The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-15
IS ACCUSED
OF MURDER
Elijah steger, Aged Ten, Await
ing Trial il Manches-
ter Jail.
TUG BOAT is LAUNCHED ); e:
The Alma, Built ii, Owners
Backyard, Takes Maiden
Plunge. nj

Manchester Bureau, Times-D Dispatch
IN a MOI i102 Hull Street. 3ss
Elijah steger colored boy, Is con-
lf,ned IN the Manchester jail on the
charge OF murder. committed on TUES 'li
day. h
The murdered boy was Robert Young,
also colored. The circumstances OF the
case, according to Elijah. who says 'tl 8 no
| Us about ton years old. but is nearer
eleven are as follows; MI d
He was driving q COW home, which is
his Job every evening, for hls aunt, Cna ar
lslotte Pope sA he was nearing home he
was set upon and stoned BY SIX boys,
| cephus Coleman, George Wood, ) ohn5
an rksdale. Samuel Taylor, Ralph lay
;or5 and Robert Young. It hese boy saSs (
|sniItah. have been In the habit OF stonins
l$him Tor some time: and make @ prae
| !tice 81 worrying him. e Tuesday evening
| they pelted him with stones Samuel ana
lSRaiph Taylor threw him down and the
lscthcrs helped to hold him on the grouno
While in this position Robert y oung
S. ruck him In tho side with g roc - nai-
Ely he managed to get8on his lee IS ano,5
as soon as he did 80, picked up q large Il
ock and threw 1t at Young, hitting him
fell, and Ills frightened comrades picked
Ist;n %up and carried him home. Elijah,
lsunaware OF the extent Of the injury he
had inflicted, made for his home and re-
tired. Sl51 s IS RS; n, gtr 5s
THE evidence. Oh the other hand
brought out the story that IN, coming
home with tn e cows. Robert y oung was
ahead, and that FL ijah sked him to move
out Of the way and slet him got 2 head
tjrt, tle,ot II Vaf
a minute; I'll u fix & him. XII II N hercupon
struck w Dung ia the head vi tn q stone
Elijaf8the started to run. but was ID
viscd by the others not to H do 50 .}ss tleg
desisfed, and walked ava quietly. These
are the facts as ted on each sid
| Young was carried home, and the next
day DR.. c.. NJ. Ha zen repanned y he boys 81
skull but to no vail e ne 5 dled Two
hours later. An inquest wa Il h ell over
the body by DR.. J s. LOVING. and the
Jury handed in the verdict tina t Youngg
|scamctoEh dea tn at the hands OF Ell "a ~
steger Sd County Constable Grant went to-
the house whore the boy ] ved 4 placed bin
under arrest, and brought Y llim to =; 81 n
chester Jail late ~ rednes day nigh II. he
,motheress, and was deserted by his
father and left to get al long as best ,, slle
could in the char ge Of his aunt ,555s
The Alma Launched
Tie new tug Of Mr.. F. Davis vas i,
|llunched yesterday afternoon at 4 o. clock: n
The little thirt -year-old daught ],
Alma, OF Mr. Davis, performed the ceree-2g
lSmony Of christening. a large crowd wa e
present when little Miss Alma daintily$
broke the bottle of champa gne. and h tile
new Alma took her first plunge. g S8g
Work on the boat was started twelve
months ago. If. Il Davis built It IN Z his
backyard ]: and Tuesday, when the last
rail- had been driven, pla ced & the boat
n9trucks and started her riverTa rds.#
Tonight there will be a feast in cele-$
8bration Of the event, and refreshments
will be served to all WHO come. "a
The Alma will be- sent to the TrEg
ship-yard to be fitted pGwith engines.5
and work con her will be compl eted lin
sixty days. Afterwards she will be 5usodS
Tor both pleasure and business purposes
Negro Not Muir dered.
& The negro who vas found dead on the
track Of the sea,loard Air n Line last
night, and was supposed to have been
murdered, was decided BY the jury Il to-
nave been killed by engine No "a VI The
man's head was crushed and his arm
broken, but there were no other marks
on, which to base a suspicion of murder.
IL The Identity Of the negro Is stu ln-,b
known. @ 53 n Il Y 81 Han Ed
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