Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-01-23
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The Talley Dry Goods Company of
Petersburg made a deed of assignment
yesterday.
William Jewell died at his home, in
King George county, this week, aged
twenty-five years.
Jacob d. Koontz, one of the wealth
less and most prominent citizens Of Page
county, died suddenly yesterday at his
home, near Alma, aged about 81 years
John R. Num-, of Berryyille, died
yesterday in Richmond. He was born
in King and Queen county, II years
ago, and was an alumnus OF Columbian
College, class of 1S47. He served in
the civil war in Company l, Second
Virginia Regiment, and was twice Sc
verely wounded at Malvern Hill. and at
Charlottesville.
Rosalie G. Rives, aged go years, niece
of William Cabell Rives, United States
Senator and minister to France, and OF
Judge Alexander Rives, member of Con-
gress, and for q long term of years
Judge of the United States Court for the
Western district of Virginia, died Thurs
day night at Piedmont, the home OF
the Misses Meade, in Charlottesville.
Emmett Richardson, a wealthy man of
New Kent, is alleged to have said on the
York River line train that the Pamun-
key Indians in New Kent were "half mig
gers" A preacher who ministers to the
%Pamunkeys repeated it and now Chief
Cook, of the P~amunkeys, has employed
a lawyer to bring suit against Mr.. Rich
ardson for SANDER. Mr.. Richardson has
also employed counsel.
John Kaber killed Jim Price at
Thrasher, a double-trscking rail-
road camp, near Culpeper, yester-
day evening by striking him on the
head with a piece of iron. Both
are colored men, and the murder
was the result of a gambling game in
which they with a number of other
negroes had participated. John Kaber
accused Jim Price of cheating him out
of Is cents, aud Selling the bar of iron,
he crushed in Prices skull.
Virginia's ~penitentiary boasts human
pincushion in the person Of Henry Wat.
kins, a young mulatto, who is serving
ten years for burglary. DR.. Darlington,
surgeon to the institution, has just re-
moved from various portions of the mu-
latto's anatomy sixteen needles and
pieces of wire. When the man was on
trial in the Hastings court in Richmond
a few days ago he feigned insanity. A
commission of lunacy pronounced him
sane. He was tried and convicted. After
being removed to the penitentiary he
complained of pain in various parts OF
his body. An examination was made
and the foreign substances were found
buried in his flesh where they had been
placed by the negro himself. The case
has puzzled the authorities, there being
no record of similar action by any zane
person.
Robert NJ. Blankenship, superintend-
ent of the Virginia Iron and Nail Works
one of and the be,t-known men in Rich
mond, was killed about moo yesterday,
and his body was found in the afternoon
floating in the forebay of water gates that
supply power TO the horseshoe department
ofthe works. Heis supposed to haveifallen
while crossing the forebay, was sucked in
to the machinery that turns the mill,
and his head was crushed. Mr.. Blank
enship leaves a widow, who was Miss
Virgie Caddo, and two children. Mr..
B~lankenship was 4S years old. His faith
err, who was for many years, president of
the Virginia Nail and Iron Works Com
pany and president of the Chamber Of
Commerce, was killed at the Southern
depot some years ago by falling on the
track in front of a locomotive while run
ming to catch a train.