Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-03
SIX PISTOL VICTIMS iIC !
THAT THE NUMBER KILLED BY A
DANGEROUS Tor SOLD ny NORFOLK.
THE LAST TWO WHO DIED.
They Are Raymond Joyner and sam
wir,dn. ccol,-rwo More suffer-
ing with Locktaw-yaIor HUGE
May Succeed superintendent
Maher.
THE LAST TWO WHO DIED.

s<CHtOLh, A. Jan. S.--tSpcciai.J-E
Two more fatalities have resrt.ed from
she deadly type Of toy pistol sold here
about Christmas. In both cases lockjaw
was the Immediate cause OF death. This
makes six cases from this cause Tho
last two victims were Raymond Joyner,
the. flre-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. n.
C.EJoyner. Of 13s South Maltby Avenue.
Bramhlefon. and Sam wilkins. small
colored boy living in Lincolnville, Ports
mouth.
The other dead are Charles Morris.
fthirteen). John T. White (colored), nine:
Walter A Bruuosby, seven. and Harold
Horney, six.
Louis Calvert, Il years old. is also
e&rdcken with lockjaw, and George
Wright. Associated Press messenger, is
threatened with It. Both were shot In
Mayor Riddick this evening issued
special order confiscating the pistols as
dangerous nuIsances, and further pro-
ceedings are being considered.
IDENTIFIED BY HIS CAP.
"A cap which was dropped while he ran.
will convict David Harris. colored. Of
highway robbery. He snatched pocket
book IN the heart Of the city. and Mrs.
p. Res. his victim. to-day identified him
by the cap he wore.
The police belive Harris is the man
who has terrorizcd late shoppers for
weeks.
By order OF the police, an exploded
bombshell, found by a New Yorker in the
DID Confederate breastworks at Sewail s
Point, was to-day thrown overheard.
MAJOR HUGER MAY SUCCEED
It IS believed that Major Huger, at
present superintendent OF the Seaboard
Air Line at Raleigh. n. c.. will succeed
General Superintendent Maher, when the
latter goes back to the Norfolk and West
ern- He was here to-day and was closet
ed with General Manager Barr for soI.r
hours.
Local Republicans are upset by the
Hea that Hugh Miller may get the col
lectorship OF the port. They are skepti-
sal about 1t and boot at Miiierss plai I
hold mass meeting to discuss their
pact with Woodard and whitehead Dem
ocratic candidates for the Legislature.
Representatives Of the shipping interests
believe Miller will be made collector.
The order Of the Court OF Appeals
granting the plaintiff new trial in the
case OF J. 7. Boush against the Fidelity
and Deposit Company of Maryland, was
received here to-day. The plaintiff sued
for alleged false arrest, claiming $1,000
damages. and Jury in the Court of Law
and Chancery on June End, 1860, brought
fl a verdict for the defendant company.
The case was appealed and has been
pending in the upper court ever since.
SAD CASE OF BRUCE BOOZE.
Bruce Booze, who attempted suicide at
morphine dive last Sunday night. by
cutting his throat. has been committed to
the Jail hospital for ten days. Booze,
after attempting to end his life, was
treated at st. vincent's Hospital. He
came here from New York where would
be suicides are looked after very closely
by the authorities. BOOZE feared that he
might be dealt with harshly if he re-
manned in Norfolk, and accompanied by
his wife. who 1t is charged, had been
driven from the house. POS Cove street.
fed thence and being penniless the par
walked out from Norfolk and succeeded
in getting as far as the fair grounds.
where circus is now in quarters. "a
stableman. plying the man and his wife,
who were both wet and almost starved,
told them that they might have quarters
in his stable, where they remained until
yesterday, when Booze was found to be
quite i'll from exposure and was brought
here.
BENZ. f. BUNT1&G's DEATH.
Mr. Benjamin r. Bunting. custodian
OF the City Hall, died to-day after a long
sickness, resulting. from street car ac-
cident at the Lambert's Point trestle, in
which he saved the life of a child, but
injured himself to an extent from which
he never recovered. He was about forty
years Of age and married.
Three ships to load for Europe have ar
rived here thus far this year. Heavy
freiEhts are awaiting them.
The Seahoard Air Line has signed
contract with the Vogemann Steamship
Company to form an independent regular
transatlantic service.
Forty vessels are at Lambert's Point
for coal. Seventeen big steamers are here
for bunker coal and siA for cargoes. while
seventeen are sailing craft. There is
short supply Of ccal at the piers as a re-
suit Of the holidays. The first train load
Of tweuty-six cars arrived to-day.
Beginning to-day, the American District
Telegraph Company took charge of the
messenger service OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company.