The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-17
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Negro Severely Stabbed by Al, All
M otlier-Assailant Escapes II,
the Dark.
HAS FIVE 4 y BAD y WOUNDS q 1 u,
Manchester Bureau, Tffncs.D Dispatch.
6 .No.'1102 Hull Street. !

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A.cuttlng ARRAY. occurred Il, Manchester
4 last night, when riddle White, colored,
Il was gslashed In i've different places by
another unknown negro, who as soon US
his work was accomplished escaped In
4 the darkness. Tho fracas occurred over n
girl named Daisy FlenmIng, to whom
both men were paying attention, at the
entrance to j. 4. ioloday's place, In
i Gifts Hall, which Is run especially for
colored people, Daisy was engaged III
conversation with the would-be mur-
dercr when White, who, upon her own
confession, is her choice between the
i two, approached her and asked her why
| she was talking to him. She made no
| reply and went UP into the hall. White
then made his way to the other man,
who, without moments warning, turns
ed on him and stabbed him i've times In
flicting as many deep and ugly wounds.
The negro Immediately turned, when the
surrounding people were hardly aware OF
what bad happened and fled up the
street. Policeman Wnymnck was stand
Ing on the opposite corner, and as soon
as he saw what had occurred, ran TO
the hail. but the negro had escaped. In
/
ed on the scene and the two officers at
once began a search forgthc fugitive.
White, In n half fainting condition, was
carried BY his fr ends to Harrison's drug
| store, 1903 Hull street. At length DR..
| Vaughan, colored. arrived on the Ecene
and dressed the wounds. BY that time
White had been undressed and his wounds
| dressed by his friends. He had lost a
| quantity OF blood, and was In SEMI
conscious condition. It took the main
strength two colored mon to hold him
! while DR.. Vaughan dressed and sewed
the wounds. The man frequently screamed
aloud II his pain, and 1t was all the three
| men could do to keep him down during
the operation of the physician.
There were FIVE separate wounds, a cut
on top OF the head one Just below the
left temple, one across the left thumb,
| which was nearly severed one In the
| small of the back, and arSo Their abou. half
way down the left side. The last was
| the worst being an inch and a half long
and an inch deep.
Five minutes after the affair happened
fully two hundred people had gathered
on the scene, and II the wouldbe slayer
| had been caught he would have Jared
badly at the hands Of tho enraged crowd
| White bears good reputation.
To-morrow's Docket.
The criminal docket for tomorrow will
| be one OF the heaviest on record, and
Judge Clopton will find his hands full8in
dIsentangling the various cases that will
come up for hearing. The most nota-
BILE will be that of Mrs. Shepherd X.
Smith. who lies In the county jail con-
victed of the manslalghter of her five
year-old son. Ralph. Judge Copton viii
y,oc Tow, ~ ~
Smith that the verdict be set aside as
contrary to law and evidence. Mrs.
Smiths husband, Shepard K. Smith, Will
be tried on a separate warrant charging
him as an accessory after the fact
Other cases to be tried are: Ernest FAR
mer. third offense OF petit larceny; Rose
Sutton. shooting to kill Sergeant Wright
and Policeman Moore: Henry Jones, alias
Johnson colored. grand larceny; Willis
Young and George Hicks, colorcd. cutting.
and G. w. Goodlng. non-support. Mr..
Ernest Wells Is counsel In all these cases.
The following Is n list OF cases to 60
before the grand jury: c. Beckner, alias
John Wilson, and Vance Harris. high
way robbery. attempting to rob George
Tinsley (coored): George Norris crimi-
nal assault; John Spencer (colored) cut
ting Walter Windsor (colored) Walter !
Windsor, clubbing John Spencer; George |
Minis (colored), betrayal: Arthur Smith,
non-support, and D. d. Paine. peddlIng
without q license.
OF these the probably most important
Is that OF George Morris. charged with
criminal assault on thrteen-ycar- old
girl. Aside from the criminal docket |
Is a long list Of civil cases.
Where is Grant Royster?
Following Is an appeal for the finding
OF a certain Grand Register, whom sub
scrlber is anxious to locate:
'Wi anybody who happens to know
the whereabouts &of General Grant Roy
ster (colored), more generally called
Grant Register, please have the kind
ness Of heart to Inform kind. good old
house servant, Esther OVERLY Moffett,
Va? She has been too faithful In life
to fail to receive this modcum OF hui
man Kindness at the hands of some one
When last heard Of he was In Man
chester, Va"
Real Estate.
b. II Hamilton and Company. Of Man
chester, have sold n large mansion in
Marx Addition in Manchester to Mr., II.
D. Brlsner and Company, OF Middletown.
Pa.
This Is tho nrm that has bought tho
Eureka furniture site and are going to
build q large Woodworking plant. They |
will employ about rs hands. MI Brisner
purposes to Improve the Marx property
and build several more houses on the
square In the near future.
Personals and Briefs.
Rev. Mr.. G. V. Waugh. Of West Palm
Beach, Fla, will preach In Clopton
street Church Tomorrow at both SER
vices
James Boyden, who was charged with
breaking into bath house In Forest
Fill Park and stealing some iewelry, was
on Friday acquitted In the Circuit Court
OF Chesterfield county.
Tho MNnchester public schools will
open tomorrow. when the enrolment Of
the old pupils will begin, The new pupils !
Will bo registered on Tuesday, and the