The Washington herald., 1921-01-14
DISCOVER MANS
BODY HANGING
NEAR RIVER EDGE
Identified as New Jersey
Man-Other News
From Alexandria.
THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. s. DOniphan,
T27 King Street

727 King Street.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. I3.-The
body of a man Identified as Robert
Coney, Al years old, of Summit. n.
j. was found hanging from the limb
Of tree near ACCOtink Creek, in the
vicinity of Camp Humphreys eight
miles south of Alexandria, early this
morning.
Men going 70 Accotink Creek dis
covered the body. In the dead mans
pockets was found S73.
The last seen of Coffey alive was
Sunday afternoon in the neighbor-
hood Of where the body was found.
lie COnversed with a number of men
IN that neighbOrhoOd, it is stated.
An Identification card was found
In the mans pocket directing that IN
case Of accident Thomas Coffey. a
brother. IS Overlook road, Summit,
y. J., be pOtified.
Authorities believe that Coftey
hanged himself Sunday.
HoId-ups Get 81.
Guy Nash, who lives on Duke
street, early last night was held up
by two negroes and robbed of 81
and a gold watch. Nash was en-
route to his home at the time One
OF the highwaymen held a pistol
while the other went through his
pockets
City Auditor f. F. Price in COM
menting upon the statement made In
city council Tuesday night that /:
was possible that the city tax col
lectOr's Office would be combined
with that of the office of city treas
urer, says that the office is a char
a
urer's Office is State office, and that
the charter provides for a collector
Of taxes. The legislature could
abolish the Office, but it will net
meet till January. 1922, he says.
A charter has been granted the
lvakota Association. Inc, AleXan-
drIa. a RO-stOck corporation, the
purposes of which are to be of gem
eral assistance to the delinquent,
destitute. homeless and friendless
women and children. Of1cers and
inCOrporatOrs are: DR.. Kate Waller
Barrett. president, Alexandria; John
B. Barrett, secretary. Alexandria; J.
T. Petty, Washington; Mrs. Ella D.
Snow Williams, Washington; Picket
Waller, Whitewater. Va; F. R. Wa
terman, New York, and Howard W.
Smith, Alexandria.
Charter New Company.
The Seaboard Chemical Corpora
tion, Alexandria. with a minimum
capital stock of S5OO,OOO preferred
and 10000 shares Of common stock,
has been granted a charter by, the
State corporation commission. Pur-
poses are to manufacture and deal
in chemicals of all kinds and to
mine and deal in ores and minerals.
Offcers and incOrporators are Jo-
seph Y. Morgan, president; Fred n.
Oliver. secretary; Hugh H. Obear.
all of Washington.
The First National Bank has
elected these officers: Gardner L.
BOOthe. president; VI. r. Harlow,
first vice president: George Z. War
field. cashier and trust officer, Arthur
X WarfcId. assistant cashier and
assistant trust officer.
Officers chosen by the Citizens
National Bank follow: Edward L.
DainEerfeId. president; Carroll
Pierce. vice president: Richard NJ.
Green. assistant vice president; NJ.
L. Dinwidde. cashier. Urban L.
Lambert was made active vice pres
ident. a new Office created by the
bank and he expects to shortly
devote his entire time to the work
at this bank.
Police Justice Louis y. Duffey.
who has been i'll since Sunday with
pneumonia. now has pleurisy and
his condition tonight was said to be
critical.