The Washington herald., 1921-10-20
BELIEVE
STRANGER VICTIM
OF WOOD ALCOHOL
Lying in Stupor at Hospi-
tai, Unknown Can Give
No Information.
THE HERALD BUREAU,
A: 9. poniphan.

7H King street.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. Oct. H.
Lying In . stupor at the Alex
andria Hospital 10 . man believed
by the attending physicians and
hospital attaches to be q victim Of
wood alcohol poisoning. The man
Is now totally blind and has been
In . stupor since Saturday after.
noon when he was picked up by
the police after falling on King
street. near the Union Station. svi-
IDENTIFY having aiighted from q train
just arrived from Washington on
the Washington Virginia line.
The man hrst was taken to po-
lice headquarters and whsn he
failed to arouse from his stupor he
was taken Sunday to the hospital
where he 10 being attended by DR..
George T. Kiipstein. No hope ID
held out at the hospital for his 70.
covery. The man 10 about IS years
old. and 10 feet inches and
weighs about $50 pounds.
Repeated efforts on the part of
the hospital nurses to learn his
Identity have proved futile, al
though It is stated that once he
uttered the name Joe DonneIly.- g
Tatooed on his right arm arc the
letters ~. ]. D." Two joints of
the right index finger are missing
There were no papers in his
pockets. He did. however, have a
return ticket to Washington on the
Virginia Railway In
his pockets.
Miss Julia Benton Hopkins
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
d. Hopkins, of this city. and Ar
thur Harrison Saunders. OF Rich
noon at the residence Of the brides
parents. 3ll North Washington
street. in the presence. of a. large
gathering.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. e. V. REGISTER, d. D.. pastor
OF the NJ. E. Church South. The
maid OF honor was Miss Collins Jones
and the bridegroom had for his best
man. DR.. w. B. Hopkins. of Rich
mond. Va. Music was furnished by
Myer Davis orchestra Of washing.
ton. Following the wedding, there
was a reception. after which Mr.. ano
Mrs. Saunders left for a northern
bridal trip. They will make theil
future home in West Richmond. g.
ofacers chosen by the J. Il, N. Cur
tin Memorial Barsca5 Ciess Of the
First Baptist Church and Installed
follow: e. r. Clark. president: 7. S
Carpenter, first vice president; c. NJ
Wells. secondyice president: w. N
Toppin. secretary; L. c. Lane. assist
ant secretary; G. J. Minor. treasurer;
n. l.. Williamson. teacher; r. e
Knight. tr., assistant teacher. and
Miss Lillian Amos. pianist.
One and two-tenths miles of ar
eighteen-foot asphalt roadway will
be constructed Jointly by Arlington
and Fairfax counties on the Lees
burg turnpike. just as soon as bias
are received for the work, it was
decided last night following a con-
ference of representatives of these
two counties. who met in the room,
of the chamber of commerce.
The part of the road to be bull
extends from the western corporate
limits of Alexandria to what q.
known as Donaldson's store.
Attending the meeting were Ed.
ward Duncan. of the board of super.
visors of Arlington County; George
e. Garrett, engineer for Arlington
County: Frank Balenger. chairman
Of the board of supervisors for Ar.
lington County: Mayor J. NJ. Duncan
and City Engineer E. c. Dunn, both
OF Alexandria; Archie Hoxton and
George Stuart, of the Episcopal
High School and others.