The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-16
NEWS FROM
SOUTHSl.D|E
Elijah steger Will Go to tile
Grand JuryBoy Is
Norchalailt.
MEDICINE vENDER IS FINED I E:
Professor Webb Would Like to-
Buy Piano Oil the install
lne1lt Plan.
MEDICINE vENDER IS FINED
Manchester Bureau. Times p spatc:hI /


Manchester Bureau. Tmes-Dlspatc.hl IL
aS No 1102 Hull Street = a
Belle Islnngo and Waiter Bowers are
being held In Manchester JAIL It's s,lss
poets In the supposed case Of the MUIR
Ger or the man who was recently found
dead OH the scaboard Air Line tracks.
Caught In tho clutches of the Jaw, these
two await the development of%eyidencc.
The Indications, as have been repeatedly
hpheld by certain officers Of the police
force, arc that murder was commltled,s
and also that those two persons now
ii, Jail are either responsible for or arc
acquainted with thcimnnner Of tho man s
DEATH Another man is thought to he
implicated in the affair. s3g
II lis said thnt When notice WAS lirst5
given to the railroad authorities That
The man had been killed BY "a. tram, th.,s
we're Convinced that there lad hecn foul
play, and refused to take charge of the
body. demanding that an Inquest he held.
Although the Jury rendered q, verdict coil-
trary to The exprc ssed belief q many,
the matter was not dropped. i esLerday
stronger evidence lied to. the arrest of
Belle Blango and Walter Bowers, vino
we're seen with the man just before his
death: and will. In all probability. lead
20 the apprehension Of a. third party.
The development OF the case VII be
watched with interest.
Steger Sent to Grand Jury.
Elijah steger, accused OF the murder OF
Robert Young (botIl coored) 9 on July
10th, was given a preliminary hearing
yesterday morning by Squire Cfea tllamsl
The evidence appeared strongly against,
the boy, who is only about ten years Of
age. according to his statement, and he
will be Kent on to the, grand Jury. d
The general conviction Is that Stegers
did not throw the stone at Young Y with
intent to kill. but merely from hat spirit
Of roughness common In street urchins.
The indictment rendered blythe grand
jury will probahl y, be that of murder In
the second degree. or manslaughter. The.
boy seems to be little aware ofEthe{ enor-t
nifty of his crime. s
On to Cincinnati.
The Elks Of Manchester Lodge, No.
s43, are In great ebullition OF spirits over
the convention to be held in Cincinnati
July 18th. The general enthusiasm in
Elkdom over the great fete is reflected In
Manchester, and all are anxious to at,
tend. The prospects of the convention
rival those Of last year, as there will be
about 10000 who will go and there will
be a vast outlay of money. Mr., Eugene
Lipscomb Is the delegate from the Man
chester Lodge, and some Of those who
will go are j. H. Nrittendorf. w. Can.
derson, William Reamsys w. 7. Reams,
j n G! Boney. Captain John Fitzge rald.
w. D. Franklin, The party expects to so
with the Richmond Lodge and ex-
pect to extend their trip to ST. Louis.
'Pro fessor' Webb (colored), dignified
and courteous, had the misfortune to
appear vest erday morning before Squire
Cheatham on the charge Of disposing Of
self-manufactureds medicine without prop.
er4returns to the State The darky claims
to be professor Of Fart. I" and also to
he manu- facturer Of medicine. lie was
Z fined $50. lfS E3f pa Fl 5}