Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-20


~ expression that would indicate deceased
had been suoWn. or at least referred TO, as
% man ~ uusouud mind. This may help
o. identify l1n.
It D. believed by some that he was of
German extraction, and 10 may he so. The
writing however. indicates that he was
taught I'm American, or 40 least English.
schools II has mono of the German cha
racteustlcs.
ConONEB WANTED.
ncnrico is very badly IN need Of coro-
nor. Hitherto no competent person could
Boz found 90 take the place. as the pay at
tached is insignificant and the trouble con-
siderable. but iu view of the recent cXpe-
ricnce showing how observed the county
may Dee by persons VINO have not
the Intelligence and experience neccs-
erv 10 deal with important cases, Judge
Minor has made q successful effort to
obtain the consent Of q suitable gentleman
90 serve IN the position. Ih,s IL Or. a. l..
Ieftwich. who lives ON the NInc-Milc road
niaut mile from the city. ! he law re-
qures tho Judge TO submit 10 the Cover
rur two names from which 10 make a ST.
lection. and the Judge viii forward the
names Of Dr. Leftwich and Mr.. Henry Voc
sic.
THE CEMETERY.
Oskwood cemetery the sabbath stiffness
~ which tho suicide pistol broke, though
30 WAS "a day afterwards that his body was
found. l~ lu the northeastern limits OF the
rifY aud beyond the happIiylOcatcd neigh
borhoods known as Church and Union
bills
me remains of 1900 Confederate sol
di.r- lic buried I'D the grounds, and the
'''zeu dead Is increasing 10 great num-
i.r.. though at the beginning OF the war
frw sections had been taken. and ample
room was found for burial of the Couiede-
rnte- who died from wounds or disease IN
t.e nlehborne Cmmborazo Hospital.
THE WOOD.
Tho cemetery is thickly dotted with
.r.cs. and on the east It's eminencc slopes
tna creek. which winds around the ground
and ends In fiat where many pauper dead
have been buried also many lunatlcs VINO
A. I'D In inil or in the Central Asylum when
before it was located near Petersburg II
oecupicd ground near Howard's Grove.
AsuD Tug DrAD.
On one IF these graves Monday morning
l1.t the body Of the unknown suicide was
found
At,cr the discovery Of the body it was
remembered thar @ plstOl-shot nom that
direction was heard on the previous sun
dat evening. though 40 the time. owing TO
O.. Frequency Of such sounds on the bor-
d.r. OF the cemetery, little attention was
rsii 90 II.
Ine man lay with hishead resting on his
llt. which m turn lay ON paupers grave.
There was a bullet-hoie over the night
ear. a pistol tightly c,aspcd IN the right
mrd. and the browupapcr note lclSe-
where produced IN fac-simile ln one ot the
,.st-pocAets. and that vas about oil that
the unknown furnished 20 the world OF ms
history of h.s savage despair OF hl5 reso-
lute determination and mad act.
AGE.
About his age differences of opinion
exist Il has generally been stated at
s,ynntv-hve: but % may have been ten or
fifteen year. more; II may have been lew
In was one Of those faces that tell very
little ~ death and very little more IN HE
of the age Of the person.
A gentleman noted Tor acute Observation
and who is gentle and kindly SAID when
frst be saw the suicide judging by inc
f... and before ever he heard of the note.
tL,t " deceased was a crank"
Tho note Yustlins this view, et least II
.u~gcsts something worSo-that -, that
tfc unhappy fellow was known 70 some at
least as "a person of disordered mind.
MISSING.
Tn the long procession Of people who al
tle week have gone 70 OakWood the
women have been numerous.
Mas. too many Of them are seeking nus
lands astray; fathers gone of unaccountsa-
Aly. brother mystenously disappeared;
,ous Who have wandered from the pa
rental roof and gone, tho good LORD ohiy
knows whore. ....,.oo.;,,,
II ise mighty and continual suggestion
Of the untold sorrow IN this world.
Pow ~ these women are willing that tne
world shall know that they suspect tnor
de..i ones Of suicide, yet they go, 10 view
those belongings Of the deceased twni'eni ,il'ai
good luck more than any colored Omeial
tagucity rescued from interment with tho
bodyJ 70 see II they can be identified
WITH TEE CLERK.
Squire Jonathan has turned over 20 Mr..
Ramnel p. Waddill, clerk Of the. Henrleo
County Court, the note, the Pistoi, ga"
TlgD silver watch. pocket,knite, POCKET
book. 6c.. OF deceased. aud they are no"
10 be seen at the courthouse.
The law charges against strangers Ionna
with property the expenses OF inquest
hut Mr. Ta<biill advised the Justice rhat
In this cxse IL was the Justices duty nsS'