Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-27
WAS 1T EDWARDS?
MR.. MURRAY GOES TO IDENTIFY
cuLpENsuPPE's BODY.
IN. petersburg photographer says
That Marks on the Dead Mans
Body Are Identical with 1no'' y"
v.d.~ards's.
Edwnrds's.

PETERSBURG. VA. August 26-'Spe-
c,aI,-Mr John l. Murray. manager Vi
tho Murray Photographic Company ac-
companied by his wife and dausnte''
left this morning for New YORK. A"e
object of their visit is to we" ana sec
~ they can identify the body now heid
in New York as that OF Guldensuppe
as that OF William A. Edwards. pho-
tographer formerly In the employment
OF Murray & Co. Edward 5. King Oh
the same company, who mas all tho
while been positive that the body is
Edwardss Is now in New YORK. Ihese
witnesses claim that the marks on the
supposed Guldensuppe's body arc iden-
tical with those known 10 have been on
Edwardss body They further assert
that Edwards disappeared in New YORK
AT the time tho murder was committed,
and that the vallse and contents found
near a portion OF the murdered mans
body belonged. beyond doubt TO Ed
wards They feel no doubt about being
able to identify this property. because
1t was loaned by Mr.. Murray to Ed
wards. 1t Will be interesting to know
the result OF the visit Of these witnesses.
DELIGHTFUL HAY-RIDE.
A delightful hay-ride out to Ellerslie,
In Chesterfield county, was given last
night by some of our young Hebrew
citizens, and the festivities at Ellerslie
made the occasion one OF great ENJOY
ment. The ladies In the company were:
Misses Blumenthal, Of Washington;
Esther Hrshberg, of Richmond; frankie
Reiss, Of New York; Bette and Juliette
Wolffe.- Helene Fisher, Sonora Emmer-
rick. Carrie and Esther Miller, and
Carolina Reinach. The gentlemen Of
the party were Messrs. Morris Kadden,
Sol. Reinach. Milton Reinach. Benjamin
Rosens.ock. Moses Miller. Aaron Cohen,
Samuel Relnach, and Isaac Wolfe.
Chaperons: Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
Myers. 1t was 2 o'clock when the party
returned TO the city.
A CENTENARIAN.
The mortuary report for the month
ending the 18th shows fifteen deaths
among the white and thirteen among
the colored population. Six deaths oc-
CURED among children under l year OF
age and eleven among adults over 80
Among the latter was a colored woman
named Sarah Smith, who came here
from Amelia county, who died past the
| age of 100 years.
GENERAL NEWS.
HIS Honor Mayor Collier and the
members of the Common Council to-day
received an invitation to attend the
Convention OF Mayors and CouncIlmen,
which IS TO meet in Columbus. o. on the
| 28th Of September. The object OF the
convention is to form a national organi-
zation of mayors and coulcilmen and L.
discuss questions OF interest to munich
| pal government.
Thus far the public does not know
! who will constitute the clerical force OF
| Colonel James ID. Brady in the inter
nal revenue Office here. There is Ju'
ono position which falls outside OF the
! classified service. The stamps in the
office here will be sent to Richmond on
the goth to be transferred to the new
| Collector.
The new pump purchased by the city
| to be used in forcing the water from the
| canal into the reservoirs has arrived
| This will give employment 10 an engi
| neer and fireman, and two watchmeI
| will be appointed % patrol the banks OF
the canal to protect the water from re
fuse and other impurities.
As the west-bound passenger train or
the Norfolk and Western railroad wa
approa ching the depot in this city thi!
morning some unknown person threw
! a stone through a window of one of th'
! coaches Fortunately, no one was sit
ting at the window, and no one wa
| hurt.
The employees Of the Atlantlc-Coas
Line. in this city, were paid off in gol'
| yesterday.
Senator McIlwalne gave delightful
picnic to the teachers and children Of tn
Union-Chapel Sunday school, in Dinwid
die county, to-day.