The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-10
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Il into tho wall OF the iparlor. 8 +, I.
sSs While The gun was bclchlng forth ~ ~
Il isathsdealinr bullets In response to tn
Il tai sion Upon the trigger, Miss Morris
SRwonndhh and helpless. attracted the az
a teniion OF her sister by her screaming a
" appeals. She called upon tho Lord to save save
Z hod and besotght cambridge TO cease,
rs The sister, Berthe, was quick to realize
ysthe purport of tho Screams and shots
from tho parlor and In turn a%cKe the
4 hotise by her cries. MIA,
!. N Mr. Cook, who had long since retired
Il Tor the night, rushed iron, the room ana
toward the pHr1or. He advanced SUI
Yiciently flr down the steps to see SAN
aridse, who had left the parlor the scene
N Of his carnage. and entered tho hall.
II Deliberately and with unerring calcula-
II tion, the man turned the yet smoking re-
svolver upon himself and fired Twice
n Ii, succession. s,l.
balls entered his body about an
inch apart, penetrating the lungs, put
\ Tho injuries were not so iminedlately se! Sc!
iIous al to bear him to the floor, for he
walked. unassisted, for over block before or
4 lie fell,53I5l ii = y,
s5l6s,.Wlv ala you shoot that helpless girl =
called Mr.. Cook to Sand ridge. but ne BOT
snosdirect answer
4 Look at ne.''rcplied thetman. II am
shot, too" 5s
with the words upon his lips sandridge
left the house and turned sotithwardly
5 on lTwenty-sixth Street, He was seen
making his exit from the house ny
pesser-by and escorted to the once 81
Vi Dr.. Parker, still holding the revolver III
s his hand There was yet one cham Der
= which had not been fired but OF TINS lie
f was unaware.
3iI33s once In the Office he pulled open his
y roat and two tiny holes in his coat, from
which the blood was trickling' showed
that he had shot himself. Calmly ne n ~
tormed Dr.. Parker Of the Tragedy, 70
Il sfich he had been an actor statag ,, r,'a,
he deplored the crime and Woulu 1nucil
4 3nrefer to die than have Miss Morris sue
Dumb to the wounds. He still thought
OF her. @ q e.4
Y santiridge sank to tho floor, TOO weak
to stand from the loss Of blood. He was was
3 bleeding profusely. The doctor did What
he could to relieve the man and also 70
get a statement from him, but no refused
r. tall, any more Of the horrible affair.
il rhe ambulance was summoned and re.
spondcd in care OF DR.. Sanddge. and
4 sandridge was removed to the Virginia
Hospital, where for hours he was under
n the care OF surgeons J,
x IN the meantime Mr. and Mrs. Cook and
Miss BERTHE Morris had rushed into the
parl or where the wounded girl lay upon
the floor her life rapidly ebbing away,
'tHelp me, I am dying. :" repeated the
kemi- conscious young lady.
mo. you are not, replied Mrs. Cook.
eve win soon have you all right. How
did this happen 2"
IVA But Miss Morris was too weak to reply.
and in. a few minutes her heart STOPPED
throbbing, and she entered into the great
beyond without ever having made a
statement as to why cambridge fired upon
her. ASS IS { B Il Z,
3 Coroner Taylor was notified from the
TYrst Police station within an hour after
#tha shooting. He called at the house
and viewed the remains, but as yet no
inn1,est has been held, as Sandridge
the. witness-in- chief, Isl IN no condition
to testify. The inquiry may be held this
morning. Gs t3,s3 ISL jr45s
sANDRIDGE "A PRISONER.
Although a patient at the Virginia Hos
pital, sandridge is in reality q prisoner y:
He is closely watched, and no chance VII
be allowed him to escape, for against MIN
ID a charge of murder. =, !.
u Yesterday morning in the Police Court
tthe case came up for hearing. when Pa
9trolman n T ok es, = who was tho first officer
"a arrive on the scene,G entered q charge
& os murder against Sandridge, after which
the case went over until the 18th. 4,
st cambridge halls from Buckingham coun-
#ty and has been In Richmond about, two
Years Iie has two sisters in the city
Mrs, Is. II. Pelrman and Mrs. J. a. Car
ter. He has recently been boarding with
the latter. He IS a blacksmith, and as
late as last Saturday worked at the forge
ii, q shop Mt No. 1907 East Franklin Street
He%is twenty years Of age and quite &C.
TIVE.
Mr.. ]. A. Carter. a brother-in-law Of
SGndridge, is interested In the smith
Shop at which he has been working. He
affirms that recently the man has seemed
out of his head. and no great dependence
could be placed on his memory.
WAS MUCH IN LOVE,
At the alome, No. 2oO5 East Broad Street,
Mrs Carter stated yesterday afternoon
that ssandridg had been paying attention
to Miss Morris for several months and
seemed very much In lovo with nor, al
though he has let drop none OF his af-
fairs with the young lady, She said that
before Christmas he gave Miss Morris
handsome ring, and since the holidays
he has presenated her with a watch and
chain. go, :"
TO the children about the house. his
nephews and nieces, he has stated that
he would some day have a nice home and
pretty wife, but this Is the only 1nfor-
nation he has let out which would tend
to show that he contemplated marriage.
4 Miss Morris was an orphan, one of
three children. who live in Richmond
Recently she had been employed ut Whit
locks factory and had been living at No.
el9 Twenty-sixth Street, while her sister
lived In the mouse adjoining. Last Satur-
day she moved to the place where her
sister was living and the night following
was murdered
4 The body will be sent to Flat Rock,
Powhatan county, to-day, for burial. ~
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