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Show OVERlliOIISIlND Surround Jail at Alexandria Courthouse and Demand Murderer. KILLS NAVAL EMPLOYE AND PURSUES GIRL i Young Woman Gives Up Jewelry Jew-elry to Save Herself From Black's Threats. WASHINGTON. May 23. A detachment detach-ment of cavalry from Fort Myer was called out tonight to disperse a mob of more " than a thousand persons, which surrounded the ail at Alcxan-dria Alcxan-dria courthouse twelve miles from tho limits of the District of Columbia, attempting at-tempting to obtain possession of William Wil-liam Turnor, -a negro. Arrival of the cavalry which had been requested by the sheriff of Arlington Ar-lington county scattered the mob which had formed during tho afternoon threatening to lynch the negro. Tlis troopers took up their station about the Jail and late tonight tho little village vil-lage was reported quIeL Shoots Naval Employe. iurucr is aucuseu oi snooung 10 death-T. Morgan Moore, an employe of tho naval torpedo plant nt Alexandria, j Va., and of having attempted to attack Miss Earl Clark of Washington, I Mooro's fiancee, and secretary to Rep- j resentatlve Prltten of Illinois. The negro, bearing two wounds, was ar,-rested ar,-rested early today about two hour3 after Mooro was killed. Turner later! confejysel, nccordjng to the authorities. Young' Woman Tells Story.' I Moore and Miss Clark, according to the report made to Virginia and Washington Wash-ington authorities by tho latter, were seated In an aulomobilo near tho Virginia Vir-ginia end of tho Potomac river bridgo, connecting Washington and Virginia, when tho negro approached them. Pointing a revolver at Moore, Miss Clark said, tho negro demanded money. mon-ey. When Mooro rofused, Miss Clark said, she became frightened and Jumped Jump-ed from tho machine and the negro started after her. Then Moore, according ac-cording to Miss Clark, seized a revolver revol-ver from a door pocket of the automobile auto-mobile and fired at he black. In an ozchango of shots Moore was shot through tho heart and the negro struck in the log and hand. According to Miss Clark, ho continued to pursue her until she had given him some Jewelry. Moore and Miss Clark, whoso homo was In Chicago, were to have marrlod soon. |