Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-20
L DIED REPENTANT
,on urNT WILLS BREATnED MS
.sr N IYSCHBrRG YESTERDAY
lad A MINISTER WITH HIM.
7,,rc,r No Light on the Bloody
-und~ of Thursday NiEht-Jnst
,,.-r. of tho Dying Man to Two
raitnful Friends.

4~-,rHBuR6, VA. November la.-tspe-
IN Notwithstanding his own strong
10 1--we and The earnest hopes of his
Ssr his recovery, MIR. p. Norment
MAO was so badly shot in quarrel
T. sherlock ogleshy last Thurs
q. PASSED away at about 10 O'Clock
~aal7g At the Home and Retreat,
a was carried a few hours after
:, shot.
w~ wills wound was an abdominal
ne hullet having entered near the
gsa7oing the liver and rupturlng
The big blood vessels which sup
.r vcr with blood. The Immediate
.,..s death Was pneumonia. as a re-
r ri 6.s wound.
Il norn:ng members Of his family
yer. with him up to the time he died.
a MINISTER WITH HIM.
own request. about o'clock Rev.
Fleming was sent for. and upon
his vz talked and prayed with Wills,
10 t5gF the minister that he Tepented
~ ht- gast sins and was willing 70 die,
.r,s ~ solely n the redeeming blood of
Ir5 saviour.
am. statement regarding the fatal
r~el il is not believed that Mr.. Wills
s arg since the original one that
-ze when he said that three shots
w red by Og!esby at him, one grazing
re .ckle one going he knew not where,
r-5 e other wound.ng him in the abdo-
men Then as he was about 10 leave the
-a. re said that he saw Oglesby with
AS 10 his knuckle being grazed. il is
rated by those who know, that the bullet
ri missed his hand ripped the wadding
rom me left shoulder of his coat. To his
r-sze Mr. wills carried marks of the
f,-5Esla which probably took place Thurs
laF night. in deep scratch on his fore
he'd and z dark bruisc over his eye. The
fgl Ell facts concerning the shooting, il is
notable, will never be known now that
,o.l principals are dead, for ii seems al
most certain that there We're no eye-wit-
lesses.
IT'S ALL Up WITH ME-
Captain r II. Boatwright and Mr.
mes Watson. both of the Chesapeake
ana Ohio freight office, in which Mr. Wills
hsd been employed for many years, were
n his bedside few minutes before he
tr5athed his last. When they entered the
'laL.l. MI WITS Sdltt. q II : Oh up With
ua tried hard TO get well, but every
t5f~E was against me. l think that God
Hhs SHARED me this long in answer to my
-7iher's prayers The dying man then,
undressing Captain Boatwright. said:
You've been a true. noble friend to me,
nder than a father: YOU have given me
good advice. and helped me. l appre-
date II and thank you. Give my love to
ne boys; thev have been like brothers. l
vant my life to be a constant reminder
o them not 10 live as I have lived in the
asst l do not mind 10 die, but l wanted
live TO show The world that l am q
,Hauged man. I feel that God has for
El@ea NE. not because ] deserve it, but
because Christ died for me-" The speak
srs lie was fast ebbing away, and the
situation was becoming SO strained that
zftatn I5oatTright, who was always
fond Of young Wills was compelled To
bate and BY the TING. he reached his
office the news was phoned TO him that
WI5s mad passed away.
THE CORONER,S VERDICT
a coroner's inquest was held this after
noon upon the remains. and a verdict was
r raed that deceased came TO his death
OH November 18th as a result of gun
err. wound in The abdomen received No
erar 18Th. and the jury are unable to
sag hy whom the wound was inflicted.
SKETCH OF THE DECEASED.
The deceased was born in this city 50
,tars ago, and for many years past had
h-ar in the employ Of the Chesapeake and
Oslo as clerk in the freight office where
ae VAS very popular and was held in the
EST esteem He was a son of Mr.. and
AIRS John Wills. OF AZ Clay street. who
ssrHtre ftm, together with three broth !
afessrs. Edwin D., Robert G., and
Da 5aven NJ. Wills, ali Of this city.
The remains were conveyed at noon TO |
the Undertaking establishment of MIR. VIII |
lta- BingWd. whore this afternoon the |