The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-21
Stood on a Box and Fastened as l'
a Moose over HIS Neck.
BANKS TO CONSOLIDATE I'D !, Il,
New Shops ofthe Seaboard Air Line to
Take the Place Of Those Burned. \
Are Nov About Ready-A
$ wife Reported Missing.
fspeclal to Tho Time J. DIspatch.)

Aidg sway, thirty ycots Old. living with
his mother on her fnrm on the Westc..,
branch near Bowers Hill, ended his life
this morning by hanging himself 10 a
tree Ridgeway had been acting queerly
for couple Of months Rldseway left
the house this morning. and not returning,
his mother went out 10 look for him.,
4 and was mortified to find her sons body
4 swinging from cedar tree. The man had
fastened rope TO limb and then placed
moose over his head. A box nearby tolo
the remainder OF tho story. Life was OK
tInct when the body was discovered,
death having occurred from strangu!u
ton. Justice Bunting was notified ana OF.
dered a Jury Of inquest s,,mmonded, ttcr
hearing the mothers testimony a Vero'ct
OF death by suicide was rendered. n
It is supposed that Ridgewny conten'
plated taking his life with a razor as U
new. keen bladed razor was found IN ms
pocket after his body was cut down.
NEW TROuBLER OF THE F1Nks. i
y The troubles OF the F'inks that hnvs
been aired in newspapers and IN ma gus
4 trates' courts Of the county are 70 pc SCI
tied by separation and the surrender ~
y the four months old child Of the couple TO
g the ia Their, who was to have left this eve
ming with the little one for New YORK,
where II Will no cared for. Both iather
and mother were arrested for disordefly
conduct on ferry boat this afternoon,
and will DO detained.
Two Jurors who wanted TO hang Jarnes
Stewart, charged with criminal Assault
upon small colored girl hung the jury 70.
day. This was Stewards second nearing
and he may 60 free from the simple IN
i ability OF the Commonwealth TO CONVICT
him.
4 WANTS GOVERNOR TO OFFER RE-
WARD.
Commemorative Attorney John G. ~,
ton has written to Governor Montague
and received authority from him to ones
4 a reward of 500 for the arrest OF tne
S negro John Allen, who, about week go,
murdered Ada Smith, colored, on cove
street. this city. Mayor RIddick had pre-
viously offered a reward OF 80 for Aliens
apprehension.
s Mr.. George W. Britt. young travelling
man from Wilmington. N. CT. ana MISS
Emma VESSEL, formerly OF winning Ton
and now OF Petersburg, secured mar
rage license here this afternoon and we're
later married BY Rev. Or. C. 8. Blackwell.
\ Or, Blackwell was formerly Mr.. Britts
ma stor In Wilmington. When the marriage
license was applied for 1t was found that
Miss VESSEL was not quite tWenty-ohe
years old, ana he'll mothers consent hao
I to be secured.
Tho mother was tclegraphed to at Pc
tersbur &, and her consent was received oy
wire.
Samuel Ferguson, charged with shoot
ing sam Brown during negro riot,
E has been rc-arrested. owing to Brown. S
serious condition. He Is held IN sl'oo
4, i. WIFE MISSING.
Mr.. Charles D. Mercy. foreman OF the
BuildI,rs' Manufacturing company OF
Norfolk has advised the Norfolk ponce
that his wife, Laura McRoy. lelt ner
y home hero three weeks ago and has not
since been heard Of He called at police
headquarters accompanied by his little
daughter, and furnished the police With q
photograph OF his missing Wife with
( whom he said no had lived amlcao!y.
He said that he could not Imagine why
his wife deserted her home. she Is
thought TO be In Baltimore.
The Bank OF Commerce Is to acquire
the City National Bank. The deal Will
he announced as completed within rev
days.
THE sEABOARD SHOPS.
The new shops OF the Seaboard Air Line
Railway. built to replace the shops that
b we're burned last May, Will be completed
within ten days. The machinery IS al
here. and most OF it has been installed.
when completed the plant will be the
most extensive Of the kind In the South.
The new shops will cover several more
acres than did the old plant. The build.
ings are uniformly larger than those that
we're burned. and the total cost OF the i'm
provements will exceed 100000.
The general store-house OF the system,
which was destroyed with It's thousands
OF dollars worth Of supplies, has been
rebuilt on different site. The new
building Is go by 10 feet and has wide
platform for shipping purposes, extending
on three sides OF 1t. It Is situated directly
on the main tracks SO that cars may
more readily be loaded.
Car repair and erection shops, with ~
the planning machinery and other mechani'
cal devices at a distance from the lum.
Der used have also been provided, and
among other appliances Is a transfer
table, which is the most modern IN the
country.