The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-21
DAWlEY B[CS
T0.BE KILLED.
The Slayer Of w. II. Davis is
Overcome With Re-
morse.
AN ORDER TO THE RECEIVERS
..
Must Sell Railway Stock to Re-
lease Lumber Company
Debt.
AN ORDER TO TIL. RECEIVERS
Especial 10 The Tilnea.Dispatch.,

(Spccinl TO The Times Dispatch.)
NORFOLK, VA, October 2O.--,rhe con-
dition Of young John ]. Dawey, of~prn-
cess Anne county, who Is under arrest
for the recent murder OF w. ii. Davis
In that county. Is serious. lie having been
badly burned In the connagration at his
fathers place the came night. Dawlcy
set fro TO the barn after the shooting.
nnd came near being crcmatcd therein.
Ills mind has been affected from remorse
over the killing OF his friend. He was
reported to-day, however, to be improved.
He Is still under guard ut his fathers
house. his condition having been such
that he could not be carried to Jail.
When he came to himself and realized
what he had done he pleaded with his
friends to kill him or no would commit
suicide which gives color to the first
suppostion by the public as to the burn
Ing OF his fathers barn which was that
nc might then have been attempting sui
eide Dawley's preliminary examination
will take place us soon as his physical
condition VIII permit. The defense will
be that the act was that Of man crazcd
By drink.
SIX BOYS STRANDED.
Six youths from New York, ranging
from seventeen to twenty years OF age,
and all small for their ages, appeared
at the Norfolk police station to-day for
! assistance. They said they had been en-
gagged By the New York Labor Agency
OF Il Mulberry sctrect New York. to
come to work on the Tidewntcr Railway
4 here, and arrived In Norfolk via the Old
Dominion Steamship Company October
18th. They were sent to Bowers HILL
four miles beyond Portsmouth, and when
put to work digging for the roadbed OF
y the Tidcwater Railway found the work
TOO much for them. and had ito quit
They came to Norfolk afoot. The youths
had among them only fourteen cents
with which TO buy food for the day
Chief OF Police Boush will return the
boys to New York. They gave their
names as Arthur Station. aged twenty;
Edgar Kenny, eighteen; Joseph Domico.
eighteen y Emil Chewing eighteen; Robt.5
Graham, eighteen, and George Wharell
seventeen.
ORDERS TO RECEIVERS.
Tho receivers OF the Tunis Lumber
Company, Theophilus Tunis and A. H.
Martin, were authorized to-day by Judge
Edmund Waddill. OF the United States
District Court, to pay the interest H.S3
duo on the October bonds. and to sell
40 shares OF the Baltimore, Chesapeake
and Atlantic Railway at $50 q share for
the purpose OF retunding loan Of <26.o0o
for the release OF the stock OF the Wilson
Wood Lumber Company, pledged Tor the
loan
That company owns the timber which
the Tunls Company uses, and as there Is
great profit in the business, the Tunis
Company wishes unrestricted access to
TIC timber.
z THE Baltimore. Chesapeake and Allan
..c stock has advanced recently from $40
to $50 a share hence the reason for the
order Of sale.
BUckNELL AND VIRGINIA.
The Bucknell team OF football players
arrived here this morning and had
practice game on the Lafayette field this
afternoon. The, team Of the University
~ Virginia arrived tonight. no game
will be played tomorrow at O'Clock.
so far as known the members OF both
teams are In prime condition, and an
excellent game is anticipated for to-
morrow, but there Is a prospect for rain,
which may prevent the game.