The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-14
TWO NORFOLK men
REPORTED MISSING
Body Found Near Gi.merton Has
Been Identified.
RlDDICK AND WHITEHEAD
The Mayor Says the Legislators Expla-
nation is rot Substantially Backed by
the racts in the Case-Sn1alI-
pox and the Pes,house.
PlDDIcK AND WHITEHEAD
special Dispatch to Tie Times.)


NORFOLK. VA, Dec. 1S.-s. A.
GooGe. Of Berkley, and c. j. Petty. of
Norfolk. have both mysteriously disap-
peared, and Up TO To-Day no trace has
been found OF the wnerea Dou S of The
men. Eoih have wives. In The case of
Coode he did not live happily with his
spouse and went on a spree That was
3 week ago, and nothing has been seen
Of him since.
Petiy's martial relations were said TO
be pleasant.
The ponce OF three cities are search
ing for the missing men.
The disappearance OF Goo6e was men
Toned in The Times to-day. -AppreAen-
sions are expressed at the continued alb
Seace of Petty. He left his home ten
days ago and has been seen in company
with sailors since then. Ills friends have
been searching for him without finding
any other trace. They suspect some
harm and went to view the nut Ia ed
body that was found at Gilmer1on yes
te.day.
THIS body was identified to-day by
Giles Write. a negro. as The tody of his
son. The boy was twelve years old. and
st-ayed from home several weeks ago
and was drowned in Fresh Creek. The
body had washed up in the woods by an
extremely high tide. The identificat on
was made by the clothing, as there was
little OF the body except the bones re-
naming, dogs and buZzaIds having near
~ devourcd it. Justice Creekmore de-
Cided an inquest 10 be unnecessary.
Another Identification Of the body found
near Gilmerton is that it is William Dean.
he was employed by the John L. Roper
Lumber Company about two months ago.
Re sod q house for 500 and was not
seen afterwards. The lumber compan
mills are near where the body was
found.
TRIUMPH OF JUSTICE.
The conviction Of the negro. Charles
Nhitehurst alias Crabbe-, is regar- ed
as q triumph Of justice. There has been
q faction Of negroes on which the court
and the police had little influence. The
members Of hat faction We're regarded
as immune. One Of the city officials
speaking OF the case this morning, said
it was supposed that any man who ran
with that faction might walk out on
the street in broad day Light TO shoot
man without fear OF being held respon-
sible for the crime. The influence Of tie
faction ramifled TO an extent that was
not conceivable by the average cit zen
and that was dangerous to the health
and safety OF the city.
But in this case, where the influences
were so strong and the proposition the
prosecution had 10 face vas SO forrld-
able, the city not only won a victory III
securing the conviction OF Whitehurst,
the leader. but there were four re!nueTs
OF the jury in favor of hanging the de-
PENDANT. AS it was, Whitehurst was
given fifteen years in the peniteat!ary
for killing William Coleman in cold
blood. Iney were not only rivals for
woman S favor, but they We're rlva!
leaQers OF the factions rep! esenteu by
their rival bar-roons. One is dead, the
otner is sentenced 10 prison.
AN ECHO OF The STRIKE.
In the Court OF Law and -ncery this
morning tAc-e vas an echo Of the suike
OF last summer. The carpenters who
came from Savannah are suing Z. 1at-
telson, the contractor, for 500 damages
each IN four cases. The pea OF the
carpenters is that they were deceived in
coming hare TO WORK. kocll;oe, who
said lle was the agent OF latterson,
said also that there were no labor
troubles here and that the men MI hi
go 20 work as union men at the rate
Of $40 day Of nine hours Tor 90 days. I
The case was heard by Judge MAJ tin
without a jury and opinion reserved.
Tatterson's defense was that ROD oe
was not authorized to made nlisrcp. e.
sentatons He did that. ii at all. on
men suing are Malone, Moolin, Eud
lonlrne and Smith. Of Savannah.
The complicated bankIuptcy case
OF Mr.. H. Secrman. the clothier.
was heard again before Referee
D. Lawrence Groner this morn
ing. This time f. Jacobs, in whose
possession the goods, alleged to be
part OF the bankrupt's assets, were found
Is contedirg that he had advanced
money on the $1,000 worth OF clothing in
dispute, and that the unsecured crc d.
tors have no claim on the stock o,4ier
than that which the bankrupt repo. ted
as in his possession al the time OF the
failure. He declared, also, that the
referee has no jurisdiction. He must
take what is found to belong to the
estate, not that OF which the bankrupt
has disposed in raising money TO pay
his creditors. The creditors wish to add
$4,t92 to the 5000 wo! tn Of assets al
ready repo~tad 20 bring larger divi-
cend on their claims.
WHITEHEAD STILL WRONG.
Mayor Riddicl protests that Hon. John
Whitehead is still wrong in the cxplana-
tons that he makes about the smallpox
and the pest-house here. The Mayor says
the letter Of the Mayor from which Mr..
Whitehead quoted. was written on July
9th. and that It referred TO conditions OF
heath and Of care Of smallpox patients
which have been entirely changed by