Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-03-26
Shellhorse's WIDOW Gets
$4,000 From
State
BEARS IN PAGECOUNTY
Detective Shot by Negro in Lynch
burg-C0urt of Appeals Clerk Has
Narrow Escape when Bullet Fired

Is marriage contract by persons
of opposite races in one State, which
permits such condition, legal in
Virginia, whose laws declare such a
law illegal? This question was
raised in the Richmond police court
yesterday, when Fred Grant, white,
and Carrie Fife, colored, were ar
raigned before the bar of justice.
charged with statutory offense. :.
In court they produced what ap-
peared to be bonafide marriage
certificate, showing that they
"were united in the holy bonds of
matIimony" in Portland, Me. Grant
was fined $50 and costs by Justice
Crutchfield, after he had carefully
looked up the law. Grant appeal
ed the decision If the appeal goes
to the Supreme Court it will be nee
essary for that tribunal to decide
whether or not one State shall an
nul laws of another.
! The Staunton Lighting Company
must provide electric light, tempo
rarily at least in the home Of Mrs.
Edna V. Wright, of 'Staunton, un-
der a writ of mandamus granted in
Corporation Court Wednesday. Fol-
lowing a dispute over an old account
the company cut off the current, and
LETT the young woman and her 1.-TWO
children in darkness. The lighting
congltanyt claims it acted within its
rights, one of the rules under which
it operates providing that it neet
not furnish current where an ole
account has not been paid. The
case is a peculiar one in that Mrs
Wright recently was divorced from
her husband, who as long as he
lived in the same house with her hac
paid the lighting bills. Since leav-
ing there he refused to pay. When
the collector saw the wife she
agreed to pay the March. account
but would not pay back to Decem
ber.'.i
search is being made for the per
SON who fired bullet into the rooms
\ of the Virginia supreme court of
appeals in Richmond yesterday
while the Judges of that tribunal
were on the bench. Clerk H ;. Stew
ar: Jones was among those who mar
rcwly escaped being hurt. Glass
was scattered in all directions. An
other bullet was fired into the office
of Secretary of the Commonwealth
3. o. James day or so ago..
! Polices Detectives l.. A. Mann
and Ernest Wheeler, of Lynchburg
were shct, the former probably fa-
tally last night by a negro known t'
the police as "slim,"' who escaped.
The detectives ,accosted the negro
ON the street in the heart of the
business section of the city and tola
him he had been reported for car
rying concealed weapons. After q
few words the negro whipped out
his gun and fired four or five shots
one shot taking effect IN Mann,S
head and another in Wheeler's neck
Bears from the Blue Ridge and
Slasanutten Mountains have been
raiding the populated sections OF
Page county in search of food
spreading reign of terror among
women, who refuse to let their chill
drcn 90 outdoors. A huge :. bear
Wednesday, night appeared at the
home of Kirby o. Heiston. who op-
crates a planning mill at the edge OF
town. He threaded his way through
q network of wire fence and stopped
at the kitchen window, An air rifEe
was the only weapon in the house
Heiston fired at the animal, which
became enraged and rushed at his
assailant. Heiston escaped behint
closed door and bruin went away
The home of Oscar Black, near Lu
ray. recently was visited by anothe,
bear.
Governor Davis has signed the bill
appropriating So 900 for the relief o
the family of j. c. Shelhorse. pro
hsEiticn agent, killed by an allege
bcotlegger on a train at Alexandra
This is the amount his dependent
would have received had the work
mems compensation act been in or
GRAFTON at the time of his death.