Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-15
OUR SUFFOLK LETTER.
Negro Desperate Still Leading
Anxious Pursuers a Chase.
Justice Fathers Skin Put Sons
Body Robbery in North Carolina
Other News.
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Suffolk. Va, Aug. 1i-Murderer
Sears was seen this morning near
Tunis, n. c. Sears is Il "sparty' look
ing mulatto. who some weeks ago shot
a well-to- colored man and his wife
near Tunis, and for whose taking there
is n reward OF several hundred dollars.
The wires brought Il request to Suf-
folk for bloodhounds, which, however.
were not sent. as they had been en-
gagged 10 hunt robbers at Faison. n. 6.
Sears crime was cold bloodcd. He
killed the husband and wounded the
wife in such manner as to Cripple
her. and from the effects of which she
has not yet recovered.
The motive was supposed to be rob
berry The victims had IN the house
a sum of money estimated at $500.
Sears. after the shooting got within
n few feet of the cash when he be
came frightened and fled without the
booty. Sears is n shrewd fugitive. and
he will give the detectives n chase ior
''' TrRANSFERRING HUMAN SKIN.
Mr.. i. Il. Wilson gave his own skin
to cover wounds on his 10-ycar- old son
] ee. AMI the latter IS now improving
very much. The fathers skin is grow
ing on the son and the healing Will
probably be permanent.
Lee was crushed under train at his
home in Windsor some months ago, and
for a time ii seemed that his life would
nav the penalty. lie was taken to a
Norfolk hospital where the doctors
finally decided that new cuticlc was
necessary for the big place where the
leg was cut off at the body. Lees
father. who is manager of the Postal
Telegraph Office ut Windsor, volun-
teered to submit to an operation.
They laid him down and peeled off
great strips of skin more than foot
long until enough was had to cover the
wound. Mr. Wilson limped for some
days but is now nearly well. lie stood
the process herocally.
CENSUS BUSINESS.
Special Agent Greenlaw, of Wash
ington. ID. c.. of the manufactures divi-
sion in the census department. was in
Suffolk to-day looking over the Office
of Supervisor Smith. He found mat
tiers in first-class shape and was sure
that the chief statistician would be
pleased.
Supervisor Smith left to-day for Nor
folk to meet Special Agents L. NJ. Oar
den. John r. Doles. II. h. Urquhart, j.
w. Turney and a. c. Peachy.
MIR. Smith will leave for Richmond in
a day or two to attend meeting of
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr.. James Blanchard. who has been
i'll some days. is improving.
Rev. John Stanly Thomas left to-day
for New Berne, n. c., where he will
visit his mother for two weeks
Sarah Anderson. colored. died this
morning.
Read the ad. asking for saw mill
contractor.
Captain II. p. Brooks got back to-day
from Maryland, where he visited his
family.
Mr. I u Vast rotvrrod 20 d,,, rro,,,
Ocean View.
Mr.. Linwood Richardson has CON
Guided n visit to his mother in Suffolk
and returned to Roanoke.
Mrs. W. T. Lloyd is visiting her for
mer home in Suffolk.
y good sized crowd went on the
moonlight excursion to Old Point to-
night. They are expected TO return
about daylight.
Governor Brownlcy's Southampton
friends We're to-day congratulating
him on the fine showing he made in
Suffolk yesterday.
ROBBERY At FAISON.
There was robbery early this morn
ing at Faison, a small town in North
Carolina. about forty miles from Will
mngton. hurricane Branch had n tclc-
gram from Mayor Faison asking that
he come to the scene with blood
hounds. He went. An effort was made
to keep intact the earth where the
robber Is supposed to have stepped.
number of crimes have been com
United around 1'aison, and the authori-
ties mean TO put Il stop to the offenscs
by catching the criminals If money and
pains Will avail.
Faison was the town where an at
tempt was made to burn drugstore
containing registration books on the
morning of August End, preceding the
time to open he polls.
REPUBLICANS MEETING
considerable crowd of colored Re
publicans from Suffolk. Paurs Branch
and kilbys Mill met last night at
Samaritan hall.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing
Mckinley as president; II. a. Wise as
congressman and S. Il. Carney as dis
trict chairman.
Addresses were made by Jordan
Thompson, of suffolk. ana Robert Will
liams, of New York.
WILLIAMSBURG