Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-22
SUNK BUT ROSE NOT.
FOSTER JACKSON, OF THIS CITY,
DROWNED AT ROCK CASTLE.
Allegheny RaiIroad-The Body of Mr..
Bowls Positively Identified.

private telegram was received here
early IN the day yesterday announcing the
drowning. while bathing in James river
near Rock Castle. of Foster jackson. q
thirteen year-old lad from this city and
a son Of Mr.. J. +. Jackson. editor of
the Southern Planter. None of the particu-
lars were given. Mr.. Jackson. who lives
near the eastern corporate limits. and
other members of his family went up to the
scene of the sad occurrence BY the first
train. At latest accounts the body had not
been found.
Injured on the Road.
The passenger train over the Richmond
and Allegheny division of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway due here at G:30 =. NJ
brought TO the city last night q man who
was picked up near the track about ten
miles west of the city in an insensible con-
dition.
He appeared 10 heve been drinking. and
was considerably bruised about the head
and face, and one of his hands was cut.
The belief is that he either fell from train
while in motion or was struck by one. lie
was carried by the ambulance TO the Re-
treat for the Sick. but as he was In an I'M
conscious condition last night he could not
tell anything about his residence or what
his name was.
His face is considerably bruised and dis
| figured, but he appears 10 be about twenty
| five years old, with blue eyes and wears q
moustache. His clothing is somewhat
/ worn.
The police investigated the case and
| learned that his name is I. A. Boiling, but
| il is not known where he lives. He is said
| to have left the city on the 4.l5 train.
| Mr. Bowis's Body Identified.
| II has now been ascertained without a
| doubt that the body founda short distance
from Providence Forge last Friday in a
| decomposed state was that of Mr.. s. Nj.
| Bowls, formerly machinlst of this city.
with H. NJ. Smith & Co., and brother OF
| Mrs. Camille Piiout. of III north Third
/ street.
Relatives of the deceased visited Provi-
dence Forge Sunday, and although the
body had been buried they readily learned
| from the descriptions of the Coroner OF
New Kent. MIR. Zach. TAYLOR, who was ac-
quainted with the deceased, that it was
| Mr.. Bowls. The body will be disinterred
| this winter and placed in the graveyard OF
| the PRESBYTERIAN church in New Kent,
where several relatives of the deceased are
now buried.
No foul play is suspected, and il is be-
lieved by relatives of Mr.. BOWS that he
died of apoplexy indirectly causedby fall
received several years ago.
Chapter of Accidents.
There were several calls for the ambu-
| lance Yesterday. and in each case 1t was TO
attend persons who had received injuries
| by some accident.
The first call. at O'Clock in the morning.
was for assistance to a white man who had
| cut his thumb severely at paning-mill
| on Cary street near Seventh. The wound
was dressed and the man left at the mill
Another call was made at 1910 A. NJ. to
attend a colored child at Thirtieth and
Main streets, who had failed down a STAIR
way and hurt its head. The wound was
dressed and the child left at the house
At 1880 A. NJ. the ambulance was gam
called to attend white man at the Cedar
| Works, who received compound fracture
Of the right forearm. having caught 1T be-
tween two wheels. He was carried to the
almshouse, where he received needed at
| tention and the bones were set.
| Two Coroner's Cases.
About 12 o'clock Sunday morning q
Young colored man living at 7l3 Clark
street died suddenly in the yard back OF
the premises. The Coroner was called and
decided that death resulted from natural
causes. -.
Last night about $50 o'clock white
man named Edward August Slanhart was
walking along Church Hill avenue and
when he reached the corner of Twenty
second he fell and died after an illness Of
a few minutes. The Coroner was called
and decided that death resulted from con.
gestion of the lungs. Deceased appeared
to be about sixty five years of age and was
dry-goods clerk.