Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1902-01-03
LIVE NEWS OF THE
OLD DOMINION.
Condensed Dispatches Boiled Down for
Rapid Reading.
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING AFFAIR.
A Present From Mrs. McKinley-0fflcer j. {.
Turner, of Norfolk, Shoots Walter Wood
Death of Mrs. Jane Brooking-Jo Joseph RAM
say Kills Joseph Dunn In Essex County
Ex.Confederate Shot and Killed.

say Kills Joseph Dunn In Essex County
Ex.Confederate Shot and Killed.
The mystery which shrouded the
shooting of Nathan and Walter Miller,
two brothers of near Calvary, Shan
andoah county, was cleared up when
Charles Kline, a young man of good
reputation, gave himself TIP to Com
monwealth's Attorney w. w. Logan.
He claims that he was crossing field
when he saw these two young inen, in
company with Ira Coffell, coming to-
ward him, and noticing that they had
been drinking endeavored to avoid
meeting them by going in another di-
rection, when he was followed and at
tackled by the Miller boys, who used
pine knot and rocks in their assault
upon him, and that the shooting was
done in seilfdefense. Kline was sent to
Jail to await the developments of the
wounds inflicted, when a preliminary
hearing will be had. DR.. R. d. Garter
was called in and states that no hopes
are entertained for the recovery OF eth
er of the parties.
AT a place called Texas, in Essex
county, where a number OF men had
gathered, difficulty arose between Jo-
seph Dunn and Joseph Ramsay, in which
Dunn was shot in the stomach by Ram
say and died few hours later. 1t is
said their relations had always been
pleasant. Particulars OF the tragedy
have not been learned. Both men were
married, but neither has children Ram
Say was slightly hurt i'll the encounter.
Ramsay is now in Jail. He claims that
the shooting was accidental--that his
gun was discharged as it was being taken
from him.
Police Officer J. f. Turner, station
keeper, went into Walter Woods sa-
loon in Rockets and becoming involv-
ed in a quarrel with Wood, shot him in
the right leg. This morning Turner
was baied in the sum of $500 and was
suspended from the police force. Wal
ter Wood is the man who, it is charged,
killed Jack Gloven about three years
ago and was cleared after two trials.
Turner was formerly superintendent
of the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday
School. He was off duty and it is al
legged was drunk when he shot Wood.
Robert Moore, aged S., a Confederate
veteran of Washington county, was shot
dead near his home, two miles north OF
Bristol, by Thomas Templeton, aged 80
years, man with whom he had flsti-
cuff in Bristol. Moore overlook Temple
ton as the latter was on his way home
and sought to renew the fight. Temple
ton turned on him with a revolver and
fired four shots, one of which went
through Moore's heart. Moore is sur
vived by family.
A pretty Richmond girl is the recip-
lent of Christmas present from the
widow of President Mckinley. The
young girl, seeing picture of the dead
President in magazine, cut it out and
mailed it to Mrs. Mckinley. She never
expected to hear from the matter again.
The sender of the picture received in the
mails a pair of slippers which Mrs. Nc
Kinley wrote that she had worked with
her own hands.
The Gem Furnace at Shenandoah
which went out of blast year ago, will
it is said, resume operations again in
SHOll Willie. liiS ID 1OW (WHICH ny llS
Empire Steel and Iron Company, OF
Pennsylvania, who spent large sum.
$85, 200, in the repairing of the furnace
several years since. The superintend-
ent and other officials Of the company
were on the grounds last week.
Mrs. Mary Jane Brooking, widow OF
" C. Brooking, died at her home, neal
Montfort, after a brief illness of bron-
chial pneumonia, aged about 70 years
She was one of the best and most be-
loved ladies in the county, and her death
is deeply mourned by wide circle OF
friends. She leaves five sons, all grown
1t is reported in Norfolk that con.
tracts are about to be signed between
Norfolk's new ship-yard company and
one of the largest shipping companies
by which the yard will get $2,ooo,ooc
worth of ships to build.
News has been received in Richmond
of the death of the wife of Judge A. III
Kelley, of the international Court al
Cairo, Egypt. No particulars are given
She was before her marriage Miss Da.
Wis, of Richmond.
AL hleXdUUIld d SOlOIC GU lildii HdIliCS
Travis Washington was shot while
crowds were in the streets attracted by
an alarm of fire. The wound is moi
likely to be fatal His asSailant has moi
been discovered.
In row between half dozen negroes
at Richardsville, Culpeper county, James
Kenner was struck on the head with 9
heavy bludgeon and sustained injuries
which will probably result fatally.
John Gernels store, at Hampton, wa:
burned. Loss about $500. No insurance
Ralph Blackwell, COL, was drowned
at the Soldiers Home, near Hampton.
while crossing trestle.
An election will be held i'll Luray and
Springfield districts on January 7, tc
decide whether spirituous liquors can
be sold in the same.
S. G. Smith, guide for 20 years in the
Luray Caverns, was married to Miss
Annie Shenk in the ballroom of the
cavernS.
Five miles of the new railroad to be
built from Norfolk to Cape Henry have
been graded, and track laying will begin
in few days. The road will be 10 miles
long.
William C. Hicks, a native of Char
lottesville, was killed in an elevator acct
dent in Chicago few days ago.
Mr.. Thomas has sold his handsome
place, Glen Roy, on .hc Ware river, in