The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-10-02
THROUGHOUT VIRGINIA.
TWO PETERsBURGERS ENGAGE
IN A FATAL SORA HUNT.
One Dead and the O.her Critically Ill
Suicide bv Laudanum-Dan To-
bacco saIes-GeneraI EarIy'r Condition.
Latest Prom thu state at Large.

PETERSBURG. Va. Oct. l.-lSpecial. -
Yesterday morning Mr. Leon Rogerson and
Mr.. Emmet Pyle. two wellknown young
men of this city, aged about IS years re-
spectiyely, left here In boat for Broadway,
short distance from City Point, to hunt
coon. They remained on the marsh until
! late last night, when they started up the
river in their boat. At Bates Spring. half
mile from the corporate limits, at about
3 o'clock this morning, after being
out all day and night in the
rain, both Of the young men were
chilled through and thoroughly ex-
hausted. Mr.. ROgerson suggested that he
AMI Mr.. Pyle should make the boat fast at
the spring and walk home. Mr. Pyle replied
that he intended sleeping IN the boat until
daylight this morning, when he would
be IMted up 10 town. ROgersOr,
after tain requests, left his COM
p,nion aud started for his home
! on Market street in this city, which he
reached about daylight, i'll and exhausted,
and dripping wet. shortly afterwards he
became ,lelirous, and in his delerium would
frequently ask after his friend Pyle, and
say he wanted 10 see him. Mr.. RogersOns
condition is considered very critical. This
morning Pyle was found by Mr.. X. {. Lup-
sey at Ire foot Of Il bill on the City Point
railroad track, near the sectl0n-masters
house, itst outside Of the city limits. IL Is
supposed tbat he started to walk home and
became o exhausted that he fell where he
was fotnd. lie was stifily frozen and
unconscious. As soon as possible he was
brought lp on train TO the tobacco factory
OF Bland Brothers, short distance from
II, ~. t~p1 nm. ~ a Ill
tentiOn as shown him. lie was rubbed
with wi. h.skey and mustard and wrapped i'll
warm bF.nkcts, by the irectlon OF phy- |
scian who had been summoned. Mr.. I. |
II. Pyle, the father Of The young man, ap- |
peared ii. much distress at the condition of
his son. The young man remained uncon-
sciOus until this afternoon. when he died.
He was member OF the Petersburg
Grays. which company will attend his |
funeral tomorrow IN body. The condition
of Rogerson tonight is thought somewhat |
improved. lie is conscious and complains |
IT pains in his che 81 aud side.
Judge ID. A. Hinton, Of the Supreme Court |
II Appeals OF Virginia, has granted a writ
If error 10 the decision OF the Hastings
Court OF Petersburg in the case OF the City
uf Petersburg against }. l.. Justice, charged |
with selling liquor on sunday. Justice
was con tirted some time since and fined.
William II. Jones, Of this city This is an
important case, in which many other par
ties who baye been convicted for similar
Ofiense are interested.
Mr. John Florence, a well-sDOwn citizen
of Sussex county, had his leg broken "A few
days since by kick from horse.
The change Of conductors on the Norfolk
and Western railroad between Crewe and
Norfolk went into effect to-day. The new
.s...aI L.lFIA
4. GILL and l.. %. Atwell. IL is understood
that Captain Frank NJ. smith, who has been
n the road since 100. has declined To
accept he position offered him as con-
ductOr IN the City Point branch Of the
road. and be will 20 into the horse sale
business In Norfolk. Captains Thomas !.
lassites aud Harry White, the retired con-
dnctOrs on the road, are to be made station
masters. The former is to be stationed at
l.ambert's Point and the latter at Norfolk.
Mr.. W. II. Mann, secretary of the Demo
cratic Congressional Convention, has for
warded to Hon. Mr.. Cheadle, the resOu-
tions of thanks voted him by the convention
for the able manner he fought against the
unseating Of Hon. T.. &. Nenable IN favor
of LangstOn.
The Ethrick and Battersea cotton mills
have both stopped work. The closing of
these mills throws out Of employment
large number Of 0perliIyes.
some weeks ago Walk Williams. AGED
thirty one years, a bricklayer by trade, who
came to Petersburg several months ago
from Liitleton, y. c.. left his wife and be-
came enamored Of another woman.
This woman and Williams had Il fall
ing out some days ago, and the lat
ter took to drinking heavily. Tbs
moraing Williams borrowed a dollar
from his father, and with i; got on a spree,
aud while under the influence of liquor he
went to the womnn's house, with whom he
mad had falliag out, and, standing in her
porch. swallowed dose Of laudanum. lie !
vas subsequently arrested by the police and |
carried to the station-hOuse, where he died |
at o'clock this morning.