Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-01-06
NOW SEEKS DIVORCE
ErS. asktH Procured Viii DavisS Par.
don and Married Him.
CRUEL TREATMENT HIS RETURN.
she Alleges Abandonment and Non.euu-
pori-1he Eiocs In Alberusrie Canai-
redler Robbed,

NORFOLK. VA. January 5.-(spcciai)--
One Of Tho last Official acts OF Governor
Mckinney IN December 1893, was his
yielding to the appeal Of lacy from
tAls city, MrA willie a. Asxew for the
pardon OK her betrothci. william c.
Davis. young man who HAD been sent
70 the pen!tcAtiary from Norfolk for
inansiausN'er, the killing OF negro
named William Whliehurst. on Smith
street
ENLIsTED SYMPATHY.
Mrs. AsAew. then widow with two
children, had circulated in person pc
elton 10 the Governor. which had been
drawn up hy Mr.. John G. Tlton. and
she enlisted the sympathy OF the COM
'nuui.y. The people signed her petition.
and On December 27th iwenty-four days
after Davis entered the pcnitentlary. he
was again free man. y few DAYS
afterwards Mrs. Askcw and Davis were
married.
TO UNITE THE KNOT.
Yesterday ,ir. Til,on entered suit to-
wards uniying the nuptal knot. Now Mrs.
DAVIS ASKS d.yorce On the around q cruel
co~sSS't non-support. abandonment and
uneaS iulncss On the part Of her husband
The barn AMI dwelling OF William Saw
Ncr tcoloreO. on the Deep Creek road.
N4foik county, were burned this morn
b.
IS reported that there ere twenty
e vessels and steamers jammed to-
Fether "a the Currituck-s1und enI OF the
@Ibemarle ana Chesapeake canal This
condition Of things Is owing TO low water
ana Ice and completely blocks traffic In that
cirection. Most OF the vessels are loaded
Tor this port and Baltimore.
COA1. svrrrNfENT.
During the year Just closed there were
2So,oo0 tons ot coal shipped from Lam
bor; Point. the largest bu mess for one
year since the traffic commenced at this
port.
Fooipods knocked down n Jewish pedlcr
on the Lambert Point road near the city
last night. and robbed him OF Sl3 in
money. bis pack, watch. nnd overcoat.
The pedler was brought TO the station
house. and gave his name as Harry Stein.
IrOm Pittsburg. lie was removed 10 the
hospital, suffering severely from blows on
TIE head and kicks about the abdomen.
y WORKHOUSE.
The city has transferred the old aims
b'uH' property 10 MAJOR 1. n. Blood,
60 establish IN Industrial home. and. II
tie city establishes a workhouse and
rcformatory the two viii he merged into
one. Mayor c. ". Pettit IS president Of
the Institution. an1 the material for the
home Will come from the Police Court.
caSes sent TO Jail for trivial offences that
properly belong in the woTk-hOuse.
post Of the Travellers Protective As
ISOLATION Of America will Ice organized
IN Norfolk tonight by Mr.. John a. Lee.
who is In the city for The purpose
COMMISSIONED JENKINS.
Judge Martin. OF the new Court Of Law
and Chancery, has appointed Mr.. John b.
jenkins - commissioner of accounts for
that court, MIR. Jenkins was the applicant
Ior the Corporation-Court judeeship.
AIR. Andrew II. Patton. great incOhOnee
Of the Great Council OF the United States,
Improved order Of Rcd Men, VIII arrive
here on Monday 10 confer with the great
chiefs In the interest Of the order.
The old sloop-Of-var Dale. turned over
q the naval reserves Of Maryland. has
been supplied with four cutters from the
EGVy-yard here.