The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18
SAY He WAS MURDERED.
Friends Of George Jones, Found Dead on
The Track, Charge Foul Play
flTz's FRIENDS SAY II TOLD YOU so"
Tho Victoria Hackers Appears Much
More Numerous Than BEFORE the
Eight WINS ruiled Or = SanSe.
nOnd'a Public Roads = Election
oiiccrn Examined.

SUFFOLK, Va. March 17.--tspecal) -Now
MS friends are saying that George Jones,
who was found dead on the Seaboard track
dcred instead OF being; X lied by the train.
There were some whispers OF this soon
after the finding Of The body. but now
he was murdered.
They claim to have some ground for the
;Sns ,ni One man. nc.Shbor Of Jones,
WAS buried that Jones had lived a wee!
Longer than he expected, i Is understood
been made against the formers life. Then
It 10 reported that the men VII? shroudsd
coroner's jury IN saying that his neck was
broken. They say hs nerl: was MOI
Ercken. but there we r.. marSs under The
knife. Besides, ii is further .lnined that
Jones was not drunk enough IN the fatal
night to b. run over In the me nner alleged.
THEY PICKED Ini: WINNER
Fit.simmon's Suffolk f:ic, is chC:rcd
him wildly. The intensity CT their, excite
nent brokS forth In one Joyous yell When
ne wires a;. brought ought wor1 Of ms victory
Corbett's advantage In III beginning had
been d'ss!pated by some ~ III last rounds
Snt Tnen tie light %a5 rnpllE aeciared ns
Corbett people did their inughing first,
and as the battle proceeiel 10y was grad
rally supplanted by despair.
Untl no had won no onn would ever
have supp ,sed that the Cornshinan ind 50
many friends IN Suffolk Their money
they, console those who l':t Their money
on the re In.ompadour man oy saying, Il told
It Is generally concc,lcu by local sports
That l'ltz won the contest on it's merits.
that he Is the better man and Tint lie de.
serves his lamre!s and moneJ as well. Tho
,Flfg1man'S bulletin gave the encounter
ny rounds l''' -
GOOD FOR CARRIAGE BUILDERS.
,, n,What,s the matter With Nansemonds
p rna ~ ro n,I Nov that The county has
seem to got worse" So said q COUNTY os .n az.
i i,e;al. VINO has to do III Gf diving, To-
4ay. lie further asserted that lie had baen
utlylnE on oIlitial business fo" many years
anu tnr rcals now wcra II: urc cNccra ble
distr.c ne a.. hsu ever seen them. In some
EXAMINING ELECTION OFFICIALS
today, in The office OF j. p. Vanderslicc
Only two dcponents were examined +.
Vas u P dp ,,s one OF ths slect"a judges
he AFTERNOON IT, o. W 9p te,e.,a e'e nno,n II
t elsei:on 7, Judge. wns exainincd County
r raw T. . r; smith will b ~ OH NOR
=, ~. Sausey, n we'll known Republican,.
to teSsi tiI IN II hennlf Of NJ, %c.ns.
prn hklA Ss;iS, MiLI:ER ARlEsr12D. H
rested here to-day by Sergeant Aiins =
r"t suatcc with Instructions received from
IS Sewpoft News police. Miller WIS
E9GGeu IN the county Jail. where lie Will be
nsid 1or the Newport News authorizes
iheS aGn expected to arrive Tomorrow. "
80 ATTRACTIONS NEXT WEEK
,;nnhe MISS Bernard Company was Today
niinu Tor q weeks stand In Suffolk, be-
E'lninS next Monday. The company has
ren9rto're embracing some very pop,,ia =
n"mGa:eS anu drnln' s. Miss Rochelle Ber-
y, ,,at q. nc star has some clever supnort
IL "a salu. The company Is under Tx III,
IvGiloh OF John ~. Preston =
y, mere are now only ten prisoners IN tha
Nensemond county jail 80 '''e
NJ. ~. seidcn, res dent secretary Of tho
ENorth BEtsh nd MeTcnntile insrran
company, OF Ba ltimore. was here tonay
~ Vas IN Suffolk to-day OH legal business
}, Lutneq James, who was III fought here
lnst week from Henderson, N ION tho
snarge OF unlawful shooting, will have ~
DC turned loose IL he IS not tried soon -
Ciu cltlZ!l!S say the weather was cnor
ahG more UNIFORM than on any ST pa,
TICKS day they have ever seen
schooner Annie Klmball Kimi,a,l .,u,x,
To-Day Tor Baltimore. light ~""eo
Leonard Williams and III T po,.,, = :.
last night Tor Baltimore. o"c4 Aeit
The death oil NJ II |yo,,,pd c.
was was Part!SZen last week at Buskha,n " io
looked TO-, daily. His physicians sav - liz ~
H;ss rec he Will likely be an inyai,d fn ,r