Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-12-29

enue. How he got away with it is
not concerning the police so much as
is what he did with it. In addition to
the stove the intruder carried off a
quantity of wearing apparel.
Norfolk-Eigel Beck, Dane is
being held for the police of New
York on charge of larceny of col
lection of valuable ivory statuary
from Irving Berlin, song composer.
Beck was arrested by Detective
Burch yesterday as the young Dane
was about to sail for Liverpool
aboard a Norwegian steamer, on
which he had signed.
Richmond-Cheering news, came
out of the New York Stock Exchange
when it was noted that the memoir
able chapter in legal and financial
history growing out of the contest
, between Virginia and West Virginia
as to liability for debts incurred be-
fore the War Between the States,
! had been brought to an official close.
The bonds, which had remained on
the exchanges list were known as
"Brown Brothers & Co.., 1871" The
Brown committee began receiving
deposits of Virginia's certificates III
/ 1898 and accumulated SD ,360,S42 OF
the various issues. The controversy
between the states came to success
+ full end last year, and it is announ-
ced that the issues held by the
Brown committee have been ex
changed (eXcept but S2S5.906l for
new West Virginia 3 l-2 twenty
year bonds now selling at about IS
! 1-2. This is one of the most crafty
\ ing acceptances on record it is stated
/ from Wall Street, and is of special
/ significance when the wide distrbu
! tion in tbs country and abroad of the
! original certificates is considered.
Hopewell-H. NJ. Gualtney of
Hopeweil. was the victim of an odd
automobile accident when his motor
car was reduced to ruins by fire. Mr..
| Gaultney, it is said, was driving
down a slight grade on the Prince
! George road near Hopewell, when a
tire blew out and the car became un-
comfortable. In lurch Mr.. Gau!t
nev was pitched clear of the car. but.
! instead of the car Overturnlng, 1t
! slowly regaincd its balance and,
with engine running and brakes re-
| leased, started on its career unguided.
! The car made for some nearby
woods and, knocking over the small
| err trees, kept up its pace until
| checked by a large tree Fire caught
! Il. nd Il Tn
ney's efforts to check it, destroyed
I the car.
Norfolk-Membcrs Of the Yadkin
! Gun Club went afield early Monday
morning, taking to the Dismal
! Swamp BY way of Suffolk. They
killed doe weighing about $50
pounds. The animal was killed a
shore time after the gunners went
into the swamp district. Those in
! the party were j. l.. Bass. w. Bass,
! Edward Bass, Randolph White. Lieu
tenant Flynn, L. S. n, Jack Ripley
and Willie Grimes.
F! Danville-Emnloycs of the Dan
River Mills, about $500 men and
women, found a welcome surprise
waiting for them Saturday at noon
when they were paid off prior to the
weeks holiday. The pay roll was
made up for nine davs instead of six.
this constituting 80 per cent bonus
on the weeks work This increase
cost the cotton mill company Sl47.-
! 0Q0
Danville-The "unloaded" pistol
/, played its role here during the
I Christmas season when Frank Pol
lock, a we'll known young Danville
man, was painfully injured by Lee A.
Wilson. The two were in a local
poolroom, Pollock having small toy
pistol used to detonate blanks. Both
men had been playing with the
empty pistol and had put it down.
When Wilson picked it up again he
thought it was still unloaded. He
placed it close to Pollock's head and
fired. The wadding made an ugly
wound in the corner of Pollock's
mouth and part of his face was scar
ed by the blast and impregnated
with gunpowder 1t was necessary
to scrap the bone and to inject anti
tetanus serum.
( Norfolk-Because Give Cents"
didn't like the way some of the play
ers in the skin pame were behaving,
he Jumped up from the table in a
room on the second floor of st.
Paul street rooming house Monday
night at II o'clock and flashed a
big revolver. When the smoke clear
/ ed away Vance Worthen, colored,
: was dead and William Thomas, also
colored. was crippled from a bullet
in the left thigh Give Cents had
vanished behind the smoke screen.
! The police were Oh his trail at mid
night. They want him on charges of
murder and of felonious shooting.
Ashland-"Pupsev Bo 3d." F. D. S.
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