Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-12-02


hearing I'm the Hastings Court. ne was
at aI times as calm and possessed
ss any man IN the large assemblage Of
4 raorIe which constantly packed the
4 chamber While on the stand WINNER
/ -r.. 1r twice showed that he was fear
.s. man. but rather high-tempered. He
wa. as little moved as any one around
-m when the jury brought I'm a verdict
serutung him and making him again a
-aa man.
a singular coincidence which might
cause some Of the more susceptible minds
2. wonder the significance thereof hovers
ground the tragedy Of September 7th last.
Nr- a week after winners acquittal
N- Manning Of Norfolk. one OF the
rors summoned here I'm the case. passed
away Of pneumonia. Then Ida May VIM
~ar the 19-year-old daughter Of the
s.,eqeo gave birth on Monday morn
-r 20 a boy baby. which died soon af-
.a-wari. and In less than forty-eieht
hours the central figure in the tragedy
.l of the same dreaded malady which
f.ek away one who was called here 10
ft in judgment upon him.
HAD BEEN IN HARD LINES.
WINNER. 10 use q plebeian expression,
rrf heDn .n hard luck almost ever since
fa first came here. which was toward
fta close Of the summer Of 1895. Once
-- twice he was thrown out OF EMPLOY
~.rt and had 20 seek u elsewhere. He
two very pretty daughters-Ada and
n4 May. The latter was a partial in
..r-1 from raralysis. and unable TO work
Vtra Ada founl employment and as
sf-+r7 I'm supporting the family. Mrs.
viroue~. who is rather frail. had about
s. much as she could do in attending 10
..- domestic affairs 10 was with some
7Hrultv that the family were enabled 70
make both ends meet; but IL was one or
Winners boasts that ne was not man
who ran in debt. His recent trouble. OF
-rrrse. involved him very heavily
sf,t,urh friends and sympathizers Of MS
.r, sent them articles Of food and
..--.ru and rendered them aid IN other
r.,s His death occurred al a time when
u-.---,er and his entire household We're IN
.,-rawelv dependent circumstances. many
friends of the unfortunate man called az
-.s house last night and offered words Of
-.r-olatiOn 20 his bereaved wife ana
fa.ehters. Most Of these persons were
members Of secret orders 10 which the de-
.,ased belonged. Up TO midnight no ar
angements for the funeral had been made.
SKETCH OF WINNERS LIFE.
James Edward WINNER was born in
Wythe county. Va. as years ago. lie was
SON Of INNI " lIlluFlf "a ANi iti'i 90 N'tf'N
county. He spent his boyhOOd days IN that
section of the State. and moved 20 Hinton.
W Va where be began railioading. For
"a long time he was an engineer on the
Huntington Division OF the Chesapeake
atH Ohio railway. In 1870 Winner mar
r.t Miss Sallie Glass. Of Hinton. who.
with two daughters survives him. From
tt.t place WINNER removed 10 Bellevue.
Ey where be lived for eighteen months.
going thence 20 Blueheld W. Va. At the
iter place he was for some time boss
femith in the shops OF the Norfolk
lI Western railway. and be came here
'-.m Buefeld about the middle Of August
moving his family to this city the
--sf month and entering the house in
he had since resided September
-,h The facts in connection with his
III. after he came here 20 live have been
he'd several times in the Dispatch
WINNER leaves one brother William
WINNER OF Hinton. W Va. and two
-t-hrothers. George and Daniel Gilpin.
70 H.ueGeid W Va. He was a member
Do -he American Protective Association.
no tae Junior order Of United American
Mechanics and a Pythian.