Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-18
TWO DAYS HAPPENINGS CLEANED
FOR DISPATCH READERS.
CHILD NEAR The CAR TRACK.
Mrs. Neal Has Narrow Escape
while RescuinE Her Little One
Why the Prize Fight Fell Through.
The Courts-PcrsOnnI.


near Second and Hull. not far from the
car track. Mrs. Neale was near by, and
upon looking up saw the child as about
to run across the track in front Of an
approaching car. Her first impulse was
to save the child. and with this purpose
in heart at any hazard TO save the
baby 1t was evident that the little
girl had not seen her danger. but was
busy at play until recalled to herself by
the screams Of the mother. She then
saw her mother running towards
her, and the child thought 1t was all
play, and leaving the block of wood she
was playing with. jumped and ran as fast
as the little feet could carry her to-
wards the track. There was real dan
ger then and II made the mother frantic.
The car was too close to be stopped and
the only hope was to catch her baby.
She ran with all her might-she was
almost wild with terror-and the baby,
with a bright smile on its little dimpled
face of defiance to be caught. She caught
it. but there was not the breadth OF q
half inch between the car and the
mother when she clutched the child and
drew 1t from harms way.
NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO FIGHT.
There was TO have been pugilistic
WARFARE, or better. prize fight, in Man
chester last night, and only the hard
times prevented it. The principals were
a Richmond negro and a Southslde
negro. They met in a house at Hull and
Fourteenth streets, and with them a
great crowd of colored people, and on
the outside not a few whites who were
all eager for the fun. 1t was to be q
battle to the finish, and only a failure
after three minutes TO again begin the
contest was TO proclaim the winner The
police were on to ii, but as they did not
know il they were ell serene and
complaisent about the affair as about
good Sunday dinner. But there was one
apparent trouble. They could not raise
the required purse for the fight. Seve-
raj times the hat went around, but came
back as lonely as any church collection
basket n town ever did. They wanted to
see tire fight. but the hard times
stood in the way. The game was on the
eve of being pulled off for nearly an
hour. when finally the Richmond negro
said he was Disguised with the ''niggars
in Free State" and took the last car 10
the city of which he is the negro pugi-
listic champion.
MANCHESTER CLAIMS THEM.
Squire a. =. Tyson issued warrant
yesterday against William Thomas
alias Finch and Walter Powell. the two
negroes who are now incarcerated in
the Richmond city Jail awaiting a hear
ing on the charge Of shooting Policeman
Minor
The warrant charges them with break
fvrr inf no cfr ~ g..
stealing hardware valued at 1915. 1t
gives the correct list Of the plumber as
follows: Eight razors. Is knives. pairs
scissors. 10 boxes cartridges, 3 pistols,
and pairs Of clippers.
Some one connected with the case in
Richriond was in Manchester Saturday
to see if the house occupied by Walden
q Co. was '.sed as a dwellng-house.
He learned that 10 one lived in the
house. If the house entered was used
as a dwelling the Manchester case might
be the more serious for the criminals.
ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP.
While Mr. Emmett Davis, a resident OF
Swansboro', was on his way home Sun
day night, an attempt was made to hold
him Up in an alley near his home.
1t happened between s and Q o'clock,
and when he arrived opposite the alley
a man approached him and said, with
an oath, you are the man l want; 1
have been looking for you, and now
have you-Halt"
Mr.. Davis was unarmed, and the mans
words frightened him, and he made for
home in short order. He got his pistol
and went after q nei4hbor Ivy the name
Of Vaughan. They returned TO the place,
but could not see anything OF the man.
BROTHER AND SISTER DIED.
Misses Alice and Eva Jeter returned to
their homes in Manchester yesterday
morning from Rehoboth.
These young ladies' were called n few
days ago 10 Rehoboth. Lunenburg
county, TO be at the bedside of a sick
brother and a sick sister. Since then
they have both died, and were buried in
the family burying ground last Friday.
The funeral OF both took place Srom
the residence. Rev Mr.. Berry, of the
Cool Spring Christian church, ofiieiated.
OFFICER BREAKS y DOOR.
MAJOR Maurice had sufficiently recov-
cred from his late sickness and his trip
to the Grand Lodge, /. O. o. F., which
met in stanton last week, TO be at his
post yesterday morning. leila Baugh
lcoloredD was charged with interfering
with an officer in the discharge Of his
duty. and in aiding and abetting a pris-
oner to escape.
Policeman Wright went to the woman's
house Saturday night with a warrant for
her son, who was charged with mis-
demeanor. The officer saw the door
cracked OPEN but before he could enter
the house the woman closed and fast
ened it, and would not let, him enter.
To gain an entrance he had TO break
open the door, but by that time the son
h no
fined s. and costs which she paid.
The work preparatory to the repaving
Of Hull street has actually commenced.
The lines were being surveyed yester-
day morning. while a gang of men were
waiting to begin the resetting Of the
old curbing. The work was commenced
at Seventh street, and only two blocks
will be cut off from the travelling public
at time.
FUNERAL OF MIR. STARKE.
The funeral of Mr.. T. Monuevlle
Starke. who died at the Eastern State
Hospital. Williamsburg, took place from
Meade Memorial church Sunday afternoon
at o'clock. and the interment was made
IN Maury Cemetery. The following act
ed as pall-bearers: Messrs. r. owen, Il.
X. Sampson. George W. Brooks, r. A.
Bigalow. j. H. ID. Johnson, T.. Riby, j. H..
Goode. and w. i. Harrison.
The Rev. j. o. Babcock, pastor Of
Fifth-Street Methodist church, left yes
terday on a visit TO his fathers home,
in Appomattox county. lie will also
spend a few days with friends in Lynch
burg. where he was pastor Of Madison
church before coming to Manchester.
The pulpit at Fifth-Street church Will
be filed next Sunday morning by the
Rev. w. r. Williams. of West-End
church. and at night by the Rev. A. g..
Brown. ID. d., presiding elder OF the
Richmond District.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Miss WHITLEY Embrey. OF Fredericks-
burg, is visiting Mrs. G. Scott McRae, on
west Twelfth street.