The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-10

Joseph white. of Norfolk, Made n Distress
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This morning between and . o'clock.
n few minutes after the morning roll call
I'm the F.st Police station. colored man.
who had been running so fast that he
had hardly breath enough left
10 speak. ruachcd into the
station and gaspcd: "A mans killing
woman at No. 400 Thirteenth street g.
Precinct Detective Sutton was I'm the
Office az the time. and. with others, ne
rushed 10 tho house. which is kept 10y %
cOl0rcd woman named Josephine Norris.
Tie arrived there probably in time TO
prevent a murder. for in the house no
found q white man named Joseph White.
who was armed with pistol and VINO
was using profane and threatening Ian
guage.
'Ill blow your --- brains out was
the first thing the officer heard. and when
he reached "a room ON au upper moor Inc
found the intoxicated man and two badly
frightened woman in the room. Tho
man had fired one shot and at the time
the officer reached the room he had the
women standing against the wall In their
night clothes pleading for their lives.
one was white and the other colored
The former was the mans wife, so DE
claimed and he had found her sleeping
with one of the colorcd inmates OF the
house. lie had gone there for the pur-
pose of making her leave the house and
Notwithstanding the exciting episode and
the improper surroundings. tho wife clung
TO her husband. and declared that he had
fired tho shot in the wall 10 scare her.
and that ho had no. attempted 20 take
her life.
The story told The police by the parties
90 the affair is "a sad one. Joseph White
SIS carpenter by trade. and lives i'm Nor
folk. Like many other mechanics. he has
not had much work during the past year.
although ho managed 10 provide on tine
nccessarics of life and q few luXurics.
But the wife became dissatisfied i'm the
Virginia city. and came here leaving her
husband and children 10 do the best they
could. The wife found 10 am easy mat
ter 10 get a home I'm the alleged disrepu-
table house kept 10y the colored woman.
and there she posed as hOusckocper. Just
how the husband learned of her VIII
ahOuts WAS not made known. but he cvi-
IDENTIFY Knew where She was before he
reached here. for Dc had no trouble I'm
locating the house and finding his wife.
Ile left his home in Norfolk last evening.
and reached here early this morning.
ON his way here DE did not forget 10 in
dllge in large quantity of spirituorg
der its influence when me reached the city.
Soon after the boat landed at the river
front Dee was I'm the Division" and to
some men whom Dee met ON the corner he
exhibited his revolver and told briefly the
story OF his domestic troubles as well rs
inumating that hc would wind up affairs
in the house.
intoxicated men arc welcomed 20 these
houses at almost amy time SO that the
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his efforts 10 get I'm the house. lie was
not there ON am orrand to kin. or even
shoot. so far as the woman at the door
knew. so that he was permitted 90 20 up-
stairs. lie soon found the room in which
IBIS Wife was sleeping. and no sooner had
le entered than She was aroused. and
the sight Of the husband so thoroughly
fr.chtenod her that she sprlnr from her
bed tho colored woman following hos
Then DO was that the report of the pis-
toi WAS heard. and the bullet was sent
crashing through the wall. Loud screams
aroused tine sleeping inmates of this and
other houses. and the officers were sur
prisod that the man had not urcd more
than one shot Whcn Precinct Detective
sutton entered the room ho placed White
under arrest ANA disarmed him without
amy trouble. From the house White wa4
taken 10 the police station. Bang too
much under the influence of liquor tO
stand trial. he was locked mp. TO get sober
and Monday bis case wiN le heard iu
judge Millcr's Washington Star.