Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-15
Lewis Hooff Is Again indicted
for EmbezzIement.
TRIAL SET FOR JANUARY "a
Aid Is Asked for Poor Of City.
Bucket Brigade Saves Burn
ing House.
special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, January Is. 1912.
Ap indictment charging Lewis Hoof.
former secretary and. general manager Of
the defunct Mercantile Railway Building
and Loan Association. with the embexxle-
ment of funds of the association amount
ing to s1.1Jo was returned by grand jury
in the corporation court today
The indictment contains five counts and
is a lengthy affair. All OF the alleged
onenses, according to the indictment. were
committed in the year 1910. The dates
given. together with the amounts, follow
May II, S2O; June 80. 500: August 3D.
$500; August %. 500; September g, $50.
These alleged offenses are charged
against Hooff as secretary Of the asso-
citation, and 1t. fs explained that in or
der to strengthen the Indictment and
leave no loophole It also Is charged
against him in the same counts on the
same day that the funds were embex-
zled as treasurer Of the concern.
This makes a total OF ten indictments
against Hooff Nine indictments were
returned against him by grand jury
in the corporation court September 10,
1911. They set forth total embez7le-
ment of $3.50 of funds OF the Mercan-
alton, together with funds OF the de-
funct Virginia Safe Deposit and, Trust
Corporation. The total embezzlement
made by Hooff. according to the indict-
ments. is therefore $4,000.
Hooff will be placed on trial IN the cor
poration court January "a to answer the
ten indictments pending against him. II
is expected the trial will take up consid-
cradle time. Hooff probably will be rep
resented by Attorneys John J. Jeffries OF
Norfolk and Lewis II. Machen OF this
city. Commemorative Attorney 8. e..
Brent will conduct the prosecution.
An indictment against Bertram Seaton.
a Washington youth. for robbery also
who is alleged to have robbed cash
register of lunchroom at King and
Washington streets December & and
afterward to have fired at police.
The jury was composed Of the follow
ing: J. NJ. Duncan, foreman; W. II. He'll
muth. ]. G. Cockey. Alfred Thomson, J..
NJ. Petit. jr.; c. B. Swan. Leopold Ruben,
Louis Bendheim and Robert Aitcheson.
Ask Aid for Poor Of City.
An appeal to the citizens OF Alexandria
for aid for the poor Of the city was is
sued today by the women Of the Asso-
ciated Charities. There has been an
unusually heavy demand on this or
ganization since the cold snap and funds
and supplies are now about exhausted.
Unless aid is given the association at
once, it is said. the work of alternating
he suffering Of the poor Will have to
be discontinued.
The cold snap has caused deal OF
trouble with water pipes. bursted pipes
and boilers being reported with much
frequency. The few plumbers In Alex
%1H{,. ri f,a1l tn 1nrslr %
after all that need attention. Some
houses have been without water for the
past four, days and 1t may be week
before the work of repairing the damage
done by Jack Frost is completed.
r. E. Lee Camp, Confederate Veterans.
has completed arrangements for its an
nual banquet next Friday night at Lee
Camp Hall, in observance Of Gen. Lee $
Dir .hday. The banquet will be served by
members of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy, and will be attended by the
veterans, sons Of veterans and others.
w. b. Smoot. commander of the local
camp, will serve as toastmaster, and
toasts will be responded to by Senator
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi. Rep
n.at.ve A. w. Fucker of Colorado.
Representative II. .. Clayton of Alabama
and Kyle B. Price of Alabama
The members of NJ. D. Corse Camp,
Lee Camp Hall tonight for the purpose of
completing plans for attending the BAN
quet.
Fitzgerald Assembly. No. 459. composed
Of the fourth degree members of the Fitz-
gerald Council, knights Of Columbus, held
is annual meeting yesterday afternoon
at the Young Mems Sodality Lyceum
Hall, and elected Rev. l.. f. Kelly. faith
full friar: M. j. Mcfarland. faithful navi-
gator; c. r. Hellmuth, faithful captain;
Breen, faithful controller: w. NJ. Dom
nelly. faithful assistant controller; r. l..
Carne, faithful pilot: r. T. Quinn. faith
full inner guard: H. l.. Wheatley. faithful
outside guard.
The assembly is arranging for the ex-
emplification of the degree work OF the
order the evening of February -, when
q large class will be admitted to men,
bership.
Bucket Brigade Saves House.
When fire broke out at the residence Of
Joseph NJ. Peake at North Braddock,
Alexandria county, at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning. neighbors organized a
bucket brigade and saved the house. a
frame one. from destruction. BY order Of
Mayor Paff. the Relief hook and ladder
truck went to the scene Of the fire, but
it's services were not required.
An overheated furnace was responsible
for the blaze, which damaged the west
side of the house and some Of the furni-
ture The loss is estimated at $500, COW
cred by insurance.
false alarm of fire at o'clock yester-
day morning brought the fire department
to the intersection Of Columbus and
Madison streets. In responding to the
alarm one Of the Reliance fire engine
horses fell and injured its leg.
There have been no arrests in Alex
andria in the past seventy-two hours.
This is said to be the first Monday In
the past eight years that there have been
no cases on the police court docket.
John W. Riley, thirty-two years old,
proprietor Of the Hotel Riley. 70D King
street, died at 4:3O o'clock yesterday
afternoon at his home, 321 North Henry
street, after a long illness Of pneumonia.
Mr.. Riley, besides his wife, leaves q