December 1949
Events that took place in Fairfax County in December, 1949:
- December 23 – Despite making plenty of noise, 30-year-old Max N. Cecil, 24-year-old James Sebastian, 20-year-old Charles Riddle, Jr., and 19-year-old Robert C. Moseley managed to use a smuggled hacksaw blade to cut through one of the bars of their cell, then through two bars of a window of the Fairfax Jail, securing their freedom, albeit only temporarily. Resident jailer and extraordinarily sound sleeper William Low is alerted to the four men's absence several hours later, when the Washington D. C. police call the jail to alert him that they have recaptured Cecil. The other three men are arrested at the Dixie Pig tavern in Bladensburg, Maryland later that afternoon by Maryland state troopers and the Prince George's County police.[1][2]
- December 25 – 42-year-old Alton Via is found shot to death in the bedroom of his home in Tyson's Corner. No note is found, and it is mentioned that Via was scheduled to go hunting the following day.[3]
References
- ↑ "Police Capture Three in Maryland Tavern at Gunpoint, Other Caught in District." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 2. Dec 24 1949. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Four Saw Way Out As Warden Sleeps." New York Times (1923-Current file): 26. Dec 24 1949. ProQuest. Web. 30 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Fairfax Man Fatally Shot in His Home." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Dec 26 1949. ProQuest. Web. 3 June 2014.
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