Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-07
RUN OVER AND KILLED BYAr TRAIN.
Tho Wet and Dry Campaign Very Hitter
A Reverend Gentleman Gives tho lie
TO the Business-Men's Circular
The Dry's Growing Strong
Tried to Hang Himaeif
Special te,seram 10 the pIspn,c,

| LYNcRBURG, Va. January G.-Tba lac.
man supposed to be implicated in the re-.
cent mail robbery at the depot here Nos
I captured last night about mile from the
/ city. His name is Anthony McKinney
| (cOlored). He viii be tried with tbose
already IN jail for the mail robbery. 0'
4 colored girl was arrested this mornino
/ for endeavorlng 10 pass forged order ON 4
merchant TOT articles she saw white lads
buy an h9ur before, The forgery was very
crude and easily detected.
/. This mornings train on the Norfolk and
Western road. when near Loworv's Cross.
ing. ran over and killed a negro man and
his wife. The train was running al a hioh
rate of speed and the engineer did every.
thing IN his power.to warn them. INT tbey
paid no attention. Their names conld not
be learned.
DIR. W. Morton Holiday, Of Hampden.
Sidney, is IN the city.
Colonel Joel II. Leftwich. residing near
Lawyers and one # the most prominent
citizens Of Campbell county. died thi4
morning of Q O'clock. BE represented tho
county several terms in the Legislature.
TnR WET" AND DRY" CAMPAIGN
has been pushed 10 fever-heat in this c,tv
the past week. Yesterday several churche.
We're closed, and the opera-house was
packed 10 hear speeches. The Rev. Gcorce
". Garter, Of Louisiana; Colonel Cheves
Of Georgia. and the Rev. Granderson (col.
Orcd), Of North Carolina. were the sneak
efs Of both day and night.
one phase Of 1t has stirred up tho citv In
a terrible manner, and has introduced Bit
ternoss that was not calculated on by
either side.
Just before the meeting adjourned last
night Colonel Cheves stated that he would
III ia call a 10 tho IL, 1
by the sO-called businessmen Of the city.
IL was a weil-known fact that for four or
FIVE days past the lcense-mcn had been
cndcayOring TO get up q petition. and that
at last they had come out with a call SIGN
ed 10y less than 100 names, and that not
over one dozen Of them were uromi-
nent businessmen; that they mako
statements that are unfOunded. and
that the parties who wrote the cir
cular knew they were false when made.
The Rev. Mr.. Cheatham, pastor of Cen
tenarv church, who was on the stage, here
interrupted with Lies"
Colonel Cheyes then read paragraph in
which the statement Is made that prOhibi-
ton i- visionary, and that every ciiy that
had adopted il had gone back to license :
and hc denounced the statements abso-
lutelv false, and said he would reply to the
circular on Tuesday night. and would Ike
Inc gentlemen WHO HtEl'i iIe cali 10 come
and hear what would be said about them.
Said Mr. Chcatham: And you call them
genilcmen;"
Yes" replied Colonel Chevos, IL call
them gentlemen"
After Colonel Cheves took his scat the
Rev Mir. Cheatham took the floor and said
he wanted d deny the statements made in
the circular. Said he: IL deuouucc them
Is Infamous, malicious, and premeditatcd
lies. and they knew them 10 be lies when
made
A COUNTER MEETING.
The businessmen Of the city held a very
large meeting tonight, and while they
deprecated the use OF the unscemly Ian
euaqe, several speakers went for Rev. MIR.
Chcatham with gloves of. Some of the
most prominent men who We're on the dry
side before are now pronounced license
mon and say they will work at the polls for
the cause.
EX-COnfederates in and around Pulaski
City have formed James Walker Camp,
with Colonel Robert d. Gardner as com
mauder. About eighty names were en-
rolled.
Bud jenkins, who robbed the Wythe-
vile Bank last week and was taken 20
Roanoke jail for sofc-keeping, tried the
other night to commit suicide by hanging.
lhc iailor cut hun down after hc had hung
a short time.