The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-02
Hot SHOT
FOR THIEVES 4
Farmer Near Clifford Battle
Ground MORALLY Wounds
a Marauder.
4 LONG TRAIL OF BLOOD
An Aesthetic Thief Seeks House
Of an Epicure and Takes His
81 Sunday Dinncr.
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(specIal TO Tho Tinles-D Dispatch,
3 GREENSBORO, N. q, August 1--Mr.
Glenn Hardle, careful farmer, living
near GtiIford battle-ground, heard some
Z one after his chickens Thursday night,
t he got his gun down. and as he stepped
out on his back piazza. saw distinctly
q man ii, his chicken house put chicken
I'm bag He yelled to the thief to
..come on, 81 that" but the midnight
purlolncr5 payed no attention whatever
& 70 the warning. Instead, he was in tho
act Of placing another chicken In the
: bag, when Mr.. Hariie fired his old gun
i orr. The man, with loud scream,
Jumped out OF the chicken house and ran
& for life. ss
y q II being evident that no was unable 70
make healwa y, Mr.. Hard!e, instead OF
shooting again, took after the thief,
caught him in a chase Of a hundred
yards It proved to bc Nathan Ewell,
/ d negro who had been on the e DADS sev.
with shot, from his shoulders 70 MS
knees, and although no was at TENDED BY
two physicians. The died yesterday morr-
Ing. There were six chickens In the bag
he had attempted to carry With him. sss
No steps have yet been made to issue
i a warrant for Mr.. Hardle. who is very
much distressed a the death Of The bold
thief. 53 Il
MI. IL II. Johnson. near the fair.
grounds shot anegro In the act OF max
ing OFF With eleven flyers Saturday night
I Tho chickens, and a trail OF blood were
left behind. but the guilty party & es--3
%capod. 4 BE l;3 III
AEsTHETIc AfARAUDER.
IA more aesthetic narauders visited. the
home OF Mr.. David Dreyfus. Of Green's
#boro Saturday night. removed lattice
@frigcrator and nbstracted every one Of
the good things sir, Dreyfus had provided
I for his fan1iIy,s Sunday eating. Ham
dressed chicken. succulent steak, hu tier
\ etc. I'LL wen t away alike The meanests
part or tho " hole proceedings. was that
the thief had & arrieG TO drink bottle
of champagne, leaving II emil \. VII y
IN broken NJ eek on 4 he Id Of the rcfrigera-
d tor 355s3 5s u VI 3$58 s3s S#s
iSa Miss Mamie Lee Smith, financial sec
Rotary OF "a Greensboro Female y College,
attended the Methodist district confer
6 erces In Yves tern North Carolina held at
Franklin and NyayHesyiilc 85a last week
\ Pledges to- the amount of 500 were made
q To the fund for rebuilding the college.
At the Wilmington district conference,
Il last week. Rev. pr. Turrentine5 secured
inghain conference. $50 were pledged,
making a total Of s., 500 secured In one
week for the building fund. from these
four district conferences g III III
81 IA DR. BATTLE ScHUR C41.s
The First Baptist Church here will be
sthorou ;hly ovcrhauled and refurnished
during the $vaca ton Of Its beloved pastor
Rey. Or. H,Ssyy.. Battle, during the month
60f Aug nst. 4s ft3s
General James Z. $$ G lenn. who wnsS
stricken witt. paralysis three months ago.
and wl.ose life had been repeatedly de-s
Il s.nired Of wa out on the streets this
morning. receiving the heartfelt congrat-5
Snlations Of his many friends. Two weeks
y ago he had 30 far recovered rs to be able
10 90 to Vaynesvillc. and his mountain
4 tri 81 proved very beneficial. His almost
complete recovery, n ftera having been re-!
ported several times as dying by those
attending him, not excepting his physi-
g clans, Is cnuse for great satisfaction
here. where he Is universally esteemed. H