Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-09-09
THE OLD DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From ALI Over
The State.

NiouSiy dttdCkeQ by tHTee HdiI-StdI Fcu
pointer dogs, who were attracted by
the odor of the lunch in his tin bucket
The man fought furiously, but his
clothes were torn from his body. He
was in danger of serious injury when
the top of the pail fell off and the dogs
were so frightened by the clatter OF
falling China that Doeppe took advan-
tage of his opportunity and made his
escape.
A search is progressing in Henrico
county for Martin Childress. supposed
to be demented, who is wandering
about the county, armed with gun,
and who has dehed arrest. Accord
ing to the warrant, Childress attacked
his family His wife left home and
he made vain search for her, threat
ening to kill her on sight. Three
county officers, heavily armed, were
put on his trail He barrcaded him
self in his house, loaded his gun with
buckshot and invited the officers to
step up and take him. They went to
seek reinforcements and on their re-
turn he was gone. The county is in a
state OF apprehension.
Train 10Y, known as the "Kilby Los
CAL" on the Norfolk and Western, col
lided with a westbound coal train
No. Bel just west of Suffolk, demol-
ishing the engine and seven cars. No.
10y, 0. c. Wilson, conductor, and ].
w. Harding, engineer, was running
without orders and on account of the
sharp curve failed to see the approach
ing coal train until too late. The engi
neers and fremen of both trains
jumped and saved themselves. The
wrecked cars took fire and it is not
probable that the wreck will be cleared
under "a hours. Passenger trains of
the Norfolk and Western are being
run over the Seaboard Air Line.
Frank Freidhoff. aged about II, a
resident of Richmond, fell from fast
westbound freight train on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad, IS miles west
of Lynchburg and was instantly killed.
He was a son of l.. A. Friedrich, OF
Richmond, who has been notified. The
body was brought to Lynchburg.
Richard Smith, colored, who was Sc
verely wounded several weeks ago by
another negro, and who has since been
at the Lynchburg Hospital, died there
from self-inhicted starvation. The ne.
gro was recovering from his wounds.
but had refused to eat since he was
admitted to the hospital.
John S. Ferguson, a night watch
man at the Norfolk and Western De-
pot at Chambersburg, went across the
track and knelt down beside a spring
to drink, when colts revolver slipped
from his pocket and was discharged
The ball entered his forehead between
the eyes and came out of the top OF
the head. He was found two hours
later and was still conscious. Fergu,
son died at o'clock A. M. He leave:
a widow and several children.
During thunderstorm lightning
struck the house of Smoot Journcll
a miner, on Cloyd's Mountain, Pu
laski county. Mrs. Journell was killed
and her husband shocked. The house
was wrecked.
A charter was granted by the Cor
poration Commission to the Hampton
and Yorktown Railway Company
which proposes to construct an cleo
trio line between Hampton and Yorl;
town. Frank w. Darling is presidena
The authorized stock is from 100000
to 100000. This will be the first line
to the historic spot where CORNWALL:
surrendered.
Postohice Inspector NJ. w. Malone
of Philadelphia, swore out warrant
Laf4-a TT,,+oI
White, at Roanoke, against Rev. Lo'
gan P Martin. who is now in the
city jail Martin, who poses as ali
evangelist, is badly wanted by the gov
eminent on a charge of raising a mum.
Der of money orders in and around
Philadelphia. Inspector Malone sale
that he had every reason to believe
that Martin was guilty of raising
money orders in Virginia during the
past few months. During brief stay
in Philadelphia last fall, it is alleged
he made more than $1,000 by the
scheme, at the same time posing as
an evangelist Mr.. Malone has in his
possession a number of the alleged |
raised orders. some of which indicate
that the figures had been erased with |
knife, while on others it was APP |
parent that acid had been used. He |
regards the capture as all important |
one and will lose no time in having |
the prisoner removed to Philadelphia |
for trial Kline, who was arrested at
the same time, it still in Jail, but the
Inspector does not believe that he is
mixed up in the money-order bus.
ness. Martin is retcent and refuses
to make any statement whatever.
John F. Walford. whose father. a
retired British Army officer, died in
England several months ago, leaving
him a fortune valued at several hun
dred thousand dollars, has returned
to Newport News after trip to Eng
land to settle up his estate. He says
that his income will amount to $4,000
year, about $4,000. Walford will
Ieave with his family on October 1
to begin life on his English estate.
He was a stevedore in the employ
Of the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany, and at the time of his fathers
death lived at River View, settle
nent near Newport News, with his
wife and three children. He ran away
rom home and went to sea when he
Vas 10 years old. coming to this coun-
:ry and later marrying in Philadelphia.
He had never been back to his old
home until this trip.
A passenger train on the Southern
Railway at Wolf Trap, between Rich
nond and Danville, was derailed at