The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-20

lives on the sound, was right behind
Mr.. Hines in an empty car by him.
SELF. When the man got up from where
&c had fallen he asked Mr.. Stokely 20
let him ride. and Mr.. Stokely thinking
that he was drunk, paid no attention
10 MIN and drove on. The weak and
SICK man, however, attempted to stop
rls morse. fell in the road and the cart
ran over his chest. Whether Mr.. Stokely
drove on and left him without stopping
to see whether he was hurt. DR. Bell
Icculd not ascertain. Last night he
summoned Messrs. Hines and Stokely
to come 10 the city today to make a
statement about the matter.
Last night a Messenger representa-
tive called at 100 Dock street. and was
told by Miss temperance Young that
she was satisfied beyond any doubt that
THE remains were those of her brother.
She said that about a month before he
disappeared he had been brought home
by Mr.. Fales. He was then coming
from Carolina Beach where he had
been doing some work for Mr.. G. D.
Morrill,, the contractor, who had a
contract for some carpenter work at
fEe beach. She stated that her broth
ie- had been an invalid sometime and
WAS almost helpless from losing us
of his lower limbs. When walking he
would frequently fall in the streets,
land was treated by DR.. w. j. Love, DR..
a. II. HarriSS and other physicians.
mir was also affected but as he
was harmless the family decided that
as he vas their only brother, they would
mot send him to the asylum but keep
him at home. When he would get bet
ter, however, he would insist on trying
20 do some work and would wander off
in search of something to do. He left
home May Srd n since then the
family has never heard of him.. After
he disappeared they had the city
Thoroughly searched and advertised in
1.-THE papers for infOrmation as to his
whereabouts but never heard a word.
IThev concluded that he had fallen
overheard from some of h wharves
and had been drowned. Miss Young says
the last person in the city who saw her
brother was Dr. F. H. Russell who saw
him at Seventh and Wooster streets.
evidently going back to Carolina beach
loo that ill fated May 3rd. She says her
brother never drank, and was a steady,
moral man and a constant attendant
lat Market street NJ. E. church of which
The vas a He was 30 years old
when he disappeared, having been born
February 1, 1868, at Camden. S. c.,
from which place the family had moved
to Wilmington six years previous to
lhIS disappearance. He had a wife and
1.-TWO children. a girl ten years old and
la boy aged s. About a year after his
Ibis disappearance his wife returned to
lher father at Columbia. S. c., and a
short while ago she married W. J.
Roberts. a car inspector for n of the
railroad companies at Columbia. Mrs.
Roberts. on the 9Th or this month
l(March) wrote to Miss Young here
THAT her husband (Roberts) was run
lover and killed by a train a week be-
fore the date of her letter.
Mr.. Young was we'll known about the
lcity before he disappeared. He was a
imam of about six feet two inches in
height and shortly after the race
TROUBLES in Wilmington in 1898 was a
Substitute on the police force. He did
not hold that position long, however.
OF account Of his physical condition
land the state of his mind.