The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-06-21
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THE RECENT SUICIDE DEATH nr4RR. WEBB
C0EONEg;s INQUEST THE SUIT AGAINST MAN
sCifEsTER-THE w ALKrSG C0STgsT-sALE OF
PRorERTYTHE LIaB0R-DEALERs, &C.
fgorrespondenee Of the Richmond Bispatch.J
JUNE 90, 1885, 1875
Mr.. Spencer Webb, Who, shot himself yes.
Iferdays Ilpruing insfront OF Jarratps Hotel,
died this morning ats o'clock. Hisasutfer-
ingB were intense until q short time before
hts DEATH occurred. Tie Coroner held an
inquest unon view OF the body this after:
noon. The evidence elected covered sub.
stantially the same facts as stated in this
rrespondence yesterday. ~'9Ests
The father Of the deceased made stlte-
ment. BE said that yesterday morning he
met his son on the City Park and had some
conversation with him. He asked the de.
ceased IL he had gotten out OF his difficult
ty, meaning the payment OF the fine OF $40
for violating the city ordinance in selling
liquor without license. The son replied,
ssNct quite,'; and the father said that
when he did get out Of it <'he would gel
into further trouble, as the United States
Government would also prosecute him.
The deceased replied that il the Govern.
ment did not arrest him before O'Clock
! it would not catch him, as lie IN.
tended to leave the. city by that
/ hour. The deceased then banded, bis
father a paper containing a list OF goods
purchased in Baltimore, which, be said,
would arrive here on Saturday, and which
he conld have on the payment OF the freight
He then haGc bis father goodbye" saying
that he would see him again. Witness
stated that he then suspected that his son
would destroy himself, and sent q young
l. al, him atA A chntf fiO1f
afterwards he heard that bis son had shot
himself. ~ g
The Jury rendered a verdict that the, dc.
ceased came to his death by a pistol-shoi
fired By his own hands. The cause OF lbe
act Is generally attributed to the. fear OF
prosecution by the Government, coupled
with financial distress. -
The pistol used was a fouf-barrclled, old.
fashioned Derringer, and was borrowed
from Mr.. John G.. NeWsom, who loaned il
to him by special request, under the prom.
ise that 1t should be returned this morning.
Mr. Webb was in the twenty-third year
OF bis age, and his funeral VIII take place
10. morrow morning from tue Markct-Street
Methodist Episcopal church.
The Circuit Court met to-day ut II O'Clock.
Notice was received from counsel for the
plaintiff in The suit of Vickers Us. The City
OF Manchester that the motion to set aside
the verdict and grant new trial would be
withdrawn, and that no appeal would be
taken. The verdict Of the jury therefore
stands, and the suit against the city OF Man
chester is finally settled.
The forty-eight-hour walking contest be-
tween Misses Lee and Douglass commenced
last night, and will end tomorrow night.
At 6 O'Clock this evening the score stood
Lee, 43 miles; Douglass, 40 miles. To-
morrow evening Hartman ard Mackey, the
two champion walkers, will contest Il ten
mile square hee-and-toe walk for Sj0a side.
The old BIandford distillery- building has
recently been purchased by Mcssrs. Bryant
& Allen, OF Richmond, who are making the
necessary alterations and repairs to start 4
large sumac mill. The sumac business has
grown TO very important proportions IN this
section, and many persons are engaged in it.
1t is reported that number OF liquor
dealers will be summoned to appear before
the Hastings Court tomorrow to show
cause why their licenses should not be re-
voked for violating the Mofctt law. The
returns from some OF the dealers last
mouth, and indeed for several months past,
have been very small. ROBIN ADAIR.