The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-26
NAN FOUND IN
DYING CONDITION
Had Been Assaulted With an Axe
and Left for Dead.
MISS MORRIS TO MARRY.
.;udc: Ingram for the Constitutional
Convention IS. Personals n d
Brici Hens from
Manchester.
Mss MORRIS TO MARRY.
Manchester Bureau, Richmond Times, |

H1a,crcstcr Bureau. Richmond times,
No 40. Hull Street.
A mell-drcsscd and Intelligent young
man giving his name as Gus b. FORD,
,y,s foYnd in a dying condition in the
1,ubiic school-house at Chester Sunday
afternoon He had been hrrtaiiy as
sa,.l,ed by his ,,ai. whose name he re-
fuses t. divulge. and left for dead
When frs: found he Was thought TO he
dead, and so u murder was reported
throughout the coa1ltE, ana the COM.
1rurlitv was aroused. The matter was
reported TO Mr. j. X. Friend ana AIT.
George. T. Robertson, who at once made
m examination and found that there was
vet life il. the body, which WAS stiff from
cold The man vas unconscious as a re-
silt of the wounds which haj '"cn in
1licted in his head, presumably with an
axe which lay by his side still bloody
d.. :. u. Drcwry was summoned, and
after some dine restored the man to
consciousness, when he became to a
degree communicative and gave his name
as Gus r. Ford, from Tennessee.
MAS BADLY DONE Up.
IEa.d-.s face, hands AID clothing were
covered with. blood from long scalp
wound, three dangerous gashes across
his throat and one at The back Of his
neck, which. according To Ford's story.
were made with an axe by a pal with
whom ne nau DecN TIC SiNs
lie does not Know the otter mans name
MS he had only been with him q day,
having met him at Petersburg on Friday
evening. This. however. is not believed,
as lie is thought TO be 4 regular house
,':au." as they are known to the detec-
lives.
Detectives ToInlir:son and Wren ac-
conpanied Commemorative Attorney
Nell: and Mr. George e Robertson to
is,xa.- fa,~ dow.
sonstime questioning the wounded man,
but were unable to get any information
from him upon which they rely. The man
Ils indisposed to discuss the tragedy in
detail and The statements lie did make
were Very conflicting.
HE HAD DIAMONDS.
Ford was well-dressed and wore 4 large
diamond stud in his shirt front. He wore
link cuff butte; s. set with pearls, but said
the man who assaulted him removed
from his finger diamond ring worth
$500. Commemorative Attorney Wells
ordered Ford'S removal to the county
jail and it is believed he Will soon re-
cover.
The detectives believe him TO he a reg
MAR roadster and the man who cut
him TO have been his pal with whom
lie had Guarreled over the division of
spoils. Ford says they had no quarrel and
that he YES knocked in the head
while he slept. This. however. is doubted.
as are many other statements he has
made
In his pockets were found several let
1ers from a girl in New York, addressing
him as Dear Walter The envelopes
We're al destroyed. His accent is unmis-
1akahiy northern and the officers helieve
linn TO be New Yorker.
He is about five feet len inches tail.
regular features, brown hair and on his
left forearm bears several distinct
round scars, caused from burns.
The detectives do not believe he was
struck with the blade CT the axe, but that
The cut in his threat the mark of a
long knife, which was found. HIS ies
scription of his pal Is that he was about
+ feet inches tail. dark, with one eye a
little defective. He took from 1Tord's
person 4 geld watch, his coat and his
hat.
COMING MARRIAGE.
Miss Maggie Morris and Mr.. a. J.
13ellan will be married on Thursday
evening at o'clock at the brides home,
No. 500 Hull Street. The ceremony Will
be performed by Rev. J. S. Wallace. after
which the couple will leave for Washing
ION 20 sIend 4 week Miss Morris is the
daughter Of Capt Z. T Morris. Mr..
Bellam is an employe at the Allen and
'iinte" craEch of The American Tobacco
Company in Richmond.
TWO JUDGES.
Judge Nm. i. CIopton has announced
That lie viii not run as a candidate for
delegate to the Constitutional Conven-
lion. He viii not stand in the way of
Judges John II. Ingram and E. a. Han
cock.
Judge Ingralns friends are exceedingly
active They think the brilliant young
3u1ist will be one Of the leaders in the
trimming OF The new organic law
Judge Hancoch's supporters. TOO, are
hustling- They hare a candidate of
whom they are proud.
DEATH OF MIR. RISBY
Mr.. Richard Iisby died quite ....dLcnly
Sunday night at o'clock as the result OF
a stroke OF paralysis, at the home Of his
brctller-i:l-law. Mr.. A. II. Thomas, on
Nineteenth and Decatur Streets
Mr.. Eishy Was III The fiftieth year of
his age and is survived by d widow and
one daughter Mrs. a. N. HUI, &c rford, of
Richmond. The funeral will sake place
at the Nest-End Church at o'clock this
afternoon.
Hastings Court was in session yesterday
morning for chancery business Tax as
sesslaent cases will be heard on Thurs
day TIE case against Rebecca Harris,
and John Johnson will be tried Friday.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Robert Goodman, who accidentiy sho.
himself In the leg, is recovering.