The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-17
.GlLLIGA| S EN- ON
TO OR /. AND |. JURY i
Taken. 10 $zuni, Isle Of Wight County,
for Examination.
RETURNED / Q PETERS BUR6 JAIL.
High Water Intcrferes Withthe Erec-5
ton OF the Bridge Over the
Apo IN a ttox
River.
Taken to zuni, Isle Of Wight County,
'ETURRED II PETERS JAIL.

PETERSBURG VA, Jan: s1s.--special..-#
"A. C.. Gil1igan, the slayer of c. Beverly
Turner, is still in custody here.
Gilligan4 was turned over this morning
Il by Sheriff Edwards to Sheriff Il. A. Eds
wards, of Isle of Wight. The prisoner IN
the custody of the two sheriffs named
was taken TO Zuni, in Isle of Wight coutl-
aty, this morning and carried before JUS
t;ce of the Peace r.. W. Stote. by whom
he was sent on for trial at the next term
OF the County Court Of Isle of Wight,
which opens on the first Monday in next
: month.
Gilligan was brought back to Peters
burg and committed to the jai! here. He
declined to make any statement as to the
charge sainst him.
SHDRIFsF'S STATEMENT.
Sheriff 2. D. Edwards gives the follow
ing as a correct version of Gillisan's sur
render:
Monday morning last about o'clock.
Gilligan went TO Mr.. James Barham's,
who has a store at High Gate, in Surry
county, and called for Mr.. Barkham. Gill
lisan told Mr.. Barhan that he wanted his
advice. as to what TO do
Mr.. BarhanA advised Gilisan to go to
surry Courthouse and surrender himself
to Sheriff B. ID. Edwards. Atr. Barham
then took Giligan in his buggy and at
Robert Fergusops. who resides at Scot
land wharf. on James river. GilliGan and
Bar1am called up Ferguson, to whom
EGilligan stated his case.
TAKEN TO MIR. WEEDS.
"Cilligan requested that he should be
taken to Mr.. Weeds, u citizen Of Surry
by whom he had been employed. His re-
quest was complied with and Gilligan
had q conference with Mr.. Weeds.
Sheriff Edward had promised Mr..
Weeds that il Gilligar should come to his
house and ask his advice and wish to sur
render himself, that he Edwards would
protect him against any mob VIOLENCE. Mr.
Weeds advised Gillisan to get Mr.. Bar
ham and Mr.. Ferguson to take him to
surry Courthouse and surrender himself
to Sheriff Edwards Gillisan took Mr..
Weeds advice and finally gave himself
up to Sheriff Edwards. who, as stated.
brought him to Petersburg.
THE NEW RAILROAD.
The work on the Richmond, Petersburg
ana Carolina railroad is being pushed
ahead as fast as possible. The masonry
work for the handsome iron bridge TO be
built over the Meherrin river was sv-
pected to have been completed Yesterday
X bridge force of some thirty or forty
men is erecting the iron work OF the
bridge. Somewhere between one hundred
work on the track between Petersburg
and Ridgeway, n. c.. Nearly all OF the
small depot buildings are completed.
APPOAEATTO BRIDGE.
The iron viatiucts in Petersburg, over the
EAppomattox river. is about three-fourths
finished. and the last pier vii! De com
pleted in ten days. High water has in
terfered with the laying Of stone All
OF the iron material is here and ready
Z to be; put in place.
"a Ten miles of the grading betweea Pc
tersburg ana Richmond mas i,een cons
pleted, and is ready for track laying. The
laying of the track has been commenced
from Manchester south, and about one
mile of track has been laid up to the
present time. Two spans Of the James
river bridge is completed, and the third
one will be put up This week. 1t WAS eX-
pected 10 have had the road open for
z travel on the first of next month. but this
will be impossible, and trains will hardly
be run through over the road from Ridge
way to Richmond before March next
..General Eagle horse widely known
in Petersburg and Richmond, died day
or two ago. at the advanced age OF TWEEN
-ty-seven years. The horse .aad peen
owned by Mr.. John O'Connor, Of this city,
for the past seventeen years ne Wis
valued at $3.50.
Smallpox has broken out near flaWNlas-
vile. Sussex county. A negro named
Emanuel Jones is desperately i'll with the
disease.
A frame house on the farm OF Mr.. Ben
iamin L. Clark. in Dinwiddie county. oc-
cupied by Green Shelton (coloreO. was
aestroved tv fire a: night or two ago
shelton and his family came near being
burned 10 death How the fire originated
is not known.