The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
PROBABL Y BODY OF
MISS. RICHARDSON
Has Bcenin Water Many Months
and Is Almost U11-e u.
I'D cognizablc.
WAS b DROWNED IN sFLUvANNA.
Driving With tFiance, Attempted.
to Cross Swollen Stream, and {.
Buggy Was Upset.

Though In the last stages OF decom-
position, with parts OF the body gone
and the rest utterly {unrccognizable,S
! the remains 4 the young woman
which were found lodged on stelv-
ing rock In thef James River at the 4
foot Of Ninth Street Friday afternoon
are supposed by Coroner Taylor and
Chief Of Police Werner to be all that
Is left of Miss Mamie Richardson, Of
Hunters Lodge Fluvana county, who
| was drowned four months ago while
crossing a tributary$sof the Illyanna
River in ompany nj 18th her nance. WIZ
| liam 1Yri light e Ronceverte, w. Va. i8!
Relatives Notified. s5 Il II 55S
|tSA Only on circun1stant!al evidence Is
1.-THE theory that the body Is that Of
Miss Richardson advanced, and this Is
THE one; plausib BILE theory that has yet
$been pu fourth, and the one that Is
likely " a3 to .s be & held. The body bears
every eyid encc Of having been In the
water foe this. IL Every vestige OF
clothing was gone. having been torn
away by the constant dragging against
rocks. There Is no suspicion OF foul
play, everything pointing to the fact
that the finding OF tile body was the
last scene In the tragedy which one
might. four months ago. cost III Miss
Richardson her life ia III ssgstt5
Acting on, this belief, Chief Werner
has sent a telegram to Columbia. on.
the James River. giving such descrlp-
ton as he u CAM explaining the
i circumstances surrounding the find
ing OF the body. Mr.. 1vanhoe Sclater,
OF the State Treasurer's Q flee. and Mr..
w. S. White, both friends of the Rich.
ardson family, have also photographed to
Mr.. W.. p. Richardson, o Palmyra,
lVa,5 the father Of 4 Miss Mamie Rich.
ardson, advising him to come to Rich
mond. q Ff " III 33 vi
H The body Is n ow in charge Of Under
taker 8Bliley, V, no has been ordered to
hold It for fur ther investigation and
effort at Identification. $ az
How she Met Death.
one night in the #frst week OF June
Miss Richardso son and Mr.. Wright were
Edriving to K an entertainment on the
opposite bank M OF 81 q n swollen stream
The young man missed the ford, which
is shallow enough, and drove his horse
into q deep pool Just below the place
The buggy was upset, the horse was
drowned, and both young people were
thrown into the rapidly running Wate-
The young man managed to make his
way ashore, DuLsE ne A'S " III % y AZ
Richard son again. They ere to have
been married within a short tin1e.a#
I &5I In vain Mr.. Wrig ht de search $ul
1 and down the river. HI H clip was called
l and parties set out in search #of tn
. young e girlb But the swift stream
4; had borne her out o ff}s zig 1T and TIL
:: Hong tourneyatb begun that night ende
:, four rnonth his later, sonst az r ck In III
), middle S OF the y ] ames.s a t.. RI chmonc
t Young. Mr.. Wri ght nearlyf lost his min
Ii as q 3 result OF the ACCIDENT, and 9TH
i sad AFFAIR cast "a. gloom over the sentir
4 neig hborhood where Miss Richards
3 had been born and reared.
L Body End Here. ..i '55 S5,S
]. b The bodyawas found here at 2 o cloc
" Friday afternoon by ] ohm Williams
:. fisherman. It was lying Il ust q boy
y the water on little island .betwee
3 the end of May o's& Island and the Ere
e Bridge. Coroner Tay lors was notitiet
). and he#se out, row ed Fl by tw o river
Z Z men,. to make AN investigate n
It roundabout course took him ONE tim
Y to get to the body It was found frml
@ lElod ged IA on NJ the island, ~ and 1t Woul
:. have required some eff rts} to remoy
ie it. The rivermen refused TO undertak
y the " ork, The body was not move
8 until 10 O. clock yesterd lay morning
a when Napoleo n Barfoots and e. Z. Pa
70 terson, Srivermen, took two colored% en-
81 Iployes%of$ Mr.. Bliley, and succe eded
Fl bringing the$ remains to shor e. INK
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