The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-02-09

ON MASON GONE-MOlE ABOUT YEATS AND
trFLRsON.
Correspondence Of The Richmcnd Di.patch.l
FEBRUARY :, 1882.
CAPTAIN Z. ". FcTcll. rs commissioner
in thc case Of 4. II. FcToll against {. 4.
~ulhcrlin and others. sold on yesterday the
property on Wilson street known A. the
\cal place. TO Mr.. II. A. Arlington for
~i.gI1. and three vacant lots lying in the
rrar of this property, and containing about
ono acrc Of land, for S9S3-onc 10 Mr.. +.
VI. Williamson for $3.50, one TO Mr.. James
f. Burton for S299. one 10 Mr.. George :.
HUGHES for $500. The Neal place Is the
house and lot on which once lived Mr.. T.
u. Neal. now Of Richmond. and afterwards
captain =. W. Fcrell-a famous place "in
tlc brave days OF old
The Presbyterian church is now in "a fair
Uay 90 be- ready for use, and i'm short order.
unrDi he Weather members, whose name
300 not permitted to mention, having or
dcrcd that the pcWs Zee put IN Immediately.
.nd the hill sent 20 him for payment
A committee has been appointed 60 pre-
pare and submit TO the Baptist church de-
sign, and specifications for q new church
cditcc. The committee: Rev. Or. Good
Wiu. Nc--r-. i. ". FcrreA, j. T. AycIett.
T.. ". Conway. W. W. WaddiH, h. ".
GriNc-. and Mis-. &. G.. Holland, Mrs. J.
ID. Blair, Mrs. +. i. Acrce.
Sir. j. &. swain, one of the older and
highly-ro-pccted citizens, died Sunday eve
uingoi auoplcXy. heremains were buried
yesterday evening with Masonic hou0rs by
Roman Eagle Lodge, and other action taken
in honor Of the old and valued member.
Mr.. swain became member OF the lodge
in June. 1871, and was in his siNty-nilth
year.
Sycamore station, the scene OF the recent
homicide, is about thirty miles from Dan
'ilic, and So all The facts concerning the
4 horrible crime are not gathered IN al once.
4 I hc man accused OF the murder is not
Ham. Yeats. who was OF thc firm Of Yeats
4 ~ Stcptoc, OF Lynchburg, bat his father,
4 Nai0r q. ". \ eats. i. L. AtkerSOn mot
4 AthiH-on) was merchant aud dcp0t-agcnt
ai sycamore Station, and few days ago
Wa> known 10 have had in his possession
about $500. The wife OF Yeats was Miss
louni" Roror, daughter OF Mir. \. II. RO-
Ter Who lives about six miles from Syca-
moic. and T. one OF the old and highly
.IIe.pccted families Of this county. There
bad been little unpieasantness between
Miss Fannie and AtkerSon on account OF 4
g iokc which he had sent olt TO her in letter
Il concerning her wedding clothes, which he
3 had ordered for her from Lynchburg; but
lic had gone out to Mr.. Rorei's and spent
pho night there. and "made up that E,at-
4 fer with her. II does not appear that
fihere had ever been anything more than
q lricndly intercourse between them-any-
81 hin2 bordering on the wrong.
81 II seems that Yeats had not got to be a
q very wicked man all Of sudden, though he
s may have grown in wickedncss very rap
idly. The draft for $40 10 which hc had
tput the name OF Thomas l.. POmdcXter a
go, Of this place, and for which he had
recciyed money and goods from Atkers0n,
doe, not appear 10 have. been the first Of
such orders which he had made. While
& her, some days ago, as learn from reliable
3 panic., hc tried 10 put of on one OF the
businessmen draft for $50 10 which be
4hgd put the name of " John G.. Whether, per
~. l.. POindeXter X Coz" Mr.. Witcher
been well known as connected with
& That house. The draft was soon pro-
+. bounced - be a forgery, and he would
& have then been arrested but for hasty
slight from town.
some o. Aikorson's acquaintance here
3 >ay ihai'be had been in the habit Of carry
q ing Tor several years thrco-dollar gold
9 piece in his pocket, and they are extremely
1,nNious 10 know II that piece Of money
4 ia. been found in the possession Of Yeats.
q The report here and at Lynchburg and
q Sycamore Is that be was found with that
q piece 81 money IN his pocket when ar
Hfe,ted. but | cannot trace IL 10 any reliable
#NOurce.
d The wonder still il what reason had
8 Yeats for killing Atkerson. People here
HwhO knew both parues say that IL could
&only have been because Yeats dreaded the
ilsgTaee and punishment consequent upon
ii, wicked conduct In committing the
iOrgeries, and sought the means OF escape
IA money known 10 DC on Atkerson's per-
BON. ALPHA.
1iLL MORE ABOUT YEATS AND A1KKRs0N.
DAsvILLE, VA, February s, 1882.
Parties from Chatham yesterday say that
Aikers0n's watch was found in the possess
ION OF Yeats. Letters from Sycamore
by that several forged drafts were found