The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-05
HIS DEATH. !
A MYSTERY / 7
Mr.. Beverldgei Mas ( Assaulted s:
and Perhap Robbed.
r PROBABLY in HIS OFFICE. j + [:;lE:
His Movements on the Day that He Re-
ceiyed the ln)ury--vas All Right q
When He Left the Courthouse
|5lgIs Going Up Town.


Ss Complete mystery shrouds certain cir, q !,
3cumstances which are supposed by 4 many ian
to have led to the death Of Mr.. william m
H. Beyeridge IN Bar ton He'll hts. s1,Alay Sunday
morning last. # y si3
s8s Since the demise OF the we'll known
attorney, It has been brough to light ga;Ftt
that ,e two weeks ago from yesterday. ne
a was. assaulted and beaten and perhaps
robbed BY some person q or persons ur1- lll-
kno wn In some place also known, but
most likely In his % ace. The peculiarly
OF all Il the circumstances a tending the
affair presents an ertang glentent W hlch is
as yet u unravcled. 4 fInvestiga ton, how.
ever has been or will be beg url and will
J; be pushed. # y 5,s
MOVEMENTS THAT. DAY.
s sUponBthe 4 day W hen the assault IS said
to have occurred "a April got Mr. . ever
5idge, as was his wont, visited the county
courthouse on East Main s tree +. IIes IIe got o,3
his dinner at Shea $, II wenty-s cond and !
Main, and later went to Cunning gham's
drugstore, one square above, where + he
Fcashed check for five dollars. So far as
is known this is the extentSof the ready
cash he had about him. 7 rom the drug at
store he went on 4 upt town, ,,ffi and 8nothing
m ore was seen or heard OF him at the
courthouse until the next day when aas srel--53
$ative appeared making Inquiries, Ss and
stating that upon the previous q fternoon3
Mr. Beyeridge had been assaulted and
robbed. & Among other things said to have
been stolen from him was a; a;lWatch, ysiE
S5g4b 1t Is "a fact that upon5the afternoon In
question, Or. L. s ton was ca lied TO-
the Office Of Mr.. Beyerldge Il whom he
& found suffering from a Sc evere blo wv sun
posed to be from a sti ck.ss To the PHI = "a
sciah tho injured & man mad de statement
to the affect that he had been held up
and robbed and struc DR.. Sla ton treat ted
him and Mr.. BcYerid &c was tai ken home
by hts son. Since them he had q been Sill.ss
s Ons tuesday last he wa 81 removed n to "a
hospital, and on Sunday morning he end
came. an Deaf h was d duc to! ntlanintiol uf
\ the heart, but professional plnlong gof DR.
Slaton ylss that he blow he receive over
the heart lis "a contributing cause.
chief points s.inyolyed 2, IN
tho eBnlace8 Of ]. assault. An 8nvestlgations 81
which promises some Interesting 8 dis: al
closures has been begun and 1t fis UNDER
stood will be pushed a & The family decllne
to discuss the ma tier in any Of Its lig hts,
but 1t was learned last nigh or 50 II was
stated h that. before his death Nlr. BeY-a
3eridge communicated to members iof the
family the whereabouti d Off, the missing
n IL was said las II tght that some Of the
relatives hold to the belief that M r. Bev- s.
eridge might have fallen In his ofi1ceE or
elsewhere and thereby came by the In
7jurySiwith which he was suffering when
4 Dr. slaton was called ir:.S III 85t
In. His Office. 5s IN
SO far as tho place of the assault is con
cerned 1t Is believed by some that It oc-g
CURED III the very oftlce Of the lawyer
The people around Y the Vi courth ouse 4 are
confident that ittS did not happen there,
hams he went on up town. IS he was was
really held Eup and robbed 1T must have
been after he had come back in the direc-t
ton Of the Office, which Is on Tenth Street
between Mnln and Bank Moreover. hei
had on his watch " hen he lie ft5 the court
house, The attention of one or two people
there was ttracted by the charm on tho
chain, and made remark; Il concerning IT.
Z 83 q! FUNERAL THIS SlAFTDRNOON.
Tho funeral of Mr.. Beverldge will take
place at a3 80 O clock this a fternoon from
the Grace Street Pres byterlan Church
The interment Will be nlade lin Holly.
wood. The following detail from Lee
Camp will be present: Comrades g. G..
Scott, Thomas u. Stratton. w. H. Moore,
u. @ 8. Cardoza, Gervas storrs, George
IWinfree, j. [. q, Burruss and G. T. Dean.
The active pnl-bearers will be chosen
from the various orders OF which Mr..
SBeverldge was n member, The honorary
pall-bearers will be as follows: Judge 3.
r, Wellford, Judge TX Edmund addill. 4
Hon. .5 Conway r, Sands G, F. yvalford "a. I.
b. Newell, Rufus Griffin. Captain y. (. +,
O,Bannon. Robert II, Glinn. Charles G.
Rady. w. I4auman Ragland. Frank Tray
lor. Charles o. 8sayille. Harry Glenn and
J, w. Williams 55 III Es