Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-09
Held FOR GIRLS DEATH

Eva Roy, Is Years Old, Which Took
Place at Burke Station, Fairfax
C0unsy--Bodv Of Victim Bound to
Tree.
Lou Hall, about thirty-three years,
woodchopper, is being held in the
Jail at Fairfax County for the murder
of Eva Roy, sixteen years old, who
was attacked and murdered Tuesday
night at her home at Burke station,
Fairfax county.
While the funeral OF Miss Roy was
being held yesterday at her parents
home, Hall was being charged with
the crime of numbering her before
magistrate in Fairfax county and was
held without bail.
Woodcutters ut a late hour last
night were arriving at Fairfax, NUT
tering threats of lynching, and Sheriff
J. r Allison and Deputy Sheriffs Rel
sin Farr and G.. c. White, with loaded
guns were standing guard over the
prisoner.
The murder is said to be one of the
most gruesome in the annals Of Fair
fax county. Eva Roy, probably the
most popular girl in the little village,
and a Sunday School teacher in the
church, where her father oftimes
preached, had left her home Tuesday
morning to bring in the cows. Her
father is prosperous farmer, having
come from Minnesota, in 1912, and
purchased his farm. Eva was his
only child.
Throngs Join in Hunt.
Lou Hall, laborer, claiming wood
cutting as his trade, lived with his
wife and two children about mile
away from the Roy homestead.
When Eva failed to return home at
the accustomed hour of , p. nl., Tues
day, searching parties were organized.
Work in all the lumber camps, which
is the chief industry of Burke Sta
ton, ceased, and all joined the hunt
for the village favoritc.
The body of the girl was found "a
hours later, bruised and blood covered,
tied to a tree about half a mile from
Halls home. The body had been
dragged through the open fields into
the woods, about 200 yards away, ana
blood marked the trail.
Hall was arrested at Accotink and
taken to-the Fairfax county jail.
At Yesterdays hearing before:Mag- /
istratc Charles Patten Henry, who
held Hall for action by the grand !
Jury. which is totmcet> m September,
the prisoncr told story which is SAID
to have failed to- bear up under cross
examination.
According to Hall, he was home
when the alleged assault upon the
Girl. which preceded the murder Is !
said to have taken aplace. Accordlne
to Peter Roy, the father, however
he Immediately ran over to HAIRS
house when he found out the girl had
disappeared and no yone was at the
Hall home.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Hall. her husband had ordered her
early in the morning to take the chill
lren to her father, who. lives about
three miles away. She considered
this unusual, as for years ne had for-
hidden her to communicate with her
father. His explanation was that
he had secured position as wood
cutter at Camp Humphreys, and that
he was going to leave that afternoon.
Testimony at the Hearing
Eva Roy's father testified that hail
knew that Eva was in the habit OF
bringing the COWS nome, ana 1il"' ~
had often seen her at the accustome'
pIace at the spring where her fathers
ron cows were always pastured. IL
was further testified by several W.T.
nesses that Hall passed the spo0.
where the blood was first found some
| time past noon.
The pasture is in an unfrefuenteo
snot and it is said that whoever COM
mitted the crime was in no danger oil
being observed. The ground SHOWS
signs of struggle.
Following the attack the g'rl was
dragged to the woods, choked ana
beaten. The body was then tieo 10
the tree with pieces of her ciothes'
which had been torn off her nody
during the struggle. When found she
had partly slipped through ner
ho,rds Her body half lay upon the