The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-20
ANOTHER FATAL FORD.
SAD END or srosEwALL DOUGLASS
Attempts TO Cross a swollen River and Is
swept Down 60 De&th-Wouid-be ha"yc''A
Mrs. smith ASain--sircinia Affairs

DA~vuIz. Va Jan. i9-'Speciali-A
telegram was received here to-day saying that
Stonewall J. Douglass. young man engaged
in tie leaf tobacco business IN lar0afo n.
G. was drowned in Tar river this morning
Particulars are meagre. but it seems that
pouelass had been ont IN the country
looking after tobacco and IN attempting TO
cross Tar river. which had been greatly
SWOLLEN by recent rams lie was washed down
the stream and drowned. Mr.. Douglass was
twenty-nino years old. the son Of ). W.
Doaelass. a prominent farmer living near
KicoYills In this county lie was cnSA@cu III
fine leaf tobacco business IA TINS cli5 SEVERN
wears and last fall went from here 10 iAfnoIo
70 opcn leaf tobacco wWeb"D9v. no w.
very popular here and was al nprigAt young
man. a.. -o,.,,
citizens meeting % so 70 iIchhohu ~ ~
the Danville grievance against inc lahlo1us
before tho Legislature nnv URGE s"S 80 -
of a railroad commissioner OH he4u "a -
thusiesuc meeting tins Afternoon em' -, 49,
reports of tho committees. ana wiz 20 20
Tiohroond tomorrow night Another cOih-
roitfee Amounted % meet Mcssr-. Soi. ltaas
ard J. II Drake. OF tho fichmon9 ana D""s
Vile railway, and consult about iue Il1'se. "a
reduced rates. also hoin q ihoes'"e ~ No -
Nlcr1Irs
Fvervtbino Is in readiness for the cxecu-
4;oo here next Friday OF James LyleS ana
Margaret Lasbleg. convicted or the muiuor
OF George Iashley. The gadO"s mas Oeeu
erected the black caps made. tho ropes pre-
,,.red ond the necessary guards physicians,
& aopointcd Cty-Scrgeant II. IT. B0s-
81, ii iInportuned every hour by people OF
a morbid turn of mind Tor permission 10
witness the execution, but ne VIII carry out
tbo lay bv having the execution strictly
,,rivate. admitting ID the enclosure only such
persons IS the in" provides Tor -,
Mrs. knrio Smith, the editor Of the North
p.rtillo Enterprise VINO has been appealing
- tho Legislature To change the law 50 Us 10
ALLOW Der ana other women 50 Wshlhg 10
practice law ia the courts OF virginia an
uot.uces p her paper OF tins afternoon thaJ
the legislature Committee on Courts has
granted her O hearing on Thursday and she
will go TO Richmond 90 appear before tAhJ
committee aud argue her case.
There is strong probability OF a lyhchlnS
i'm Franklin county. Last Saturday night
Jerry "A. Barbour aD old ami Weil-known cit-
zen OF that county. living on the line OF the new
Roanoke and Southern railway about SIX
miles from Rocky Mount, was murdered ana
robbed. lie had been % Rocky Mount that
dav trading and left TOR home Just before
night in company with young white man
named Robertson. hut little IL known OF
Robertson. except that he came from North
Carolina. and has been working for some time
ON the Roanoke and Southern road as la
borer. Exactly why suspicion first pointed TO
Robertson. when on Sunday morning Bar
bours dead body was found. is not known.
unless the simple fact that when
last seen alive he wac with Robertson
BE that az il may Robertson was arrested on
suspicion and on lis person was tound a
gold coin. a knife and other property known
t. have belonged 10 Barbour Robertson
was taken To Rocky Mount Jail. The CIR
cumstantial evidence against him Is so strong
as TO make it almost certain that he IS the
murderer
Barbour was popular man. with a large
family connection. The latest information
from Franklin is to the effect that the talk OF
lynching is very pronounced, and raid on
the Rocky Mount iail may be expected The
iail is very insecure and rjckety affair. and
unless it were very strongly guarded would
not deter a determined mob five minutes.
The annual meeting OF the Stockholders OF
the Piedmont Railroad Company will he held
in this city to- morrow. The meeting IS only
q formal one. 10 comply with the charter re-
ouirements. The Piedmont Is part Of the
Richmond and Danvile that part extending
from here 20 Greensboro.