Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-04-24
VISITORS HELD
FOR GRAND JURY
-Four Washington Outlaws
Attempt to Shoot up City
Last Night.
WOMAN SHOT IN FACE,
Perpetrators Of Outrage Leave City in
Automobile, But Are Overtaken by
Alexandria Officers.

53AieAdn9T'a OuiCeTs.
Crazed with drink and firing pis
tolls at pedestrians as they dashed
I UP and down the streets of Alexan-
dria In big touring car shortly af-
ter eleven o'clock last night, four
Washingtonians created "reign Of
terror" for half an hour, until their
machine was overtaken by the po-
lice. and three of the men arrested.
During the disturbance, Maggie JEFF
ferson, colored woman from Wash
ington, was shot in the face and a
number of people had narrow es-
capes from the flying bullets.
The three men who were arrested
gave their names as Harry Hampler,
an. automobile dealer of 223 B street
northwest, Washington, Fred Reh,
whose father is said to be a decora-
tor in Washington, and Lesley r.
win.a The fourth man jumped from
the machine when it was overtaken
by the police and made his escape.
The Washington authorities nave
been asked to place him under ar
rest.
Hampler, the owner Of the ma
chine, came to Alexandria at four
o'colck yesterday afternoon with
George Clark, an Alexandria boy, to
deliver an automobile cylinder. which
he had repaired. In a downtown
saloon he met the, three Washing.
tonians rho were his companions on
the wild ria, Of six hours later. y
visit to the "S... o,,,at,4 district" Of
Alexandria followed where The men
secured an abundance of drinks. At
10 o'clock they returned to the center
portion? Of the town and visited sew
eral saloons, where more liquor was
consumed. They started to return
to Washington at eleven o'clock but
before leaving the -.ity decided to
give the people of the community a
representation of the Mexican war.
AS the car crossed King street go
ing north on Pitt street, two Of the
men in the back seat of the machine
started firing revolvers at the people
as they passed by on the side walk
The machine was going, at a high
rate of%speed} and the shots all went
wild. At Princess street the machine
went east to Fairfax street, turn
ing the corner there and going souff
on Fairfax street AS it passed the
police; station volley of shots were
discharged at the building and Serg-
cant Scott, who was standing in the
door gave an emergency alarm to all
the police in the city and started ir
pursuit of the RECKLESS men.
The, machine turned into Prince
street; from Fairfax up. Prince t.
Washington; circling the Confede
rate Monument, and thence ou
Washington street in. the direction o.
Washington city. The men were
yelling and firing their guns as fas
as they could reload them.
At the corner of Washington ant
King street "a group of colore'
people from Howard University
Washington, who had been attending
an entertainment at McBurney|
Hall, at the corner, of Washington
and King streets, were waiting To-
the lilo car to take them to thei1
homes. When the men in the ma
chine saw the crowd ON the cor1e,
they commenced firing into tht
group and the jefferson woman fel
with a bullet in her, head. Puttins
on increased speeds the men contin
ued out Washington street extended
and IN front of Taylor Dairy the!
met Norris Roland, ayoung man wh,
was returning from his work at tPo
tomac Yards. Three shots wer
fired at. Roland as he stood in tn
path of the searchlighs and the ra
pidity with which the machine wa
moving and the drunken conditio
of the men was: all that saved hir
from being killed. gs,~ = "G
In the meanwhile Officers Ker
and Norris had, secured the machin
of w. n. Heymef which was stand
ing in front of the' Central ,Garae