The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-23
SPIRITS GOT HIM
IN GRAVE TROUBLE
John Slater Accused of Beating
a Lady and Other Things.
WOMAN DIED FROM EXPOSURE
Pitable Case Comes to Light in the
County-Two Subjects Of King
Edward Give Up Their AlIegi-
giance-Boy is Not Crazy.
WOMAN DIED FROM EXPOSURE

Three different warrants, the most Sc
rious of which charges him with assault
ing and beating a lady, have been served
upon John Slater. a white man. in Hen
rico county, and the man is now in Jail
awaiting trial before Squire Tiller on
Monday next
The occurrences which landed Slater
in jail are said to have taken place last
Friday night. He was on his way to his
home near Boar Swamp. when he met
and, it is alleged, assaulted Mr.. J. H.
Robbins. A second warrant sets forth
that a little farther on he fired off q
pistol in the yard Of Martha Harris, a
negro woman According to the third
warrant Slater had not satisfied his over
flowing spirits even after he reached his
home. He lives on the same place with
Mrs. Bette Bottoms, respectable white
woman, and Slater went after her and
beat her severely. Among the other in
iuries sustained by Mrs. Bottoms is
broken arm.
Slater was tried yesterday for firing
off the pistol and was fined $3.50 and
costs. The other two cases against him
will come up next Monday.
The County Court yesterday ordered
the construction Of a new county road
to run from Williamsburg Road to the
Nine Mile Road at Oakley's Lane and
to Highland Springs. The court recon-
rnended the appropriation of $500 by the
supervisors for the opening Of the road
The Application for the new highway was
made by Mr. G.. W. Rich and others.
The court further ordered that Mont
rose Street, near the National Cemetery.
on the property of Mr.. Ferrand, be con-
verted into a public highway.
Constable Samuels, of Henrico, brought
to the county jai! yesterday morning
Robert Johnson (colored). having cap
tured him near Elko Station. on the
Chesapeake and Ohio. The negro is
charged with beating his sister with
heavy piece of iron. The constable was
sent with another warrant
this being for Berta Smith (coloreD,
who is charged with creating a disturb
ance in the neighborhood.
Coroner Lorrimer James. of Henrico
county, ::rned over to the clerk of the
court yesterday the verdict found by the
coroner'sijur in the case of the woman
who was found dead in the road on the
18th of September. The verdict says in
part that the unknown woman came to
her death as a result of exposure and ey-
haustion while lost in Hollis bottom. It
further says that in their opinion the
woman was supposedly insane and prob
ably sick physically and we'll as mental
~ The jury were DR.. James (coroner).
w. T. Rogers. J. NJ Carter, H F. Rat
cliff. w. J. Ratcliff, w. H. Miner and
r. NJ. Pemberton.
Thomas Arthur HoIlins and Eugene T.
two loyal subjects to His
Majesty Of England, King Edward VII.
who have been living in Henrico for
many years, have at last become natu-
rallied, and were yesterday by the County
Court recognized as citizens. It is said that
the two men have desire to register
that they may in future have some voice
or election days.
A negro boy, named Harry Hunter,
who was about six months ago adjudged
insane by a commission of Iunacy, has
been returned to the Henrico Jail by the
asylum authorities. with the statement