Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-25
INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS IN
THE CASE OF RALPH
BEERMAN.
Wy YARD ENLARGEMENT.
Death of j. II. Fe1dsmtth in Norfolk,
Believed to Have Been Suicide
End of the Ice Tru.t-Deepwater
Terminal at Big Point.

! NORFOLK, VA, November A-(Spe-
ciaL)-In the matter Of the petition flled
J by the Baltimore creditors, who ailege
fraud in the bankruptcy proceedings OF
Ralph Beerman. who asks relief from
debts amounting to over 81 GOO, Judge D.
Tucker Brooke appeared before Judge
Waddill, in the Federal Court, to-day. and
filed the answer of Frank Jacobs and
| Brother, pawnbrol1ers. It was over this
firms esta blishm ent it was alleged that
some $4,000 worth Of stock from Beer
mans store, at II Commercial Place, was
stored. Attorney w. T. Shannonhouse'
appointed co-receiver in the Beerman
case, took an inventory of Jacobs stock,
etc, Saturday and it is charged that
goods from Beermans store were found,
but only to the value of $4,000. It is
chars that the Beerman stock has been
moved and disposed of from time to time.
MAYNARD ENLARGEMENT.
The report Of the commissioners ap-
pointed by Judge Waddil!, of the United
States Court, on October 22d last, to as
certain a just compensation for the
SEMINOLE tract adjoining the Norfolk navy
yard. OH the southern branch Of the Eliza
beth river, which the government IS 20
purchase for dry-dock and other purposes
ternoon. The commissioners review the
evidence and agree that a price just and
EQUITABLE to be paid the owners OF the
nroperty by the government is s572.O0O
The Schncle tract includes 2.7s4 acres OF
land just to the south of the 1navy-yarc.
If is owned by the Portsmouth COM
pany.
DEEPWATER TERMINAL
Earnest efforts are to be made to have
George Gould bring his Chesapeake ana
Western system to Pig Point, for deep
water terminal. Norfolk. Portsmouth.
and Newport News are deeply interested
and will act in concert.
Berkeley will ask q special act OF the
Legislature to restore her citizens their
rights at the polls. They claim that the
special act of assembly rectifying the
error of the Constitutional Convention
in falling to provide for registration in
the towns of the State, was totally ais
regarded by the registrars of their town
The property OF Feurstein and Com
panv, absorbed year ago by the Ice
Trust, was to-day returned to its original
owners. This marks the end of the MIL
lionalre monopoly in Ice which failed
BELIEVES IT WAS SUICIDE.
The coroner believes that taken in con-
nection with his attempt a self-destruc-
tion on the Washington steamer. the be-
heading of J. H. Feldsmith by an rfoiK
and Western train Saturday was a de-
1iborate suicide His sister. Mrs. Margaret
Beehlen, of Washington, has asked for
the body. The man had wife and fami-
" in Wisconsin, but was suing Tor d.
vorce.
Police Justice Tazewell Taylor, IN re-
fusinr to dismiss a small action brought
against a client of Attorney S. A. Nc
Neill, to-day, said that he was thereby.
In all likelihood paving a way for suit
against the prosecutor. who did not par
tjcularIy desire McNeilrs client punished.
FOUND BROTHER UNEXPECTEDLY
A Mr. Koonts. of Richmond. ascertain
ing through letter asking for money.
that his brother, Louis INoontz, who es-
caped from the insane asylum at Raleigh
N. c., some time ago, was In Norfolk,
came here yesterday morning. The police
knox nothing of Louis Koontz. The gen
tleman started out on a hunt for his
brother. On Main street he passed him
and would have gone by. but for the
insane mans having stopped him. Super
intendent James Mckee. of the Raleigh
asylum, was notified Of Koontz's appre-
henson, and guard who came for the
man carried him back to Raleigh. Mr..
Koontz, of Richmond, returned home this
afternoon.