Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-09
THE POLICY CASE.
CARP NOW PLENTIFUL IN
THE ApPOMATTOx RIVER.
r.,a, NJ tbs Highway Robbery and Bur
giar Cases In Prince George
County.
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pyrragBuRo, Va, May 8, 1890.

PETFRsBuRb, VA, hihy o, io0v',
II ever n case in court was thoIougnly
investigated and tboronhhiy argued l. wa,
thst Of the civil suit of David Bailey, against
The ife- Insurance Company OF Virginia,
,rhich has for four days been before
49, in the Hastings Court OF TINS city.
Nost ~ the particulars in this case have
been given in this correspondence.
COMPREHENSIVE ARGUMENT.
Tho evidence having been concluded;
oil lagaj po;nts having been discussed by
counsel and ruled upon by the Juuge'
number of exceptions having peen hoteu
~, 10Th sides. the argument on the merits
~ tho case was commenced this morning,
continued until the hour OF Adjournment.
and resumed again this afternoon, Inc
counsel for the plaintif are nessrs,
Davis & McIlwaine. ana ior the uelence
w n. Mckinney, ESQ. The discussion
~ tho case in all its aspects and bearings
was full and comprehensive. Each ques,,
,;on and answer was taken up sel1dtin and
orcued pro and con. The liability OF IN:
suTance companies. the responsibility OF
medical examiners. the protection or the
assured. and all points incident to such a
case were elaborately, fully, and closely
argued. -. =
IIfhe case was given 70 the. jury about D
O'Clock this evening, who, atter an aoseu ny .
nIaintiff. giving Mr.. Bailey the face value
of the policy of 81 ,00O with interest from
date of death Of the assured. motion
was made for a new trial, which Will be ar
Messrs' ]. b. Worth & Co.'S .Artesian
we'll. which is being bored at their Ice
factory at the foot of Fourth street. mas
reached depth Of about one hundred ana
sixty feet. In the progress downward seYe-
raj layers of rock have been penetrateIu,
and at the present depth there seems to be
n bed of granite and mica formation. IL
Is nroposed TO drill TO a considerable depth
more or until an abundant supply OF pure
water is obtained.
CARP IN THE APPoMATTox.
The Government several years ago placed
n great number of young German carp IN
| the Appomattox river at this point ana
| the GOOD results are now being reaped in
| the quantities of fine fish of this species
now being caught with hooks and lines.
| While not very superior fish for the table
vet they furnish fine sport in the catching.
| The two largest caught within the past
week weighed ten and one half ana thir-
teen and one half pounds respectively.
| The latter measured twenty-five and one
| half inches in length. The bait mostly
used is bread. Large numbers OF smaller
| carp are caught.
Workmen today commenced operations
on that portion of the burned district, on
the west side Of Sycamore street owned by
Mr.. August Wright, on which very hand.
some building IS to be erected, TO be oc-
cupied as q dry-goods house by Rich
mond firm. Plans are being prepared lot
other buildings TO be erected on the sites
of the burned district, and the probapiilty
is that in q very short time there Will be a
l 81 ,,afnoco activity all over me DIS
trict.
THE PRINCE GEORGE CASES.
Judge Hancock is holding the spring
term Of his Circuit Court IN Prince george
county. The civil docket is quite large;
embracing several cases of interest, and
two or three criminal cases are also to be
tried. Among the latter are those OF Lot
Homes and William Fisher (colored),
CHARGED with highway robbery. After in
dictment in the County Court they elected
TO be be tried in the Circuit Court. The
charge against them is that OF robblng, 4
colored man named Wilkes on the pHbhc
road, and taking from him by force the
| sum of $500 Fisher was indicted as the
principal and Jones as the accessory. ana
| the trial took place yesterday before a
iurv. Wilkes says that on the night OF the
robbery he was present at party gwen at
the house Of Lot Jones; that on his return
home he saw two men on the ROADSIDE
| and was so frightened that he ran; that he
was pursued, oyertaken, and robbed OF DIS
money. and that he recognized the prison.
ers as the parties who robbed him.
Jones and Fisher were both acquitted,
The Prince George cavalry drilled at the
Courthouse to-day. Captain Hobbs has
reason to be proud of the military bearing
and thorough discipline of his company
The troop will attend the unyeiling OF the
! Lee monument.
During the two days. session OF the
Prince George Circuit Court twenty chan
cerv DEGREES were entered and fifteen com
mon-law cases disposed Of