The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-10-11
DO|NGS OF THE OLD DOMINION
The Latest Virginia News Told in
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40 'HS result OF the daring WORK
OF some unknown vandal fully 100
plate-glass windows on Broad Street,
Richmond. bear the defacing marks
OF diamond glass cutter in the way
Oh deep, penetrating lines and fig
ures, entailing a loss to the owners
OF the property of probably $1,000.
Figures of the most fantastic descrip-
ton mar the beauty of the windows
Lines, some of them very deep, form
ing curves and images, abound every
where. Indelibly stamped on the
most prominent places on the win
dows in many instances are words
OF an indecent character The dis
hguration can be wiped out only by
the complete removal of all the win
dows and the purchase OF new ones
The names of Martha" and "P. T.
Moore, Richmond" are also inscribed
on several of the windows 1t is
possible that the names will serve the
police as clues to the perpetrators of
the outrage.
The cottages of S. d. Scott and
Arthur J. Odell, at Willoughby
Beach, were destroyed by fire. The
occupants of the Scott cottage es-
capped from the flames with nothing
more than their wearing apparel
Mr.. ScOtt's loss is placed at $4,000
and Mr.. Odells at $4,000. The ori-
gin of the fire is unknown.
John I. Edmonds, familiarly known
as Capt. Jack" Edmonds, died in
WarrentOn at an advanced age. He
was buried in the family burying
grounds on the Old Edmonds estate.
He was unmarried and was a brother
of the late e. G. Edmonds, who was
Treasurer Of Fauquier County.
Princess, one of the most valuable
assets of the Barkoot Amusement
Company, now In Suffolk, is dead.
Princess was a huge boa constructor,
2S feet long, IL inches in diameter
at the thickest part and weighed 92O
pounds. She was captured in India
and was said to be more than 100
years old. Princess died of indi-
gestion brought on by Overeating
At her last meal in Manchester,
some days ago she swallowed a dozen
chickens. Her skin will be pre-
served
Marvin Hedrick, a 15-year-old col
ored boy; was shot and instantly
killed in Pendleton County, near
Franklin. so miles west of Harrison
burg, by Lester Sites, a white boy.
years old. According to a report
the shooting took place in the kitchen
at the home of the Hedrick boys
mother, Mrs. Susan Hedrick. The
boys had been playing with several
companions when Sites picked up n
Winchester rife over which the boys
had been tussling, ieveled It at the
negrO's head and pulled the trigger.
The ball penetrated Hedrick's brain
and death was instantaneous.
DR.. w. II. Shackford died at his
home in Roanoke from injuries re-
ceived n week ago when n negro boy
accidentally threw n bale of hay on
him from the third story of a livery
stable. The boy ran away and has
not been heard of since. DR.. Shack
ford was 50 years old and came from
King and Queen County as the ply
sician of the Norfolk and Western
Protective Association, composed OF
about 1000 organized shopmen. He
leaves widow, two daughters and
one son.
Eldridge Tinsley while returning
to his home at Glen Allen from hunt
ing was accidentally shot in the head
by his companion, Richard Norris,
and died late at night without re-
gaining consciousness. The young
man was just l 3 years old and a
son of John Tinsley, of Glen Allen.
Norris was walking in front, with
his gun on his shoulder pointin 8
backward. The gun went OFF sud
denly. the full load striking Tins
ley i'm the forehead just above the
| left eye.
The State Corporation Commission
| granted a charter to the ElkhOru
Southern Railway, the principal o.
fees of which are TO be located al
Bristol. The incorporators named
in the application are George L.
Carter. president; J. G. Stone. secre.
tary and treasurer; j. Normen'
Powell, M. ]. Caples and ]. A. Fer,
guson. All of them are residents o.
| Bristol and most of them are con
nected with the new South anC
| Western Railroad. George L. Car
ter is president of both corporations
Dying from thirst, with a bucke
| Of water. within a few feet of him
| Edward Forester, 70 years old, {
! veteran of the Civil War, was found
hys a neighbor Monday night at hi;
| home. near Hampton. The old mar
was i'll and too weak to walk and
| Re had been famishing for want OF
! water since last Wednesday. Neigh
pors attempted to get him into the