The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-04
A FORTUNE
FOR GROOM.
An Old Friend in Texas Will
Make Him Heir.
HELPED HIM YEARS AGO
AS Result Of Kindness Now Long
Forgotten a Rural Route Mail Car
rler at Portsmouth viii Receive
Available Texas Property
HELPED HIM YEARS AGO
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tune awaits Rural Mall Carrier Groom,
who works on route running out from
Portsmouth. ]. NJ. Sanders, Of Buffalo,
Texas. wishes an heir. He has written
to Chief of Police Vellincs to learn the
address Of Groom, formerly n horse train
er Of Texas. The letter says that Groom
was very sklllful In riding and training
horses ten years ago, when he was a lad
Of but fifteen years OF age. and that he
left Texas several years ago. Sanders af-
forwards heard Of Groom as a street car
conductor here and ut Portsmouth. He
doesn't know where Groom is now. San
ders. SO the letter says, wishes to find
Groom because he is indebted to Groom
for great favor, which he wishes to dis
charge by giving a ranch to Groom. San
ders has no relatives to whom to give the
ranch. and therefore he wishes to bestow
1t on the man who as boy did so great
favor for him.
The man Groom has been found, He is
rural delivery mall carrier, working
from Portsmouth. His name is u. S.
Groom. Over eight years ago he and San
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Show. Sanders had saved some money
when the show disbanded at Goldsboro,
~ C., and proposed to Groom to go to
Texas to start a ranch and found a for
tune. Sanders has saved money and had
some capital. After being there several
years, Groom got tired and returned here.
Ile has been postal carrier and is now
In the new service of the postofiice as a
rural carrier. Meantime Sanders must
have accumulated fortune. and there
fore he seeks his former companion to
share it.
Groom has not determined what he will
do. but he will renew the correspondence
with Sanders, who is an old man, and pos
sibly he may go to Texas to accept the
position of heir to a rich benefactor.
LIQUOR CRUSADE.
In the Police Court this morning those
cases which We're the result of the liquor
crusade Were not successful. AS In the
majority OF such cases heretofore, there
was not evidence enough to convict, and
one liquor dealer was discharged on the
charge Of selling liquor and another on
the charge of allowing q game Of craps
OH his premises.
There was a meeting of the police COM
rlissioners this morning to consider the
character of evidence that can be pre-
sented to the grand jury now in session
Iva lilC pulpoSc u ODtdIIllI1S indictments
against the gamblers and the liquor deal
ers. None Of the members would tell
what the commission has decided to do,
but 1t was learned that the crusade Is
progressing satisfactorily and that no dis
missals from the police force are to be
made just yet
1t is understood, too, that some of the
prominent liquor dealers will be indicted
II the grand jury will accept the evidence
cd 1,yt ~
1t is the current saying that man who
was really thirsty could get liquor to
quench his thirst on Sunday, despite the
rigid orders to the police to arrest the
liquor dealers.
The story of Otis Haran's winning S. 900
is not credited here. One OF the detectives
says that all of the gamblers in Norfolk
now-since the recent raid-could not raise
5000 Mayor Riddick, when spoken to
on the subject. said that IL Otis Harlan
were capable Of winning such large
amount that he would be welcomed here
again in order that no might win all the
money the gamblers have. Tho story Is
regarded as that Of the press agent va
riety.
"A SERIOUS CHARGE.
Red" McDonough. a young white
man. is in Jail In Portsmouth on a
charge of assault, preferred by Mrs. Lot
tie Brown a white woman. Of Hampton.
The woman alleges that she met Nc
Donough on the street in Norfolk last
Sunday, and that tho man. although a
total stranger to her. noticed that she
was suffering from pain, and offered her
bottle from which she drank, and then.
accompanied McDopough to Portsmouth.
where they boarded q GiImerton car, and
after riding some distance in the county,
they left the car. and 1t was then that
| MoDonough assaulted her. Tho woman
was later found by Special Officer Frank
Broughton Of the county. to whom
| some one reported that she was having
commissions.
| Mr.. Broughton took Mrs. Brown to mis-
home, where she was cared for, and
| later she was taken to the county jail
and has been there since.
SHOT HIMSELF.
Jesse Breadlot, who came from At
lantn. Ga, to enlist in tho navy, acct.
dentally shot himself through the thigh
in the restaurant kept by Tamas, q
Greek. last night.
Breadlot took lodging at the place and
Tamas asked tho man to load pistol for
him, and In complying with the request
| accidentally exploded the weapon THE
bullet lodged in the feshy part Of the
thigh. making u painful, but not dan.
| gerous, wound
BODY OF CAPTAIN WILLIAMS.
The body of Captain George Williams
who lost his life when tho tug IiZzie
Massie of which he was master, OK.
ploded In the southern branch December
23d. was found floating In the river to.
day. one mile and half from The scene
of tho wreck.
The body was brought to the city fol
preparation, to be sent to the family O
the deceased at Frankfort, Delaware, 1
Fresh Strawberries We're served In
restaurant here to-day They came from
South Carolina. and are q month earle
than last years crop was
Had His Back Injured.
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