Evening star., 1928-11-19
ALEXANDRIA.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va, November /!
| (Special) Motor Cycle Policeman Har'
ry Eberhart has been suspended from
the Alexandria police force by Police
Capt. w. w. Campbell, pending further
investigation of the shooting of Mamie
Davis, colored, of 400 South ALFRED
street, early yesterday. The woman L
at the Alexandria Hospital with bull
let wound in the hip. According tc
Capt. Campbell, Eberhart said the wom'
an tried to take his revolver from Its
holster when he stopped his motor
cycle near her house and that the
gun was accidentally discharged. The
woman told Capt. Campbell that Eber-
hart entered her home, asked If she
did not believe he would shoot her
and then fired.
Siezed with apoplexy while attend
ing services at the First Baptist Church
Yesterday, Mrs. Sabra D. Pitts, 40 years
old, was rushed to the Alexandra Hos
pital, where she died a short time
later without regaining consciousness.
Mrs. Pitts was an active church worker
and the wife of Melvin P. Pitts. Fun
eral services will be held wednesday
at 3 pm. at the First Baptist Church
by Rev. p. L. Vernon, pastor, and In
terment will be in Bethel Cemetery. Be
sides her husband, she IS survived by
one child.
Boy Dies of Injuries.
Forrest Dodd, 10 years old, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Dodd of Francon1a,
Fairfax County, died at noon yeSter-
day in the Alexandria Hospital from
injuries sustained Friday morning
when an automobile in which he and
several classmates were going to school
overturned. Funeral services will be
held tomorrow at pm. at the Buelah
Baptist Church, Franconia, and burial
will be at Bethel Cemetery, in this city
Alexandria Hospital authorities said
this morning that the condition of
Preston Fairfax, Is years old, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fairfax of Cliff
ton Station, Fairfax County, is much
improved. The Fairfax youth shot off
his lower jaw Saturday morning when
his shotgun was discharged as he
stumbled over log while hunting near
his fathers home.
The home of r. F.. Maxwell, at 200
Southwest street, was threatened by
fire late Saturday when a match was
accidently dropped into pail of gaso-
line in which two paint brushes were
being soaked. The Alexandria Fire
Department responded and extinguiSh-
ed the blaze without damage.
Two Small Fires.
A chimney at the residence Of z. T.
Gaines, 819 North Washington street,
caught fire Saturday night and the
blaze was extinguished with chemicals
A sawdust pile in the TOO block of
North st. Asaph street became ignited
yesterday at noon, but was extinguish-
ed shortly after the arrival of No. 4
Engine Company
Funeral services for Miss Ann Teresa
Hiltrude Dewitt, who died Thursday at
her residence, 804 Duke street, were
held this morning at st. Mary's Cath
olic Church. Interment was in st.
Mary's Cemetery.
Final rites for Ira \. Davis, 80 years
old, who died in San Francisco Novem-
Der 10. were held this, afternoon at
the residence Of her mother, Mrs. Annie
r. Davis, at Myrtle avenue and Russell
road, RoSemont. Burial was In the
Arlington Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Pres
colt Anderson, wife of Isaac Anderson,
were held today in the M. E. Church
South, with Rev. DIR. w. S. Hammond
conducting. Burial was in the Ivy
Hill Cemetery.
The American Legion Auxiliary will
give card party tomorrow night at
the home of Mrs. H. G. Linn, in George
washington Park.