Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-22
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR
AT NEWPORT NEWS
Handsome Boy, HailIng from Rich
nlnnd, Consorting With Unprc-
possessing Man Who Wounds
Hin, Seriously.

possessing Man Who Wounds
Hin, Seriously.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. Oct. H.-(Spe-
cial)-One Of the most remarkable mys-
teries ever recorded here was brought to
light early this morning by The Rich
rhond News correspondent, another news
paper man, Police Sergeant S. B. Graf
ford and Policemen Mallory and Webb,
beginning with an exhibition Of german
/ dizing in the Peninsula restaurant late
last night by a man and boy and end
ing this morning with the arrest at the
Warwick hotel of Ale Gibson, who was
until three weeks ago guard at the
Laurel (Va.) reformatory, charged with
cutting with knife L. H. Gibbs, hand
some boy Of fourteen. who is the son of
Henry w. Gibbs, of Swansboro. foreman
of the Allen & Ginter branch of the Amer
;can Tobacco Company, in Richmond
grandson of Mrs. Alice Gibbs, of 1411
Floyd avenue, Richmond; cousin Of
Judge Witt, Of Richmond. he says,
and brotner-in- law of Jeweler Mcdowell,
of II south Plum street, Richmond.
The boys mother was formerly Of
Richmond, but was divorced from her
husband, he says, now being Mrs. E. D.
Chiffon, of 4O1 Third street, Washington.
D. G. The father, too, remarked. 1t has
come to light that his sister, formerly
Mrs. Kate e. Burgess and now Mrs.
Campbell, is the young woman who was
engaged to DR.. Hope, Of Hampton, about
two years ago and mysteriously left
Washington with an Indian named Camp
bell, on the eve of her announced mar
rage. afterwards marrying the Indian.
Z iefo
in Washington, and an aunt, Mrs. Finne-
gan, in this city.
1t seems that the man. who is deformed.
and by no means progressing, and the
boy, who dresses to perfection and is about
as perfect a specimen of young manhood
as was ever seen. have been travelling
considerably together. The boy was sent
to the reformatory for three years by his
father and there he met Gibson. Three
weeks ago Gibson left the refornatory,
according to his story, and Travelled to
Richmond. Washington and Baltimore,
coming here Saturday morning and regis
tering at he Warwick Hotel. The boy
Joined him here in the afternoon. accord
ing to their story, being sent here by Mr..
Mcdowell of Richmond, with view
to opening jewelTy store with Gibson
as partner and the boy as his represen-
tatiye.
AN ABLE APPETITE.
About o'clock this morning Inc News
correspondent picked up story about a
boy ca ting enough food for six men, Fol-
lowing is what the lad actually consumed,
according to the restaurant keeper the
walters and the cook, and according to
his own admission: Three glasses of milk,
four glasses of water, three cups OF cot
fee one oyster stew, two plates or raw
oysters. half dozen fried oysters. large
porterhouse steak. half spring chicken,
ten-cent loaf bread, half pound oyster
crackers, three pies and half pound but
ter.
The man consumed about half of this
remarkable order, which was devoured
almost as fast as the dishes were called
for. Afterwards the I'm called for half
of a roast turkey. Tie newspaper men
at once started out to nnd the boy or his
corpse. and learned of the purchase at
nearby drugstore by the man, soon after
the meal. OF turpentine, bandages ana
absorbent cotton. They also learned that
a bow had been cut Other clues led to
the couple being located at Hotel war
wick. There the porter was found VINO
saw the cut and after assisting to dress
# went for more bandages and turpen-
tine.
No doctor was summoned; the man. who
was taken for the boys father doing the
bandagins.
CONFLICTING STORIES.
no the reporter the boy sad he had
bean cut in row with the cooA at Mrs
E1inueean's Thev left ii call tor 0 cIoch
RI 90 10 Norfolk but did not leave, and
the newspaper men communlca re. win
the police. Sergeant Crafford and Oilcer
Mallory surprised the pair in their room
and arrested them, the man asserting that
he had cut the boy accidentally, and the
how standing by his companion. AT the
station SITS in bills was taken from Glib
son. Both were examined separately, ana
they told conflicting stories, the boy pc
ing caught IN deliberate falsehoodS Ihey
were confused to the cutting and the
circumstances leading to it, and the po-
lice are satisfied that the man tried to
;ntimidate the boy by using the knife on
him, notwithstanding their statements to
the contrary.
Gibson carried a building and loan as
ISOLATION deposit .bctok, showing sum OF
more than s., 600 to his crecit. He says he
did not leave the reformatory under a
cloud. The case was continued until to-
morrow, the police believing they can
convict the man of assault.
Two ugly gdshes are on the boys left
arm There may be other developments
OF a sensational character.
BOY ADMITS GIBSON CUT HIM.
This afternoon the boy admitted that he
was cut by Gibson while the latter was in
an angry frame of mind. He said that
Gibson had made an uncomfortable prop
osition to him. He tainted when the jSlI
physician sewed up his wounGl PoilcS
Justice Brown. synpathzing with the bay.
took him home to keep him from having
to go to Jail for the night.
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