The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-19
SUDDEN DEATH OF
DR. CRAWLEY JONES
Well-known Dinwiddie Physi-
clan Drops Dead at Home,
Near Marmora.
BUCKLEY CASE is CONTINUED
Goes Over Till the 31st on Ac-
count OF Absence of Witness.
Other Petersburg News.
BUCKLEY CASE is CONTINUED
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PETERSBURG. VA, October 1s--
DR.. Benjamin Crawley Jones. pror,i-
nent practicing physician Of Dtnwid-
die county. died very suddenly from
appoplexy this morning at his resi-.
dence at Marmora. In that county.
DR.. Jones was forry-tWo years of age,
and was native of Brunswick coun.
ty. He is survived hy his wife. his
aged mother. three daughters and
three sons. two OF whom are at Fork
Union Academy. He was a cousin Of
DR.. Z. Boiling Jones. a well-known
Petersburg physician.
DR.. Jones came OF prominent fam.
lily. among them many prominent
physicians. His uncle, the late DR..
Hume Feild was physician OF great
prominence Deceased was also a
nephew OF the late Colonel William
NJ. Field. at the time Of his death
Treasurer OF Dinwiddie county, and
beloved by the entire county. DR..
Jones. though young, being about
thirty-nine years of age. endeared
himself to all who knew him as a
Christian gentleman and beloved ply
sician, and will ever be remembered
hoi lSNouiG Cidk dSlSI.
The arrangements for the funeral
have not been made.
Buckley Case Continued.
A second trial of c. P. Buckley, Of
Washington, D. c.. on the charge OF
feloniously assaulting ]. e. Grinstead
a clerk in the Miller Furniture Com.
until October 31st in the Hastings
Court last evening. because Of the alb
sence of a witness who, 1t is under
stood, says that he took a drink with
the accused man in this city on the
day of the assault, Buckley's defense
being the testimony of two men from
Washington that they saw him in that
city on that day. Grinstead was
knocked down and robbed by some un
alone in the Miller store. on North
Sycamore Street, about half-past .
O'clock in the evening: his skull was
slightly fractured by some blunt in
strument used, but he staggered to the
front door and fell unconscious on the
sidewalk. Buckley was arrested here
several days later. and was positively
Identified by the injured man, who re-
heated his identification at the Sep
tember term of the Hastings Court,
when the two men from Washington
swore with equal positiveness that the
accused was In Washington on the
day of the assault. A hung jury re-
suited. the vote being ten for pcquittal
and two for conviction. Buckley Is
being defended by Mr.. Robert Gillian,
Jr
= Visiting His Old Home.
Mr.. Eddie Stewart, formerly wolf
known citizen OF Petersburg, now
Mayor of Washington, N. c.. is visiting
his many old friends in this city.
Mayor Stewart is enjoying months
holiday, and has been spending ten
days at the Jamestown Exposition.
Between zoo and 26o visitors from
States in many parts OF the Union
have journeyed to the Crater battle.
field within the last three days. The
many forts and oattlefields immedi-
ately around this city, made famous
during the Civil War siege of Peters
burg. are attracting more sIghtseers
than ever before.
Mrs. Brondwell Dead.
Mrs. Martha S. Broadwel, formerly
of this city, died about o'clock this
morning at the residence OF her son,
Mr.. Walter +. Broadwell, in Berkeley,
Va, after an illness OF several weeks.
Mrs. Broadwell was tho widow of the
late Freeman +. Broadwell, and Is
survived by three sons-Messrs. vii.
liam D. Rroadwsll of this city;