The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-16
] Joe 0. E. 1. FIFE tn E BRlJ'IIl
MISS Russe|l's AssalIant Captured aQds
Fully Identified. 2S s.
WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TWO CHARGES
II on. Horny is. roilas.. a Cand i.inte,
for Attorney y-S;e,sernI-s1n,or {; scoft
Confined mt Homo ny SICK i ess
MoEemonts OF she% EscpublicangSS
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Richmond, Va, July Is, 1851

! ltlcinond, Va, j uly6 15. 1851. $500
Ihe negro who made the daring att s
tempt to assault !Iiss Russell, OF II or II
ioiK. Yesterday. WAS captured early tiEa& 4
morning. City Detectives we're on iis,ss
tran all night and about S O'Clock Ioc.at.St
ed him. His name l.; Joe Fife and he ;sG
about 20 years; Of age. Yesterday morn b
inE early lle attempted to assault NJ RI a,$E
w. y. Marks, who lives on Franklin II
street. Airs. Marks heard some cr,ass
knocking at her back gate and on ol,cn. s5
ing 1t the negro grabbed her Sha n
screamed and he ran off. The police
were Informed and they were looking
FOR Fife when he attempted to ASSAULT
MISS Russell Just outside the corpcratn \
limits. Fife was taken to the Mayorzis q
Office, where NIists Russell and Mrs
Marks both identified him Their ldentl-a;
iication was positive. and Miss Sanier-s5
IN. who was with Miss Russell yesfer--zSs
day. said there was no doubt about this !
being the man. There was, mtlch ex-&
element In the city and threats of 6
lSnching. Fife was sent to Jail for safe
kcep.ng Judge Witt was ut home siclr4;
IN bed. ~ committee Of gentlern en-
called on him and told him Of theirs
iears. The Judge at once ordered j
special grand jury for to- morrow IN orr b b
ing. The trial Will take place directly
the man Is Indicted Fife denies his
guilt. He has q bad reputation.
Hon Henry r.. Pollard, Of this city.&S
authorizes the announcement that he is l;
u candidate for the Democratic nomira-9s
lion for Attorney General. He has held 1
pack this announcement until he has
become convinced that the nominee for;
Governor will be taken from another 8
part or the State. Mr. Pollard e:anff y
his friends propose now going into tilaE
fight and using all honorable means toy
secure for him the votes OF delegates. 81
lie has been a candidate before two
conventions, each time being defeated8
by Major Scott ~ @s IS 4l,; stsSSss
Attorney General Scott is sick atShisss
nome In Warrenton and his son, Mrs.
| Garter Scott. Is looking after his tnter-f
csts IN the Attorney Generalship contest
Alr. Scout was very mad when he learned
That some OF his fathers enemies wera
circulating q report that the Major had !
called the Chicago platform anarclIisticE
ana had refused to support Bryan. Hes
| went TO one very prominent gen tleIrlans
mere who is said to have done some
talking about Major SCOTS political
course and spoke his mind very painly3:
| to him. 1t Is said there came very near
beng q personal encounter. s#tslI ssSSs$sS
NOW that IL has been decided that the
Republ!can State Committee shall meet
IN Lynchburg on August 18th to decide Il
whether or not q convention siall !be 4
he!d. interest in that matter win be-
come quite keen. OF COURSE the %JVad-8
| dill Bra -Bowden faction being Iii itflcS
| majority In the committee, they will do;s
as they please AS L sta ted a. few days.
ago, Judge Waddll has decided not to q
! oppose the scheme. The date for tI,e8
meeting is a few days after the Demo-
| cratic ticket will have been put up, <,iltd
the Republicans can then better judge8
whether or not 1t is worth the While
| to hold a convention. bf.ss sts
| MIR. a. j. Montague, Of Danvllle was (;
| here to-day OH his way home from King
and Queen, where lie hiss been for his \
| little daughter VINO has been visiting
relatives. Speaking Of his chances for
the nomination for Attorney General,ff
he said he was perfectly satisfied WITH
! the outlook. He says lie does not ex-R
pect to win on the first ballot nor onEt
the second, but he believes he will be the I
/ man. S%SSI
| The gold Democrats here are jubilaIltaa N?
ovel. the big convention their party had
| in Kentucky. 80 pleased are they, some
are talking Of holding g. convention I'M
| Virginia and putting up q ticket. ThGsesj
| who advocate this course think ] ohm Ggssss
Carlisle would come here to address thaa
| convention. sSf33Sss$. 4ss
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