The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-16

4 for Cherry ELL, a StatlOn ABOVE S1uttIttiCo,
where he was employed by Contractor
SI:railc3 His body was found about 400
yards beyond Quantico lying near tie
track. Across the forehead was seen u
bruise though one not sufficient to cause
death. Employees of the railroad discover
ed the body at O. clock Sunday morning..
A coroner's jury was summoned there
and an inquest held. There were no
marks Of violence upon the body. save
the bruise on the forehead The verdict
OF the jury was that the deceased cam;
to his death from apopexy.
Heard That He Was Buried.
In searching through the clothes OF
he dead man q purse was found with the
name -of Floyd Galloway. engraved on It.
Richmond officers were notified that such
a person had been buried there. and IN
the capital city an investigation was
started. Mr.. Galloway was found IN
church, and after he had beer told that
person had been found with a purse
Upon Which his namo was engraved, he
suspected that it was that Of his cousin,
Mr.. Nlilstead. He remembered that he
had given q purse OF such q kind to the
deceased Undertaken Morrisette was In
formed yesterday, and Mr. JEFF Morrisettc
left on the a:4O train to make an inves-
tigatlon. Tho body was disinterred and
hTeCO6iIlAeO.F IL WdS UIOu6HLa " NAaHSiAcs-
ter, arriving at the Union Depot In Rich
mond at 9 o'clock. From there 1t was
taken to N1orrissette's undertaking estab-.
:lishment and prepared for the second
burial.
The deceased Is survived by one sister,
Mrs, Schurm, of ITenrico county. Mrs.
Martha A. Westcott widow Of Mr., James
Mlstead brother of the dead man,
lives in.Manchcster, and last night viewed
the remains.
An examination was made Of tho body
| after 1t arrived last night, but no MARKS
| OF violence could be found The general
opinion seems to be that death was dua
| to apoplcxy.
The body will be reinforced at .U30
| O'clock this morning in lakewood Gene
terry:
Smith and Wife Indicted.
True bills were returned by the special
grand Jury yesterday morning against
S. Il. Smith and his wife, Estelle Smith,
charging them with the murder Of their
six-year-old child. The Indictment against
Smith in the Corporation Court will dis
pense with the necessity Of n hearing
| before Mayor Maurice In police court.
| His case Is set for this morning, but
will be continued from time time until
the jury In tho higher.court has dispensed
| with him.
The case Ernest Farmer, the young
white man on trial for the third time
| for petit larceny. was postponed,
/, Tho third offense for this crime Is
punishable with confinement in tho peni-
tentinry, Notwithstanding the fact that
i the first and second offenses are only q
misdemeanor.
To Have Carnival.
Rocky Ridge Council. Jr, Q. u. a. NJ.
held an enthusiastic meeting last night.
| "A committee composed of Ntcssls. Tom
i Slaughter, w, L., Greenwood and a. l.,
Sampson was appointed 10 visit the three
other Junior Councils in this city and
| agree upon some plan for street
carnival to be held in September. the
carnival will be on the same order as the
i one by the firenen last year, but the
large number OF members of the order
i In the city will tend to make 1t larger IN
several ways.
Rocky Ridge Council has also made
i arrangements for an entertainment al
\ Leader Hall Friday night, which promises
a to be one of the most enjoyable occasions
for months.
Jones-Davidson.
Miss Virginia Francis Jones, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w, p, Jones. and Mr.,
/ Clifford Davidson. were married yester-
day morning at the home of the brides
parents No III East Eleventh Street,
4 Rev. Arthur Davidson. brother OF the
groom. performed the ceremony.
4 Tho marriage was distinctly surprise
4 10 the friends Of t.e contracting parties.