The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-28

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by very young children. The trouble Is
due to some local causes 81
..IIrom your cxnminati ton, y ctor, "ould
You say that the child was addicted 70
injurious habits
"rhat is impossible for me 70 say. =
can only state the condition Of the body
when / saw it, replied Dr.5Brodnax.
kilograms Sent by Chief.
Chief OF Police sLipscolnb as soon as
the verdict was brought III by the coro-5
ner's jury, sent tile following telegram to
New York y: ~ s S5s ;sr4i,
Manchest lei, Va, April q, 1906.
Chief OF Police, New York: 6i5ss
Shepherd Il Smith left here yesterday
evening, now in your city; wanted for
murder; arrest nnd hold for papers;
wiring me. Smith sent telegram from
New York main Office Broadway this A.
NJ. tn wifeNin Manchester.
j. IA. LIPsCON1B,
Chief Of Police.
TO which he received the following re-
Ply:
New York, April q, 1906
]. "A. Lipscomb, Chief 0 Police, Manches-
|.t5Nyirea description Of Smith and prepare
warrant. Am making search for him. IL
y7 E3 STEPHEN O. BR110N,
Acting Inspector Detective Bureau.
Chief I,ipscomb wired O'Brien long
description Of Smith.
| Failed to Make Deposit.
Shepherd x. Smith, as far of can be
| learned, left his home at No. $40 East
Sixth Street, Manchester, shortly after
| Z o'clock on Wednesday morning, COM
ing to Richmond AT $50 a. M. Mr.. Nell
son j. Crull. by whom he was employed,
! gave him SIS in currency and an en-
1 dOrsed check for IS q to- depositiin the
Bank Of Richmond y Mr.. Crull was in a
| great hurry to- catch the 8 a. M. train
| to Norfolk Smith did not make the
deposit. and has goneoff with ,Mr.>CrulFs
$50 and his bank book.
\ On the Same morning DIR. Fraser "A.
Smith saw Shepherd X. Smith about II
4 o'clock, he having collected a bill for the
doctor. Since that time his movements
nre not KNOWN, although a man In Mt.
4 Crulls employ states that he saw Smith
7 near Nineteenth and Cary Streets about
e o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. IT
is supposed that he left Richmond for
Il New York 1.-THE sos train on Wednes-
day evening, from which place he sent
tho telegram 10 his wife.
j IS considered ext ra ordinary TINT
Smith should leave tho cityEon account Of
getting away with his employers money
and that on the same day his wifo should
be arrested for the murder OF her child
1t has been rumored that Smith was a
!, party to the childs death, but there Is
no evidence to show that he was in
Manchester after Wednesday, morning.
Mr.. w. j. Carter. OF Manchester, stated
last night that he knew Smith, and that
he was a.clever and kindly man, who
seemed devoted to his chiIdrcn. Mr.
Carter further said that Smith was wei
: Informed about race horses. and haG
followed the runners" on the Various
= tracks.
9 Bore Good Reputation.
I Mrs. n. II. Hicks, OF Paramount, STATED
: that both Mr.. and Mrs Smith. when the,
9 lived IN Paramount, were devoted to the
i children.
d In REPLY to a telegram sent by Til,
is Times-DispAtch to Columbia, Va. wher
d Smith and his wife lived for some month
II with Mr.. Lionel Ashburncr the follow.n
e wire was received:
10 Columbia. Va, April Of 1905
r "Times-Dispatch, Richmond Vn.:
q Impossible to communicate with I,ione
: Ashburner, So far MS can be learned
= Smith and wife horc good reputatlo,
I e . Z
"a AS far as can DO ascertained this y
~ the history OF Ihe Smith couple.
?. Shepherd IS Smith was we'll educate,
y and clever, but refused to work, nm,
was addicted to drink. He was n rac
q horse man, and spent his money In tina
III direction. A brother. l. Brock Smith, /
is well-to-do. and lis connected with In
Hygeia Distilled Water Company, OF &c
c. $40 West Twelfth Street, New Yor
nj city. Another brother. DIR. Wisner r
re Smith, Is practitioner Of New Yor
~ city,
" Smith studied shorthand at the No,
York y. M. G, A., and is a good SIC
- nographer,
- In 1899 he married Estelle TOWNSEND
OF New York city. who had been wa
~ educated AT private schools Nils
~ Townsend taught school for n tlmo be-
fore her marriage, Her father Is dea,
but hpr mother. Mrs. Charles Townsep
p OF No. l6S West Nlnty-sixth Street. Ne
York seventy years of age, Is liylr
ite with her daughter and sons. Otto Tow
an send and Dir W!sner n. Townsend,
ng well known physician. Otto Townser
ace Is secretary for Newton Bennington Il
* well known horsemun, with an office
the Grain Exchange
.hnl Mrs Smiths family disapploved of h
N marriage TO Smith, and, In fact.
.s violent was their objection that al
NINA and her people are not upon good term
~ The Smiths could not find support
-, New York, and moved 10 Columbia. v,
lhp where they boarded In tho house
W Lionel Ashburncr, Mr.. ], Brock Srnit
an brother 10 Shepherd *. Smith, furnish
them money to keep them going.
les ]. Brock Smith continued TO furnl