The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-24
DRUGGED AND BEATEN.
~xsrsxrous DIs<PPE<KANCS AND
RETURN or 4 NAN.
o..x~. r KeiIy, After an Absence OF sew
sraI Days. IL Found In W"go" '"'"
fna Helpless Condition.

savs and two nights, was Drousn' '">"
Yesterday 20 his pretty young WIFE. bruised
beaten and drugged almost to nfeiess'
ness.
7, was the fourth anniversary OF 'helt
marriage. and though the young wire hau
watched through many wretchea' sieep'
less weary hours. and all seemed DARK
and dreary. It was happy day wneh hef
lost husband was restored TO her. a.
,houeh he was more dilapidated than
On. mos. indifferent rear private IN Cen
oral coxey's army OF the Common"e'i'
ora as she chcrrlly remarked last evening
a was quite a nice anniversary ai'ei
all. 49,.
Mr. Kelly has for a long time been an
emnlove of the Richmond Railway ana
Electric Company, and for months past
has with strong arm and quick eye manned
the front end of an electric trolley car
on the Decatur-street line.
ae Is well known 10 a large NUMBER
Of persons. and his associates especlaiiy
sneak OF him as a sober man, OF sood
habits. and he stands well as STEADY
man with his employers.
This reputation, with other surround
ing facts. give strong color, II they 90
not confirm absolutely one OF the strang-
est experiences that il has ever Deeh the
fate Of men In this civilized community
TO undergo.
H1s STORY.
Friday afternoon the car on which Mr..
Kelly is motorman got out OF order' ana
was rim into the shop FOR repairs. This
threw him out Of employment TOT inc
rest Of the day. and being one OF the
semi-monthly pay-days Of the company
he drew his pay before leaving the car
sheds
Having some spare time on his hands he
determined to visit Mr.. Thomas j. Pur-
wear. an old friend who keeps small
store on Leigh street, beyond Hartshorn
College. He stayed in the store talking
TO his friend until after dark, when he
started for his home, No 10 south Harvey
street
His direct route home led across the
fields lying between the two points named
and Immediately by Sitterding's lumber
yard. In the rear Of the yard, on an un-
inclosed space, are some piles Of heavy
timber. and while passing these three
men. one of which he thinks was white.
SIIdIE uitu ma anu Dblt iliil u AAt
ground. and though he fought and strug-
gled manfully, he was overpowered.
Something like a bag was thrown over his
head. and drawn so tight that he was
almost smothered and helpless He felt
them searching his pockets. and they
were emptied of every thing, including
twenty-odd dollars in cash.
After rfing his pockets they held
lie ~ fcyoo1 }, inc
down his throat and after time when
beginning to feel weak and helpless they
again forced bottle into his mouth.
which ne this time discovered by the
smell to be laudanum When beginning
20 grow weak and his head bound M so
that he could not see, and his arms pinion-
ed. he was walked. as he said 1t seemed
TO him. for miles and miles. until uncon-
seriousness came. and he recalled nothing
else
He recolects being dazed and sick and
vomiting but knows nothing Of the direc-
ton IN which he went or the distance
ne was carried
REGAINFD CONSCIOUSNESS,
Sunday night he regained consciousness
and found himself lying in a stall on
some hay, which he afterwards found
out 10 be in the wagon yard Of John
Sharp. on Brook avenue. a place where
country wagons stop for the night.
Two men were then near. one Of which
he said he thinks was a white man. and
had a peculiar twang TO his voice. When
he heard one say to the other, 81 reckon
we have gotten even with the - of a
- now. The other replied, "Weli, if
We haven't we will now"
The two then approached and again
poured laudanum down his throat, he
being too weak to resist.
He again lost consciousness, and when
he once more regained his senses IL was
broad daylight yesterday morning.
Too weak TO move, he lay for some
time in a half stupor, when he heard a
negro boy going across the yard and
called to him for assistance.
The boy carried a message for him to
Mr.. William France, his wife's uncle, on
Brook avenue, not far off, and Kelly
was taken there and cared for and his
wife sent for. He was later taken home
and when | saw him at his residence,
No. 10 south Harvey street, last evening
though weak and sore and suffering a
good deal from his rough treatment, he
was able to give q connected and inteli-
gent account of his remarkable expert
ence DR.. Roscoe Il. Franklin. his ply
stefan, who was called In to see him, |
saw last evening. and he says Kelly has
evidently been drugged with iaudanum !;
that all his symptoms Indicate that this
part OF his story is true. and that it is
very probable that his life was saved
by an overdose being administered and
his vomiting from being made sick by
the drug
An empty iaudanum bottle was found
In the stall where Mr.. Kelly lay, bearing
the label of a drug store near by, the
clerk of which told Mrs. Kelly that he
sold the laudanum Saturday evening TO
a colored boy about fifteen years of age
A colored woman who works for MIR.
Sharpe says that the boy who carried the
message for Kelly 10 Mr.. France saw
Kelly in the stal' Sunday; but. thinking
perhaps he was sleeping off a spree. did
not say anything about the matter TO
any one.
POWERFUL MAN.
Mr.. Kelly is a powerful man, and noted
for his strength and activity. He says in
the first struggle not word was spoken.
and he did not have time 10 cry out.
lie is bruised and scratched all over the
back and breast and thinks that these
injuries were received during that strug-
gle
His injuries are not serious, and he
Will be oct In few days.
Mrs. Kelly was averse to anything
being said In the newspapers about the
affair. but the man who had the rare
experience expressed desire TO give the
matter publicity. so that the scoundrels
might be detected and others saved from
like fate.
Mr.. Kelly said that he had no enemies
that he knew of. but after thinking for
some time recalled that ne put two negroes
of his car in Manchester who did not
have transfers. and THAI they swore ven-
geance against him.