The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25
boy FORC|B[Y
TAKEN BY Law U \
"a Runaway Couple From, Cape
Charles Mar
ried.
SENATOR MARTIN IN THE { CITY
Big Coal Piers to Compete With
Lanbert's r illt-The
Ocean Race.
SENATOR MARTIN IN THE CITY
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NoREoeSLi.K, VA, ~ March irs iA.NeKis:lrkland
j. Lambert, ten years Old. was carried
by force from the Court of Law and
4 Charcery, talking and squealing by his
Guardian, Henry c. Godfrey to-day He
lis an orphan and his guardian has had
possession OF his property and person for
three years. Recently he was taken
from a hospital where he had been left
by his guardian for an operation, by
|. Charles lambert, ali uncle. Lambert and
tho boy refused to recognize the authority
OF the guardian, and Mr.. Godfrey entered
the suit for the possession, which he won.
Carl Milllgan and wife, 81 a runaway
couple. and c. C. Hine left here Tonight
for their home In Cape Charles They
have Just returned from Elizabeth, N. c.,
where Miss Ethel Hine, pretty girl Of
eighteen, went In the euro or her brother,
in defiance OF the wishes OF their parents
and returned az u bride. N iliiEan Is nine
teen years OF age, and the assistant post
master at Cape Charles. "a ssss u
POLICE NEWS. yss
Police Commissioner W.. IL Sterling
declares that he will support Chief s9of
Police Bousil in his attempt to Introduce
some military discipline into tho police
1 depa ttfnent. Mayor 1dddlck md shts
friends have assumed the position Of
supporting Sergeant Freeman in his res.
fusal to drill with the men at the head
quarters for which he has been suspend.
ed for thirty days. The City Councils
would not appoint the chief and the COM
fnissioners recommended by Mayor Rid \
/ dick, and he has lost political OF the
+ police control at the time when his per-
sonal friends are candidates for! office
Hence the Tdissension. Y u sSt n
n a fnr here ~
day comforting With his political friends.
and arranging for his campai gn for re-
election S5 ~
1t Is announced positively that the
Berwind- White Coal Company. OF New
York and Philadel phia, will establish coal
piers here for The exporting Of coal to
compete with the Norfolk and Vestern
Railway, and the latter will build anothcr
great steel pier al LaInbert's Point.
There Is great interest here In the ocean
race Of the schooners from here to Char
lesion, s. c. Since the race began two
other vessels have Joined to add to he
excitement of the marines namely: Z he
a. and NJ. Carlisle, Captain Horper, bound
Tor Cheraw River. and the four master
Massachusetts, Captain Lane. The three
schooners which started the race arc
Charles G. Endicott Captain Bailey; the
Beulah, Captain McCabe, and the Twi-
light Captain Robinson. The racers went
out In a twelve mile 5Wlnu and It is ex-
pected they will make fast time. but
Massachusetts should beat them all as
She is very smart and is light, N llssf9
Company II, Of the Seventy-first Vir :
ginia Regiment, at Smi thflcld, Isle X q
Wight county. has elected these officers:
Pey ton r. Turner, captain; r. NJ: Jordan
first lieutenant; & +. Moody, second
slieutenant. 5l
CHICKEN THIEF SHOT "
& Joe Wright. an aged negro, was wound-
ed In the face and the back last night
while robbing the hen house Of l.. n.
Parkinson. farmer in the Tanners
Creek District. Of Norfolk county Mr..
Parkinson heard D q noise, went to tho
door With his gun loaded with birdshot.
and fired at Wright striking him In the
face and putting out an eye and then
shooting hin, in the back Mt distance
Eas$le fled to the swamp other negro
escaped, and Wright, who Is In a pre-
carious condition, will not tell who he
Is. Wright was sent to the county jail.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Land, Of Tanners
Creek, Norfolk county, Va have Y Is.
sued invitations to the marriage Of their
daughter, Miss Mary Leila and. to- Oak &
ley Carroll Cromwell, the nuptials to be
celebrated at DENLY N. & b. Church, ~ ed-
ncsday afternoon, April 12th.l