The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-25
DRUGGED AND BEATEN.
xysrxxroUs DIsAPPEAR<NcE AND
RErURX or 4 NAN.
o..r.. r. Kelly, Amer an Absence OF s''
.rsi Day. 10 Found In WACO" s"e'
4. . Helpless Condition.

davs and two nights, was "'o"o
,,.nsav 10 his Pretty young viie' o'u'SS'
hea,en and drugged almost to iifeicss
moss.
!, VAS the fourth anniversary oil 'heii
marriage. and though the young "'ie "a'
watched through many wretchea' s'eep
less. weary hours. and all seemed Darn
and dreary. II was happy day wheh mel
los, husband was restored 10 her' al
..o,oh he WAS more dslapdated than
,no nos, indifferent rear private IN zen
o,ai coxev's army OF the Common"e"i'
- % sbe cheeriiy remarked In the even
,,s- 4, Vas quite a nice anniversary AFTER
all. Ill.,. ,,oo, 81,
or,nlove 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 Dccatur-street line.
ue ia well known TO a large NUMBER
~ nersons. and his associates especially
sneak OF him as a sober man. OF sooo
hahi,s and ne stands well as a steady
man with his employers.
This reputation. with other surround
ing facts. give strong color. II they 20
moi confirm absolutely one OF the sirahs-
81 experiences that IL has ever been me
Toto ~ man In this civilized community
10 undergo.
HIS STORY.
Friday afternoon the car on which MT.
Kelly is motoTman got out OF order ana
was run into the shop for repairs. mis-
threw him out Of employment for the
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 20 visit Mr.. Thomas J. Pur-
year. an old friend who keeps small
store on Leigh street. beyond Hartshorn
College. lie 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
sprang upon him and bore him to the
ground. and though he fought and strug-
gled manfully. he was overoowercd.
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 rining his pockets they held
his nose and forcibly forced something
down his throat. and after q time. when
beginning TO feel weak and helpless they
again forced bottle into his mouth.
which he this time discovered by the
smell TO be iaudanum. When beginning
10 grow weak and his head bound M so
that he could not see. and his arms pnion-
ed. he was walked. as he said II seemed
to him. for miles and miles. until uncon-
sciousness came, and he recalled nothing
else.
He recolIects being dazed and sick. and
vomiting, but knows nothing Of the direc-
ton in which he went or the distance
he was carried.
RTGAISFD CONSCIOUSNESS,
Sunday night he regained consciousness
and found himself lying in a stall on
some hay. which he afterwards fouad
out 10 be I'm the wagon yard of John
sharp on Brook avenue. place where
country wagons stop for the night.
Two men were then nesr. one of which
he said he thinks WIS white man. and
had peculiar twang to his voice. When
ne heard one say 10 the other. II reckon
we have gotten even with the --- of a
- now. The other replied, well. 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 Monday morning.
Too weak TO move. he lay for some
time In half stupor. when he heard a
negro boy going across the yard and
called to him for assistance.
The boy carried message for him TO
MIR. 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. lie was later taken home,
and when l 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 "A connected and intelli-
gent account Of his remarkable expert
ence. DR.. Roscoe +. Franklin. his ply
stefan, who was called in 10 see him. |
saw last evening, and he says Kelly has
evidently been drugged with laudanum:
that all his symptoms Indicate that this
part OF MS story Is true, and that 1t 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 laudanum 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 IN
"a colored boy about fifteen years of ace.
colored woman who works for Mr..
Sharpe says that the boy who carried the
message for Kelly TO Mr.. France saw
Kelly In the stall Sunday; but. thinking
perhaps he was sleeping off a spree. did
not say anything about tho matter ia
any one.
rowEHfrL MAN.
Mr.. Kelly is a powerful man. and noted
for his strength and activity. lie SAYS In
the first struggle no, a word was spoken.
and he did not have time to cry out.
lie Is bruised and scratched all over the
back and breast, and thinks that these
injuries were received during that strug-
Rie.
His injuries are not serious, and he
will be out In few days.
Mrs. Kelly was averse 10 anvthinp
being said in the newspapers about the
affair. but the man who had the rare
experience expressed a desire to give the
matter publicity. so that the scoundrels
might be detected and others saved from
q like fate.
Mr.. Kelly said that he had no enemies
that he knew Of. but after thinking for
some time recalled that he put two negroes
on his car in Manchester who did not
have transfers. and THAI they swore ven
geance against him.
lie did not see the faces of his as