Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-16

'i1! ~. "HoiH conrad summoned. alI-
p"ar"d in ,nc room the window Was
broken end Nrt;ihhnn was LAYING ul,
The ground -
Conrad in Custody.
GoArs,a Mas taken into custody pend
ing an Investigation The police ar.
!! looking FOE 4 woman who is alleged
70 have said .:ha saw. :. man push Me
fii'ntf our OF 10 window
According i, t'nnI1ltl'S story. he left
i;ahriiln on Jan. 30 10 enter the en- nlu<
~ G. IL. AilshouSe. in drumming Tor
al" ol a pat mt medicine. Last nigh,
ne attended Il performance al ;he EN-
pure theatre and at The conclusion OF
the performances went 10 the bar
room. wharc he INST perfect stranger
tunrauS hcaull!nlly soft Southern
accent ca,!seii the stranger TO address
! nm. and learning that Conrad Was
from Banvlllc. told him THAT he, 100,
was from the South sA:,! hal he had re-
Gently visited that ca,y Conrad .ar:!
MrTibht:n at once became the best OF
friends ana The TWO drank cutie free.
Iy, although Conrad r4nver for Il no,
ment lost his head
Tried Good Samaritan Game.
Hi'eH ~; !!o''i t'f Closing the mar
arrived The Two went OUT 10 the stree.
! mere II was Conrad discovered that
his Iron,i Was hardly able to navigate.
and that lie could not tel al which
house he was StOppin.
Rather lhan have The stranger fall
'nl1 m: hands Of he notice. Conrad III
vit,d him 10 90 With him L. NE. yioi.;
Perrin. On arriving. there Conrad
found that he had RIM INFO trouble.
After getting his friend "a ,hc fourth
floor nc found ii necessary 10 order
more drinks. Presently The stranger,
became boisterous. Conrad implored
am To 1e l''io! ara 70 70 10 bed and.
, Doth requests being refused, Conrad
d,srobel p',( on; The gas. and Went
% bed, hHDin., that his friend would
follow slit
Fight for Life
Conan fell into i. .i,...e ana ha.l hl>rn
SLEEPING. perhaps; ten minutes wh..n
| Il" "okt, TO ;inI tina, lie M;;s III a fight
Tor his life. His friend had seized aim
ny l1s2 THROAT, ani was checking him.
| = 'itSncra!r struggle rnS;l.u III Wr;i;i
)tonradS ,.roal ANA Tho back OF his
| neck were lacerate.L AM! bruised TX
n" strangers fingers; and nails. Max
l!lS one grand effort, Conrad threw oil,
! ms a"si!lanl, lsapnI from the bed ran
'';""ns'airs To summon help from. the
I. hoini Office
| On ~" way Nc lnei liz. nigh, clerk.
| dti! WIN llt:! went back TO the room
hoH 'oiln' the WininM sash ;t;;.l blind
broken ou1 and the room unoccupjad
f! HIS WAS AZ t.: s., O'Clock this morn ina
I ~ this moment Il citizen discovered
| = IN , i,n -
at lh@ side OF shs. hotel. and. think
ing that murder had been committed
I summoned the police
! The injured man was taken ;i,1c ;ha
ho'5.i, "Aarc he soon expire,
F.. Results OF FALL
I Both his thighs and arms ana q i,jn
| were broken and his head vas c:,,,,heu
~. Conrad identified the body as hat
III ;hc MAJ! whom he mad brougi ~ the
/ Aof"i ANA The rc!nain>, were identified,
/ rs hose OF t'ecil Mciiihhen. 4 sal, S,nan
/ lor NE Williams Typewriter Company.
! 81 l"F':&. Conn, ana nephew or !; ,rc,-
'"sS"r III Cecil College. Ncnt,.ckv HC
/ mas 4 nttH"r and sister RESTING III "a
/ sycamore street. nGtrIOt, Mich His
! 'Hclt IS an editor @; .hN Detroit FREQ
Press. and his sistc. tinsS sD,.cil! Writ
! Ing t"r that paper
| Conrad $ I nephew Of Charles: T..
Holland. Of Holbrookc avenue Dan
vlIl~. a banker. Tor whom hi, vn,ns.
| man was Formerly a bookk,:eper. con.
| lad IS member OF Danvillc l,ndc.a
! Is T. Q. r. 80. ana his interests are
being carefully looked after ~ brother
+! f.lkS WHO are members; oi :hs, local
! police,
Conrad Released
! After an Investigation. Mcdcai EN
| ainihrr Perkins announced tonight that
! III ms opinion the death OF c. G. Me
I Glhh'n. who fell from Z. window on The
| fourth floor ri The Hotel Perrin during,
! last night, was accidental. John Conrad
:ot DanvilIe. Va. the companion OF Nc
| Gihhcn. who had been placed under
! arrests was released
! The medical examiner reported thar
ne believed McGibben attempted to
tscap" from The room hy means 81
ne window 70 another building, LOST
| l1ls balance and tell 70 the ground.
! hrr&AinG his neck