The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
NEWS GATHERED
FROM S0UTHS|DE
Adventurous Youth Falls Into
Hands of Manchester
Police.
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CHILD DROWNED IN WELL
Broken Grab Iron" Causes
Deatli-Council to Meet on
Tuesday Night.

Willie Saks of Washington, fif-
teen-year- boy with an adventurous
turn OF mind, is in the Manchester Jail
awaiting the arrival of officers or his
parents who will carry him back.
Accompanied by two others of about
the same age young Saks ran away
from home two or three days ago, and
the party were 'hoboing" 1t In ap-
proved style. apparently en- route to
the Jamestown Exposition, when OFF,
Ger Moore, of Manchester went after
the trio for beating their way on
trains. Two escaped, but Saks fell
into the hands of the officer and told
his story. He will be held here pend
ing the arrival of members of his
family
Negro Child browns in We'll.
Henry Haslzins, the two-year-old son
OF Henry Haskins, colored, was drown.
ed in we'll in the yard of his home
in Mayo Town yesterday morning.
The child was dead and was float
ing on top of the water when found,
about 10 O'Clock. No one seems to
know just when he fell in. The well
is about twelve feet deep and the wa
ter stood about six feet The body was
viewed by Coroner Loving. of Chester
field county who declared death due to
an accident. There was a covering
over she WELL but the door or trap
was open and the child fell through
this.
Broken Iron Caused Death.
The coroner's jury in the case of
Iinwood White, colored. who was killed
in tho yards of the Atlantic Coast Line
on Friday afternoon, brought in YER
diet yesterday to the effect that the
negro had come to his death on account
of broken grab IRON" which was on
the tender.
1t was shown that the man attempt
ed to jump the tender, and the iron,
which was already broken, gave away,
throwing him under the wheels. Those
on the jury were Messrs. j. T. Egg
gleston w. j. Fosee, III. +. Pinchback,
John s. Avis, ]. C. Whitman and Philip
Browder.
Mrs. Mozley Dies.
Mrs. C. P. Monkey died at the resi-
dence OF her husband at Fourth and
Hull Street yesterday afternoon at
1920 o'clock. She was seventeen years
of age. She is survived by her hus-
band and a child six months old.
The body will be taken to Bremo
Bluff this morning ct 1920 o'clock.
Honored in Richmond.
Mr.. Ernest L. Brands, formerly of
Manchester. has been honored by the
City Council of Richmond, in being
selected to fill the position of assistant
superintendent and resident phar-
macist of the City Home.
Mr.. Brands has been particularly
successful in his profession. He is n
son OF Mr.. wellington Brands, of
Thirteenth and Bainbridge Streets. and
was born here. He went through the
public schools of Manchester and at
tended the school of pharmacy of the
University College of Medicine from
which he was graduated. He is also
a graduate of Smithdeal Business Col
lege. He went into the retail drug
business. and was for eight years en-
ployed by a well-known Richmond
firm For several years he has held
the chair of theory and practice of
pharmacy In the University College of
Medicine.
For four years until last May Mr..
Brands was also employed as the
business agent of the Virginia Hos
pital. The consolidation of the posi-
ton of resident pharmacist and that of
assistant superintendent of the City
Home 10 a new departure and no one
could be better fitted for tho work
than Mr.. Brands
Death, of Miss McCulloch.
Miss CacrIe McCulloch died yester-
day at. her home, 523 West Tenth
Street, after an illness OF severa'
months. She was the sister of Misses
Rose and George and of Alexander B.
McCulloch. The funeral viii take
place from the residence this after
rocn at 4 O'Clock. The interment Will
be in Maury Cemetery.
Personals and Briefs.
Mr.. A. A. Adkins, who on Friday
night returned from Port Norfolk,
where his child is desperately i'll, yes
1erday morning received a message to
the effect that the baby could not
live through the day. He left in the
afternoon for Port Norfolk.
Rev. 3. Nj. Simmons, bachelor of arts
of Richmond College, and at present
pursuing special studies at the Univer-