The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-11
THE MYSTERY CLEARED
<yD THE IDENTITY rs yowPRovES
of the Young Man Found Murdered In
rn.s,.rfeld-H Name Was stephen r.
Harris-News From Manchester.
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The mystery is cleared up and the
identity of the unfortunate man found
llled in the Chesterfield woods Is estab-
lshed. Justice George T.. Robertson, of
Chester has heard from the Brooklyn,
\. Y. superintendent of police rs fol-
lows:
Office Of the Superintendent OF Police
City of Brooklyn,
Municipal Building
Brooklyn, October I, lS92.
Mr. George L. Robertson. Chester, va:
Dear Sir.--Yours of the 9th instant mas
been received, and ! gladly avall in!seI
OF your offer. The packages referred W
were received here by the sister oi
Stenben T. Harris. whose picture, taken
&C. veors AGO. is herewith enclosed. Ills
age IS nineteen; height, > feet 10 lnches,
LIGHT complexion; light hair; blue eyes,
scar on forehead over one or the eyes
small mark from chicken pox on one
side of the face close to nose; is piuin-
Der by occupation. a.. -.
The picture bears strlBlng reSein-
blance 10 the original at the present uiue'
the features in particular are the Salne
as in picture. -. .io.,,uo
Have the kindness TO send the picture
found on the body for identification ana
return the picture send,
The express receipts / return TO you
herewith, as requested.
Very respectfully yours,
Superintendent of Police.
THE EXPRESS RECEIPTS.
The picture that the superintendent re-
fers to was a photograph OF the man
who was killed There were found upon
him two express receipts, dated Balti-
more. for q parcel sent Mrs. ID. Harris,
nj Brooklyn. n. Y. These receipts were
sent by Mr.. Robertson 10 the police au-
thorities at Brooklyn, thus identifying the
poor fellow His name was Stephen 4.
Harris. 49,,
Every mark described in the letter
from the Brooklyn superintendent OF po-
lice agreed precisely with those on the
nerson of the murdered man. One ex-
ception only was the chicken pox mark;
overlooked when they buried him:
Commonwealth Attorney Cogbiii, OF
Chesterfield county, arranged with Dr
John w. BrOdnax for a post mortem
examination of the body, and it was held
Sunday afternoon. the body having been
taken ND under the direction OF Sheriff
Gill. Justice Robertson was also present
There was also at the grave Mr.. Ed
win +. Smith, of Baltimore, whose son
had been some time missing from nome.
The man murdered was quite IKE the
missing youth, and MIR. Smiths feelings
NAV be imagined as he stood WSi'ing
while the grave-digger went on with ms
slow and CHASTITY work. He was greatly
relieved when he found that the BODY
was not that of his boy.
Dr. Brodnax examined very closely
the dreadful wound which sent the late
Mr.. Harris into eternity. Decomposition
had begun, and the task was dreadful
one The post-m0rtem examnalon con-
Guided, the remains were carefully re-
buried. Now comes the question: r, VINO
Is the man or men that killed him! There
Is little evidence. There were two ltal-
ian peddlers observed near there about
the time of the murder. A coored wo-
man declares she saw these men with
another man, who she thinks looked like
the man who was murdered from the de-
scription given in the papers. Just after
this she saw the pedders. The other
man was missing. On her asking where
he was they pointed in the direction of
Manchester, as if to imply that he had
gone that way.
Mr. Robertson is waiting to hear from
the Brooklyn people, with instructions
as TO the disposition of the remains. AT
the request of the Commonwealth at
torney Of Chesterfield Governor Mchln-
ney has offered 500 reward for the ar.
rest and conviction of the murderer OF
the young man.
LOOKING FOR TRAMPs.
The suburbs of Manchester have been
much troubled lately with tramps, and
many petty offerings are reported.
They have been very bold IN demanding
food tobacco and the like from passers-
by. and the police have determined TO
break up the gang. So last evening, Just
about dark. / went out with the chief of
notice. Captain Lipscomb, and Officers
MOles. Smith 9nd Jones to see how many
of them we could catch. On we tralnped,
crossing the Richmond and Petersburg
railroad ut the FOurteenth-street cross
ing, at the spot where poor Thorp. was
crushed to death lately, and then ahead,
passing Belle Isle junction, down the
track of the Richmond and Danville rail
road for about quarter of Il mile, when
we bagged three sitting around a fire,
and coming back caught another lying
down in field One Of the first three
read his title clear, proved who he was,
and was let 90, saying it would be "A
warning to him as to the company he
would keep hereafter.
The other three gave their names as
William Adams, of York, Pa; Edward
Smith, of Baltimore, and William John
son, of Philadelphia. Smith had on three
coats, and they were all hard-looking
lot They We're all locked up in the
statiOn-house.
CHESTERFIELD NEWS.
Hon. John Goode addressed 4 large
gathering Of Democrats at Chesterfield
Courthouse on yesterday and made fine
impression. Mr.. w. II. Grant. the Third
party candidate for Congress from this
district, was present with lot Of tracts
nnd pamphlets in the interest OF that
party for distribution.
The county court was in session on
yesterday. 1t me, Is again to-day and on
Tuesday. The case of Jewett against
Chapman, which is an action for unlaw-
full detainer, was set for Wednesday, the
10Th of October.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr.. Emmett Saunders is i'll at his
mothers house, Eighteenth and Everett
streets.
Miss Mary II. Burton. lately visiting in
the counties of Powhatan and Chester
field, has me home.
The may or collected S25 in fines at his
court on yesterday.
Mr.. Thomas Il. Sharp, of New York,
Who was military superintendent of rail-
roads In Virginia in the late war, was in
the city Saturday.
Asbury chapel in Marks addition, was
dedicated Sunday afternoon. Rev. Il.
Nj. fett rson preached on the occasion. =,
There is great complaint of the fire.
cucnt blocking of the cars of the Rich