The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-16
SUFFOLK LOCAL.

Veterans will hold their first regular
meeting since organization to night.
w. }. Crocker and h. A. Thomas left
last afternoon for IIarrisuuburg, Va.
to attond tho State Firemeu's Conven.
ton as delegates from tho Phoenix Fire
Company.
Rev. Mr.. Bennett. assistant at the
CRANKY Street Methodist Church,
Norfolk, preached Sunday morning
and evening at the First Methodist
Church i'll Suffolk.
.. u, West is attending n meeting of
the Northwestern life insurance agents
III Milwaukee, Wis.
A colored brakeman on the Soaboard
road wns yesterday struck 10y the Pine
street bridge. Suffolk, and badly in
jured. He was taken or to Ports.
mouth.
Mrs. Alice Cuddebsck, white, Of the
county. was yesterday arrested 10y
Constable Branch OH warrant alieg
ing lunacy. The commission OF lunacy
met III the aftsrnoou III the county jail
aud continued the case till Saturday.
celored excursion from Norfolk
was yesterday in Suffolk. They rented
from Secretary Hosier the Fair
Grounds In which to disport them.
selves.
Born LEGS SEVERED. An unknown
colored tramp who was stealing "a ride
on the Norfolk aud Western freight
train Sunday morning, went to sleep
aud fell oil tho car between Myrtle sta
ton aud Suffolk about . o'clock. The
wheels passed. over his legs below the
knees. severiug both almost as soothly
AS II cut with II sharp instrument. He
WAS brought III tho caboose 10 Suffolk,
where he WAS recognized us O criminal,
who Is wanted IN trewe for house
breaking. On tho arrival of tho 50
passenger train he was sent to that
town. DIR. w. w. Murray attended
HIM while here. Two other tramps
with him wore arrested and Jailed to
await orders from Grove authorities.
y fourth escaped.
PoLICE CoURr. When Mayor Brew
er raped for order in the Police
Court Yesterday there was large
crowd hanging around the hallway TO
hear au expected sensation developed,
but owing to the delicate nature of ono
OF the cases they were excluded. The
following cases were In ndled:
Martin Walls, Jr., white, was mr..
raigned on n warrant charging him with
cutting. choking and otherwise abusing
fIorcnce Scott, u white girl about 10
wears old, who IL employed by Mrs.
Irwin Truitt, near Suffolk. Merritt
Briggs, Esq,, appeared for the defense
while Mir. 3. +. Vanderslico looked
after the prosecution. Mise SCOTS
testimony was denied in toto by the
accused, and after testimony by her
mother and defendants father, and
pleas by counsel, the warrant was dis.
missed. Other witnesses for the plain.
till were excluded.
Shor His SoN.-We were informed
yesterday by county officer that
Adolph ms johnson, white, q farmer re-.
siding near Buckhorn. Va, on Sunday
while In rage shot Mt his l3.year old
son with shot gun. The charge took
no effect. He had not been arrested
when thus report closed.
HE CONTESTED CASE ABANDONED
The contested election case. Bruce VS..
Ellis, for the treasursrship of Nause-
molu county was yesterday dismissed
In the County Court on motion OF
plaintiffs counsel, MIR. Merritt Briggs,
who In an eloquent address stated tuAt
they had failed TO make out n case. saw
no prospect of so doing, and like Gen.
Lee, when be could proceed no further,
was ready TO surrender. MIR. Lee Britt
for the defendant accepted the surren-
der IN an appropriate address. The
court IN this case allowed broad lati
tude of investigation, and no Sc IN Dlance
OF fraud having been proven, its re
linqulshme mt Is taken as q compete
yindcation OF election officials, some of
whom had beon charged with irreyh
laritics.
PROBABLY FATAL ENCoUNrER.-
News reached here yesterday OF an as-
sault at Buckhorn Saturday night,
which will probably result fatally. Bob
Folk, an old colored man, was stand.
ing at the counter of store making
some purchases, when Jede Copeland,
white, who WAS partially intoxicated,
came to him aud provoked difficulty,
during which FOLK was struck over the
head with Il club and his skull frac
tnred. The injured man wns attended
by DR.. Robey, who has no hopes for
his lie. Constable Branch went to
Buckhorn with warrant for Cone
land's arrest, but the latter had left Tor
m known parte