The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-06
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Evidence Against Martin Regarded W u
aa Norfolk as Concluslv e- s.. PAU ~ 9
Church Asks Comp ensatlo Tor
n RI War Occupancy.
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N NORFoLIS " AZ, May 81 he body OF
Alexander NJ II, Hamilton. Berklay swa g.
found tioatinE In the river near tho N or
fok and West tern Rallroad Depot yester--
day. Just how long the body had been been
5lna the water no one know a. no o 81
knew that he was dead previous to the
finding Of HIS body. Mr. Hamilton had
beer In bad health for some Time and left
home on the 28th4 for Panaceat Springs, n I
c., whore le ex pected to remain for a. few
weeks iii an effort to gain his nealth.
Friends who accompunied him as FAR as
sengcrs' barge OF tho Southern Railway.
His friends babe him; goodbye as the
barge loft her pier, and since that time
his friends and family had received no
tid!nga from him, but were assured that
he was spending his time quietly ct the
were $horror-stric ken when they heard the
news. The deceased was q native OF Ches-
ter, Pa, but had been q reside + OF Berk
ley for q number Of years. He was TORY
seven years Of age: A widow and three
children survive, y.
brought up for trial on the Montague
case Of burglary In the Corpora ton Court
|this morning before Judge Han excl and
astury. The evid sncs Is 80 conclusive that
no. lawyer would dertnke to defend the
case except BY appoln tment Of court our
4 -
OFT for that puf sfose, and theE case went
on with little interest from the q ccused !.
He really made no effort at d. fense.sSI It
Is stated on the authority OF p elective
Tomlinson, now here from Richmond, that
Martin ID not tho name Of tho prisoner
hit that II was Hammond, and that he
belongs to respectable family OF Rlcn-
mond, though he4 has been Ia the peni-
ton tiaryj three times. In addition to this
case on which the prisoner, VIII seems %
be sixty years Of age, must stan no trial
are eight other cases. al OF them 1e'i1 TOT
4 The United states Government ts asked
to a nay ST. Paul's Church, the Norfolk
Academy ana the seamen's Bethel, Of this
city, for the use OF the buildings ~ the
Union army during the three years ears OF
the Civil War. n y. g.55. !, ].
church ana $the academy, and Ralph Rid
3dlebereer represents tho Senmen's Beth e..
which was burned by the Federals during
| the war st. Patti 8 Church ana the ~ or-
folk Aoad DENY each claim 500 e. year d tor
three years, Nv file the Bethel claims ". on.
Is The Rev. Y.$R. IIaight. pastor OF Cal
3yary BAPTIST Church. Scottsville, has re-
signed, to take effect August list: .ts This =
ction was taken at q mass rneetln9 nelo
In tho church after services! Sunday morn
ing, and the resi- gnatiton was accepte s y
MI. Halght, who occupies q clerical post
ton in tho navy val d1s a ccepted the tens
porary Spastorate Of TIE church two years
2ago. when the cohgre ton was not able 81!
to support@a prea cher regularly.
The battleship Illinois is at the navy
yard. The powerful fighter had no DIM
Guilty on account Of lack Of water IN tho
folannel, and as Il was demon strated tina t
there was abundance Of wa ter, It is hoped
that 4 other battleshlps will be ordered
a Mr.. \ and Mrs. Joseph Hill. Of Adams
Avenue and North Street, scottsville. lost
a second child by death from smallpox
on Sunday afternoon, when their six-year-
old daughter, Goldie May, died. Mr.. and
Mrs. HillHares DO tn covering from small
pox but a. bird child Is III with It, T heir
nine-year-o son, Joseph, died last week
from the disease,
The steamer Pocahontas. OF the Virginia
Navigation Company n Line. which has
been Undergoing repairs, has a gain been
placed on the line between this city and
Richmond, taking the place OF the char
tered steamer Old Point Comfort, OF the
New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Rail-
road Company. @