The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
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lspecial Ti mes III
ARVoNIA !; rtsizeffaE
lSof this county and q L ali the counties
cont lous Il thereto a re- 4 looking forward
with ntense Interest to- the trial OF IL
EsWooldri ridge and Cha lie, For es5 which Sia
schedule ed to take place at al special term
Of court ut Buck ing ham Court house next
week, beginning with Al ond lay morning &.
and pro badly extending through a large
part o e The week. a Though 1t has been
three "a Id q hal e months since the burning
OF the John5 S. Forbes home tead, & in this.
county the interest s,In;S the case has not
only II OF d ated, but3is greater now 4 han
it5has been at any preYio Gus time. s2I It's
though TT here will be a. larger attendance
at this session "A { Il t he court than has
ever been known. Il and IT. Isl certain that
tho case will be hys far the most q inter
Eestings one ever known N 1 the history OF
this count y. rs
IA No new d level opments have been A re-.
veaied ntly, though 1t? is thought n 4
Comma nwealth has been secretly at work
on mat tiers that Il Will prove 9sto lbe OF
great weight and immense 3interest, The
defense has i likewise not al owed any. grass
to grow 4 Il u It's pathWay 81. nd much work
.hasErecentlys been done 6oyf counsel on tn rs
side. 3fSS
jury III the case was summoned y, last
week from various sections Of the county
thong the les sof he jurors a have not
been ma de pnhll III Il = Fss
History Of the Case.
The his tory Of his case is ione of adra-E
ma tic In crest. On The ri ghta he 80 3of@
last March. while M r.8s J ohm, s. Fl rbes:.s
a venerable 8, and most excel lent cit lien
this county & his young lighter. N ss
jamie, and Jan old seolored wol1la
asleep Fin tho old Forbes nlansio theirS
lifelong home, they, We're awak eneds q {
lnidngh by he crack Ing Of flames, ana
|s%ere, Mortified to find every house q NJ
the plant atfon In a light blaze as the re-
suit Of some fire flend, s wi my. 18th
heroic efforts Miss Jante and the Il Old
colored woman ma mai ed. to ia ke tho aRed
father out OF the burning house and save We
q Il few pieces OF furniture. BESIDES, IA iss5
JAMIE, like the heroine which she Is, RAJ
more than a. hundred yards distant and
extlnguisbed tho fire tlich ad t3recel
been lindled against a heart pine sno ke-s
house. while the fire fends.. as was shown
by the tracks the next nornill 8, Il slopcl9
hidden by. the brow OF a Hill not forty
yards away, looking at her,
/, q IN q, few days the old man died TOM.
shock and exposure incid ent TO tina night
az horror. The burial took place AZ s he
family graveyard out in y 'front.' Q Y ne
house. i e "a IN a II; IS n .s33
Weird and Uncanny Report
II t l,appened that young Charlie Forbes
one sof several SONS OF J Ohm 9. Forbes.
n very handsome young man OF Z Yer, ~
five Years OF age who had been wing K
with his father, had disappeared from
home on the day of the fire. Ills whf res
abo,lts were not known, o. Their \ BY an
member Of the family or, SO far rs
known by any OF the nelghbors. his
aroused suspicious Lat or. other9 liiloEs
circulated with startling persis tencetS y
began Ia ba whispered that a promlnei
neIghhor of the family. a school run
tee. farmer and politician, was IN some 4
way connected with the crime. A nd so
persistent did these reports become ina
| II ID said at one time party o. men
Mas organized Ito go personally and IN w
Yestiglte matters, # 4. ,5 y /, y q,
The report spread abroad vii all he
lSbare uncannness possible that g harllsi
Forbes had been murdered, and that his
body had been buried In the grave OF his
Euncie, who had died 8severa years ago
Young Forbes's pgs had been seen to 10 +
frequently to this grave and dig Into II; 4
ana ma II Is thought that an IN tn ible sign
l;that young Forbes was buried theirs.
Late in May, inathe very midst Of this \
excitement. party OF men lRaA or
ganlzed In Farmyille, beaded by Edloa
Spencer. a prominent citizen. and leslie
Fogus. the chief az police. and they
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