The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-16
HUSBAND BEAT
WIFE; shot By. SON.
Inccnscd Boy, to Shield Mother,
Turned Weapon on Brutal
Parent.
MORTON INsPECTs SQUADRON
Battlesllips Under. Admiral Evans
Put to Sea for Short Cruise.
Martin to Speak.
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NORFOLK VA. May 15.-Jnmcs
jenkins Is In st. vlncent's Hospital here
In precarlous condition. Yesterday while
Intoxicated at his home near Gilnerton,
S in Norfolk county, he beat his wife TIL
her screams nccnsed their sixteen-year-
old son, who thcrcupon procured q gun
and shot his father in the left arm
The flesh was torn by full charge Of
small shot and one Of the large veins
was opened The wound and the flow of
blood were SO serious that the man was
sent TO the hospital for an operation.
The boy has not been arrested. The
sympathy OF the ncighbors ia with him.
Portsmouth's New Mayor. @
z ]. Davis Heed took the oath Of office
as mayor OF Portsmouth to-day. He was
elected by the City Council for the un-
expired term of J. Thompson Baird, de-
ceased Hc said on taking office:
II hope to accomplish something. not
I TO benefit myself from pccuniary stand
point, but something that will be of last
ing benefit to the city"
Mr.. Reed is q young business man OF
energy and ability.
Secretary OF the Navy Paul Morton. Of
Washington. arrived here to-day on the
official yacht, Dolphin. He inspected
the battlcshipa under Rear Admiral Rob-
Il ley D. Evans In Hampton Roads and then
came to the navy yard after the ill-
specton. The buttleships put to sea for
4 short cruise. Secretary Morton in
spected the battleship Iowa, the cruiser
San Francisco and the torpedo flotilia
which are repairing here. and examined
the new part OF the navy yard and the
great dry dock building for the purpose
OF making recommendations as to the
needs OF the yard Including steel plant
for armor plate.
Wholesale Grocers Meet Here.
Messages received from the officers OF
b the Southern Wholesale Grocers Associn-
ton announce that the association Will
e meet here three days. beginning on June
10. There will be from $50 to 800 visitors
here on the occasion and the local mem
bers Of the association are much grati-
fled at the; success OF the voting when
was competitive. SA..s
C. w. Davis and Gary Harris. two
men about town. are under arrest on the
n charge OF robbng an Eastern Shore ner-
chant OF s55 1t Is alleged that they met
3 the merchant and took him to Ocean
View yesterday on the pretense OF show
ing the buttlcships anchored in Hampton
i Roads to him. The merchant declined
to play cards, as lie did not know the
+ games. but he was persuaded to show
4 his wallet OF bills, and that was the last
z he saw OF It. He complained TO the po-
lice and the men were arrested Chicf
OF Police Doush withholds the name OF
the victim in order to have him return
to prosecute the prisoners.
Shan1ming and Dangerous.
tsfft yx,il1a yps,if IA kor cn1orad uaa a
dangerous and silamming prisoner in the
police court to-day. He was arrested for
IN following and threatening a negro woman
(, and terrorzing the vicinity with a pistol.
Z The two policemen were compelled to
club him into subsection yesterday. In
court he fell to the floor and pretended
to have fit. The policeman who knew
the prisoner best declared that he was
shamming and SO did Emma Mead, the
colorcd complainant. lie was fined 500
and costs for carrying a concealed weapon
Z and sent to Jail at once under bond Of
y $3.50 for good behavior for twelve months.
He walked out OF court thoroughly re-
covered from the fit
Stolen Money Returned.
Mrs. Shirley, of st. Louis, has sent a
money order to William Linden, ap-
prentice sailor on the cruiser Newark. TO
i. replace the $;5 money order forged and
Il cashed by her son, G. l.. Shirley, who was
on the Newark when he stole the order
from the mail. Mrs. Shirley offered the
money to Linden when she was here at
tending the trial and conviction of her
son. but Linden declined to receive It,.
Hence she sent It by money order. Young
Shirley received a light sentence Of
thirty days In jail from Judge Edmund
Waddill, OF the Federal court. because
y Of the time he had already spent in jail
awaiting trial.
Senator Martins Meeting.
Senator Martin will speak at the
Academy Of Music Thursday evening next.
Pickett Buchanan Camp Chapter, Daugh-
tiers of the Confcderacy and Hope Maury
Chapter Of the same organization will
be in attendance. A box has been re-
served for the officers Of each chapter.
They arc Mrs, Charles G. Elliott and Mrs.
Frank Anthony Wake, respectively. Mrs.
Hugh N. Page, representing the Colonial
Danes and Mrs. James r. Maupin,
Of Portsmouth, of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, have been invited
to attend and SO has Rear Admiral Har-
rington. in command Of the Norfolk navy
yard.
STURGEON VALUABLE.