Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-25
ON THE PENINSULA.
a VERY BOLD ROBBERY At NEW
PORT NEWS.
Two Hundred Dollars I'm Cn, h Taken.
Terrific HaiI-storm In WARWICK
Comfy -ApproaciiiDg Marriage
Personal and General Notes.

NEWPORT NEWS VA, May "a
tSpeclaL)-A bold robbery was commit
ted in G. r. Uzze.rs bar-room shortly
before o'clock this morning. Three
men were IN Mr. Uzzelrs private Office
shaking dice for drinks. They were
seated around a small table and Mr..
Czzeu was at his desk looking over
some papers. While thus engaged he
had occasion to open his safe, leaving
the casb-drawer open. Two Of the men
arose and asked Mr.. UZzell 10 90 into
the bar and dispense them drinks The
third man Jagged behind. and It Is sup
posed that he looted the cash-drawer.
taking over 500 in bills. for when Mr..
Uzzeli returned 10 the room he missed
the money. The two men engaged Mr..
Uzzeil's attention while The third made
his exit and ring at the telephone
enabled the former 10 leave before the
robbery was detected. As soon as he
discovered that he had been robbed. Mr..
Uzzell reported the matter 70 tne police
authOrities and two policemen were de-
tailed 10 go TO Old Point. IL being sup
posed the men took that route. but as
yet they have not been apprehended.
IL is now believed they took the early
train 10 Richmond. The third man OF
the party IS tall and slender. has black
hair. eyes. and moustache and wears d
light-brCwn suit.
The Piant-Line steamer La Grande
Duchesse arriyei AZ the ship yard yes
terday for her annual oyerhau,ing. The
Crande Duchesse was built al TINS
yard. and now holds the record for last
srlr Vi l.
nah.
4 heavy hail-stOIm swept over the
western section OF Warwick county late
this evening. doing great damage 70
CROPS The hailstOnes were nearly as
large as hens eggs. and in some places
the hail was six inches deep rory
panes Of glass in Warwick courthouse
were shattered during the storm.
Cards are out announcing the marriage
Of Miss Daisy Bostwick 10 Mr.. John T.
Taylor. both OF this city, which VIII De
sOlemnizei at MISUNDERSTANDING Melh-
odis; church at $50 o'clock next Ihuis-
day evening.
About one hundred members of the
Royal Arcanum. OF Baltimore. accom-
panied By their wives and daughters,
visited the ship-yard this morning
leaving for Hampton and Old Point III
the afternoon They are en- route lot
Boston. having chartered steamer De-
longing TO the Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company.
The final exercises of the Newport
News Military Academy VIII take place
in the City Hall on Wednesday ana
Thursday evenings Of this week.
Hugh Bolton. l2-year-old lad oil
HAMPTON. who recently tell distance o.
twelve feet. from the branch Of a Tree
died yesterday from lockjaw. In fal.ihs'
the little fellows leg struck the sharp
point OF a picket fence, and an ugly
wound was made in the muscular part
Of the limb below the knee. He was
otherwise bruised. but no serious symp-
toms developed till several days ailer
the accident.
A government inspector, stationed al
the ward Of the Newport News Snip
building and Dry-Dock Company. Mas
this evening ordered TO the portsmouth
navy-yard. The dispatch stated ti'it
there was trouble aboard the winning
ton. a gunboat recently completed mere.
From another source il was learned thal
several OF the pipes connecting ,he engine
with the boiler had sprung aleaK
and that the vessel was Tot III sea
going condition.