The Washington herald., 1912-11-30
TASTE FOR FOWL
OVERDEVELOPED
Ike Edney Simply Can't Keep
Hands Of Of Chicken When
He Sees One.
NEWS NOTES OF ALEXANDRIA


Alexandria, Nov. 29.-"Lawd knows, ]
don't know how that chicken got In dis
here bag" said Ike Edney, colored. an
old offender. when arrested this after
noon by Policemen Reid and Rawlett ON
a charge Of the larceny of a dressed
chicken from the store of W. p. Woods
& Son, northwest corner Of Queen and
Henry Streets
Edney had bag of oysters on his
shoulder, and looked into the store and
saw a fine dressed chicken on the
counter. Edney's eyes beamed in his
head. The thought OF the combination
OF oysters and chicken for one meal
proved entirely too much for him. Ac-
cordingiy, he entered the store, the po-
lice say. and in less time than It takes
TO tell II had the big dressed chicken in
the sack and was vending his way home
preparatory to an after-Thanksgtving
feast. The clerk in the store, however,
saw Edney remove the chicken from the
counter, and the services Of the two
minions OF the law were at once called
in. Ednsy had gone but short distance
when he was nsbbed by the police.
Edney. the police say. has an irresist-
ible desire for chickens, having been
convicted twice before in the Police
Court of petit larceny for the theft OF
chickens, and this will be the third Of
Tense should the charge against him be
sustained, and, under the law, he may
be held for the grand jury.
The third offense Of petit larceny y
a felony In Virginia Persons convicted
of the offense the third time. as rule,
get short terms in the penitentiary, and
in Ike's case, It may be all for chicken.
yeniremen on for wytheviIIe.
The six yeniremen summoned from this
city, together with an equal number
from Alexandria, Fairfax. and Prince
William Counties, from which to select
a fury for the trial of Sidna Allen, will
leave Alexandria at 1877 o'clock Sun
day night in a special car for Wythe-
vile, Va The veniremen from Fairfax
and Prince William will join the Alex
andrIans in the car at their respective
stations. The trial of Allen will begin
Monday morning at 10 O'Clock at Wythe-
vile, before Judge Walter r. Staples
The Alexandria delegation together with
the eighteen others will arrive in Wythe-
vile at O'Clock Monday morning, &C
cording to schedule.
A list OF the Jurors from this city fol-
low: Robert s. Barrett Arthur Her
bert. jr.. Virgil Balm. George l. Appich,
John w. May, and Robert Beverley.
From Alexandria County-D. n. Rust,
Frank Upman, w. c. wibert, H. R.
Thomas, E. w. Graham, T. J. De Has
mutt.
From Fairfax-M. E Church. Thomas
A. Williams, Falls Church; Franklin Will
Jams, jr, John c. Hunter. Vienna; r.
r. Buckley, and Humphrey Ford. Clifton
From Prince William-W. n. Lipsomb,
j. A. Nicol, D. ]. Arlington, Edward A.
Brand, George r. Taylor, ]. A. Hooker.
Bogus Telephone inspectors.
A bogus telephone inspector made his
appearance. in this city this Afternoon,
but failed so far as can be learned, to
get away with anything. The alleged in
spector entered an apartment house and
told occupants OF one of the apartments
he was an inspector, and after going
into the bedroom where the telephone
was located, quickly retreated without
leaving an explanation for his hasty de-
parture. Some time afterward the po-
lice who were furnished with an excel
lent description Of the man, made two
arrests, but they proved to be the wrong
parties The telephone people also as
sisted in the search for the bogus In
spector. All efforts made afterward to
locate the whereabouts Of the man
proved Is DtllGNtu TIE Iclt-
phone company that the bogus inspector
is the same one who has recently been
operating extensively in Washington and
other cities, and that he at once left
the city.
The annual Thanksgiving dance OF the
German Club, being its open
ing dance of the season, was given to-
night in the auditorium of the Elks'
Home. It was attended by a large gath
ering, among those present being a num-
Der Of guests from out OF the city.
Tomorrow will be the last day for
the payment of State taxes in order to
save the penalty of per cent which will
be added after tomorrow. For the &C
of citizens unable to pay
during the day, City Treasurer Thomas
w. Robinson has arranged to keep his
office open until 9 o'clock tomorrow
night to receive taxes for those who can
rot get to the office during the day.
The funeral of Matthew De Lane, of
Del Ray, Alexandria County, who died
at the Garfield Hospital, Washington,
was held at $50 o'clock this morning
from st. Mary's Catholic Church. The
services were conducted by Rev. H. ].
Cutler and commitment services were
conducted by Rev. L. F. Kelly.
Mrs. Agnes Hamilton's funeral took
place this afternoon from sos South
Washington Street. Services were con-
Quoted by Rev. G. A. Luttrell, pastor
of Trinity NJ. E. Church. Burial was
made in Bethel Cemetery.
The initiatory degree Of the order was
conferred on a class Of several candi-
dates tonight at a meeting OF Potomac |
Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Miss Annie Hartley, accompanied by |
her niece, Miss Virginia Downey, are
visiting relatives in Richmond.