The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-12
BEING HELD
FOR MURDER
Tramps Arrested Near Ports.
mouth Suspected Of Killing a
Pennsylvania Toll Keeper.
ANSWER The DESCRIPTION
Officer Will Come for the Men.
Norfolk to Try and Secure
Lower Insurance Rates.
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NORFOLK. VA. July 11.--John q BrienS
and Joseph Day. tramps arrested sew
eral days ago for assaulting an officer
at the Southern Railway yards at Pm
ner's Point. are being held In Portsmouth.
suspected Of being the men wanted for
the murder OF Jacob Ressler. ansaged
bridge keeper, IN Lancaster county. Pa.
j. G. Goruch, druggist OF Norfolk,
read Of the Pennsylvania murder and
saw descriptions OF the ira mps In local
newspapers. He Instituted an investiga-
ton. with the. result that a Lancaster
officeris on his way here to identity, IL
possible. the prisoners. 1t Is said that
the men bear close resemblance to pic
lures OF the men who are charged With
the crime q f. 5ss S9 s9 Sd & ~ S
III a special received from Lancaster to-
night says: sls v 81 81
THE local authorities are confident that
Joseph Day and John O Brlen, tho tramps5
arrested at Norfolk and now In jail at
Portsmouth, Va. are the men who killed
the old toll-gate keeper, Samuel Resser.a
near Lamar Place, on the night OF July
list. District Attorney Croft had a long
distance telephone conversation with the
Portsmouth sheriff late this afternoon,
and found that the tramps ans wer ex-g
sactly the description Of the m NJ +,
Deputy Sheriff zlegler' a t once left for
SHarrisburg.$ and after securing reausition
papers Will proceed b to Portsm outh to-
bring the suspects to this city, .i sass
N ORFOLK'SE INSURANCE RATES Sas
FEB Al special meeting OF the fire insurance
committee OF the Chamber OF Commerce
and the local gents OF insurance COM m
panies has been lied for Thursday Of
/ this week to discuss some plan by which
Norfolk may be placed I'M better light
before fire Insurance companies all over
the country. The action Of the Cha M
Der Of Commerce IS inspired by a report
on the iresprotections OF Norfolk, issued
by a commission OF twenty experts sent
out to make an slnvestigation Of rious;
cities by the tional sAssoci ton Of Sire
Underwriters, 81 N w VI ter aims, II more
sregula t!ons are some Of the causes of
ENorfok's high insurance rates. is
l5 THE DISMAL SWAMP CASE.
Special Commissioner George; e. B ow.ai
den was engaged to-day hearing the
sCamp-D Dismal Swamp case Involving the
alleged draining Of land by the newgD Dis
NAL Swamp Canal y to the hurt O. Camp
ssowner8of large lumber lands. The ques-s
ton OF theSrlgh OF the defendant to COM
pel a subpoena douces tecun a gasnst the
plaintiff for the production in evidence of
Ea8certain map In his possession, has been
finally decided. Commissions BoWden5
held that the subpoe ma ould be issued
The plaintiff appeal led and sJudg &c! "A Vaddtll
held that 1t could not. 33
a STATE DRUGGISTS sSOCIATlON.s5
8 The annual meeting Of the State Drug
Eists, Association will open Mt BuckroeE
beach tomorrow and vii Y pro- a 81 res
4ir,ain in session until Thursday. Mr..sSHV.
r. Martin, OF the firm Of Burrow. Mar
tin and Company, Of I his city, said this
morning that 1t was the purpose of the
association to meet at Pine Beach, but
the Committee on Arran gements finally
decided to go to Buckroe Beach
S Mill Mcpherson shot and killed Peter
Wilson in the suburb KIN own a. q. ~ GOD :
trirsty.,'i Both are colored. Mol herson
shot four times, & two. bullets taking 8ef--a
feet. 55;5 vs..
nF solm sst
the coast between Hog Island and Sape
Henry Captain Watkins and his crew
escap ped in Their va WI. 7 he schooner. was as
ttowed into this harbor estcrda morning
by the tug Albert G. Ellis. She will be
|&raised by the VIII lam II. Frank Com
pany. One OF the Imasts will beS cut away.
The damage done is estimated at 81 900. az
The anagement of St. Vincent's Hos-
pital has arranged for the delivery Of q
series OF popular lectures during Wy
and August on the sui ject OF !. n lrst Aid
to the Injured. number Of the Lead !;
various phases of the subject. Esd
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