Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-01
PETERSBURG FAILURE
A BIG PEANUT COMPANY MAKES Az
ASSIGNMENT.
CAUSE OF The EMBARRASSMENT,
Arrested ON the Charge of Bigamy-
Mad With Ii Hung-The MURDERER
Morton-Return of Lester Rose
other Notes.
other Notes.

PETERSBURG, VA, october 3l--tspe-
clal. 1.-The NJ. Levy Peanut Company. OF
this city. one Of the largest operators IN
peanuts in the State, has made an assign
ment for the benefit of its creditors
naming Messrs. Alexander Hamilton ana
William B. McIlwaine as trustees. Inc
liabilities are nearly $4,000, large por-
ton Of which sum is, or will be. due our
local banks, on notes secured by collate-
raj 1t is believed that. with caretui
management, the Indebtedness OF the
company will be paid dollar for dollar.
Three deeds of trust TO secure the IN
debtedness of the company, were entered
Of record in the Clerks offlce-one by the
NJ. Levy Company, conveying all It's real
and personal estate, including factory
machinery. stock, &C.: one by NJ. Levy
the president, conveying his real and per-
sonal estate, and one by Alex. Myers I'm
which his wife joins, conveying his pro-
perty, real and personal, to secure the
payment of certain notes on which ne Is
endorser and all other debts OF the NJ
Levy Company. in which company ne Is
a stakeholder. The real estate assigned
collectively and individually, lies in the
city Of Petersburg and the counties or
Diuwiddie, Prince George Sussex, and
Chesterfield, and is assessed, in the ag-
gregate, at $4,000. The stock and per-
sonal estate will run this amount up many
thousands more.
The NJ. Levy Company has been in
business here for many years, and stood
high in the commercial world 1t was
s,t. oil q, ha Storage
Company, was a very large buyer of pea
nuts. owned an extensive plant here for
the cleaning, preparation. and asserting
of nuts for the market, and its trade eX-
tended to all of the principal markets OF
the country. II is understood that the
assignment was the result Of very dull
season. Much surprise and regret were
caused In the community by the failure,
and many interested persons have visited
the Clerks Office TO read the deed and
learn all the details.
The company was also largely interested
in the Pocahontas Cotton Mills, in this
city, and a grist mill in Chesterfield
county.
The preferred creditors are Mrs. 5. J..
Fisher and Mrs. Hannah Myers.
CHARGED WITH BIGAMY.
Lieutenant r. S. Chandler, of the Police
Corps, went up to Nottoway county on
Saturday night, armed with warrant
for the arrest of Augustus Brown, a COL
ored preacher on the charge OF olgamy.
Brown is said to have charge or two
churches IN Nottoway, and among his
flock there a rumor that he has two
wives has for some time been under
quiet investigation. The result was the
issue of a warrant of arrest In this city,
where one of the wives lives. Lieutenant
Chandler arrested Brown Sunday morn
ing and brought him to town, and lodged
him in fail. 1t appeared, from marriage
certificates produced, that In January, 1885,
Brown married one Mandy Ginnius, In
Newport News, and that in October OF
the same year, while his wife was living,
he married Agnes Lynch, in Petersburg,
who Is still living, but paralyuc. 1t
is Also alleged to-day that Brown took
unto himself a third wife last year, In
Newport News.
GENERAL NEWS.
Hop Lee, the well-known Chinese
laundryman, who was called home over
a year ago to take a wife who had been
selected for him, returned here to-day.
He was married, but his wife did not come
with him. Hop Lee says the people OF
Hung, and would cut off his head if they
could get at him.
Robert Morton, the condemned negro
murderer, who is to be hanged in the jail
yard of this city next Friday, unless fur-
Their reprieved by the Governor. has pro-
fessed religion, and is ready 10 die, ne
saws. IL death must come. His friends,
however. are making strenuous efforts
TO have his sentence committed
Sister Rose, who was sent some months
ago with other Sisters Of Charity to
nurse the sick soldiers at Chickamauga,
has been relieved OF duty there. and has
returned to her duty here as principal OF
st. Joseph's Parochial School She re-
ceived a warm welcome.
II IS thought that the Common Council,
at its meeting tomorrow night Will give
serious consideration to the matter OF
issuing bonds for the purpose OF street
and other permanent improvements.