The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-15
LOCAL MATTERS.

i Inv s,cx AND IN DIsTREss--MATTER OF
YsrERY.--On Saturday morning
! 80, & o'clock one Of the nuns Of the Con-
wv. w, a; Mou1e Maria, on Grace between
I 1n-.,,r.s ~, second and Twenty-third streets, on
] 49,. n the front door Of the building
go - jsdy wing in the porch nearly dead.
.,l3',S ,''"S i, was at first thought that she was
...I hnt close examination revealed the
S.. sS.'; IA, her hear. was beating; though but
r>,i, Not kuoxing the character OF the
,y .,..5n 80 Unexpectedly found on their
...sr-i.es, the superioress dispatched q col.
| ::.n5 boy 10 the First stat'on-house to give
:..'s@,rnsiiou OF the occurrence. Policeman
u,nnop answered the call, and found the
~ in very desperate coalition. de at
+rrs + rrocured wagon and lifted her in and
3-aya 10 the ststion-bouse. The lady was
'r".sr.jbIe, aud for a good while appeared to
- lingering between life and death. The
- ambulsrce and DR.. Brittian were sum.
rs7ed, snd Or. Britain upen arriving ad-
- ri,,fred slimulants and said the lady was
~ ing from a congestive chill.
50. VAS as soon as possible removed to the
a,,'. hospital, where she received every
>.,.ntion from Captain Charlie Bigger, and
NJ ,,sysiciqu: in attendance, and during the
~.srnon so far recovered as TO be able to
.s', though not very coherently. She said
s.- name was Mrs. Williamson, and that she
r,s from Big Lick. Roanoke county, and
,Iq, on Friday she got on the train. TO got to
T.rrg,;le, but that she was brought onsto
pirbmond, and that on arriving here she
49,, 2u. into 8 carriage. At the time of
making these statements Mrs. Williamson
nE rG m
i7-.i!.ently. and II is therefore very likely
..f n3s mistaken in some respects.
>5r is about twenty.seven years OF age,
seem, 10 DC well educated and genteel, and
vs. dressed not only nicely but elegantly.
>la had few or DO valuables with her. A
r7cle,.bandke-chie she had was marked
"N4nlie.' ..... .,r,~.,7,.....
Il seemed for some time to bea profound
r,y..err bow she got TO the convent. The
cS2rcnt is in a ittle.frequented part of the
cj;7. and is almost inaccessible except by one
Or Two streets; and the porch in which she
WAS found is about Twenty-Five steps from
the street, and is approachable only by an
enclosed walkway, from which gate leads
l,0 ihe street. . ..... .-.
Bu: the mystery OF her reaching there was
easily solved. II was ascertained that she ar
..ytd in this city by the mail train of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at 5 O'CLOCK
saturday mo o,niDg. Captain Kinney, the con-
Guc:0r, Informed Mr.. Lee, Garber's agent,
lha: The lady wanted carriage. MIR. Lee
escorted her to carriage driven by Richard
naJrey (colored). and at Mrs. Williamson's
request told bm to proceed to the convent.
She had no baggage; she said that she had
ieft il behind. .@h '4a '
D4bney drove to the convent, and at the
gate Mrs. Williamson alighted. Dabney Of
!e:el to wal; for her until she could gain ad.
LI.,4Dce. but she told him it was uuneces-
..:y. She then paid him his fare, and he
dove Ct. ,........ . .r.
l; is probable that she was taken very sick
il lbe porch and became insensible, and
therefore unable 10 arouse the good ladies OF
;l~ house, who had no notice Of her coming,
knew nothing Of her at AL, and even now are
Al !t>> 10 understand why she came there.
Ms. Williamson informed the hack.driver
taat on the train she had either lost OR been
robbed OF her pocket-book,
Her ilcGd> aud relatives at Big Lick have
been ,clcgrAphtd 10, and will come down at
O.Cs.