Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-11-13

| olindfoldlng him and also covering
Ills mouth, almost suffocating him.
/, Meanwhile the other went quickly
through his pockets, getting MS gold
watch and $40 in currency.
| PEARSON Macon, of Richmond, had
the option of accepting ten cents as u
! marriage fee or waiting for his reSu-
| lar fee of 50. He decided to wait.
! The case was that Of John Walker and
Maggie Scott, who agreed to be
married in police court rather than
20 10 Jail. As the two were with
cut funds, a collection was taken up,
netting exactly 81. 10. OF this sum
an even 81 had to 60 for the marriage
| license. That left 10 cents. Parson
! Macon, when called in to tic the knot,
refused to take this amount for a
ice, saying that his conscience would
never recover if he did. Instead he
! agreed to trust the bridegroom for
! the regular amount, although the
Hast time he extended credit he got
"stung." That was in the ease OF 4
bridegroom who later turned out To
be b:gamist.
After being out | hour ana AZ
minutes and twice reporting that tncy
were unable to agree, the jury in the
case of S. Dabncy Crcnsnaw 18th oil
! Richmond, the fCrmcr student
| .hareed with the larceny OF platinum
from the chemical laboratory at the
University Of Virginia, was excused
| at sos clock last night by Judge
Fishburne at Charlottesville until 10
o'clock this morning. 1t IS under
stood that they stand to ) for &C
qrittal.
Girls employed in the Luray Tcle-
5honc Exchange foilcd yeggmen,
who Sunday night attempted to rob
.he First National Bank, located in
| the same building. An entrance
was attempted from Water street,
The would-be robbers using a heavy
board, which was placed from the
| ground to Il window eight or ten feet
high. While attempting to scale
.his board the robbers attracted the
! attention OF the phone girls, who sent
message 10 Chief Of Police Slush-
! ar. The robbers learned that their
| operations we're being heard and beat
4 retreat.
Capt. Jesse Showers, Of Chincot-
eaguc. caught buck sturgeon which
weighed 27G pounds. II netted him
SOS. 10. In the same net he caught
six barrels Of other kinds Of fish.
which sold for $1GS-Sl1G. 10 for a
lays work fer two men.
The one hundred and thhty-!nth
,nmual Virginia Conference OF the
| Methodist Episcopal Church South
will convene tomorrow in Lynchburg
with about 400 members in attend
ancc. The sessions viii be presided
over by Bishop Collins Denny. OF
Richmond; Bishop Hoss, of Oklahoma,
being detained at home by reason Of
III health.
Relatives in Bristol were advised
today Of the death Of Captain j. Har-
lvcy Wood at the home Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs james billiard, in New York
| city. Captain Wood was II years
old and distinguished Virginia law
yer. He served ut one time i'll the
| Virginia House Of Delegates, Tie
served as a, captain in. the Thirty
seventh Virginia Regiment OF the
Confederate Army during the Civil.
War.
i The manglel body Of s. a. Gra-
ham was found beside the Seaboard
| Air Line tracsk, short distance be-
low South Richmond. Graham had
evidently been struck by the north
bound train due in Richmond at TAO
?. ". His head was decapitated
and was found short distance from
the body, while one leg was crushed.
Officers from the state depart
mcnt of prohibition, in company with
the sheriff Of Luncnburg, have loca-
ted and captured a complete distillery
| in that county. The owner of the
place, l.. l.. Dunnivant, went with
the officers in preliminary search
! Of his farm, but when they entered the
house concealing the still, Dunnlraat
broke for the timber, it is said, and
made his escape. Dunnivant owned
fine farm. worth perhaps $4,000,
is a bachelor, and was regarded rs an
exemplary citizen.
For blocking fire apparatus in the
street, j. NJ. Rossbock, sixty-eight
! ,-oo,e all cT p;c1,,,o,I L.. l..,