The Washington herald., 1918-01-06
5 facing trial AS
OCCOQUAN SLAYERS
Judge Waddill to Convene Federal
Court in Alexandra Tomorrow.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
r. Z. Knight & Son.
6l Ga King Street.

Alexandria, Va, Jan. 5.-The jan
uary term of the United States Court
for the eastern district of Virginia,
Judge Edmund Waddill presiding, will
convene at IL o'clock, Monday. We'd
nesday five men charged with being
implicated in the killing of a guard
at the Occoquan workhouse in Decem-
Der. 1916, will go on trial. Six men
are charged with being implicated and
FIVE are in custody, three being In
Occoquan and two in the Jail here.
The sixth man was not apprehended.
The accused will be represented by
Dudley Field Malone, former collector
of port of New York, Judge j. X. M.
Norton and Samuel G. Brent. this
city. The prosecution will be con-
Quoted by District Attorney Richard
II. Mann. assisted by Hiram Smith.
There are a large number OF other
cases on the docket. among them a
number of alleged violations Of the
draft law. There will be both a grand
and petit jury at this term Of court
1t Is expected that court will be in
session all week.
The local exemption board today
moved into new quarters on the sec
OnO IlOOT Oh LhC pOsNOhANe
The board heretofore had quarters in
the chamber of common council on
the second floor Of the city hall. The
reason for moving was that the single
stove in the common council chamber
did not sufficiently heat the big
room.
Officers chosen by the Second Bap-
tist Church to serve for the year
are: Raymond Simms, clerk; James
A. Hulfsh. treasurer; Mrs. John p.
KimbaII, organist; Miss Louise Ben
der, assistant organist; w. c. DAM
eron, chairman of the finance COM
mittee; H. W. Kerrick. financial sec
retary; Raymond Simms. chorister.
Sunday school officers: George X.
Bender. superintendent: James A.
Hulfish, first assistant; Raymond
Simms. second; f. L. Cornell, third;
Charles B. Bender, secretary; ]. c.
Bowie. assistant secretary; Miss
Louise Bender, pianist; Miss Elsie
Cornwell. assistant pianist; Mrs.
James A. Hulfish, treasurer; Ray
mond Sfmms, chorister.
Several freight cars got loose at
> o'clock this afternoon in the
Southern Railway freight yards,
near the National Cemetery. and
coIlided with two big engines. Both
of the engines were considerably
| damaged and several of the freight
cars were damaged. One fireman
is reported to have been slightly
injured in the leg.
The public and private schools of
this city will reopen Monday after
the Christmas holidays. The
schools have been closed for Christ
mas since December II.
william Z. Gambler and wife have
sold to Mrs. Ida G. Moncure a house
and lot on the west side of Patrick
street between Duke and Wolfe
streets. Thomas NJ. Watson has
sold to William Pollard a house and
lot on the west side of Columbus
street between Gibbon and Frank
lin streets.
The January term of the Circuit
Court for this city. Judge J. B. T.
Thornton presiding, will convene at
IL o'clock Monday instead of 10
O'Clock. The docket will Ne called
and cases set for trial.
Seventy-fve men ana women to-
day took the departmental exami-
nation conducted in the postoffice
building by the local board Of Civil
Service examiners.