The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-21
POLICY MAN
SENTENCED.
Given Six Months and Fined
a Goodly Sum.
BIG SHIPMENT POTATOES
One Hundred Thousand Dollars Worth
of Tubers Leave Norfolk in Sin
gle Day-Negro's Mangled Re-
mains Found on Track.
BIG SHIPMENT POTATOES
fspeclal to Tho r4mes-Dispatch.)

NORFOLK, VA. Junc 2o.-ssewart
Whitehurst, charged with running game
Of policy at No. so Washington Street,
was sentenced in the Police Court this
morning for term Of six months In jail
and to pay a fine of $3.50 and costs. That
Is sentence Of the same dimensions as
that inflicted on the other policy-player
in the same court yesterday. There were
appeals In both cases to the Corporation
Court
The cases Of the two marine engineers,
Wood Downing and A. c. Meekins, ac-
cused of assaulting and beating s. d.
Priest who does not belong to the assoc
citation, was called In the Police Court
by Justice Taylor this morning and con-
tinued to Tuesday for the purpose of OBJ
tanning witnesses from North Carolina.
Tho two men were released on the same
bonds of $500 each for their appearance.
Z GREAT SHIPMENT OF POTATOES.
This is the height Of the potato season
and this Is the greatest day of the har-
vest. The steamer Princess Anne, OF the
Old Dominion line will leave here to-
night with a full cargo of truck, includ-
ing potatoes, beans and cabbage. but
mostly potatoes, Of which there will be
1900 barrels. The Cape Charles route will
take all 1t can carry, or about 1000 bar
rels and 5000 barrels will go by the Mer-
chants and Miners boat to Boston. AS
the prices are $3.50 to 81 a barrel, the ship
ment Of potatoes alone from here to-day
will represent money value of over $780,.
900. The Old Dominion will run the Guy
andotte as an extra boat Tomorrow
night to accommodate the traffic that Is
offering at Its docks to take advantage Of
prices that have not been realized for
truck since 1893.
This is the first season that large ship
ments of truck have been sent to the
West. One day last week seventeen car
loads Of potatoes We're sent and to-day
and yesterday each there were shipments
of 1000 barrels over the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad. These are consigned to
Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland and De-
trolt.
NEGRO N1ANGLED BY TRAIN.
The horribly mangled body Of VIII
liam Balm (colored) was found early this
morning on the Atlantic Coast Line
bridge, just beyond Port Norfolk Balm
was sixty years OF age and employed
by Joseph Cotton as q farm hand. He
left the farm on Thursday and came to
the city to draw his pension. This fact
was known to Bain's son, who called at
the farm yesterday to inquire II his
father had returned. and on being told
that he had not, loitered around the
premises and was last seen near tho
railroad about nightfall. Early this
morning Mr.. Cotton found the mangled
remains of the old man. One leg was
missing. and this was found near
Bruce's Station. nearly two miles from
the bridge. 1t Is suspected that Balm
was killed by his son and robbed OF his
pension money and the body afterward
placed on the railroad track In order to
cover up the crime. An inquest over
the remains was held by Coroner Bunt-
ing and the verdict was that the man
came to his death by being run over by
a train on the Atlantic Coast Line track.
OFF TO V. NJ. l. COMMENCEMENT.
Judge Waddlll Of the United States
District Court came in from Virginia
Beach this afternoon. issued several
orders In court and went to Lexington
to attend the commencement, where his
son. Cluverlus. is to graduate next week.
Judge w. 3. Martin, OF the Court OF Law
and Chancery has gone to attend the
commencement
Eddy Barley, the ten-year- son OF
Mr.. A. BARLEY. who keeps jewelry
store at No. 526 Church Street. was run
over by trolley car shortly after noon
to-day and two toes were cut off his
right foot.