The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-30
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Curious Case off q Woman Now
III the Hcnrico
Jail.
WANT STREETS CLOSED UP.
System Of Hawking so-Called,
Probably be Brought to Atteil-
ton Of Court--C ouf,ty} News.

For more than three days Fannie
Shelton d white woman, has been en-
ga ged .n a weird and fantastic dance
from, end to end OF the long passage
way In front OF string OF cells In the
second story OF the Henrico Jail.
The case OF the woman is reniar ka BILE.
and 1t promises further DEVELOPMENTS.
She was locked ZIP In the jail Saturday
night, and since that time has been
engag ed In the ridiculous dance OF which
she seems never to grow tired. At first
she ravcd OF religion, then her mind
turned on death and war and destruction.
and finally she has become svolubly pro-
fame. All tho while she isi dancing, night
ana day and singing, and the negro
majordono Of the jail society says that
instead OF exhausing herself she Is grow
Ing stronger, apparently. A Chinaman
III a nearby cell occupies her attention q
good deal She dances In front sof the
closed door and yells & at the yellow man
Within The woman was tried yesterday
before commission OF lunacy and was
declared to be insane.
the Circuit Court OF Henricolthe attention
OF Judge Scott Will be bought to the fact
that around the courthouse there are
several persons employed by lawyers IS
ls'hawkers'' or agents" to secure business
for, Them This is held to be q efarious
practice and II tho facts re proved,
there will be something doing this term
of the court which commences on April
4th. S. a ji t5
Notice has been posted at the court.
house that on the first Tuesday OF April
Thomas a tkinson and Roberta H. Atkin-
son wlll apply to- the board, Of supervisory
to discontinue all the roads. streets and
known as Mansfield, at the end OF the
Fifth Street Sviaduct, and nearsthe Rich
mond Locomotive Works. T he petitioners
from Tanner and Ahern, who. had laid II
Off in streets, alleys and lots: that none
of these streets or alleys are opened or
are used as such: that they are OF no
property holders. and that they are OF
great Inconvenience to the owners and
Interfere with the sale of the lands. The
Who will look into the matter and report
on y the adyisability OF closing all the
streets and. alleys. Il .,s 4. if
Charles Wells 4 Il 8. = los j Graham Street,
Fairfield District, explains itself, IT \ re-
5iers ,to a previous, publication In this pa
per- The original statements were made
by Mr. John K. RUSSELL. the super int end
ent Of count 81 chools:t WI 43s " y 81
Editor OF aThe STimes-Dlspat oh 20 ass q
sir.-I wish to correct statement made q, !,
in reference to the expelllng OF several
pupils from one OF the county schools for
mira elton of the school rules. The state
ment ga e that three boys had been eS.
pelled.r one of4them- being eight years OF
age, and that the mother Of one OF the
boys appealed to the school board but
manifested no disposition to make the
child behave himself. ~,
statement, for i. as father of one OF the
boys twho Is yet not eight years Of ag ao
punished the boy. think the school board
did not do my, boy justice His age nat t
seriousness Of the charge. The other
boys were fourteen years of age. and my
boy happened to be in the crowd
CHARLES WELLS.