Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-06
lIr HER WITH A BAT.
~. MONROE. or MANCHESTER, Sc
lOUslY HURT BY HER SoN.iN.LAW.
cling oni,e old She May Not Recovor-
Str. Toney for rcsisnaster--Personais
and Brtcfs.

Yesterday evening about 6 o'clock Aleck
Thompson. young white man. struck
Mrs. Mary Monroe. his aged mother
,n-lsw. with a baseball bat. INJECTING a
wound 30 serious that she may not re.
cover
thompson works at the EGGPLANT OF
George Paul & Brother. and lives AT the
conner u Flfth ana Porter streets Yes
f.-.ay afternoon he went home quite
drlk. and proceeded 10 make things
ly.y about the house. striking both his
0Il. AID her mother. Securing a base
1.. Dat hc struck Mre. Monroe a terrible
i.oa over the right temple. The gray
rs.-cl victim fel! unconscious % the floor.
a.. Aer IS no telling what he would
l... l .e had he not been attacked by
... ia The house with "A Ratchet. Rea-
- ilc C0ounity Of his cruel act. the
asn.cr fed in the direction OF
.l.l. bat was oyerhauled On tho
1921. brought back. The police were
ana the man was taken 10 the
f.. and locked up, and later last night
w. i.l..tcd TO the city jail.
UTE AN OLD LADY.
' Monroe IS y years old. and lives
I.s married daughter, Mrs. TInslev.
te. family occupying the second
the house. while Thompson end
i live on the ground floor. DR..
Mathews is attending the
woman. and last night said that
was suffering from concusslon
q, irln and he could not tell tho
,tt1t u her injuries She Is serl.
o burt. and being very old, the
ft fears are entertained as 10 the
lf. two married daughters and her son
p. John Morton. are Frustrated with
e. over the sad affair.
ff... $3.50 years AGO Thomson c,t bis
r. Mrs. TinsIey with n knife
q: Ing in behalf Of his wife. TO
i. was alleged To be Vnkind. For
fIs . Thompson was sent to fail.
OTHER sOUTHsIDE NEWS.
49, av. who was yesterday recon-
'r tie position OF Postmaster
e. f''r IS son OF Mr.. J. w
is q working Democrat. He
90 tn- city from Powhatan county
f'trs ago and engaged I'm the
rc. cry lusincss. He Is now con-
f'' n grocery and meat store.
utcI this district IN the House
DELEGATES two Years arc
50 -..rs Hry II. .. Williams will con-
..rt OIL" services ~ Leader Hall this af-
.r Mr. Williams Is a fine speaker.
Stewart Hopkins is expected TO sing.
rt IrNa"lS has returned from the
r,.t .aI viii be present
t.f, luiii0m and Ella Wilson. both
... we;c before the Police Justice
ar morning on trifling charges,
-. v.ra dismissed
f. Young Ladies' Missionary Society
>...ioG-Street church viii hold its
.cfr meeting this afternoon at ESQ
SIR. James Leigh Jones will adj
r... OBJ. meeting, and there will be seve-
d i.c.f.-iQus and "a solo by Miss Fan
g.. Foster.
tr CO. tr'es H. Gibbs IS building a pret-
frame dwelling on Perry street near
Gath. next 10 the house Of his father
g. a. g. Gibbs
ti Weetie Hall Is detained Mt her
-. 10. l-e Dscatur street. by sickness.
l.r D.. ". Thornhill VIII leave next
Ttf for Dallas TEX. where he goes as
ate - the Southern Baptist Con-
D1 Payne is having n handsome
.n dwelling erected on the corner of
ID and Decatur streets.
Hastings Court was engaged hear
.r civil cases yesterday, and viii ad-
-n FOR the torn next Tuesday.
IT, So Robert r. Marsh VIII preach at
11-Street church to-day, both morn
.- ~a! night