Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-07
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SUICIDE OF RIcHAHD a. ROACH,
1oRFoLH COUNTY FARMER.
4 BULLET THROUGH HIS BRAIN B 4
Supposed to Have Been Worried
about Financial 5Intters-sIiss su-s
san E. Reid . Bride-,iIs. stell..
Bennett Dead.

NORFOLK, VA, January 6--{SpeciaL)s
Mr.. Richard A Roach. a farmer living
several miles from Berkeley. committed
suicide some time during last night by
sending bullet through his brain The
awful deed was committed In his home,
where he was found by his son. w. =.
Roach, in company with Mr.. Fentress.
about 80 O'clock last night The De-.
ceased shot himself with pistol; the
exact time is not know Mr.. Roach was
born near Great Bridge, Norfolk county,
where he lived, until moving to Berkley
sixteen years ago. About q year ago.
he moved in the county to farm, which
business he was engaged IN until ms
death. He leaves q widow and TWO .cn1l-5
dren. We. Roach, and Mrs w. Il. Hen
dren, and was So years Of age. No cause
for the deed can be assigned, except that
Of financial troubles.
THE cAHOON-TOOKER AFFAIR.
j. M. Cahoon, the Norfolk and ATLANTIC
| Terminal Conpany's conductor. who shot
and seriously wounded Captain ". y
Tooker, on the afternoon of November
TO- 1902. In the terminal station. had a
preliminary trial before Justice Taylor,
in the Police Court, to-day, and was sent
Ion to the grand Jury. He was palled ~
the sum of $1,000.
The whole trouble seems to have grown
/! out of the relations between Cahoon and
Mrs. zTooker. It appeares that Tooker
| invited Cahoon to his home IN Lsmberts
| Point. where he met Mrs. Tooker. Cap
| tain ooker becoming aware of Cahoon'
Isinfatuation, invited Cahoon to his home
! again, and as Cahoon entered the house,
| he began to chastises him and drove him
from the house. The next time they met
! ~ tot t0v,s q "
1 shooting.
THE WEDDING WAS UNEXPECTED.
Miss Susan Elizabeth Reid, one OF the
most strikingly beautiful Of the younger
set of Norfolk society girls. is now quite
| unexpectedly to society in general, the
bride of Gouveneur Paulding, of New
York Beyond the simple announcement
! Of the event, the parents OF the bride,
Mr.. and Mrs j. T. S. Reid, OF So YORK
street would make no statement Their
! announcement did not name the place Of
| the marriage. but it IS understood that
| the ceremony was quietly performed In
/ washington Yesterday.
CHILD FATALLY BURNED.
A little son Of Police Commissioners J.
j o. Reid will die from burns sustained by
| playing with matches.
Miss Stella Bennett died to-day at 81
Vtncent's Hospital. She was the daugh'
ceiving ship Franklin.
i An alarming outbreak OF diphtheria Is
reported from Primers Point and Port
Norfolk There are few fatalities. how
ever.
i The last of the smallpox suspects has
been discharged wdom the detention hos
pital here, and the pest house Is closed
A NEGREss FATALLY STABBED.
Nettie Jenkins, colored. was stabbed t
death in Berkeley last night by another
negress, who escaped. They qualr1re!lee
ANXIOUS POLITICIANS.
The politicians here are expecting TIT
announcement from Washington to-day
= Of the appointment of a collector for thu
port or Norfolk and Portsmouth and
postmaster for Norfolk.
Some are saying 1t will be : Miller fol
collector ard Waddy for postmaster, while
others are saying Banks will be collecto
and Nichols postmaster. Some say Bank:
for collector and Waddy for postmaster.
NO news was heard here to-day Of tn
new lightship recently built at Peters
burg. which went high and dry In tn
James river Sunday.
HEAT THE CARS.
About five hundred signatures. hav
been secured to the petition being cir
: culated IN the suburbs asking the legisla
| | ture to enact law requiring street rail
avs TO heat their cars during the month
Of the winter. The petition will be for
warded to Richmond either to-day o
tomorrow.
REJECT POSITION OF EIBLE.
rho Presbyterian ministers Of Norfoll
have decided that the part Of the Scrip
lures in first John. referring to the Thre
in Heaven, the Lord, the Word and tn
I Holy Ghost, is spurious. end crep
into tho Bible from marginal notes Of tn
transators. All. however. believe in In
Trinity.
i POLICEMEN REPORT THE
ccHEnlIIS SWEII. Rim