The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-11
POLITICIAN.
BADLY. |. USED Us; |
f3eatcll3 onStl1e Street Until Blood
Came from His .ss8
II yes. 5553 III
AHuiT D mo " 9 | l.l::. RACES q.
Sailors Plan to Board ~ Vessel
# and BY Forcc$Ous y Non
Union Grew.
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NORFOLK. VA, March lo.---Maurico3
Thurmann, a mechanic by trade, md an
active Doy- Riddick. good government
i camo from his eyes and nose by ]. Ar
thur WynEe In front Of the office 81 the
Mayor Of tho city i'll courthouse square
to-day The fight seemsS to have been
another result OF d chapter Of INCIDENTS
which first eliminated Il, the attack,
made upon r.. j. Malbpn, grocer and bar
keeper, at the corner Of Church and
Charlotte Streets, by y 5LnnEi gntl,5
while Malbon was passing throug h queen
Street with Mayor James g. Itlddick5
after midnight Monday. This assault
was supposed to be intended for tho
Mayor. % ,ro.dny's was but THO gu I I,ro VII
I Of the Same poll Teal feud. he trial IS
expected to develop political sci,sa y /.
= tIon. 5S$ III i q n a5 IA
N CAsT1BBERRY AGO UlTTHD. S
III Il. T.. Castlcberry WAS acqu tied by
the Jury In the Corporation Court this
afternoon. Tho case was over NJ j 10
o'clock after the jury had beer out for
Edeliberatlon for forty minutes. judge
Allan II. Hanckel, addressing Common-E
wealth's Attorney Triton. asked II. there
.wero any further charges; u then said.
INF. CaAtleberry, you arc d cflarge Cd
That ended the case. The Gaze was tho
charge Of the Commonwealth that the
prisoner, Il, H. Gastleberry, had ata !
\ tan, rted to betray Miss Fanrie Reynolds
Of Portsmouth, and had led her into u
house OF doubtful reputa ion and detained
her there against her Swlll. In Difference
3 to the modcsty OF the young girl and 70
the feelings OF her family, Judge HanckelS
excluded all persons from the court
room who were rot connected with the
case with the court. and eauestea the
cN, 10 tn
Z tho testimony except MS their ghts de-
manded and their discretion dictated.
Z The doors were closed and the testl-
Srnory OF the girl. who is about seven
teen years OF age, was taken as pri-;
9vately6 as possible #
AUTO RACES. a ;7s.G
Representatives OF tho American Auto
mobile Association and the. Automobile
Club OF America are expected to arr
rive here on. Saturday OF this week for
tn, purpose OF testing the Virginia Beach
course for automobile speed comretltlon.
ri I found favorable It Ista foregone con-
5clilsion,5it Is said. that the course VIII 4
Ebe chosen for tho qualification trials
for the American machines entered IN the
international cup ra ce. 5BSl&
58s Judge 1Yaddill. Of the United States
District Court. to-day cited II. RI Booker
and z. II. 4 Jones to appear n court a &
4 Richmond 8cn March 17lh to show cause
why they should mot bsi fired for con-
tempt OF courtgby Interfering With prop.
gerty OF the Hampton Il loads Railway
Company on Academy Street. Hampton.
involved IN the recelvership proceedings.
SEAAIEN'S PLOT. "a
a Suppressed excitement prevails around
the water front to-day III Forty or fifty
lunioE seamen. white and black, are gath
cred about the seamena union In hope OF
getting employment. Some OF these men
have been Idle all the winter on acc
count OF tho tie-up of inland ard coast
wise shipping, occasoned by the Ice.
There was movement on foot among
the union seamen this morning to board
the Mary f. Bradshaw and force the
2a!ier. negroes OF her crew ashore and
place union men IN their stead. A score
4 of men. mostly native negroes. were de-
tcrn,Ined to GUST the aliens from their
bcrths. The Bradshaw Is lying within
a stones throw OF the Norfolk county
ferry. and car be easily boarded from
shore. Secretary Thompson, Of the Sea-
mems Union. got wind OF the plot, and
issued orders to every man to abandon
the idea OF employing force He was out
among the sailors all the morning (, en- u-
tioring them against violating the law.
This stopped the plan.