The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-05
DEFENDANT WINS
IN The COURT
Case Of Sharp Heirs Against
Lizzie c. Nelson.
JURY OUT FOR SHORT TIME
Small fire on Fren. of Car Caused by
Breaking of Bottle of Acid.
Other NewsY Items from
Manchester.
Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times.

Manchester Bureau. Richmond Times.
No. 11o2 Hull Street
The jury, after being out for only a
short time yesterday afternoon. brought
In a veydict for the defendant In the
case ofZthe Sharp heirs against Lizzie
E. Nelson, for possession of a piece OF
land. alleged by the plaintiff to have
been Illegally gained. The case has been
In The courts for some time and has been
on trial for three days Mr. Robert S.
Kives was counsel for the plaintiff and
Judge William I. Clopton and Mr.. w.
g.. Cox for the defendant
AS to the lot of land now occupied by
Mrs. Nelson at Fifteenth and Porter
Streets. there seemed to have been a
dispute as to the title Of a deed. regard
ing the graveyard on the premises.
The case dates back into the first OF
Manchcster's history. In the evidence
there were frequent illusions made to
incidents happening in the Civil War.
The jury were out for remar kably short
time, when they reached decision. The
case was submitted without argument
BLAZE FROM ACID.
Stationn1ar Smith, of the Manchester
fire Department, had quite an unusual
and o'clock. a gentleman passenger on
the front platform Of an early Hull
Street car dropped a bottle of carbolic
acid and there was Immediately some
thing doing" Ladies Screamed, and a
tiny blue smoke went curling upward,
and the bottle was kicked out into the
street. a greeIish spot, Just above
Tenth. bears testimony to where it
landed The morto-1nan rolled the car
down in front of the fire department and
there the hose was turned on the front
platform Without any unnecessary loss
of time the car moved on to Richmond
carving a tchatterinE number of ladies
and young men.
No damage was done to the car or to
passengers save the slight scare to the
ladies' But then they love to scream
and no one thinks less of them for 1t.
POLICE NEWS.
Before the court of Mayor II. A. Maui
,ice yesterday there appeared Jacob
Levy. who was of the opinion that his
liberties had been slightly tempered with
Jacob was the plaintiff in the case Of
win Irwin, and Luther Roach, two young
white men He accused them of assault
ing him. He presented his case clearly
and forcibly and the defendants received
a fine Of IS each, which they readily
paid.
Claude Jones Is an old timer. but of
late has been giving his attention to
something else, SO "neIl ne appeared In1S
morning the Mayor had to greet him
cordially. He was assessed $3.50 and
will spend some time with Sergeant Her
bert Ferguson.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
Mr. Re Wood, the. operator atzCole-s
mans Station, Chesterfield county. who
was arrested last week in Richmond. and
who was to be tried yesterday
before Squire Cheatham, on the
charge of drawing q revolver upon and
threatening to shoot Conductor c. ".
Buford, of the Atlantic Coast Line. failed
to make an appearance at the proper
time.
Miss Alice Delice Dunnavant and Mr..
Willie R. Martin, were married last
night at the home Of Mr.. D. S. Toney.
They will reside in Manchester.
Mrs. w. F. Merchant will next week
visit her mother, Mrs. Holt, OF Wash
;ngton.
Mr.. AIRY Toney. a well-knowr Man
chester young man, is confined to his bed
at his summer home in Chesterfield, with
sickness of serious nature.