The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-11
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Awful accusation That a Gil Brings
:s Against Her Father.
\ A q plUlLlHG FOR EllysOR
! 81 n nnS Assaults a Woman With IL
sssf syOInan's Svcapon-The Matter to
ssS 4ss Aired atn Il Justices Court
81 81 1any ~ nsters served Up In
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sS silfIolk, a., July Especially
a bad man. a. Yeritable fiend, O brute In
"a human form, was put IN irons to-day.
II ss$I was Wells Reid, charged with COM
IS mlttang o criminal assault on his seven
ssfeen-year-oldE daughter, Lucen.a. The
q gSrl8 swore: out the warrant. alleging
81 that her father by sheer brute force had
II oyerpnWered her and compelled submits
81 sdoa. She ha d been his slave since last
neither IIucenia nor her
+; her had dared expose the villain
81 I'm Der pain OF death. They We're afraid.
II II Reid was as desperate as he was flend-
VI 95hs& as RECKLESS as he was unprincpled.
s - IS said he would defy arrest, but when
81 Sergeant Anles confronted him he Of
81 Tered no resistance Reid was thrown
81 In one OF the tmurderer's dungeons He
have hearing Monday. afternoon
q before Justice A. S. Eley. He Is about
II 6pEtys ye9Ts old. t.; .gi.
MAY BE a DARK PLOT.
fsl But there Is another side to the story
s&fhe3 LAWYERS side. Judge r. H. Iawles,
Ss5SWho has been retained by Reid, said to-
sSElgn ne had heard Of a conspiracy
4plot-to get Reid out OF
Il the way. His wife, It is said. had been
6 M Carolina with a paramount.
i, EJ nd Gets Stwles says 1t is possible the
ElLe5 and ;paramour have gotten the
81 StauA tllsr as an ally to- break Reds
4 2 eck 81 But this is Theory
BAD BAD PIPES MAY CAUSE TT. Is
Anent the matter OF bad water and
s. low Tow pressure both here and In Ports
sss Inouth, there Is being q lot said I
il looked into the ma ter this afternoon
"a md found that the trouble is not at. the
A A PUMP station, beside Lake kilby. or
& uoesnlt appear TO he. The pumps are
" now forcing 2,175,0oo gallons Of water
IS every day, the largest since the works
Were constructed The pressure Is also
s. cher than It has ever been kent. And
s6 Sun portsmouth gets light pressure and
u PAD waiter. The theory has been adj
that the Trouble lies with the
Is Ssa esrN main between here and Ports
81 Sc NOUN! anouth q, which is :aid to be practically
81 often. II is claimed that large uuan-
n Stlftles OF Water are wasted Ell route, This
Sthe pressure at Portsmouth
8s$and also at Suffolk, but to a much Less
PULLING FOR sBLLYsoN
5S.,1 = 3 ansemond county names Roanoke
& tess to-mo-row. Unless the pol.t,-
S$sge Ellyson deleg a,tcs-a ma tority :" 80
B mem, II not al. The politicians many
~ y them, VIII cast presidents IN tho
sSoifds 'and try to have the Delegates In
ssasl t1ue os!t7tdi. for the State Chairman
ne: SfisSS Us OF TIMES AT HOII,AND
SSs., here was hot times at Holland STA.
u .ion Lto-day.I It was a. session of magis.
g }sre91Ss court, conducted by Justices r
n N SS1s...Lsalushtrey and W. H. Jones. anG
s. kaurricane Branch, There was = mo !,
Is 800 ana: a woman. One OF the defen.
IS "a ntS was a member OF Nansemond,s
fS cons 'taoutary. It was Constable WIN
81 . am 81 -; Whitfield whom Mrs. T,n,ma
4 gar, his 3wlfc's sister, ha cha rref
M tn IN assault. She claimed he had usaf
4 ~ = broom stick on her
Es54sst as COUNTER WARRANT.
ssi. When things had progressed ia n cer.
81 TAIN point Mr. Whitfield swore out 3
Il s,puh Ter warrant against Mrs Jerngan
iSsl,a atslng her with unlawful abuse and
81 G6le use OF abusive language to him. tbe
h said William r. Whitfield
I. a Aa9Is. Jernisan objected to Justice
ZONES sitting on the case Her LAWYER
sJudge x. II. RawleS, was absent TOO
4 4nGt the cases We're continued till ncxt
n s Ildsa y. when Justice r. II. Baker viii
b 8 s ttstts ~ stice Jones place.
FELL UNDER WHEELS.
g sshepherd Davis. 80 years old, was to.
81 SraV5T run over by two cars on Virgins 6
SSsssiCT1.otWln 8 lumber road, in Norfolk ccun
55 #}.ys3 and killed INSTANTLY Davis was
S5sYorKlns on the log train and fell. Ht
n s ss as! s from Lowell n. C.
ALL KINDS OF NEWS,
ss5s Kings Daughters Circle No. 3 moe,
81 & ~ ~ 2 g clock Monday afternoon with Mrs
B e Eley. b
.Es IS eE.$ >: II. Lorefwill use&these topics
81 q az the Baptist church Sunday: Ready
81 isin1e. and What BECOMES Of the World !,
s. series. ss q ~ =. . -" 81
SSass5 Mrs, J, 2. Booker and Clarence leave
for Chase CITY to be with
80 7 81 NJ. Boswell, whose CHILD is ill.,