Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-05


Pssss. &c.
PETERSBURG, July 4, 1885.
Acting under instructions from Chief
Gilman, the police will examine the
sales-books 1T the various drugstores
in this city on Monday, with the view
Of ascertainipg whether Holmes Par-
year has recently purchased poison in
this city.
II is matter Of record that Puryear
some time last November bought q
dracbm of strychnine from q we'll
known druggist in the southern quarter
Of the town. The poison was sold to
him in his real name, and the reason
which he gave for buying it was that
he was pestered by crows, Of which he
wished to ct lid. Puryear is charged
with having murdered his wife on Sat
urday, June 18th. On Thursday, June
18th, he was in the city, and attempted
to purchase ten grains Of strychnine.
The druggist to whom he first made
application refused to sell him this
quantity, but it is alleged that be easily
secured the poison elsewhere, and that
an entry to this effect has been duly
made on the books Of one Of
our druggists. In addition to
this examination by the Police
an effort will also be made to identify
the accused as the purchaser of the
poison. The clerks at the several
drugstores here will 60 to the jail,
where Puryear will be seen in company
with halEdozen other persons. The
clerks will thus be enabled to identify
Puryear as the purchaser of poison
here, if it be true, rs alleged, that he
did buy strychnine in this city.
It's not yet'xnown whether Puryear
will elect to be tried in the Circuit
Court or will prefer to be tried in DIM
widdie County Court. Neither is it
known yet whether he has determined
to make an application for a change Of
reRue. His counsel, Mr.. j. s. Keller,
Of Dinwiddie county, will be here on
Monday to consult with his client, and
it is said that Puryear will then deter
mine upon the time and place Of his
trial. Among the latest developments
in this case is the following About
month before the murder is alleged to
have occurred Mrs. Puryear summoned
two negro women into her chamber,
and to them, in the presence of her
husband, denied that Puryear was
the father Of the infant which
had been born in this city.
When Mrs. Puryear made this
statement the negro women say that
she was very much agitated and fright
ened, and appeared to be acting under
compulsion. Subsequently, when the
divorce proceedings were instituted,
Mrs. Puryear declared that she had
made false statement, but that she
was forced to do it by husband, who
threatened to kill her if she refused.
The pressure brought to bear on Mrs.
Pury ear, so she alleged, did not pro-
coed from her husband only. Other
persons were implicated, and she called
them by name. Since the analysis OF
Mrs. Puryear's stomach has shown
traces of poison the people of Dinwid-
die county are convinced Of the guilt Of
the accused.
THE "FoURTH " AT CITY POINT.
There has been no observance here to-
day ofthe GLORIOUS Fourth, buta City
Point there was a deal of fun and frolc.
The monitor feet, which is anchored
there, fired salute at sunrise in honor
ofthe day. There were tug-races and
tub-races, dancing, and patriotic merry
making of liquid and other descrip-
tons, and, to crown the whole, row
OF creased poles capped by small prizes
in money, up which many ambitious
and money-loving negroes labored with
grim determination to climb. A select ex-
cursion party from this city spent the
day at the Point, andreturned this after
noon delighted with the fun which the
officers Of the fleet provided them.
THE ARTILLERY COMPANY.
Captain John Truesheim, late the
commander of the disbanded artillery
company here, authorizes the announce
ment that another company will be or
gained and mustered into the service
of the State at an early day. Captain
Trusheim has already enrolled forty
one men. He is proceeding slowly, in
order to draw from the best possible
material, and will have sixty men en-
rolled before the lst Of August. The
Governor will then provide battery,
and wealthy citizens here who have
been approached for contributions have
promised to give literally to the uni
form fund.
ABOUT MIR. KELLEY.
A very ridiculous story was tele-
graphed from Washington last night tC
the Boston Trareller. 1t states, il
brief, that certain Roginski, a relative
of Mr.. Keiley's wife, is the author o.
all the trouble about Mr.. Keiley's re.
ception at Vienna. Your correspondent
was informed to-day by very neal
relative of Mrs. Kelley that she has nc
relatives Of the name Of Roginski
that Mrs. Kelley comes Of an old fami
ly of English Jews which has no Polish
or Bohemian connections, as the name
Roginski would evidently indicate.
NOTES.
The appointment of Mr.. Walter ID
Toy to the chair of Modern Languages
in the University Of North Carolina, as
announced in the Dispatch, is regarded
here as in every respect most excel
lent one. For several years Mr.. Toy
was one Of the staff of teachers in the
University School here. For the past
three years he has been pursuing a
postgraduate course in the University
Of Heidelberg, Germany. He is a
brother Of DR.. Toy, of the Baptist
ministry, now professor of Semitic
languages at Harvard.
New wheat is coming in slowly, but
there is little market for it here at pre-
sent. Our mills are not grinding, anG
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