The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-08
COL. TAYLOR WILL
PROBE FORGERY
Norfolk and Western Directors
Called to New York to In
vestigate Fraud.
DIED FIGHTING INCINERATI0N
DIED FIGHTING INCINERATIoN
Colored Woman Leaves Indica-
cation That She Had Terrible
Struggle With Fire.
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NORFOLK, VA. January 7.-Colonel
| Walter II. Taylor, n member of the
Board of Directors OF the Norfolk and
Western Railroad Is in New York In
connection with the s6S00o forgery case,
discovered In the Issue OF the stock GER
tifcates of the company. He was hasti-
~ summoned and left here last night.
The Norfolk and Western Railway will
move it's yards and switching tracks from
Norfolk to South Norfolk, for more
room The work of grading and pre-
pairing large tract of grouri recently
acquired there, will begin this week.
There will BIO twenty new tracks at
an expenditure OF 10000. The yaros
ara moved from here because the BUSH
ness has become too great for track IA
fclities. The new yards will be ready
this spring when all trains will be made
up there. A bettor passenger station
will be built here on the site OF the old
yard.
Church Consecrated.
The St. Petersburg Episcopal Church,
OF Brambleton Ward was consecrated to-
day by Bishop a. NJ. Randolph He was
assisted by Bishop w. l.. Gravatt. OF
West Virginia, who was the first rector
OF small chapel started there In 1850, by
Kew. G. ID. Woodson, the present rector
and Rev. DR.. B. d. Tucker. of ST Pauls
church. There was large congregation
and great thanks Offering.
Negress Burned to Death.
Martha Simpson, colored, was burned
to death at 24s Nicholson Street this
morning. The alarm was given by other
women of the house, but when the police
and firemen broke into the door the
dead body fell across the sill with all
the clothes burned off, and partly
charred The bed was on fire near the
wood stove and there was a half empty
bottle of whslSey on the floor. The
iiremen say that the womans clothes
caught fire from the stove, and her fin
ger marks on the door show that she
attempted to get out, but died before
the alarm was given. The room was not
injured.
Boy Burglar Shot.
Sam Brown. the boy leader OF a gang
OF slot gas metre thieves. was found at
his fathers house at CRANKY and Thir-
teenth Streets to-day badly wounded In
the leg. He and two other negro boys OF
the gang are in jail. They were dis
covered and shot at by Contractor j. G.
Graham when robbng the slot metre
at his house ten days ago. Brown has
been hiding at his home with a bullet
in his leg and cannot walk He admits
systematic robbery, and says he took
the cash from twenty metres. One OF
the boys Is only twelve years old. He
was an apprentice to Brown.
Death Of Nonogenarian.
DR.. Daniel Parke Custis. OF Annapo-
lis, Md, passed through Norfolk last
night en- route to his home after having
attended in Newborn. N. c.. the funeral
of Miss l.. Custis. who was the Oldest
inhabitant of that place. Miss Gusts
was niEety-three years old. and she died
in Newbern on ,;.->>uary I'd.
She was a lineal descendant OF Hon
John Custis VINO was an ancestor OF
Daniel Parke Custis. the first husband
of Martha Washington. and OF Mary
Custis the wife of General Robert L.
Lee.
Arranging Naval Details.
The detail Office force on board The
United States receiving ship Franklin is
busily engaged in getting together
number of men of different ratings to
fill vacancies in the crews of the vessels
of the armored cruiser squadron. To-
morrow fifty-eight will be sent to the
West Virginia, twenty-nine to the Colo
RADIO and fourteen to tho other vessels
in the Roads, Yesterday eight went to
the torpedo boat destroyers Hopkins. five
to the Stewart. eight to the Marlborough,
three to the Lawrence, three to the