The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-22
FLEEING NEGRO
Shot by OFFICER.
Is, Perhaps, Fatally Wounded.
Negroes Threaten Police
man Watts.
OTHER MANCHESTER NEWS.
An Aged Man Disappears From,
Home-Son Asks Aid of
Police in Search.
OTHER MANCHESTER NEWS

Manchester Bureau, Times Dispatch, &
No. 1102 Hull Street.
Walter Overton, q negro, who claims
his home as being Mt seventeenth and
Grace Streets, Richmond, was shot, per-
haps fatally, last night by officer p. L.
Watts, of swpnsboro
The negro beat his way from Peters
burg on the Cannon Ball." and jumped
off at tho Manchester crossing. There a
by-stander told him that he was wanted
& by an officer OF the law, and he promptly
took to his heels. He passed by the homo
! of Policeman Watts. who at once called
I to him to. halt. Tho negro stopped a
moment, and. 1t is said. placed his hand
on his hip pocket. The officer warned
him not to shoot, and the negro again
started running.
Watts opened fire on him. intending
to make him stop, but as the negro
still continued running, he fred again,
4 this time tho shot taking effect The
negro still ran and dropped about half
mile further. The bullet had entered
the back just above the hips and pene-
trated to the wall Of tho abdominal cavl-
ty. Dr. Young was summoned to the
scene. He made an examination and i'd
vised that the wounded man be sent TO
a hospital. The ambulance from the
(; Retreat for the Sick answered the call,
and Overton was conveyed to that hos
pltal.
A large crowd OF negroes gathered at
tho jail. where Overton had been taken
to await the ambulance and made
cEe afo oresd G q user
his club on some Of the more obstreperous
ones. and the crowd then dispersed with
out any further untoward incident.
Aged Man Lost.
Mr.. c. E. Clement. an old man, decrepit
and somewhat deaf, left his home at
at i2:15 P. NJ. and has not been seen or
heard Of since. Mr.. Clement is eighty-two
years oldgand very feeble, and tits feared
that he has either been overcome by tho
heat or suffered mesinjury.
1rian I'M sS Mr Arthar MaFd VENT I. ea +. 4
sssrss for h eS a1t ssa s xtn
to ad ID se sa no na them
came over e Richmond and secured Sc ths
at the homes OF the only friends whom
Mr.. Clement was in the habit OF visiting
occasionally, but no one had seen him nor
sbouts a Mr. u c1emeht is said to have been
of perfectly sound mind. and the idea OF
insanity is disposed OF, Mr.. e. A. Glenn
ent works at the cardwell Machine Com
any information concerning his missing
father. He can be reached at phones
1885 or 1000.
Sacred Heart Lawn Party.
"a lawn party was given last night at
the Sacred Heart Church. the proceeds
lawn; was prettily decorated with Jap-
anese lanterns, and refreshment tables
were placed beneath the trees. overarched
with lights. Music was furnished by the
Rocky Ridge band which greatly added
to the effect Of the occasion.
Father De Muynck, pastor. and Father
Waters. former pastor OF the church
were both present. Father Waters mingled
among the members OF his former flock
a handsome oak sldeboard was raffled
off, and ticket No CAT, belonging to Mr..
j. j. Fisher. was ammo unced as being the
one successful. Mr.. Fisher may get the
s!SSsesna D and faM1 u
Personals and Briefs.
Mrs. George Morten. of No. 1l15 Porter
Street. accompanied by her mother. Mrs
weeks outing In Brunswick county.
X Mrs. Ida Richardson, OF No 210 CO.
wardin Avenue, was taken suddenly III
at her home yesterday.
Mrs. !. T. Marshall. Of No. 2l2 West
Miss Bessie Gary, OF No. so1 Perry
Street, who has been sick for several
weeks, Is improving.
Mrs. Augustine Royall' and Captain
Hobson, Of Powhatan county. have re-
Miss Annie Winston Jones ls visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs I. w Jones'.
at No. Is East Eleventh Street.
Mr.. J. C. Snellings. of Hull Street, with
his wife and child. are on a35vtsit Al to
Norfolk, for few days.