Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-04-19
VIRGINIA NEWS. !,

on the county ROADS 1oi ;disoii' eSIdpeu
4 from the county Jail at Amherst
Tuesday night. The negro dug hole
in the brick wall by q window Of his
cell and climbed down gutter pipe,
dropping from the end of the spout
to the ground, where the prints of his
lknces could be seen yesterday morn
ing. Eberhardt was convicted of set
ting fire to tenement house, near
the Southern station, belonging to G.
W. Dearborn, on the night of April
s. He was in jail awaiting removal
to the county road force.
1t has just developed in Lynch
burg that Jeff Reed, who spends his
time joyriding freight trains in Vir-
ginia and the Carolinas, was caught
by unknown persons, and, because
he was thought to be German spy
ing upon railway property in South
Lynchburg, was bound to the South
ern Railway bridge over Campbell
Avenue, and left there to be run over
by a train during the night. Reed
was later found by Petersburg sold
iers who arc guarding the bridges
in that immediate vicinity. The
trouble happened at midnight and
Reed left before detectives were able
to ascertain anything about the mis-
treatment of the man. 1T seems to
have been done by one or two men
who were said to have been drinking.
Although the Petersburg police
have announced no accusation Of any
one alleged to have placed the bomb
that Tuesday night blew up the horne
of A. B. Click, Bohemian farmer,
it is reported unofficially that the
bloodhounds led the officers on
hot trail to the home Of German
living some distance away. The au-
thoritics of Chesterfield county, how
ever, are not stopping with this sus-
picion, end an arrest is expected to-
day. Mrs. Henry i. Bclcher. who re-
sides in this city about 4 mile and a
l.alf from the scene CT the explosion,
was so frightened by the defamation
that she tainted, and died yesterday
afternoon, without rcgaining con-
seriousness. She was in good health
previously.
Victim of brutal assault. Miss
Go'dic Lee Balance IS in a serious
condition in 4 Norfolk hospital. She
was seized by an unidentified man
near her home in South Norfolk Tues
day night, and, after being subjected
to the most brutal treatment, was
thrown through window into her
own home. She had ,hccr to visit a
acighEor when her assailant seized
her. Her mother was awakened by
hearing the girl screaming, and,
going into her daughters room, found
her with her face badly cut by the
window glass through which she was
thrown. She only weighs 50 pounds
and moved to Norfolk two months ago
with her mother from Elizabeth City,
n. C.
Joseph Hall, of Catletts, who re-
Gently procured marriage license in
Washington to wed Mary Dotson,
aged ii, daughter Of Harry Dotson:
owner of planning mill near Catletts,
was indicted by the grand jury in
Washington yesterday CT q charge of
perjury. II is alleged that Hall made
oath in taking out the, license that
Miss DOtSon was Is. The girl de-
clarcs that Hall said nothing to her
about marriage The young man
formerly was employed by her
father.
S. Dabncy Crenshaw, Jr., son of
the vice president Of the Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company, and
former student at the University of
Virginia, nov urdcr Indictment
charged with stealing platinum from
the chemical laboratory there and
with hymn The building 20 conceal
The theft, underwent successful OPP
Grafton en- his skull at Richmond
hospital few days ago. A section
Of MS skull vas removed and condi
ton was revealed, it was declared,
which practically proved that the
young man for long time has been
suffering for, the effects Of brain
pressure.
Robert Jones, a negro, accused
with Hamp:cn Cosby Of the murder of
Special Office Meredith A. Thomas,
in Charlottesville, was declared
guilty last night of first degree muir
der by the Jury which had been out
23 minutes. The penalty was fixed at
death. There was no demonstration