The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-15
YOUNG LADIES
: BADLY SCARED
Were Accostcd by Rough
Stranger, Who Disappeared
in the Darkness.
NEWS FROM THE soUTHsIDE
.Obituaries-Pound Party To
nigt1t--Many People Ill.
Some Are Improving.
Manchester bureau. Times Dispatch.

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Manchester Bureau. Timcs- D!spa tch. y
No. 11l2 Hull Street.
Two young ladies, whose names were
not given. received bad scare about 1890
last night. They got on a street car
ut Hull Street and Cowardin Avenue. and
3wcro followed by rough looking white
man. They had not proceeded far when
the man accosted them with little
pleasantly. They paid no attention to
parted each to her respective home.
The man followed one. and just rs she
entered her gate, she turned and saw
him still following. She inquired who
1t was, and the man approached nearer
The young lady screamed and alarmed
her family and neighbOrhood. Her
parents came out. and the man. <disap-
pcared in the darkness. Officers Wright
and yvaymnck were soon on the scene.
aud set out in pursuit OF the man. The
latter had COMO In the direction OF Belle
Isle. Tho two policemen finally found
a man tallying with the description
given by the frightened girl. Upon be-
ingl confronted with the man. the young
lady said that no was not the right one
Then she asserted on aside that he was.
She was told to state positively one way
or the other, and she then declared he
was not the man who had followed her
The accnsed was accordingly released.
The affair created quite a little excite
ment for the time being.
Dead on the Street.
I Elijah Terry, a negro, living near
the extreme northern end Of Sixteenth
Street fell dead about 80 yesterday
tn, I, o1,or nfG n
Sixteenth and Everett Streets.
The coroner, DR.. Broadnax. was SUM
moned He ascribcd the cause OF death
to heart failure
The deceased son, Willie Terry. was
sent for. and no caused tho remains TO
he carried to his home. The man was
about fifty-five years OF age. Ile VIII
be buried Tomorrow.
Mrs. Robertson Dead.
Mrs. Mary G. Robertson died In her
home, at Forest Hill, Sunday morning.
She was clshty-tw two years old. and is
survived by the following sons: George
~ Robertson, fAChcster; +. - Robert
son; OF Savannah, Ga; John CT. Of Forest
Hill: r. S. and i. s. Robertson. Of Man
chester. The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon at O'Clock from the home,
Mrs. Thorpe. mother or O. =. a1crrett.
Of Manchester, and Mrs. j. n. Meredith,
OF swansboro. died Saturday night IN her
home No. III East Canal Street. The
funeral took place yesterday afternoon
Mt 2 o'clock from the home Of her daugh-s
ter, in Swansboro.
Personals and Briefs.
" Mrs. M. J. Moore, wife Of Ohicer Moore
and her eldest son, are said to be I'M
proving. Tho youngest son Is stu very
Ill.
PROFESSOR C., s. Maurice has retired
from n successful 1ecturing tour In the
Virginia mouHalns.
There Will BE n snle by deed of trust OF
Sadly" n bay mare, and fiye-slxths iof
Twenty-Five ncres on the old Osborne
turnpike November 2Sth,
There will be a trustees sale OF forty
six acres in Chesterfield county, on the
seaboard Air Line Railway, November
28th
Mrs. ]. ~. wclslgcr, of cambridge,
Street. Is yerytill.
Miss Wright nnd Mrs, Shnnks. Of East
Seventh Street, nre very III. 5
Mrs. Snead and her little daughter OF
Buffalo Idtlln Springs, are visiting friends
In Manchester,
Miss Chairman, dfrcowardin Avenue,
will give Il pound marty Tomorrow night
for the hc,,cfit Of Mr. Fleming, " disabled
street car conductor
Ms. r. r. Abbott was taken SUDDENLY III
Sunday afternoon. She. was much better
yesterday.