Smyrna times., 1894-08-15

ION should be attended to at once.
Laurel has no local Board of Health,
and it is probable that the State Board
will take the matter in hand. There
are also a number of cases of typhoid
fever at Seaford, Bridgeville and other
places on the Peninsula.
DEATH OF MRS. DAWSON. - Mrs
Clara E. Dawson, wife of VIM. H.
Dawson, died at the residence of her
sister Mrs. Silver, in St. Georges Mon
day, aged about AZ years. They
moved down to Jamestown, Va, the.
past winter, but Mrs. Dawson's health
failed so rapidly from consumption
that she was compelled to leave
Virginia in the early summer and
come to her sisters in St. Georges
where she died as above stated. Mr..
Dawson subsequently disposed of his
property there and returned a few
weeks ago to the vicinity of Porter's
his former home. The interment will
take place to-day at st. Georges Gene
terry.
The Town of Odessa was made
by the incursiOn of a troop of $50
Bohemians from Baltimore. They
came by train and marched through
the town playing mouth-organs and
accordeons. They are the Bohemians
who come to Oddessa annually to help
at the eannery work. They remain
about six weeks. A. number of them go
out every summer, commencing in the
berry fields of Virginia and then come
up through the Peninsula. They are
not a disorderly set by any means.
Some of them are reported to own
quite large share of real estate in
Baltimore. Saturday nights they gather
| for music and dance. few of the
Bohemians attend church on Sundays.
CoRoNER's JURY INvEsTIG ATION.--
The developments in the investigation
by the coroner's jury at Townsend
Friday revealed no new features. To
all appearances the charges against the
colored lad George Chambers of de-
liberately shooting Charles Brown on
Saturday week, were fully sub,
stantiated by the testimony given
Friday. Deputy Coroner Luther w
Palmer held the inquest. He EN-
paneled a jury, of which Chairman
Scott of the Levy Court was foreman
Those who testified included William
Brnkley, colored, the grandfather O
of the dead boy, Mrs. Brinkley, his
wife, and the physicians. Drs. Walker,
Enos and Ferguson. The first work
done was to exhume the body, in
order that the grand jury might view
it and the medical men make the
post mOrtem examination. State
Detective McVey was present, having
Chambers in charge who was brought
from Wilmington. Chambers is but
IA years of age while his victim, Brown
was but years old. Mrs. Brinkley's
testimony, as we'll as that of her hus
band, differed in no degree from whal
has already been told except in the
direction of more emphatically placing
the charge of deliberate crime agains
the prisoner. The physicians testi
mOny was to the effect that they found
bullet in the abdominal cavity of tht
dead boy and that death is due to peri
tonitis, the result of the gunshot wound
Thejury rendered verdict that Brown
came to his death by a guDshot wounC
in the abdomen, inflicted at the hant
of Chambers, and ordered that tn
latter be held to await the action o
the grand jury.
A BRUTAL NEGRO's CRIME. - 4
vicious looking negro, who gives hi
name as Frank Smith of Whining
ton, is confined in Jail at Dove
charged with a serious crime. Mrs
Mary Ellinger, a widow, resides with
in a short distance of Wyoming. Sh
has two daughters and two sons. Twt
of the children are sick at present, ont
son and one daughter. About
o'clock Wednesday evening Mrs
Ellinger went out in the yard AM
saw a man approaching her. AS h.
drew near the william struck Mrs. Ellin
ger with club or rock, which felleC
her and inflicted a serious wound oi
the forehead. The negro then grabbed
her and endeavored to assault her
She is a stout, strong woman, ant
began to defend herself, screaming a
the top of her voice at the same time
Her son, who was lying in bed at tn
time i'll with consumption, hurried t
his mothers recue. AS he.approachet
, the negro became scared and made hi
escape for the time. The neighbor
hood was alarmed and a posse fOrme
at once to search all night and Thurs
day morning, but were unable to ge
any traces of the fellow. A strang
negro appeared at the home of job
Fowler, in the same neighborhood, tn
same day, and used vulgar languag
before Mrs. Fowler. She beeam
indignant and ran the fellow ava
with an axe, which she threatened
use on his head The description sh
gave of this fellow tailed exactly wit
l the one who assaulted Mrs. Ellinge
When Sheriff Dunn took the $50 soul
bound train for Wyoming, Thursda
night, he saw strange negro actiT
mysteriously around tie depot. T
e seemed to be watching for a chance
! board a freight train. The sheri
suspected him of being the man wi
v committed the assault, the descriptio
e of the man they were looking for.
v tel egram was sent to Dover al
|. Detective Hutchins arrested the negr
d He has told several different stori
e about his whereabouts Wednesdi
night and about his home. He nc
claims Wilmington as his home. T