The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-07-20
THE LID DOMINION
Latest News Cleaned From All Over
The State.

nc coroner IS investigating the myS-
ferrous death of Harrison Field, a we'll
known young man of Richmond, who
was found shortly after midnight the
other morning dead at the reservoir, a
short distance from Richmond. There
was Bullet wound in his breast and
small pistol lay 10 yards away.
There was a cloudburSt on the top
of the mountain just across Jackson
river from Clifton Forge. Huge trees,
rocks as large as trunks, fences and
5o-toot bridge were washed away as
though they were Straws. Where the
cloudburst struck on the top of the noun
tain Ii left a hole so feet deep. Here
the water divided, a part of it coming
down the ravine by the home of b. K.
Moneymaker, an engineer, damaging his
rear porch and land. His chicken house
was carried away and 200 chickens were
drowned The bridge on the county
road leading to Botetourt county was
cut in half. Fortunately no lives were
lost. Thousands of trees were uprooted.
Mr.. l.. {. Robertson, Danville man,
tell from lamp-pOst, sustaining painful
but not fatal injuries. He is supposed
to have assembled the post with the
intention of doing himself harm, having
been very respondent since the recent
death of his mother. He will probably
recover.
Charles Leynard, white, who was serv-
ing term in the Danville Jail, made a
sensational escape from the chain gang.
He was closely pursued and jumped into
The river to elude capture. Leynard has
not been seen since, and it is not def
nitely known whether he got out OF the
river or was drowned. The gang was
employed at a rock quarry near the
river.
A blast set off by men employed on
the Winchester waterworkS extension
created panic among East Side resi-
dents, when large stones were thrown
high in the air. One stone, weighing
nine pounds, hurled distance of 3oJ
yards, crashed through the tin roof of
John w. Myers residence, knocking a
big hole in the ceiling, and fell in the
middle of bed from which his son,
Walter Myers, had just risen.
A horse driven by Edgar A. Stickley,
prominent Frederick county man, fell
| in ditch, and the driver fell under the
horse. Before being rescued from his
perilouS position, Mr.. Stickley was Sc
verely kicked in the face by the animal
his nose and several bones being broken
Mrs. w. w. Rule, about 90 years old
of Roanoke, while waiting for a trolley
ear on the Ninton line, was attacked by
young negro who threw her down.
took her handbag from her hand and
ran. This is the third case of this kind
to occur in FIVE days.
The alleged shortage Of W. B. Jen-
kins, money-order clerk OF Portsmouth
postoffice, is $1,000. He returned $500
to Inspector Bula, and says he will re-
store the $I,Ioo balance if allowed a
short time.
Third President George L. Pot
ter, OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, and other officials were at Stras-
burg, Shenandoah county. comforting
with the municipal authorities regarding
the Councils proposed legal steps to
compel the railroad company to run its
trains into the town of Strasburg, in
stead of stopping at the junction, as ii
has for many years, i'll violation OF its
charter. 1t is said that an amcable
agreement will be reached
Evelyn Stevens, young daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Stevens, died at the home
of her parents, a. Stafford county, of en-
largement of the brain.
Muscoe Russell Pace, Jr, lies dead a,
his home in Richmond with a bullet in his
accident or intent will never be conclusive
ly known, but the opinion of the cor
oner is that he took his own life. The
probable caHse of the act is loss of his
position as messenger of the Southern
Express Company and the consequent
interference with his plans to be mar
ried.
Mrs. Estelle Townsend Smith, who
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Court of Manchester of having whipped
to death her son Ralph, is i'll i'll her cell
in the Manchester Jail. A fve-year term
in the penitentiary was the penalty fixed
by the jury Next week her counsel
will ask the judge to set the verdict
aside. If he fails to do so the case will
go to the Supreme Court of Appeals.
A fire the other morning, starting in
the lumber shed of Joseph F. Ravel, OF
Woodstock, situated in the rear of his
the upper part of the building and sew
eral thousand feet of molding and lum-
Der. The loss is $500.
The naval tug Hercules has blown up
the wreck of the schooner Clara +. Der.
gen, off the Carolina coast. The Bergen
was run down by steamer several
WSChS ago. anu SliiCC lildl lllllC lids DCCl
drifting almost submerged in the path
Of coastwise shipping. On account OF
the dangerous nature of the derelict, the
Navy Department sent the Hercules to
detrOy it.
An explosion, which cannot be ac-
counted for, occurred at the Dixie En-
tract Plant i'll Bristol, resulting in the
death of Noah Hardin, thirty-six years
old and married, and IN serious injury
to George Wolford. colored. A machine
in the clipper room exploded and the
room was torn to pieces. pieces of cast
ings weighing form three to four hun
bred pounds were hurled through the
walls of the building and carried over
a thousand feet away. The property
damage is heavy. The machine that ex-
ploded was idle at the time Manager
Bramm barely escaped injury. There is