &; Stafford, IL.
Court Proceedings.
Arguments will be heard in the cor
poration court tomorrow morning on the
demurrer to the petition of C. NJ. Kemper
and others in the suit of r. ]. FannOn
and others against the Virginia Safe De-
post and Trust Corporation The object
of the Kemper petition is to hold the di-
rectors of the trust company personally
responsible for the losses incurred by the
depositors as a result of the collapse of
the concern.
In the corporation court today a decree
was entered confirming the sale of the
bank building of the Virginia Safe De-
post and Trust Corporation at Reming
ton to r. l.. Willis for the sum of 81, 100.
Death of James Allison.
James Allison. forty years old, a boss
driver employed by the Old Dominion
Glass Company. died about II 30 o'clock
last night at his home, Fairfax and LIST
streets, near the factory where he was
employed. Heart trouble is supposed to
have been the cause of his death. The
deceased was a native of Fauquier coun-
ty, Va. His wife and a son and daugh-
ter survive him. The arrangements for
the funeral have not yet been made.
AS a result of the campaign of pub
licity waged by the churches for a larger
under the auspices of the men
and religion forward movement, the serv-
ices at all of the churches here yester-
lay were largely attended, an increased
attendance being noted at ALL
Brief Mention.
A supper and conference will be held at
Z O'Clock tonight at the Second Presby-
terrain Church, when covers will be laid
for 100 guests. An address will be made
by Rev. DR.. Sumwalt. presiding elder, of
Washington. Addresses will also be made
by the chairmen of the respective local
committees.
The members of Fitzgerald Council.
knights of Columbus. at a meeting held
yesterday afternoon completed plans for
the exemplification of the degree work of
the order on a class of seven candidates
which will take place in Washington
February 90 next. The degree work will
be given by c. E. Martin.
Fire yesterday destroyed five two-story
frame dwellings in different parts or New