The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-08-27

| nor belieye that she could sRot nef
mother, Mrs. Ida II. Newcombe. 70 consent 70
| the appointment. She also says tnas ne'
mother has no knowledge OF ,ns apppness'pD y.
said. what might be termed ,oitoially," amst
| abe Intends 10 contest her fathers Will. Inc
] objections 20 the will are already prepared
and they will he fled on September "a. Inc
citations TO two minor children OF Mr. new.
combe were defective, because they were not
served upon the mother and they nao 70 DO
served over egain.
ITALIAN pEspEBADors.
Members Of the Malta, or band OF equally
desperate men, are terrorizing the ltanan COZ
ony IN South Brooklyn by uennaiuins 'i"0"
mail or blood.
Only the wealthest of the colony are Sc
lected as victims and tho threats wnlch &c.
company the demand are worthy OF the most
cold-blooded brigand.
The members of the secret band not Only
saw that the victims life shall pay the penalty
n he docs not turn over his wealth. but they
also add that his wife and children or others
dear 10 him will follow MIN TO tbs grave,
Acting Chief of Police Mcclellan Will DO
called upon 10 clear the city OF blsckmal'ers
and ne will also be asked TO AFFORD protection
to Robert Castellsno. OF No. II fresident
street whose life, with those OF the members
OF his family. was declared forfeited II he fslled
TO pav $500. He consulted counsel yester-
dsy. and tho matter viii be laid before the
police to-day.
DENIAL or A GREAT HOTEL STORY.
Aremarkable story was published yesterday
about a magnificent structure which. II WAS
said the owner Of the Hotel brunswick IN
tended erecting on the site OF the present
building When the manager OF the bruns-
wick, edward Conkie. was asked yesterday
Ia Give some account of the proposed pala-
l. III md TgDCItcr
would better go down 90 the ONCE OF
the newspaper which contained the story Tor
information as much more about the scheme
was known there than he knew. The story
has no foundation in fact" continued the
manager, IF has often been remarked that
the site u the Brunswick would be fine one
for n magnificent hotel, but the owners Oh
the hotel DO not own the land and no nego-
tiations have been made 10 purchase Is;
neither have they any intention, so far as
know Of rebuilding at present
HIS DAY OFF
Policeman John Maude. OF tho Adams
street station, II Brooklyn. has been sus-
pended from duty. aud may lose his shield.
Monday was his day OF. and while standing
in front of his house, at lS6 Atlantic avenue,
ia the evening he saw Policeman Aeyleher OF
the COneress-street station passing on the OPP
pOsite side of the street with young man un-
der arrest Maude crossed the street and re
cognized in Keyleher's prisoner al old school
mate. John Leonard. of Go Columbia avenue.
When he found that Leonard had been ar
rested for loungng he asked keylener TO let
him 60, and when the latter refused to do so
he tried il is alleged TO release the prisoner
When keyleher had lodged Leonard IN the
station he returned to Atlantic avenue and
arrested Maude on charge Of attempting to
rescue a prisoner, and Maude was detained
at the station house until he secured bail. He
will be tried before Police-J ustce Ilghe on
Friday. and meanwhile he has been suspended
from duty by the commissioner.
He is brother Of Sergeant Maudo OF the
Butler-street station, aud has been on tho
force since February. he stood nearly at tho
head ct the civil service examination.
MRS. sHoRg'S VISIONS.
The inquest in the case OF William Short,
the car cleaner, whose body was found at the
bottom of an abandoned we'll in the Long
Island railroad yard in Jamaica thirteen
months after he disappeared from lis homo,
Was continued III the town hall. Jamaica,
last night.
Short was poor and had large family TO
support At the time Of his disappearance
bis neighbors said he had given up the strug-
gle and had run away. His wife and family
did not believe that he had deserted them.
The children said he was in the old well in the
railroad yard
This belief was shared by Mrs Short who
said her husband appeared TO her several
times in a vision and told her his body was at
the bottom Of the well. Several weeks ago
Mrs. Short died suddenly. On the night fol
lowing her death the well was searched.
Shorts body was found.
The story of Mrs. Shorts visions were cor
roboIated by evidence at tho hearing last
night William Short. one of the dead man
sons. testified that eight or ten months ago be
heard his mother say his father was at the
bottom of the well in tho railroad yard. She
had told her so. The other son. James Short,
said his mother had often told him that she
believed her husband was in the well.
The last witness was John j. Fitzgerald.
After Shofts disappearance he took the
daughter TO live In bis family. When her
mother died he suggested 10 her that tele-
gram be sent 10 DobDs Ferry, whittier JaInai-
ca people believed Short had fed.
She replied: That would DO no good. He
is not there. He is down III the well. Mother
saw him there"
Fitzgerald testified that the girls words
made such an impression on him that on the
same night he got somebody b. go with him
and explore The well. Then the body was
found.
The case was then given to the jury. They
were ont about twenty minutes, when Fore
man T. E. Dethridge requested further adj
jOurnment He said they were unable 10 reach
conclusion. and wanted the investigation
continued. There were other witnesses whose
testimony the jury wanted TO hear.
Coroner Everett set the next hearing for
Tuesday, September LIST.
---------------------
Frigbtful Loss of Life.
OF the many disasters with which mankind