Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-10-30

WILL also SLarC kil Oll Inv 11iSlt "AAo
drink too much of it as well. The
system in vogue in the Police De
uartment has been TO taSe charge OF
men who happened to take on too
much whiskey and care for them at a 4
station house, more for the protection
of the l,drinker than anything else
Al 6 O'Clock next morning, provided
the person SO detained was sober
enough, The would be allowed to go.
Under the new law, however, it is
a misdemeanor to get drunk. This
means that the defendant must stand
trial in Police Court the following
morning.
The body Of a white man, found
floating in the harbor of Petersburg,
yesterday morning, has been i;enti-
fed as that Of c. R. Terrell, who
was employed as solicitor fc- NJ.
c.. Gowan and Peasall, furniture
dealers of Petersburg, Ferrel was
from Halifax county, and had rela-
tives living in Atlanta, Ga, He had
been resident of Petersburg since
October, 1915. He had been missing
since Wednesday, when he left his
boarding house, saying that ne was
going to work. He was Al yeas OF
age and single.
A. R. Tate, from Mineral was
picked up Saturday night in front
of the Academy of Music in Rich -aond
and hurried to the Virginia Hospi-
tai. He was in an unconscious ccndi-
ton when found, and medical treat
ment at the hospital failed to revive
him. He died last night. 1t Wa un-
derstood that the man had BEEN un-
der the influence Of liquor for sew
eral days, and his death was d;;c to
resultant causes. 1t was said that
his lungs were laboring under great
alcoholic pressure, and that he died
before the congestion could be re-
moved.
Struck by piece of timber from
a passing freight, William Mel. LEY,
aged %, Of Chester, S. c., vas
knocked beneath the wheels of the
work train upon which he was ri:ling
and instantly killed, yesterday l::orn-
ing, near Profit, Albemarle county.
McLilley was employed with the con-
struction force that is double-traek-
ing the Southern Railway. An e::omi-.
nation showed that the blow froI:2 the
timber had knocked hole in the
back OF McLilley's head. His left
foot was cut off at the ankle AMI his
rigEd arp 5yas shattered
NJ SSpllAr ,aged is yssrs,
either was accidentally. ahes 81 CONS
,nittsH ss5aitle II the residence e. MS
parents Ii Petersburg Saturday.
right 3oong Spille4 mad hai vs,Ards
with his raather a5sa she feps we'd
him severely for something he had
done. He lett the house, but socH re-
turned Grabbing a pistol in the
presence Of his mother, he remarked
81 am going to kill myself" at the
same time pointing the pistol al his
head. A young brother made
grab for the weapon and it was dis
charged, the bullet entering the rear
Of Spiller's head, fracturing the SKULL.
Spiller lived only a short time after
the shooting.
Walter Lewis, colored, proprietor
OF small pressing and cleaning es-
taDlishment in River street, Peters
burg, was stabbed to death by an uni
Identified white man about midn ght
Friday night. Lewis, it seems, had
some trouble with two white men
about work he had done, and followed
them from his place into Greeks |
restaurant next door, where after
some words had passed, one of the
men drew knife and plunged the
blade deep into I.ewis's neck, sever
ing one of the large blood vessels.
The negro staggered to the doo", fell
and bled to death almost Immediately.
The two white men fed, and nothing
has been heard of them since. There i
il M clue TO their i1pntity