The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-07
EPTUNES SAVES
A SINKING ! | ( SHIP
Loaded Schooner Run oi, Flats
to Prevent Sink
ing.
THREE SOLDIERS SENTENCED l
Charged Will, Breaking Into
Arfnory and Stealing
Shirts.
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NORFOLK VA, April 6.-Thc three
mastcd schooner ALEU- Green. lumber
laden, arrived here to-day In tow Of the
an-going tug Neptune. leaking. She
was sent on the Berkeley flats here to
save her and the cargo. The schooner
sailed from Wilmington, NJ G.. March
18th. for Portland, Maine, and sprung
LEAK in a forty mile gale, which blew
her off this coast yesterday. She was
Ia bad way when picked up by the
Neptune and brought to this harbor. !.
SOLDIERS SENTENCED.
Three members OF the seventy-frst
Reginlent-Goe rentress William Prem
pert and James Daye--were sentenced
s to jail for six months to-day for stealing
military shirts from the armory. one!
i OF the men, Fentrcss, was accused OF
breaking into the arnory, but on ac-
count OF the condition OF his young wife,
Judge Allan r. Hanckel Imposed a light
sentence and omitted the fine.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
Howard, alias Bud. sivills, died at St.
svincent's Hospital this morning, as the
result OF pistol wounds inflicted by Alex
andcr Redd, Jr., on Tuesday night. The
two men met at the house OF Mrs. Mary
Ross. in Church Street. and auarreled
about Minnie Williams. OF Queen Street.
with whom both were infatuated. Redd.
declares that he shot in self-defense. 8
the deceased was advancing on him In a
deadly manner with 4 glass pitcher as
weapon. siylls was a fish dealer.
thirty-two years OF age. Redd Is bar
tender for Church Lewis, and the son
OF Alexander Reid. a grocer and saloon
keeper. Ho will have two witnesses, Mrs.
Ross and an inmate of the Hampton
soldiers' Home. George w. Burchfeld.
Z as witnesses that he acted in self-de.
Tense with q pistol to the man with q
1 pitcher.
KEEP OUT. OF POLITICS.
The meeting Of the Bar Association In
Portsmouth last night has caused a great
deal OF comment here today. There was
an effort to oppose the nomination OF
Judge William N. Portlock, who was
elected as Judge ofithe First Judicial Dis
( frict. consisting of Portsmouth city and
Z Princess Anne and Norfolk counties. q
year ago for the short term. from being
proposed 10 the next Legislature to- sue
y coed himself The meeting failed. There
were but fourteen persons and one proxy
there. and the majority was In favor OF
Judge Portlock. and the resolutions
IA ssed were to the effect that the Bar
{ Association should keep out OF politics.
gSIt is contended that the members of
4 the bar OF Norfolk have more practice
asip the court than the members q the
bar OF Portsmouth have. and the bar
here is for Judge Portlock. Isl
DIR. AACKIMAI1E& DISCHARGED.
II Dr.. Charles r. Macl<imrrie. who was
arrested as the druggist from whose store
the girl, Edith Turner. or Anders who.
committed suicide. got the morphine she
swallowed. was discharged In the Police
Court this morning Justice Simmons
declared there was not sufficient evil
dence on which to hold him as guilty OF
violating tho law as to the sale Of poi
sons There were packages with his
name on them and the girl In the same
house said she and the suicide purchased
sixty grains OF morphine at DR.. Mac
Kimmie's, but he and one Of his clerks
denied positively that they had sold the
drug that night. Il
HUSBANDS IN TROUBLE.
Thomas Lambert a painter. was SEN
fenced to jail for six months this morn
ing and required to give a bond OF good
behavior for twelve months OF $3.50 on the
complaint of his WIFE There was evil
dence that he was drunken and thriftless,
and that the wife had earned the living
for the family OF several children as
dressmaker. But there was evidence also
that the accused had struck his wife.
She said she was willing to work and to-
endure the burden OF the drunkenness.
but she vas determined not to stand
beating. 4f,F
Robert e.. Copperthite. OF a pie-mnkng
company lis cited to appearsln the Court
4 of Law and Chancery to show why he
h is not in contempt FOR failing to pay
SO a week for the support OF his wife
and children.