Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-23
JOE GADSEY is GONE.
-, TOOK FRENCH LEAVE FROM
THE uENRICo JAIL.
ToOy 4 DRESS SUIT WITH HIN.
Notc OF Thanks and Morniircd
,bc Evils Of Drcss-A Plague on
ucnrico-Miss Good"in's Case To-
Day.

-. co6sov IS no longer an inmate OF
,,.,-ico ial Joe does not like con-
-, He has for many years roam
-. c.iss and climbed the hills. and
.~,.l,l,l n the beauties OF nature and he
-, ,ot fhink Just because he had curl
-. s,,nc.,nt to peep within the sacred
.a..,,,s az q freight-car. and then the
...sress sufficient 10 cause him TO
100 certain articles thercfrom, his
,..uaoual right of freedom should
>, derived him.
This thought has been uppermost I'm
trs mind for some time: in fact during
,bo entire time that he languished with
an te marble halls of solitude. Time
ras.ed on. and the term OF J0es confne-
mont drew almost 10 a close: still there
was but little hope for Joe. as there was
81 heavy fine imposed on him. and as
result Of this, ne would continue pri-
eoner during tho will and pleasure OF
Judge Wickham.
WAS MADE a "TRUSTY.
II so happened that Joe did not conhde
in any one. and he left the officers ~
the Jail under the impression ihdt
liked his surroundings. HIS pa" va
ton bore fruit. for Joe proved sun eu,yIr,ee
model prisoner that when Depu'S a
RUSSELL found himself IN ne NJ
"t,,,etv'' "a 40 the chores about the out-
Am lac selected Gadsey Tor
- a,,,t.s and again. though stu PIT
- Toe was permitted 10 touch
elbows with the world. A.. s,,,
81 ,,oiteJ on the officers about the jail
on5 tended the horses in the lot joe
We mover over-fOnd Of work, save Wheh
my lis h.
mont Of an end but as he had an END III
Lev he performed his duties we'll and
vas trusted with but little limitation oy
IFS guardians.
THE OPPORTUNITY CRASHED.
on Saturday the opportunity for which
Toe had waited presented itself, and 81
r.nflv AS do the Arabs he folded his tent
and creDt away with him also went d
dress suit the property Of Mr.. Fussei,
INT Joe did not propose 10 display ms
. reuchant for fine clothes without U.s.
showing the gentlemaniy Instincts wiz
IN his bosom. He therefore indlted inc
following lines. which he deulca'eu ~
SIR Russell.
Let hose dress who never dressed be-
fore.
And those who dress now dress the more.
Joe GADSEY."
roe.s departure was not discovered un-
Ill some time after he had gone ana il"
rcport was made Of the affair IN me nope
that Joe would return. but he is sim num-
lered among the absent, and q thorough
search IS being made for MN as Wei as
for the dress suit.
AN INSECT PLAGUE.
In DAYS of old. when a people had been
.n.,. 80 ANN, or.4t yyrong-doing. they
tull'' ,,.,.i7 ,,l,,,,,,., in the shane OF
..l t,...ot. I4enrico has not so
- '' la,, H.. l.arrod boon guilty of any
l,.,oi,i yrronc-doinr but II has a plague;
or. at least. q portion OF il has, ana the
farmers i'm the infected district are NOT
az an pleased. An unknown insect. with
IL morbid appetite for growing crops mas
made it's appearance ON the NlH'-Nlle
road and the fields. which until recently
l'ossom,d and made glad the he".'S 95
their owners. are devastated and laid
waste Mr. I'D NoeElor's farm seems TO
D. I'm the centre of the infected district
and though the bugs only made their APP
Yearance ON Sunday morning. they came
I'm such vast numbers that In a oriet
space OF time an acre and half OF millet
had been cut down and ruined ana AN an
acre Of ruta naga turhp tops was 0''
r,,.. ,,,gocts ave described as being an
"' ."s - lie - and coal black.
5.u ana oato,,,iIiars hut none Of
the farmers i'm the neighborhood have
LIE from the present
-,'- '"' i.,.. -, ,ras onnlied literally
i.-S 80, In dawn on the ground with
,.'' p io'e ,,,t oee tho advance Of the
,,,,. Tho march was not in the
$50, -, AZ. -+~.,,e,e. INSERTS crawl