The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-25
JURY CAN'T
FIX BLAME
An Interesting Announcement
Yesterday in Manchester.
STILL ON TAYLOR CASE
Alleged Burglar Arrested--Mr. Nun
naly Resigns from School Board
Teachers E'ected-Dea.h ct
Little Personal
STILL ON TAYLOR CASE

tigation, the grand jury of Manchester
confesses its inability to fix the blame
for the great disorder which prevailed
in n certain section OF the city snort
willie ago in connection with the, street
car strike. That there was such disorder
the jury declares TO he Il fact, but after
the examination OF many witnesses IT has
been found impossible to connect any per-
son or persons herewith,
The announcement yesterday TO ;his
effect MARKS the completion of portion
/ of the, work outlined for the grand jury
when It assembled. What 1t did III TINS
direction 10 best told in the following
Paper, which il presented late YESTERDAY
afternon to Judge j. IL. ingram, OIL inc
Coroprat ton Court:
.'r the matter of the disturbances re-
ported to the grand jury for investigation,
occurring at tho southern terminus OF lhe
bridge, between the hours OF l2:lo ana
1880 p. NJ, Tuesday, the 2lst instant, II
has been clearly established that stone
was thrown, and that the motormen and
tho conductors of tho Richmond. Passcn-
ger and Power Company were jeered at
aud abusive cpithets used on tilat ana
other occasions, but that 1t haNzbecn I'M
/ possible to ascertain from WYNN ,nes
2ema,atcd. The investigation lms been
thorough and rigid, and while 1t Is
source of regret that no particulars cal,
be submitted, yet 1t Is clearly shown that
tho evidence cannot DC obtainea.
THE TAYLOR SHOOTING.
Tho jury is In the middle OF its invcss-
| tigauon Of tho Taylor shooting. 1t nd
| iourned Yesterday until Monday by which
| time, 1t Is hoped. the out-of-town witnesses.
can be gotten here. Among those exam
| ined yesterday were the following sol
diers and citizens:
| d NJ, VII NJ Canaan
| II. ~. Bowles, Captain a. T. Brock, Ser
sgeant r. Page Burwell, Lieutenant f NJ.
EfTobson. Sergeant Mark Lloyd Colonei
I George Wayne Anderson, Sergeant y n
Jennings, Lieutenant j. II. Stone. G. 9.
| ;BossieuX, u. Il. Vaughan. ]. a. Schwartz,
lC. c. Sharp. f. II. Cook, l.. G. Crowder,
Samuel B. Isaacs, George 3. Hooper j.
| j.. Kitchen, ]. a. Hogan aud G. g. Duke
and Messrs. a. l., Sampson, III, a. Mai
| rice, w. II. Owens. i. c. Davidson. Ny
| ron Sheppard Douglas Morgan; .. NJ.
| Durrett, j. a. sLipscomb. ]. T. Mcnamara,
| johnson Marshall and c. w King.
THE SCHOOL BOARD.
| Mr. B. a. Nunnally. for the past twenty
years a member of the Manchester School
Board, has resigned that position. His
| resignation was rendered at mec,'h6
| OF the board held Thursday night and ac-
| cepted. His successor will be elected by
The city Council.
Among other things. the board elected
| teachers for the following year. Those
chosen were:
For the white school--AIr. A. II. Fitz-
gerald. principal; Mr.. w. +. Rudd, assis-
Iant: and Miss r. A. Lyon, Miss T. NJ.
French, Miss Ada l.. Hall. Miss Ialia
Mayo, Miss II. M. Bronough, Miss Flor
/ ence Brands, Miss b. B. Fair, Miss Il.
i P. Bohannon, Mlss Clara O'Brien. Miss
Ida l.. Brown, Miss Lamb and Mrs. J.
d. Woodward.
For the colored school,. n. SLACK
/ we'll princpal c. L. Wlnfree. assistant;
4 Bertha r. Hughes. NJ. e. l.. Coleman,
i AZ. A. johnson, Laura y. Hobson, Flor
l,epco Baker, Frederick Tyler, Sarah
4 .Deane..
GYPSY ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY.
A gypsy, Harry e. Kippctt by name,
was arrested yesterday afternoon by
captain I,ipscomb. charged with breaking
into the house Of Mr.. Lawrence Pooi
Yesterday morning, ransaching the place.
and then firing at the occupant OF the
residence as he sprang from the peo 20
see what was the matter. The arrest
was made after lively search Upon
hearing Of the robbery, Captnlh Lipscol''p
went to Petersburg and there became
aware OF the fact that band OF gypsies
+ had left there on their way through
the bounty. His suspicious were at once
aroused, and he followed tho gang, With
tho result told.
Mr.. Pool lives in the Marx Addition.
Between and 5 o'clock yesterday morn
ing he was aroused from his slumberS
y by an unusual noise in his bedroom he
sprang up only TO jump almost into me
arms of a man. who was in the room max
ing free with shndry articles therein. Ihe
bureau had been ransacked and clothing
and other stuff was strewn over tht
floor Mr.. Pool seized p,stol amu,
started for the intruder. who fled down
the steps, firing back as he went but
without effect. Mr.. Pool returned the
shots but hit nothing. The thief made
his wny out OF the rear door, after which
he was seen no more.
POLICE MATTERS
In the Mayor's Court yesterday morn
Ing Ella Smith was charged with uslle
profane and abusive Language on ths
street. She was fined 81,
Chicken thieves in Swansboro and dof
thieves In Manchester are beginning te
develop at an abnormal rate quite :
number OF henneries have been robbed
in Swansboro. Suspicion attaches td
certain small boys. since one Of the per
sons robbed caught several boys IN hel
yard n few days ago In the act or car
rying off some of the Chickens Ine
boys, it Is said, We're the sons OF weli-to
40 citizens of Manchester In Mahches
ter lot OF dogs are ni'ss'ng' snn Votes ~ =
thought that there Is gang OF proies
sional dog thieves who steal the dogs
and ship them away to the North. Mayo
Maurice will endeavor TO put stop u
the thicvlng
LITTLE GIRL DEAD,
The funeral OF Evelyn virginia Williams
The little daughter of Robert and Emm
Wlams, and gran ,1aa q s,., Of dca M
Thurs,uav night, took place at oclocl
yesterday afternoon from the residence
Tho interment was made In Maury Gene
terry .., M. ~
Wake n short while ago, when they wer
, ma'NY . from seu.' the buggy in which the
were riding. Miss Wake has not ye
fully recovered from the INJURIES she re te
: unhurt IN the accident The cause o
her death was acute spinal meningitis,
n n SERVICES To-M at Rdn1,N, cn,,ro,
~ In the cambridge Street Bap!ls' Shnrol
NJ Sunday the Rev. %, v. Badly ID, D. pas
s. s. tor Win preach at II a, NJ; The Rev
N j. j. Fix, Of the Presbyterian Church