Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-24
PETERSBURG AND VICINITY
SAD SUICIDE OF 4 LAWYER.


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PErERsBuRo, Oct. %, 1885.
X. Nj. Cox, Esq., q well-known law
yer, committed suicide this morning
between the hours Of 10 and II o'clock,
q his home, in Prince George county,
short distance beyond the city hmitc.
He shot himself through the head with
: pistol, the ball entering the right tenn
pie snd producing ghastiy-looking
wound. Appearances indicate that the
murzle Of the pistol was placed close
10 the temple. The body was found
upon the floor, and death followed the
deed very quickly. Mr.. Cox had been
in bad health for some time,
and he seemed also to have been
q victim Of melancholy, and the two
combined probably drove him to the
commission Of the act, which was q
great surprise TO all Of his friends. Mr..
Cox was about forty years Of age, and
leaves q widow and several children.
His law-ofiice was in this city. and he
had been q practicing member OF the
bar for q number OF years. He was
member Of the Masonic order and OF
nearly all Of the secret societies in this
city, and, il is said, leaves quite large
Insurance on his life. He had but re-
Gently returned from visit to the
mountains, made for the benefit of his
health.
The cases Of Irvine and Chambliss,
the two colored men who sued the Nor
folk and Western Railroad Company,
each for $4,000 damages, for alleged
injury to character in wrongfully &C
cusing them Of and arresting them for
larceny. were set for trial in the Hus-
tipes Court this week. They were
COMPROMISED. however, without coming
to trial, the company agreeing to ac-
cept a verdict Of one cent damages and
cost, proposed as satisfactory by the
complainants. There is another suit
against the same company for dam
ages, brought by a colored brakeman
named johnson for injuries received at
Suffolk. The case was transferred TO
the Hastings Court Of this city from
Suffolk, and will not be tried until the
next term. The Court, however, was
engaged in hearing argument on de-
murrer entered by the company as to
its liability for accident to an employee.
The Petersburg Committee of Re-
cep,ion of General Fitz Lee will leave
the city at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing in special train to meet the Gen.
eral at Burkeyille, and will return with
him about a o'clock p. NJ. A large
crowd will meet him at the depot.
Great regret is expressed that Hon.
John Z. Massey, who was announced
% speak here with General Lee to-
morrow night, will not be able to be
present on account of sickness. Our
people. one and all, have all the while
,een especially anxious to hear Mr..
Massey in this canvass.
John Sherman, of Ohio, will speak
n Petersburg next week, probably on
tuesday night.
Congressinan-elect Brady has not yet
eturned from the North. where, it is
eported. he went some weeks ago to
ollect funds to be used in the Virginia
1t is reported that he has
made several remittances.
For several mornings past there have
zen heavy white frosts, but it is said
hat only the tenderest vegetation has
,een injured. The tobacco crop has
'een nearly all housed, and, of course,
'laced beyond the risk Of injury.
Both parties are working very ener-
in this city, and matters are
up considerably. Meetings
re held in one or the other Of the
Yards every night. Every effort is be-
ug made to poll full vote.
The Lancet, the organ of the colored
'eople here, to-day prints q fine like
Tess of Mr.. X. NJ. Dobie, the Demo-
ratio candidate for the Senate, and ac-
it with very complimentary
'ketch Of the life of that gentleman,
Who, it says. has been especially kind
% the colored people Of this section,
md who, with his own means, has
helped many Of them to buy homes for
heir families and TO stock their farms.
Though the Lancet claims TO be neu-
.Tal in this contest, the stand it has
aiken will doubtless bring many Of the
,olored voters to seriously consider
whether they should not unite with the
white people in securing good govern
ment and vote with them as their best |
friends. ROBIN ADAIR.