Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-12-16
MIR. MYERS, A CHEsTERFiELi'
MILLER, SHOOTS HIMSELF.
SERVANT GIRL SHOT BY LOVER
Knfe Refuses to Kiss Her Cousin
Jim md lie Draws N PistoI-The
woman May Die-Cinimed to lie
AccidentnI--Other Items.

into his brain. At last accounts his phy
stefan, DR.. Drewry, said 1t was not posi-
BILE for him to live through the day. lie
made no statement, except that since hi
bought this property he had been heard
to remark on the ughtness of the times
| and his inability to meet his obligations
| He has a wife and several children.
In a business way Mr.. Myers was well
| known in Manchester. For number Of
| years he was the miller at Watkins Mill
| six miles from Manchester, and at that
time was a frequent visitor to this city
DR.. George w. Friend, veteran pny'
sician Of this city, was the regular prac
titioner in his family.
This desperate and doubtless successful
attempt on his life is a shock to his
friends and old business associates. The
purchase OF the Ware property was re-
| garded as an indication of his thrift, and
! none thought that IL would be the mill
stone about his neck. The mill is located
| Just on the banks of James river, and the
dwelling where the deed was done sits
| on the hill above it.
4
| chester that hardly is there a merchant
| I'm the city who does not remember him
and the small black horse he used to
! drive.
SHE WOULD NOT KISS HIM.
James White, a young negro man, shot
his sweetheart and cousin, Kate Johnson,
who is employed as nurse at Mr.. George
e. Gary's residence, on Porter street, be-
| ri ~ ctr Ia
night about $50 o'clock, and badly, per-
haps fatally, wounding her. The negro
| claims that the shooting was accidental
and so it would appear from all accounts
and from the fact that there had been
| no open quarrel between them. The girl,
however. in her statement, clear
ly intimates that she is not so
sure of it's purely accidental nature.
She tells the story herself this way:
White had come to see her. and pre-
Stunning. she thought, upon his relation
ship, asked her to kiss him. She replied,
mot much. she would" and turned
away. In another moment she heard the
report and felt the dull thud of the bull
let in her back under the left shoulder
blade. This is all she reconects.
White Is from Goochland county, and
came to this city to sell his tobacco. Az
ter the days trading he came to Man
chester to see his cousin Kate.
There were several other colored peo-
ple in the kitchen where the shootinB
took place. and they say that White
picked the pistol. which was a double
action weapon and the conversation lol-
lowed as the girl herself related. White
claims himself never TO have seen dou-
ble-action pistol. and thought he could
mil on the trigger as much as he pleased
without harm being done. He pointed
the weapon at her and pulled away AT
tha trigger. with the result already
stated. He soon afterwards leit the
house. and so far the police nave peeh
unable to find him. Police-Oflcer H.
Smith went Immediately TO the SCENE Vi
the shooting but White was not 70 pe
found there Mr.. Gary and others ol .he
household corroborate WHITES claiih tii"'
the deed was entirely without malice
aforethought. It'll =.
DIR. Lawrence Ingram was called 10
eco the Girl and responded quickly. lie
considers the wound, from its very ma
ture very dangerous, though NOT hkeV
IN result fatally for several days. Inc
ROLL entered the left shoulder-blade'
ranged upwards. passed entirely throusn
the left lung. grazed the heart. ana
lodged. as the physician located IN the
left breast. Just beneath the SKIN. OWING
IN the wounds very severity, Dr. ingram
decided not to remove 1t last night. lie
thinks she will live several days at least
and is not certain about the end Inc
police are looking for White
CATHOLIC LADIES TO MEET
There will be n meeting of the Catholic
ladies of the city next Monday evening
at the residence of Mrs. William Bagsett'
Seventeenth and Semmes streets, 10 Iur-
Their the arrangements for an entertain
ment and supper at the new Ca4holic
school-house, on the 18th OF TINS month
This will be the first use to which the
new and comely house will be put,
and the ladies hope to make ther elort
a most successful one.
The building is almost completed now
and will be opened for school and church
purposes in January, 1t is UNDERSTOOD.
The exterior. as will be the interior, when
completed, is very attractive.
II is understood that Mr.. George Il.
Fisher has given orders that the cars
on the Hull-street line shall be stored at
night at their headquarters, on SemInes
street. This will take place in the near
future BY this change all the employees
on this branch of the road will have TO
make tnelr nOHDeS Ill MdIiNHSS'N4' - -
present time they live in Richmond.
NEWS FROM THE POLICE.
The sinners filed in to see Mayor Maui
rice yesterday morning in great array.
solomon Neal, the negro who behaved
so unbecomingly on Tuesday night at
the Police Station, was the first applicant
for Justice. and he was given $40 worth
that is, if he had had any money 1t would
have cost him an X. for disorderly con-
duct. AS it was he was sent down 10
the city Jail to spend awhile.
Henry Porter (coloredD was fined 2.O
for being disorderly in the house OF sylvia
Foster.
The case of Willie Graham, charged
with threatening TO kill Lottie Turner,
was continued until Saturday on account
of the absence of witnesses.
SQUIRE JONES HOLDS FORTH.
Squire Charles T. Jones. of Swansboro,
had before him yesterday Willie Armi-
stead, a negro, and not an angel. charged
with stealing lot of clothing from Mt
william Alley, on the Ninth-Street road.
Armistead was fined s. and costs. and
when the V. was not forthcoming he went
down to the county jail for six months.
The hearing of Robert Pryor and Nir-
ginius Cole Is set for to-day before Squire
Jones. These negroes are charged with
being the parties who have been sending
anonymous letters to several people in
Swansboro'. They were arrested several
weeks ago. and their cases continued I'M
til this time.
WILL ASK HIS PARDON.
nti,,or d heinz circulated prayinQ