The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-24
ANOTHER LILLIAN CASE.
Flight Of a Daughter Gives Suspcions Of
an Elopemant.
GRIEF AND aENoRsE OF A MOTHER.
spies to Wntch Tie Esolicc-- Was ~,
Ia Court. Goinss 10 be ,inrrica--
Origin of "Mystery.-.Can't Always
Win.

Suffolk, Va. July Especial. Mrs.
Susie Assard is III tltoub;G~-dcep trou-
/ Die To-fay she walked about the
( streets and gave expression to her
feelings by wrnginG her hands, mourn
fully and weeping tears Of agony. Mrs.
Assard would not be consoled Her
only daughter had disappeared. III 4
strange land, IL, 0G0 miles from her
! birth place the daughter had .,one--the
| mother knew not where
! Lillian Lakrin is a pretty lj-yCur-ulu
| syrian. She left her home near Mount
Lebanon two' years ago. S.iucc then
she travelled with her mother throug;,
several states, but WAS Away; near her
and under puren tai protection. Some
! time ago the mother ana daughter M
| rived In Suffolk They liked Suffolk
that is the mother did
YOUNG, PRETTY AND MISSING.
Now Lillian Is gone She went away
last night. Mrs. Assa",! cannot uc-
/ count for l1tllian'S disappearance In but
one Way--she may nave rlopad. Some
months ago Lillian met i man. also i,
Syrian, who keeps Il fruit store in New
| port News. His name Is Joseph Shakin
An affection was known 10 exist be-
tween the pretty Syrian girl and The
| Newport News cor icctoner and now
Mrs. ASSard fears Lhe lovers have
| e'opcd. She telcgra phcd, 10 all the SUR
! rounding towns to-day In IN effort To
Intercept them. Mrs. Assard ais, tc!c-
sraphed the girls uncle. Joseph Knzl-
ma, III Sumter, S. c., and to a friend in
| Petersburg, for assistance
| Mrs. Assard feels remors ,ful. and
takes it that she is III To blame If
harm has befel her daughter 1t was
through the mothers influence that the
girl ever came to America Tic mothe,
loves her daughter rs only Il mother
can. Tonight she is wrctchel This
Keeling OF uncertainty over her daugh-
ter is almost un hsair.lble
Lillian Zakran IS 4 brunette She has
| beautiful black hair AMI dark lustro,s
eyes. She is plump In stature ana
well developed for her age-as large as
some girls three years her senior.
TO HAVE POLICE SPIES
The police force is 10 be watched. Al
a meeting Of the Police Commissioners
to-day action was taken by which all
oillcers will be under detective surveil-
lance. To make the service more effcc-
tive the same police spy will serve ONLY
once, and the officers will not then
know his identity. BY this regulation
the commissioners hope to improve the
eiiclcncy or the force. which is now
doing good work.
| -
CITY Hall. Present: Mayor r. t..
brewer, Jr., eX-oftico chairman. and
| C0unoilmen Robert r. Allen and Bcu-
1amin l.. Saunders. They elected the
following men to be on the night police
force: ]. ID. Matthews, Isaac Turner,
Edward Dennis, William l.. Hubbard
and b. L. Stivner
STILL WARNING ON PIGEONS.
me war on pigeons was continued
again to-day and several pretty birds
fell before the eXecutioners' guns, but
not so many as yesterday. They are
getting scarce. Some Of the carcasscs
| have been made into pies
A MINED UP AFFAIR.
7 The Whitficld-J ernigan feud found
further expression to-day through the
| courts. was In Justice r.. II. Bakers
| court In the Atlantic and DanvilIe rail-
| road depot building at Holland station.
| After the day was done and the lawyers
tired the case or oases were not much
nearer termination than when court
began Mrs. Emma Jernigan was fined
$3.50 for using abusive language to Con
stable William T.. Whitfield, and her
attorney. Judge r. H. Rawles. appe alcd
TO County Court.
WITHDRAWN AND REISSUED.
| The cases had been twice continued
| After argument to-day it was decided
| That a fine against either party could not
be collected, and both were Withdrawn.
| Then Judge Rawlcs produced another
warrant against Whitfield charging
him with assault and battery on Mrs
Jcrnigan. 1t will be tried in Suffolk
next Tuesday before Justice a. s. Eley
! unless there is some change in the
meantime. S. e. Everett IS NV1h!tfield's
| lawyer.
Justice Baker Immediately Issued a
| warrant agai5t MIS-. Jernigan, which
! was disposed OF as cited above