The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-04
Who KILLED TOM
KEARNEY A PUZZLE
An Enemy and an Officer Shoot
ing at the Same Time.
CORONER'S JURY GIVES 1T UP
a Site for the jamestown Exposition
Being Advertised for by the Cons
mittee = Settlement of Tunis
Lumber Company Affairs.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.l


NORFOLK, VA, Sept. 3-Tom Kear-
ney, a negro, twenty-five years old. was
shot by Oscar Fentress this morning.
Kearney was a farm hand working for
NJ. l.. FentreSS, a. farmer at London
Bridge, Princess Anne county It is al
legged that Kearney stole $50 from Solo
mon Dreuthal, another negrtf and es-
capped. He was afterward seen and pur-
sued by Oscar Fentress, a special Off
Ger, who intended to arrest him. kearney
ran, and after shooting at him a number
Of times one of the shots took effect, and
the negro fell. This happened at jack
son, in Princess Anne county. where the
body was taken to await the coroner
The verdict Of the coroner's jury was:
I'VE. the jury. find that Tom kearney
came to his death by a gunshot wound
from person unknown while resisting
arrest
The evidence was that John Spence a
negro, was shooting at Kearney at the
same time that Oscar FentreSs. a spe-
cial officer, was shooting. It is not known
who did the killing. Fifteen dollars in
money and a transfer ticket on the BeGk-
ley Street cars were found on kearney's
person.
LARGE ESTATE SETTLED
Judge D. Tucker Brooke left here this
afternoon to meet Judge Edmund Wad-
dill. of the United States District Court.
at Rockbrldge Alum Springs The object
Of the visit is to obtain d decree of final
discharge Of the receivers in the bank
ruptcy case of the Tunis Lumber Com
pany. All the debts of the company are
Paid or arranged for, and the receivers
wish to deliver the remaining assets to
the stockholders. There are money faciIi-
ties. machinery and property sufficient re-
manning to enable the large business to
continue in a solvent cond;ti ton. There is
no debt and no impairment of the estate
RESTORED.
Nearly two years ago the property
about $4,000, was put in the care of
Theophilus TuniS H. B. Nichols and J.
w. Thomson, as receivers. with D. Tuck
CT Brooke as attorney. The transactions
have exceeded s1.5G0OOO, and the estate
is now to be delivered to the stockholders
in a fine condition.
The court complimented the receivers
and Judge Brooke on the efficiency and
Skill with which the salvation of the bust
ness has been effected. and awarded S 600
each to them for services. Judge Brooke
Will return Immediately with the discharge
papers, and the business will be resumed
here, 1t is said with Roy Tunis in charge
NEGRO MAN DROWNED.
The body of John Pearce a ne-co, c:eh-
teen years of age, was found floating near
Nebraska Street Dock this morning. Lit
tie is known of him here. He came from
Raleigh, n. c., and worked as a long
shoreman at the Old Dominion Steamship
Wharf. He left his temporary boarding
house on Monday morning for work and
that was the last known of him. There
are no marks of violence on his person
and no evidence that he was not drowned
by accident. The coroner held an inquest
and awaits information from the mans
friends as to the disposition of the body.
BANKRUPTCY CASE.
Mrs S. ]. Hudson. grocer of Newport
News. filed a petition in bankruptcy in
the United States District Court to-day.
The liabilities are stated as S1,S2627, the
assets as 81 ,33455.
The Committee on Site for the James
town Exposition advertise for options to
purchase sites containing from 800 to
800 acres of land lying in one body. The
members of the committee propose to
pursue the quest of a site theoretically
as the best means of showing the reality
Of the grand project