Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-31
N. IS. WILSON D |: WORSE
srcrTM OF LAar EXPLOSION VOW
IN A rREcAnIous CONDITION.
DEATH OF Mr.. W. WENTWORTH 'l Of
ME-. II. w. webster Was Not Missing.
from Homc-No c.nse for Alarm
over plph.herf. cs.>.-nasis wsl,
Hang Next Week.
VICTIM OF LAMP EXPLOSION VOW
DEATH OF Mr.. w. WENTWORTH HI
MI. r. w. webster Was Not Missing
Mrs. John r. Wilson. who was severe
ly burned last Sunday night. IS In q


Is burned last Sunday night. Is In o
precarious condition. She Is suffering
very rnuch from the burns she received
about the face. neck, and body. She Is
the mother Of Mrs. ]. II. D. Johnson.
whose husband broke the door of her
roola down with an axe in getting to her.
Nj. Wilson, who Was also badly burned
by tho explosion OF the lamp, is suffering
very much. His hands were bnstered
and his mustache and hair singed almost
entirely off.
The aged couple are under The treatment
II Or. E. T. Rucker.
Fears are now enteSsained for Mrs.
Wiison'E intimate recovery
WAS NOT MISSING.
The report in an afternoon paper to the
effect that Mr.. T ". Webster was MISC
ING. Is incorrect.
Mr.. Webster was seen at his home at
Thirteenth and Ncponough streets last
night. He said that he had gone over to
Richmond the night before to- see the
play at the Rijou theatre. Feeling some
what i'll after the performance, he spent
the night with his aunt in Richm ond.
Mr.. Webster returned TO his home in
Manchester last evening. He is employ
ed at the shoe store Of John P. Robin
son. al Twelfth and Perry streets He
Is about q years old. and IS held IN high
esteem by 4 large circle Of friends.
CHILDREN GET PRESENTS.
All the children eI the Bainbridge-Street
Baptist church were present In the Lead
or Hall last night to participate IN the
Christmas celebration and receive pres
ents from Santa Claus. who was imper-
sonated by Mr.. Edward I. Burton.
Mrs Harding. with large number of
assistants spent yesterday in arranging
for the entertainment last night.
There Was Christmas tree at the
Fifth-street Baptist church last night
All the Sunday school children were given
presents. -
DR.. William Edwin Hall lectured in the
Cowerdin-Avenue Christian church last
night on Fool Killers"
THE DIPHTHERIA CASES
Considerable alarm was caused in Man
chester yesterday by the announcement
that there were several cases of diph-
liberia IN the city. 1t appears that the
ia tents are getting along nicely and that
they Will soon be out of danger.
DR. e. G. Hill used every precautlon IN
preventing the spread of the disease and
i. has been confined to houses where it
first broke out.
The patients on Twenty-iirst street are
getting well RAPIDLY, and others have en-
tIrely recovered.
The little son of Conductor Henry Nun
nally, Of the Eull-Street line OF tie Pas
senEer and Power Company, who was M
dured In a fall lis getting along nicely.
He was treated by DIR. Lawrence In
gram. -
I.S sITssss--tVi LII HANG NE.Al WbEh.
Notasince the hanging of Hillary Page,
colorsA. at Chesterfield courthouse. about
thirty years ago. has an, approaching
execution attracted as much attention as
that OF Ernest Davis. who is 20 be hanged
next week for the murder Of John Henry
stckcs.
The scaffold is i'll readiness and the
execution will take place carly FRIDAY
morning of next week.
CITY Sergeant J. C. Saunders will lead
lii. condemned man TO the galiows and
DEPUTY. Sergeant Herbert Ferguson Will
sprfSs the tra;, which Will launch Davis
into eternity.
The rope which Is to he used in the
execution Of Davis has ben loaned to the
pe,.fcntiary officials for tho hanging OF
.Jack.' Brown at the State Farm next
Friday
Although petition has been presented
20 Governor Montague. requesting HIM
% commute the sentence of Davis to life
Imprisonment. he has Only granted
reprieve and it is not now believed that
be will interfere with the execution Of the
20, Gsmntd negro.
DEATH OF MIR WENTWORTH.
Mr.. William Whitwortll, for many years
/ prominent citizen of Manchester, died
yesterday morning at S:l5 O'clock in
lis home. 507 west Twelfth street.
Mr.. Whitworth was paralyzed yesterday
At o'clock. He was born ia Rochdale,
England, May. -, 1920 Mr.. Wnitworth
Fas the Oldest citizen OF Manchester and
lp to Saturday was on the street
He came to this country when a boy.
with his parents, and for many years
lived at Tenth and Hull streets, where
he Leader building now stands. He was
antil a few Years ago employed at the
BID Dominion Iron and Nail Works. He
vas member of Manchester Lodge. No.
"a. A r. and A. M. Of Manchester. and
Jefferson Lodge. I. @. 0. F.. OF Rich
ncnd. He leaves q widow, one daughter
Miss SalHe ". Whitworth; two sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Manlsin and Mrs. j. e. Whit
ock, of Manchester. and one brother,
Captain John S. wentworth. master me-
shanic OF the Norfolk and Carolina Rail-
road. Of Norfolk.
DEATH OF b. NJ sADLER
Mr.. r. NJ. Sadler. OF Il east Ninth
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