The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-18
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RESIGNATION n I | ! .
Judge Lewis Expects to Retire
BY the First t5 o 'f: Sep
ten
8THORP TO BE HIS! SUCCESSOR
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The District to Be Divided and
New Judgcship
Created. 5
THoRP TO be HIS SUCCESSOR
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DIX, VA. August 17.--Judse L
L. Lewis, Of Richmond. has assured hIs
I friends here that there is no string to thu
resignation he has offered de- the United
States district attorney Tor this district
He says that his resignation Is intended
to take effect the lat OF scptcmbe ana
that the President will enbarrass him
very much II he should expect him to
hold the Office longer than a reasona BILE
4 tlmc In which to select some other man.
That Is accepted as tho candid and veri-
table statement OF the situation. and
therefore. Mr.. r. r. r orp formerly q
member OF Congress from the Petersburg
district, will be urged for the Office Mr..
sThorp is an ab.e lawyer and he has the
confidence OF the bar and tho bench here.
He has practiced In all OF the courts and
has demonstra tod his familiarity with tho
methods OF the State and the Federal
courts, and as general practitioner ars
the bar. IT. is noticeable how few ablc
Republican attorneys there are at the bar
In Eastern Virginia. with the exception
OF Norfolk. where there are dozen or
more. There are number OF Republican
attorneys In the western dictrict OF the
State, and several at Newport News, but
there are few or none In the other ties
OF the State. That fact and the fact that
no other attorney hero will likely be con-
rldcred as an applicant, make the chances
5 OF the appointment Of Mr.. Thorp almost a
certainty in the event that Judge Lewis
goes out OF ONCE. It Is said that a new
judseship Will be created for Judge Lewis
and to divide tho business OF this dis
trct.,There are but two judges In a ter
ritory here for an amount OF business
whic heverywhere else In the country @ls
done BY three Judges. That excess Of
business Will be shifted 80 that Judge Ed
mund Waddill Will have more time to at
tend 10 the Important and increasing az.
fairs OF the Federal courts here.
VICTIM OF MORPHINE. f 4s
The case OF Charles Lowery. charged
with attempted assault on Rachel Winter,
the three. yoar-old child OF Max Winter
OF Upper Church Street, was tried In the
Police Court to-day There was no evil
dencc that Lowery did moro than place
the child In a horse manser upon her
face and then whip her with switch.
The defense introduced evidence to show
that the, defendant Is, a morphine ana
cocaine fiend,r and that was at times
4 Is mentally capactnted. It was further
brought out that Lowery had once been
before commission ct lunacy. and tho
court continued tho case until August
eeth, 80 that tho defendant might be car
r,cd before the same commission.
KICKED BY A. HORSE.
Haywood Tatem. the oldest son o. at.
w. n. Tatem, OF Berkeley. was seriously
if not fatally. injured by being kicked
81 a horse owned by his father. The Ut
tie fellow undertook 10 drive the Rorse
from tho lawn. where he was era zing. ana
went too near and was kicked on the LETT
Jaw; The jawbone was shattered tho
base OF the skull slightly fractured ana
the left eye was protrudlng,