The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-08-23
THE OLD DOMINION.
latest News Cleaned From All Over The
State.

{ Holtzelaw, architect. OF Hamp-
on hled petition in bankruptcy. His
liabilities are placed at S2o,II455. Ac-
;ording TO the petition, he has no assets.
Except SI75 worth of household furni-
.ure and wearing apparel, on which he
IainS exemption. None OF the claims
against him Is secured His principal
creditors arc L. NJ. Tilley, Norfolk. on a
)romiSsory note, $8248; d. S. Jones,
Newport News, judgment, $4.85o: John
Miller. OF Washington, judgment, ST.
~; l.. d. Crook, of Baltimore, promis-
sorry note, $4,000; r. NJ Booker, of
Hampton, judgment, SI,oIo.
William Peace, of Norfolk, who final
y got out Of the penitcntiary on parole
iiter another William Peace was relcas-
ID on the pardon originally intended
or the first man. is in the tolls again,
and, under the Virginia law, may spend
he remainder of his days in the peni-
'enti2ry. Peace Is now charged with
having robbed OF $50 Sallie Dunston.
colored. after an acquaintance of only
few days. Peace has already been in
nc pcnitentiary twice, and if convicted
his time, he will go up for life.
suit was entered in the Norfolk
County Circuit Court by counsel for the
state of the late Joseph w. Colbert
lganst the Norfolk and Portsmouth
Traction Company. The suit is to re-
over $1,000 damages for the loss of
Mr.. Colbert'S life.
One-inch plaking covering the cellar
area OF Broad Street, in front OF Muir
ohyS Hotel Richmond. gave way un-
Ter the combined weight OF four men,
)recipitating all of them II feet to the
basement below. All of the men sus-
aimed more or less serious injuries. The
grating over the area had been taken
away for purposes OF repairs. and the
whole covered with planking, but there
was no light displayed 10 warn pedes.
rians of the danger City Sergeant T.
J. Wright, Charles Kohler and Ham
Reid were standing over the frail sup
)ort when Capitol Policeman Thomas
Haines approached AS soon as his
weight was added TO that of the others
he planking gave way.
James ScehnoSe, unaware of the dan
ger, approached i'll the dark. and walked
upon the others. He landed on top OF
faines. who is a very heavy man, and
escaped with minor bruises. Wrenn suf-
cred broken arm. Kohler sustained
;prained ankle and minor bruises. Reid
llSo suffered a Sprained ankle. Haines'
eft ankle is Sprined
Fifty men are entombed alive in the
clinch Mountain tunnel at Clinciport. as
result OF a cavein. 1t is not known wheth-
er the men are dead or alive, but the
work or rescue is being pushed as fast as
possible. Air is being pumped in the
-unnel by several pumps for a distance
If 700 feet and a large force of men
are working i'll an effort to rescue the
nfortunates before they perish, if they
are not already dead.
Returning from baSebell game. where
1e had been enthusiastically roofing for
lis victorious home team, Robert Land,
Of Portsmouth, met a horrible death
lnder the wheels of a crowded trolley
ar at the baseball field in Norfolk Five
hundred people, all powerlesS to aid the
nan, saw him almost decapitattd He ran
.or the forward motor car, missed his
lold and fell between it and the trailer
which passed over his head and neck
and was one of the most popular young
ncn i'll PortSmuth.
At midnight Wednesday Judge Bark
iale, OF the Circuit Court OF Campbell
county, who had been holding an ad
.ourned term in I.ynchburg in cham
)erS for the purpose of hearing the argu-
lent of the attorneys for and against the
appointment of commissioners to con-
iemn certain property for the right OF
way for the new belt line OF the Nor
folk and Western in the county, rendered
his decision that the power to condemn
he land does not exist in the Norfolk
and Western under its present charter
hat the act of 1000 did not confer upon
The company the right TO build the pres
snt road, and that the Norfolk and
Western would have to amend its charter
Counsel for the railroad company then
gave notice that this case or one OF q
similar nature would be carried to the
Supreme Court of Appeals.
Fireman Charles Patton, of Kenoya
Division, Norfolk and Western Railway.
fell from his engine near Pritchard
through bridge, a distance of 20 feet
lie Is believed to have received fatal in
! urleS. He was taken to Park Hospital,
Portsmouth. Patton was attempting &c
get drink of water from the tank and
OSt his footing
The body of James Z. Honeycutt. sec
ton foreman of the Tidewater Railway
was found by the side of the Norlo, s.
and Western Railway track, near--S1k >
! folk. The mans throat had been cut
/ mead gaShed both legs were broken and
-iiCiC was uCSp SdSn across Tile SlOtu-
! aCh. The corOner'S Jury returned a YER
dict that Honeycutt came to his death
! from injuries inflicted by some blunt in
stFument III the hands of an unknown
/ person.
Henry F. Mitchell has sold 500 acres
Of his valuable farm near BrownSburg,
Rockbridge County. to Supervisor T. s.
Rees. of Natural Bridge district. The
sale includes the mansion-houSe and all
the buildings. The price paid was $2S,-
| 600. The farm is one of the best in
Rockbridge. and was formerly the old
! McChesney plantation. Mr.. Mitchell
came to Rockbridge about 20 years ago
! from New York.