Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-17
ON THE PENINSULA.
A BUDGET OF NEWS GATHERED AT
NEWPORT NEWS.
4 SUIT FOR HEAVY DAMAGES.
Charged with Heinous Offence
Found with Counterfeit Money On
Them-Man, Woman, and hoy Ar
rested-GeneraI Notes.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. June TO-
Special AFTER considerable delay In
summoning witnesses and securing jury,
the hearing Of the damage suit brought
in the Corporation Court by Walter q.
Eastman's Administrator against +. +.
Finch and Martha A. Finch TO recover
$1,000 damages. was commenced this
morning before Judge Barham. the
father of the deceased was put on the
stand and he told what he knew Of the
circumstances surrounding the death of
his son. II is claimed by Eastman's es-
tate that the scaffolding on which the
young man was working at the time ne
received the fatal fall was Improperly
constructed by Finch, the contractor.
The police are looking for Henry Smith,
a young negro who attempted, 1t Is
charged, to commit criminal assault
last Tuesday morning on a lady VINO
lives in the county a short distance from
the city limit.
1t is now learned that the damage TO
the Chesapeake and Ohio steamship
Chickahoniny. in collision with the Char
ing Cross off Gravesend, was much great
er than at first supposed. The Chicka-
hominy had several Of her forward port
plates stove in, while the Charing cross
sustained no injury whatever.
COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
Chief-of-Police Boatwright of the coun-
Nv police force. arrested man, woman.
and a boy this afternoon on the charge OF
passing counterfeit money. The man was
arrested in Bloodfeld, but the woman ana
| the boy were found in the house near the
| Warwick Theatre, in Rockets. The man
refused TO give his name, although ChleI
| Boatwright believes he can easily es'ap-
| lish his identity When arrested the Wo-
man had $3.50 in spurious half-dollars and
| nickels on her person. The man carried
| q in counterfeit money and the boy had
a bad half-dollar 1t is believed that the
| gang has a large quantity Of the spurious
coin secreted somewhere in the city, and
an effort will be made to locate It's hiding
| place About a week ago the banks ano
| a MURDER If merchants here reported thal
/ thew had been caught mapping, and had
| bad nickels and half-dollars passed or
| them The matter was referred 10 the
| local police, but no arrests were mace
| Bloodfeld merchants were imposed upon
| in the same manner, and Che1 Boat
! wright got wind of the transactions Of
| the showers VI the HdIti' III
the case last night, and this morning Cd
tanned a clue which he thought would enc
in running down ne Guilty parties. he
got a good description of the man and ar
rested him this afternoon in Bloodfeld, a.
stated. On being piled with questions, ~
told where the woman and boy could o.
| found.
THE YALE AND THE HARVARD.
The men who quit the cruisers Yale an'
| Harvard this morning. after receiving
their discharges and pay, left this after
noon for Old Point. where they Will taK'
the boat for New York, expecting TO &c
employment on the liners plying to ENG
fish ports. Their places are being nile
slowly. The story sent out from here L
the effect that all of the crews OF DOT
ships had been discharged was erroneous
Only a portion of the foreigners wer
paid off.
Miss Leila McCullock and Mr.. James
Boteler were married last night by Rev
Bernard f. Lipscomb. of the Washington
Avenue Methodist church, at the resi-
dence Of the brides mother The wed
ding was quiet affair, only few friend
of the bride and groom being present.