The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-06
EASY TO DISPOSE OF
BABIES IN NORFOLK
Gypsy and His Wife Driven Out
by the Authorities.
A CHILD's PATHETIC ANXIETY
His ather Bleeding to Death, He Tries
TO Hurry His Failing Strength to
Doctors Office Republicans
Satisfied With the Results.
A CHILD'S PATHETIC ANXIETY

Special Dispatch to The sTimes.)


NORFOLK, VA. Nov. 5.-Josepl VIII
COS. alias Gypsy Joe. and the woman
y.hn lived with him. are ordered out Of
town. She is Known as Aunt Fanny. and
The police declare she is worse than he
IS. lie has been engaged in giving Lypoz
dermic injections OF morphine TO any.
body Who would pay for his services.
While she has been taking infants of
Women of the town and others to board.
Both of them are regarded with suspi-
#cion and dread, and both Of them have
been sent out of this city and out of
Baltimorc before.
Meantime the infants they had and
those taken from old negro women will
be sent to the houses of respectable
Families O, lSert In the Childrens Home
iii Richmond till some better disposition
can be made oi them.
Tflerc Is no trouble to dispose of the
children because Chief Nellines vs. a
dozen or more applicants have been
70 him to get a child to adopt.
SEVERAL ARTERIES SEVERED
Caspar Wilkins ii superintendent of
the streets in Atlantic City Ward cut
several arteries IN his arm and was iii
danger of b,cAdins to death last night.
He struck alta COW With his fist which
missed aud Went through a window. In
withdrawing his arm the broken glass
cut his wrist "A deep wound at the juno
tille of several arteries. When Wilkins
arrived at DIR. T. C. Newbill's office. some
distance away. he was nearly exhausted
from loss OF blood.
PATHETIC, ANXIETY.
wilkins little son accompanied him
and begged him all the time to hurry
TO the doctors Office. 1t was pathetic
10 see the fathers danger and growing
weakness. and the little sons loving
anxiety. Fifteen stitches We're required.
butathc patient isaail right to-day.
REPUBLICANS SATISFIED.
There is no indication of a contest
against the election and seating of Har-.
~ l.. Maynard, the Democratic con-.
sIessinan-elect of this district
Last right, in speaking of the election,
- Lawrence 1fi.oner, in the presence, and
apparently with the approval of sew
Grad other Republicans. declared that
The election in the district had been
eninently fair. and that III this city
there WIS Republican representative
i'll every polling place except in one In
stance, where the appointee GId not
choose 10 attend.
An official OF the government and a
RepHbilc2n politician, speaking this
morning of the election. declared that
the smaller vote OF the Republicans was
due to lack OF snap in the campaign.
GOOD SPEECHES NEEDED.
He said that i'll order to induce the
best class of voters 10 do their duty
AT the polls it is necessary to have in
tciesting speakers in the campaign with
plenty of snap fire about them. They
must tell the people plainly what it is
their interest to do. He said success is
ny. dependent so much on the speeches
Il man makes or what he says about the
other fellow. but on the hustling about
TO get votes.
On the whole the white Republicans
here seem Well satisfied that the negroes
were generally excluded from the polls
and that The largest vote cast III this
city was i'll awhile. not black ward