The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-15
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ASSASSINATION J J | ! | | \
"A Colored Preacher Fired i,'e'7[s on q,
Y q Supposed .a559
Burglar. .s5s
LIBEL SUIT FOR $4,000.
Action Against r.. 81 Dunn aid
libel SUIT FOR OR $4,000 Q,
Action Against r. 6. Dunn aid
Company BY Newport
News Firm.

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(speclal 40 Tho Times Dispatch (. III
5NORFOLx, Il " Az. March II. here WAS
an attempt 70 assasslnate Rev. George
Jln1merson, colored pastor OF tho }. I'M
manuel Methodist Church, in Portsmouth Q 1T
last night. The preacher was in his study tue
when the sexton told him that some one
was seeking to- enter the rear door of the
parsonage, which nd Joins tho church
Thinking that was an ordinary cnll 1. for 'Ir
assistance. the preacher was vas !gs, going
through The yard toward the stranger
when two bullets whizzed by his hcnd,4
and the stranger who could not be iden-
titled In the dark, ran and escaped r. me
parsona sc wa tered last saturday ~
a. burglar 5}nt whom the prea ched tired
aEpistol, hence he suspects that the Bburg
lar is 8rotaliating. Il N u, Sd ls III
III view Of another attempt to post
pcne the trial OF former Policeman q ~
Townley, alleged 81 to have 4 Obtained 500
from Ruby Il Ford on the false pretense3
of~buying the 8relenset OF her sail or-hus--3
band from the prison ship outfery OF tho!
navy. at Boston, Commonwealth a ttorneyJ
Triton to day sent q physician, y, az polntted
by the court, to report on the CONDITION
Of Mrs Townley when the case is 3 called
in$the Corporation Court to-norro W !
case has been postponed several times
for tho defense. The case has great Pos
lItical Interest. because Townley wa s one.
Of the men appointed to- office after serV-s
ing as fudge in the elect ion for the Dye
Riddick lion. Al II a
SS GENERAL LEE OUT w EST. is
General Fitzhugh Lee and o. 10. Batche-5
lr. of Newport News. who were sent West 4
to address this Legi slntures Of The various
States on the subject Of the Jainest owl
Exposition. arrived at ] Jefferson City, Mo
to-day. They will appear before the ~ Isl
souri, Legislature tomorrow. From there
they vii go TO Little Rock, Ark I, and then
to Springfield, ILL., They will then return
East to address the Legislatures Of New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, and will so from
there TO Massachusetts BY that times
the Board Of Governors expects to have,
other States In line and they will keep
their representa- ivcs out q S long as ther T
IS territory for them to ever.
Attorney Norman +. Allen, Of Berkeley,
left last evening for Blucfield,8 W.fffVa.,4
continue to practice his profession.
LIBEL SUIT FOR $50, COO. VI
"a A libel suit for 10000 was entered in@
the Circuit Court Of Norfolk to-day
against the mercantile agency of RI g.
Dun and Compaily,Eof New n ork. 5s. Til Ell
ntice of filing the declaration was sent5f
to f. j . Winkler, the manager here, be,
cause the papers are here and he is in
ossessonp Of the facts.
The suit is brought by $Leanders Boiling
and Henry c. Currin, trading as the ]
Boiling Grocery Company, at Newport.
News. The declaration states that r.. G.
Dun and Company sent out circular on
October q, 1904, stating the firm did mere
ly q local business, sent out no Travellers, 4
did not meet bills promptly, sent out
checks which were not paid atSthe bank,
and that the partners had excellent per-
sonal characters, but not more than s4,OVO
worth of stock and as the plaintiffs de-
clare destroying their credit with the
habit OF buying merchandise and caus-
ing those merchants to refuse ITO sell
to the firm afterward on credit. :a8i tfs
The plaintiffs declare that this circular
was sent out because they declined to
subscribe $50 a year to the mercantile
agency, and that the circular was sent
to number Of other persons in addi-
ton to the merchants with whom the
firm had accounts. Jeffries and LaWlcss
are attorneys forsthe plaintiffs, The y state
ment Is that the case will be svigorosiy
contested by both sides. because of the
amount involved and the Inheritance Of
the result on the business 4 of r. G. Dun
and Company. g Il iy },&s
DEsJRTDD8 THE @sHIP.
i Captain Anderson. of the Norwegian
Tancred, who was arrested on
the complaint OF the immigration agents.
charged with violating the United States
lam In importing three British subjects
from the West Indies here was released
to-day. He proved before the commits
sioner that the black sailors deserted the
shin because no did not ndya nee ~ he |
money they demanded. He will t4ke them |
away or pay their passage himc.
a L, 4. Glasgow, a young man arrested
in Portsmouth to-day. on a requstion
from his home, Durham, N. c., where
he is charged with car-breaking and rob-
berry. he has been In Portsmouth three
wccksycmployed by the seaboard Airline
He will be extradltcd for trial.