Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1900-12-21
THE OLD DOMINION.
Cream of the News Gathered From All
Parts of the State.
SAD CASE OF A GIRL IN RICHMOND.

SAD CASE OF A GIRL IN RICHMOND.
A Pretty Miss to Spend Her Wedding Eve IN
JaiI..Is Found Guilty Of Larceny"much
Sympathy for the Accused and Her Loyal
Lover-Serious Accident to Youth In Clark
County..A Pet Dog Adiudged Not Guilty.
Instead of preparing her wedding
trousseau, pretty Annie Wyatt VIII
spend what was to have been her we'd
ding eve in Jail. Her case is pititui
one, but the manly heroism Win
which her betrothed has stood by the
young woman is an interesting phase
Of it. Miss Wyatt, who is 19 years Oh
and an orphan, and was soon to have
married one of the most popular youn9
business men of Richmond, was found
guilty of larceny and sent to Jail for 80
DAYS. Her lover and friends made
powerful plea to the police justice, 70
save the girl from this great humlila->
ton. Miss Wyatt's counsel SAID she
would have been married in rev
weeks and would then have shield
and protection. The court, however,
could not agree to consent to discharge
the beautiful prisoner. She was con-
signed to jail Miss Wyatt was a clerk
In the big department store OF julius
Meyer Sons, on Broad street. She
pleaded guilty of stealing articles from
her employer, who obtained warrant
for her arrest. Miss Wyatt pleaded
guilty when her case was called. she
was tried for the theft Of one piece Oh
the property found in her rooms In or
der to make it charge Of petty lar
ceny and to save her from being heavy
ly sentenced in the higher courts.
paper calling upon the executive
clemency will be signed by Thousands
+. The tobacco manufacturers Of Rich
mond who employ union labor have re-
ceiyed copies of the new wage scale
which will be asked by the operatives
on and after January !, 1901. None OF
the manufacturers would discuss the
new scale. One of them said he
thought q conference would be held
and an agreement reached. All OF the
firms, however, say that II their en-
ployes are satisfied to force the In
crease it would mean great hardship.
1.-THE union has done wrong" said
manufacturer. by their action they
have recently lost three OF the largest
antitrust factories In Winston, n. O.,
and think when the time comes they
will find out that asking their scale
and getting 1t are two different PROPOSE
tions."
The United States Supreme Court
after all may not be called upon to
pass upon the Virginia question Of
whether a woman may be the head of
household. The Richmond Chamber OF
Commerce directed committee to in
quire into and report whether the de-
cision Of the United States Circuit
Court Of Appeals In the Richardson
case should be carried to the tribunal
of last resort. The committee, of which
Hon. Bev B. Mumford was chairman,
made an adverse report. They thought
the question involved in the now fa-
nous case of Mrs. Richardson, of Plum
Point should be left to the Constitu-
tional Convention soon to meet In this
State.
A case unique in the annals Of Vir-
ginia courts was decided In the Cor
poration Court at Norfolk when jury
in the case of Nellie" pet dog be-
longing to Mrs. Ella D. Winn, was adj
Judged not vicious. The dog was on
trial for It's life for biting 10-year-old
Martha Bakhsh. Much evidence was
introduced by the defense showing that
the dog was not vicious and 3 -ssryur
,e composed Of prominent cit EMS, rel
70 dered the above verdict. Four Law
| L. he sVffrr n
d peared in the case.
he Charles, the 12-year-olc. SON of M
n ]. Frank Galloway, of Berryville, m
lie with quite a serious accident one ever
D. ing recently. He was riding with h
10 parents, and being seattT In the TO
ward part Of the vehicle, Ine horse b
came FESTIVE and began kicking, stril
, ing the boy a severe blow on the chez
= and nose, laying both bare to the bon
- Prompt medical attention somewh;
: relieved the boy, who is now doing {
= well as could be expected
e Miss Matte e. Holland, of Suffol
l. whose former lover is said to hay
e gone crazy because she refused
d marry him, after clipping to Mort
o Carolina some months ago, welded Et
e die c. Small Miss Hollands parent
e objected to her now demented suite
d but under persuasion she agreed to
q with him. The young man, temporarll
n elated, got almost drunk, and the gi
II changed her mind, passed the Nigh
with friend and returned home.
The firm of Richmond founders VIII
q have contracts for the immense iro
4 lighthouse at Hog Island near Bristo
/ r. J., and another on Lake Superio
Q are making good progress with the
work. The Hog Island lighthouS
"a weighs over 100000 pounds and is
, cost 10000. 1t is Of cast iron. Part
Z, of the structure have already been ser
. on to Bristol to be put in place.