Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-06-16
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.


to have murdered Miss Winterstein
near here one week ago, were hanged
yesterday to the same tree by a mob
which had been watching them for sew
eral days.
Mobile, Ala, June 11.-At Halls Lake.
near Jackson. Ala, John Owens, q
prominent planter, and his young son
were riddled with buckshot and killed
by some one in ambush on the road
side. The father died instantly. The
son lived long enough to tell who he
thought the assassin was.
Lawrenceville, Va, June 1.-THE
jury IN the case OF Rev. j. z. Riddick.
who killed DR.. w. II. Temple, yester-
brought in verdict OF manslaughter
and fixed the punishment at three
years In the penitentiary. While this
verdict was in the nature OF a COM
promise, 1t has not been determined
whether the defense will accept 1t. The
public are greatly dissatisfied with it.
Norfolk, June 10.-Commodore Mar
Shall Parks, one of Norfolks Oldest and
most highly respected citizens, died
this afternoon at the home Of his SON.
ln-law, DR.. George Rose. Commodore
Parks was 70 years of age. He attain
ed distinction during the civil war as
commander Of a Confederate gunboat.
he was at one time president Of Che
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal COM
pany and also supervising inspector Of
vessels for the district.
fredericksburg, Va, June 10.-The
long continued drought has cut the
hay and oat crop short more than one
haf In this district, and the farmers
are in consequence much depressed.
Many farmers are cutting their oat
crops for hay, the hay yield being so
small and the heads OF the oats being
so poorly filed. Large fields OF grass,
which ordinarily bring good hay crops,
are not worth moving this season on
account OF the dry weather.
Charlottesville, Va, June 1O.-G. B.
Bracket, pomologist OF the United
States department of agriculture, has
notified Samuel 3. Woods, president
of the Virginia horticultural society.
that advices received from Paris
through w. A. Taylor, assistant pomol-
ogist, in charge of the installation OF
the United States exhibits in the horti-
cultural group. announce that at the
second International competitive fruit
exhibit the Virginia State Horticultu-
raj society was awarded second prize.
Jacksonville, Fla, juno s.-Tom
jenkins, Peter York, Harry Davis and
Peter virgins, all colored, employees
OF the MerrilI-Stevens Engineering
company, were killed by lightning yes
terday while at work under the steamer
Commodore Barney, hauled out on the
ways at South Jacksonville. Fourteen
other men were shocked, some of them
seriously. virgins neck was broken,
but not mark appeared on the body
OF either OF the other dead. Several OF
the injured have their scalps badly
torn and lacerated. The bolt struck q
chain attached To the vessel.
Covington, KY. June 9.-Wililam
Burns and Thomas Lyons, alias Thorn
as Reynolds, are in Jail here charged
with the murder OF an unknown man
and the fatal shooting OF patroiman
OF the Covington police. Burns says
that he was formerly from st. Louis,
and that he once worked on a news
paper in that city. Lyons. alias
Reynolds. says Buffalo, N. Y, Is his
native place, and that he has been a
peddler. Burns says that he himself
did the shooting and all the killing,
and that Lyons was only along with
him. Burns jumped from the suspen-
sion bridge to the river, 90 feet, and
was captured on a barge.
Sneads, Fla, June IA tragedy
occurred south OF here a few days ago.
the particulars of which are Just at
hand. Ernest Hardwick, white,
farmer, was set upon by gang OF
negroes and beaten so badly that he
died in few hours. Only one OF the
negroes was caught and sent to fail.
Two nights after the murder a mob
went to the house OF John Sanders, a
supposed accessory to the crime, and
shot him to death as he stood In his
doorway. Another negro, innocent OF
the murder, was also killed. Both
bodies were literally shot to pieces,
and pint of shot and bullets was af-
forwards gathered up from the place.
Norfolk, Va, June Ion Satur-
day a contract was signed in Philadel-
phia concentrating the largest transfer
OF real estate that has occurred in this
section for many years. Practically
the entire Virginia Beach property
passed from the hands OF the Norfolk
and Southern Railway company into
the possession of stock company COM
posed of capitalists from Philadelphia
and Atlantic City. James s. Groves.
proprietor OF the Atlantic City Hotel,
at the beach, who has had the option
on the property since May 10, engineer
ed the deal, with the assistance of
Mr.. George A. Prick. The price paid
was SIPS, 900.
Thomasville. Ca, June 12.-Senny
Jefferson, a negro, was lynched near
Metcalf, small village ten miles from
Townsville, by unknown parties yes
terday morning. jefferson had been
working for Emery Stringe-, a respect
able white farmer, with two daughters,
about grown. Saturday night the negro
secreted himself under the house and
one of the girls, about Is years old,
on passing out OF the house for some
pupose was encountered by the negro.
She screamed and tainted. This alarm
ed the other members OF the house
hold, and thenegro fled. Sunday morn
ing he was caught and confined in the
ealaboose at Metcalf. At midnight he
was lynched.