The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-04
$50 ECT.0|R RYAN SUED
se s.3 Alleged Illegal Seizure Of a EorfSIk
!, Film Films Stuch:nf Liquors and Spirits.
Sasss GIBSON GETS HER $4,000 Damages
nc HIM q nd is Tramp r,idden-Jn>. Rcn.
Ssssts i Mes Mysterious Disnppcarnncc-
ft5S Y ohm Ian, Wcatnerson Must Pay tie
IL y pesstsi,S ~ Haiirond officials Accu-
Y seti Of discriminating.

II seu Of DisrriiMinaiing.
!Ss richmond, Va, January 3.--(Spcctal)
me cur shin tell to-day upon the last
scene IN the suit of Miss Louisa Gibson
sSainst MIR. and Mrs. Thomas j, Todd
4 stors defamation OF character, II will
&be remembered that Miss Gibson lost
i her position In the store of Miller Il
n Rhoaus as the result of charge
II nude BY Mrs. Todd that the young iJu!
aboilt the wife of Rev. Dir. w. Z.
B Hatcher. Mrs. Todd went to SEE the
ashrm st the request OF Mrs. Hatcher.
the jury and court gave the plaint'il
& 5000. Mr. Todd contributed $1,000 Of
this amount and Dr. Hatcher the bal
5ance. DR.. Hatcher had TO borrow the
Il money as he has been nrab!c to dis
Z pose OF his residence. which Is s.!l for
Il sale. a check for the full amount
& including costs, WAS given to-day 10
& Mr.. r. L. Montague. one CT the attor-
4 neys for Miss Gibson.
The police say 1t has been long
time since there have been so many
" tramps III town as are here now. Last
night the Second police station gave
shelter Ito seventeen, OF them. and the
oSher stations had u number on hand.
i The most of these people are on their
4 way North from the Atlanta EXpoeht.on
and nearly all of them are very young
4 men. Every evening soon after dark
these wanderers come out up?n the
streets to beg.
The mysterious disappearance, of Mr..
i .Jno. Rennie, prominent puarrymun,
= from his home at Granite. in Chester
Z field county, Is exciting widespread In
4 terest in this section. He left his house
II New Years eve night, ostensibly TO
y go into the yard for some purpose.
/ He did not put on his hat or overcoa'
q He he's wife and eleven children. and
as far as Is known his family rcla-
lions were happy. Mr. Rennie had been
Il drinking but not to excess, it Is said.
y lit Is now generally believed that he
& jumped from the bridge over James
\ river used by the Atlantic Coas, Line
Il motive fcr killing himself was no one
appears to know. Neighbors have been
\ hum ting for him for three days and
n they are pretty well convinced that he
Il Is q dead man.
Governor O'Tcrrall to-day refused to
I commute the sentence of death in the
ease OF John Weatherson. Of Carroll
y county, who killed his wife. II wa
claimed by the prisoners friends that
ss,he was and Is insane. The Governor
i looked especially into this feature of
So the case and carefully vert over all
l3 the evidence. He sent for one Of the
4 physicians Mt the insane asylum, who
son was not IL crazy man. The crime
is said to have been most brutal
I one.
Most OF the hotel propriciors here
3 claim that the railroad officials at the
Union depot are discriminating In favor
OF the JEFFERSON Hotel. Col. John Mnr
ply made the charge in the Police
w Court to-day. where he appeared for
one of his porters. who was chargcd with
disorderly conduct at the station, The
il alleged disorder was in calling out to
) travellers to go to NIurphy's. Col
were allowed to do as they pleased
Justice Crutchfeld dismissed the chargc
against Murphy'ts man.
conductor in the service of the Rich.
mnnd. fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad Company, was paralyZcd at
his home, about o'clock this morning
He has been unconscious during most
OF the time since. and his condition is
critical. Capt Stratton ran from Rich
mond to Quantico and is very popu
lar with the travelling public.
Mr.. William Ryan Collector OF Inter.
nal Revenue for the Second district o.
Virginia, has Just been summoned e
II appear al the Law and Chancery Cour'
of Norfolk. at the rules on the first
Monday In January, to answer the sui
\
& & Co. Damages In 5000 are claimed.
The history OF this suit is interesting
The suit arises from the fact that Q
seizure was made January is. 1895. NJ 8
4 stock OF liquors in the store of Joh'
n Hohan. doing business as John NcITucr
4 & Co., at Norfolk. by United States
H Special Deputy r. NJ. Terry. actinr
under Revenue Agent Wayne Ferguson
< This action was taken because oi
IS charges against the parties Of reflllins
81 packages. selling from unstamped
packages. changing proof Of spirits, ant
y refusing stamps.
The authority for this action OF tn,
f revenue officers is based on section
y $3.50 of the u. s. Revenue Laws. whicl
n says: "AI distilled spirits found il,
any cask or package containing five gal
Is Ions or more without having Thereon
81 each mark and stamp required there
fore by law. shall be forfeited to tn,
II United States"
Section 1896 of the same laws. say:
whenever any person charFcs or alters
~ s:g s,s! IS t,.rls''