The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-15
NO1'Ai TOWBOA7
SAID THE. { # b
Refused to Aid che Presidents
Yacht, Rendered Helpless
by an Explosion.
COCAINE SOLD Of. TO A. GIRL I.
Man Under Arrest Charged
Withthe Offcnse-At, Al
Il legged Fir bug.
COCAINE SOLD OLD TO a GIRL i.
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NORFOLK, VA April 14.--Thn Presi-
dents yacht, sylph, was towed here TO-
day disabled. Lieutenant #. G Evans,
commandant, says that tho Sylph left
Charleston, 8. G., on Tuesday ami was
disabled that night of Cape Hatteras BY
the bursting Of boiler tubes. Twp men, ''f''
4. r. Murphy, ,n1chinjs.u inntc, md y.
J. Dalton. seaman. were burned BY by
the escaping steam Anchors were put
out. and signals OF d'atrcss made. the IN
United Fruit company's steamer oterl
answered tho signals, saying that she
waA mot atowboat,' and sailed away s,
but Eel Cid, OF I he Morgan Line, toRen ! me
6ylph into Hampton Roads. tho sylpn
viii stay here for repairs and lils scHiu l,
"a men are receiving treatment y, nDoAi I
h frnjn, TIC surgeon OF the Topeka.
Mrs. Roosevelt had left the sylph at
Jacksonville, but Mrs. Evans was aboard
Lieutenant Evans expresses great lnai "
nation for the captain Of tho Oterl WHO
7 lcft the syph drifting helplessly al sea.
ON "a SERIOUS CHARGE. ~
IA man called DOC" Mathews va. was az. ar
Il rested to-day on the charge OF s !Al co-
street: who WAS saved with great din
iculty from death as the result OF IN
haling the fumes OF the drug. VIZ,
A negro woman. Hattie Sears. VINO says
no sold the drug 10 her for the girl. IS
held as witness. 81 !,
rho British steamer Hinicra.. Captain
IL. II !. a Lockhart. Is here awtiating N
structions from her owners. An eSp'o Is,s
occurred in the hold on the stn ana flr q
man =. Capera was suffocatcd By escap--
inp cam, He was buried at sea ana the
vessel came on here for repai rs. y
5IT,mera sailed from New Orleans March
31st. FOR F'iume and Venice with COTTON
and corn. Capern was a Greek, q S,ea '''9
+ Of age. 81, !, Z. ~. 81 Eli
o,ivIa Williams, col ored, was q rested 81!
"a 4 portsmouth to-day as a firebu8. slls
IL accused OF setting fire to the mouse. 9.
4 IA ward =. Ball, where she Was employed
: domestic, twice yesterday and three
zine. to-day. The family was terror
stricken at the attempts to set the q g,
IN fire II, VARIOUS places from rags say,
rated With kerosene. Wal n.y. ~.
detectives were called tnat ln w, w srns..
ed Many matches we're r's io ''a1N u "
y There nc. Vas Il hung jury in the mnrd q
trial OF Junius Brown color
~ portsmouth,. charged with me i'lu.
dcr az NJ oses Thompso colored; VINO Sas
titled at the Ballard farm IN Z No lIe,
county by shoot y On NJ Dess'npF
lso'' ACCUSED or ROBBERY.
q; = M IS colored. was held TO-DAY
60 Indictment by the United states sss
"a nd irry for robbing the mails re was 'Dl1s
Il ha'sdriver3 OF one 81 the mall wagons
which run between the postoftice and l'tl tne
=. tlwav stations and the steamsnl Up pils.s'
Tie superstition Is that he openlseea e 4 Ivy
bags containing the second class nav NV
selected what he wished for ~ n!ssil :.
his friends and then allowed l'ls W
TO go on to Its destination. ne Mae :, :,
~ ~ Detective Pettis, who N
h archtnr his rooms and those OF the
,vomen5 whom he visited found q great
deal OF plumber supposed TO have u oe &C,
Yen from the mail bags. but = ne specs'l'c
charge on which lie is held IS that o.
rifling the United States mails OF a pa,t
a,avcrIa sscs. which a merchant, identi-
& fled. ssS 5
.,7 DAMAGES FOR ISLANDER.
a ~ w. Deans got decree for DAMAGES
u OF s, 900 in the Court OF Law ana 5Sh nan
s Gerry this morning. In q suit lor daNla ges
$ a few days ago. the jury aWardeu Ss.soV
10 him against George w. Rlppard,
This morning Judge w. p. Martin enter
tanned a motion to set aside the verdict
or the fury and grant a new trial pro-
vided the plaintiff would not accept q
decree for $1,000 damages. That wa ac-
cepted. The suit grew out OF the arrest
and trial. OF a.. W. Deans IN the Police
Court on the charge Of not accounting
for SOC received by him for transferring
the license OF one grocery company 70 70.
anoi her. Tho charge was dismissed IN
the Police Court, and the suit for SANDER,
libel and damages was brought,
Z ACCUSED OF MURDER.
James Griffin, theanegro man who ha
been lingering between life and death IN
the Protestant Hospital with q fatal
wound IN his abdomen since Tuesday
morning died this morning. Thomas
Beard, the. negro. who held the pistol ny
which Griffin. was wounded. was arrest
ed, allowed to so on q ball OF 81 coo, and
is now rearrested and charged with lnur-
deraGriffin made a statement which was
supposed to exonerate Beard OF malice.
He said they were "fooling with the
pistol when IT went o H. Botho the
negroes were employed In saloons Tho
I shooting occurred at tDavidson's, sa lopn
In Cumberland Street TAT Willonghby Ave-
nue. after hours in the morning.
PARKHURsTs AND FsLuAls,
Rev, j. Francis Lee, pastor OF tho
Metropolitan African Methodist churcl,
IS Initiating the methods of Rev,
Charles II, Parkhurst, OF \ Now
York. In company with witnesses
he visited H on "Wednesday Il Night,
the social clubs and the bar-rooms, where
the negroes congregate. fortthe purpose
OF investigating fir himself and. like
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