Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-22
MURDER MOST FOUL.
THE INQUEST DEVELOPS A SHOCK
ING STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Baptist Convention CoIorcd Emigrants-
Tobacco -- wheat Public school
Instltutcs-rastoralC Changes
FroSts-C n-Pickinc.
lsncclaI ,elegrnm to Che pl.pa.ch.,

Especial telegram 70 tho Dispatchl
RA1You. September q. --Coroncr Ander-
cor. OF Chowan county. has held an inquest
upon The body Of Anderson :. Word. who
was mystCnously murdered near the 'ates
county line. Tho Coroner arrived az tho
place iust as The body was about TO be IN
TERED. tie found that Words throat was
cut. that ms cheek was crushed by a heavy
blow. and ms arms and hands were cut 10
the bone by thc strokes OF heavy knife.
The inquest developed a most surprising
state OF Affairs.
I'm one room eighteen foc' square slept
Anderson an- ms wife, four daughters and
one snn. Yet not one az those gave any
account Of how the tragedy occurred,
thossh IL We, clearly committed IN that
vcsy roora. Upon q very careful cxamlnl-
tia. of the SON. nred eleven wears. be tes-
thr1 taaf he heard % noise and saw per-
elu .u w0mau'a clothes apparently 90 out
OF thc door. and That % moment later he
Saw DIS mother and sisfcr standing over
hs nther. Hc SAID his father made a
nDfso load enough 70 be heard hitY
verbs away. yet the other members Of the
famlv declared they were not aroused.
Tie jury was greatly puzzled and rendered
fac verdict That Anderson was murdered
lv 8u unknown person. II was clear rom
MEDICATION a. tLc cuts and from the all
Rcnce g aur weapons that hc had not com
m.tted suicide. Careful search was made
for a.npons.
Mess. y. &. Hester and r. G. Williams
LETT Lore TINS morning in charge Of excel
lcut exhibits from the South, aud par
tculrrlr from North Carolina, winch VIII
D., hoRu at the northern fairs duUng the
ncaf two months. Mr. iic.tcr's first point
.. 'inru-hc'I Pa. and that Of MIR. VII
Eam- Hartford. Pa Tie exhibits wcre
prepared here under the supervision Of
Mr. d. r. Patrick secretary of tho south
crn Interstate Immigration Asf00atou. m
connection with the immigration bureau
81 This State. MANAGED by J.. NJ. Wilson.
Work has been going on an arranging the
exhibit, for some weeks.
Il. ANNUAL Bapti-; state Convention
will mcct this wear ID Henderson. Novem-
Der Igfh. and continue several days.
et.u Jovce instead OF Bishop Hurst,
VII luiI the North Carolina Conference %
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Three hundred cOlnrcd enl'rrants LETT
Wilmington Yesterday FOR Mississippi and
Arkansas. lhcy 90 10y way oil tho Caro-
luo Central. Ia ten DAVIS another large
party VIII 20. hundreds could not DO
given passage yesterday. Only families
were taken. Several single men attempted
g. 90. bat could not get passage. Several
small bows Yah of from their parents and
verc suuo-led through ns members OF
CON-. ~ .J,,' t,r.iIio,
Cov,rn'r T.yyIo. nm company with Glenn
on, Manly and President Chadwick. Of
.Lr Atlantic and North Carolina railway
vort d.a--d~ivir,, near Newport Yesterday
y..t.r,i,y i,, mo Now Hanover Criminal
Co,rt ai.-rellus EaIclif. was convictedo #
t,'I.-'- a., Ia s.r,.rd d.,roe and SON
,c,,,'j to to,oi,, wears i'm tbc ponitcutiary.
Ito ,yae one Df The most daring BURGLARS
,gIo L,,e for 1f;h.iufestod Wilmington.
,Tho too.r az Newton has sold its in
,,.'.y,r,....t I,,,.l. nt n4r
.n,-t.. ,....,,. .-,..lo fo-lnv 10 Gather news
fr',, ,I. ,hacco sections.
In Go4a vet of the Blue Ridge the
f.rfn.r. s!c cutting and curing tobacco
lin, ~ -o,io,itv If tlorn having marked
,yrce-s Euters os well as planters are
looking forward e. good crop and to "A
surc.-.ful season. Favorable reports were
received from Durham. oxford, Warren
ton. and Houl .rson. Tobacco is curing
leiutfully. IL has good quality and color.
--latest cuunc- arc not $50 supcriine IN color,
eari~ cur.d.
Then, 4ro today fg7 students at Wake
Forrest College.
Tho Stat. jrsucctor Of Fertilizers re-
furr.J to-day from "a TIM through the
Piedmont section. lie reports that large
QuanltT II fertilizers Will he used par
truiariv ior whool, Of winch " very heaNy
G. . VIII 10" seeded. he l"uhd no uh-
Icon I'd brands OF i'r'ihIer9. en-,
To-day the state superintendent OF rub
De In0ifucuon mhiT dates Tor S1anlN m
r,'lHl '@'Ny'i' i-,'!i' 1'.f'ilI IT,,
Vance. Ch,i ham, and Moor To- DE- 6 6elI 10y
II"' N'I 'i anu 90
~ w.. 49, re,
~, ',t ~ n, ;r,;,;,a Eontist 40.
l.s., -- ,[,, d,,.,Jnl into two diyi-
c"l''h mas .''.I vi ., Ia I'' ,'o,no ,yiIe
ti'A-' 1nr c'''''' .i,. ~ Mo As."ciatioo
= - Nm v,as elected moderator and G..