The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-27
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.AW 4 | WOMAN !
Married Man, Separated from His
Wife, Believed t. Have
Drowned Himself.
HEARD 4 WOMAN SCREAM e: /
When Morning Came Letters
Found Telling Of Rash
Act Contemplated.
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fspecini 10 The Timcs. Dispatoh.)
h, NOnlroL1s. VA, July rs Has 8. g..
seymour committed suicide? Lie said that
"a wns going 10 drown himself-and he
iliny not been seen since last night. ~
81 Last night or this morning at o'clock,
weird cries Tor help from the middle OF
tho Elizabeth River were heard aboard
the ferry steamer Superior and tho tug
!Gcrnanin. The tug and ferry responded
to tho cries. but could find no one IN the
water Maybe II was too late. Both yes
soils let down life-boats n
y ChiefSof Police Boush received letter
from Seymour, who disappeared from his,
homo, No. 1923 East Main Street, last
night He told the Chief that no was
going to drown himself. Tho letter was
norfolk. va. July Is. 1905,
5"Chiefs OF Police, Norfolk. Va: q rs
Dear sir.-You will find my body In
tho water took my life to get out OF the
&, ,.. S. b. SEYMOUR .ss
Detectives on the Case.
Seymour also left letters addressed to
his wife and sisters and TO Mrs. Paylorr,
Besides fis wife he leaves several chill
dron, one OF them being q hoy OF nineteen
years. t= !, All 81. q 4.
Chief Bousl, put several detectives out
to work on Seymour's case to-day, but
Seymour has not been found, dead or
alive. 81 i.;S
He IS q man about forty years OF age,
and was formerly o watchfnan for the
Norfolk and Western Railway. ~, ,
Seymour left letters at Mrs. Paylorss
boarding house. WI TIL thernt3wns an open
face gold watch and pocketbook con-
tanning two dollars in cash Seymour owed ~
Mrs. Payior a small hoard bill. and la ~
the note to her he declared that Y she
could take the cash he left and sell his
watch to make up the remainder.
The notes to the chief Of police, the
man, s VIE. witt,Hwhorn he has not been
living, and his sister were sealed IN N
self stamped envelopes, all three beirg
addressed. Mrs. Paylor Immediately
posted them. Mrs. Paylor, after posting;
the letters, went to see Chief Boush and
told him what she knew OF tn cease.
III ard a Woman Scream.
It is thought BY the police that the
cries that came from the Elizabeth last
night may have come from Seymour and
perhaps woman. ss3 tSt sa5s
n An official 81 report ! to Chief OF Police
Boush to-day concerning last nights ~ s
cident in the river Is to the effect that
j. 81. s. Douglas, chief engineer Of the tn
tug Reliance. heard at 2 a.. N. a woman ian
scream, and then heard man cry f e 8
help. The parties appeared to be In { Q
small boat In the n,ldHle Of the river 'e,
with light In tho boat, .5
". II. Ellis, assistant engineer of s. the
Reliance, ana George ohnson. co'l lo'r rec
deck-ha1d, report to the police having
seen and heard Il the man and woman an
as reported by Chief Enc ineer douglas.
the ferry steamer superior, Captain John
Owens, when the cries were reported by
a deck hand, Immediately lowered B g lie
boat and made a search for the people
heard TO cry ana scream, but no trace
OF them could be found The crew Of the
Old Dominion tug Germania also made an
unsuccessful effort TO find the parties IN IN
the river. 81 5S8
The police have no report day OF any
one missing, except the case of Seymour.