The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-11-20
The BOOK OF HORRORS
Two More Chapters Added to the TRACE
dies of Recent Days.
GRUESOME FLOTSAM Off FORT NORFOLK
The ,'ody OF Alvin q. Ellis Found or
Fort NorfOIk-IIo WINS n sailor
Alice Barker Dies OF Her Burns-Is
Peter Dickson Alive p Rumors
Ahont to That Effect.

TWO more tragedies We're yesterday
added 10 the story of tragedies that have
weeks
Alice Barker the woman who was so
padly burned at the apartments of
Alexander Anderson, conner of Church
and Cove streets Wednesday night, az
ter having been removed to St. Vincent's
hospital. and after suffering terribly
for several hours, died in the early part
OF the morning.
Coroner Newton held an inquest over
the remains at noon yesterday, the jury
iinding a verdict in accordance with
Ihe facts in the case. No now particu-
lars developed. II seems the woman
was sewing and knocked lamp off the
tapie. Losing her presence Of mind,
with her garments ablaze. she rushed
down stairs. ana before the flames
could be eXtingu!shed every stitch of
clothing had been burned off her body.
In attempting to put our: the fire John
SKINNER and William Little were Sc
Verely burned. The body was taken
charge of by friends, and turned over to
funeral director Smith for !nterment.
The deceased was from HEREFORD ~ c.,
and her relatives have been notified
GREENSBORO FLOTSOM.
There is now in the city morgue on
the stone slab, the body of Alvin T..
Ellis, Il young sel-faring man. whose
home is near Cleveland. Ohio.
1t was about eight u-ciock yesterday
when n coiored man employed at the
Government reservation Mt Fort Nor
folk. perceived the body af man float
ing on the surface of the water only a
few yards from the shore. He at once
procured a boat, and rowing TO the spot
took the corpse in tow and brought 1t
ashore. The patrol wagon was sum
moned and removed the giuesome find
10 the morgue.
1t was the body Of young Ellis, horri-
bly, mu,ilated from exposure. having
been In the water about ten DAYS No
thing was found about his person but n
knife. cheap shirt. brown overails and
red underwear. Ellis was Il sailor on the
schooner Lucy Wheatly, now up the
James loading with wood. He accident
ally fell overheard on The morning of the
9Th instant, and was drowned before he
could be rescued. The body could not
be recovered at the time. though a strong
effort was made to do so. y coroner $
jury viewed the remains yesterday, and
they will be inferred in the Seaman.
lot in Elmwood Cemetery. The clnair
of the Wheatly is expected to be here
at the inquest this afternoon.
DICKSON PROBABLY ALIVE.
From the number of reports current.
1t would seem that there is a probability
that Peter Dickson, the 12-year-old son
of Mr.. Peter f. Dickson. is still alive.
and his father is now searching for him
in she ne!ghborhood of Richmond and
Manchester.
Mr.. l.. r.. Warren, of No. 3l3 Harrison
street Richmond, who was in the city
the CHER day, has informed Sergean.
Dalton that youth answering the de-
scltption of the missing boy came to his
house one day this week in company
with another fellow about the same age,
and begged for something to eat.
There Is a young man in the city of
Norfolk who claims to have heard from
young Dickson and to know that he IS
alive. Another youth asserts that the
missing boy came back to the city on
the same train that Willie Degge did
The latter is still in custody.