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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-20
eNo. 1920

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Major Lawrence Smith built fort
on the Rappahannock in 1875. He WAS
a man OF great influence and large
estate. He bore the coat of arms OF
the Smiths OF Totten. Devonshire. Eng
land. He married Mary ----. His
will was proved 100. Il reckon his
dates and those Of Colonel Robert
same.) Els son, Captain Augustine
Smith, had daughter Mary. who mar
ried Robert (second). Now. 1t may be
that Captain Augustine and Colonel
Robert (hrst) were near of game age
AS Colonel Lawrence Smith. cons.
niander at Falmouth, he received tm-
mense grants OF land. three miles wide
locality, from the crown. In this case,
would not his commission em2natsy
from the same source. and also that Of
cap tain or lieutenant to his son Angus
tine, my maternal grandsire. seventh
removed from my father Gabriel. son
OF Austin Smith Slaughter and Susan
Fisher? From whence came title and
rank, also to Robert Cfirst) as colonel.s
Are not such things on record? Root
up the musty manuscripts and CAUSE
the older heads to ponder don't stop.
The WILL Of Augustine Smith WAS
proved In Orange county July 20, 1736y.
and he lived In that parish, st. Alaryss,
Essex county, Va In 1929 he quail
led as one OF the first justices Of spot-
Mary Quarterly, Volume IA. page 44.)
He married Susanna Darnell. Whose
daughter was she? =
| There Is also mention of an Angus
tine Smith OF l739-'S2-'74. who married.,
first Mildred Roots, born 1884: second,
Margaret Boyd. 1910. we presume nas
was not OF our exact line-maybe OF
the York Smiths. They had Colonel
Lawrence Smith, who lived at the old
Temple farm. This Colonel Lawrence
Smith surveyed the addition to old
What relationship were these two Law
FENCES, II any?
Did tell you Just prior to my. trip
[ to Virginia ! won the prize and blue
ribbon in an equestrian ring. composed
OF twenty Confederate veterans? Well.
lat seventy-two l will be able to ride
| that choice steed promised for me on
the next reunion parade sooner or later,
provided I anl not called over yonder.
I am glad to have the honor to hes
Iyour friend and correspondent, trusts
ing we may make II mutually pleasant
and possibly Instructive to unborn gen.g
creations collecting charts and ferrettnxs
out the resting places OF forsottsn9
sires. am Sincerely,
| BIG. SLAUGHTER.
/ We thank our genial old Confederate
veteran for the above, and hope to have
more from his instructing and intef,s
testing pen, assuring him that the
Neurological Column vii! always "a
omen for such interesting facts as he
can give. and willingly Join him In
lperpetuatlng the records OF our past
heroes.
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(No. 1se4.)
E11y.

In reply to Descendant in October
9Th (No. 1880. is the following on
Ellis:
Jane Shelton Ellis daughter of Jo-
siah and Jane Shelton Ellis. was born
at Red HILL Amherst county. Va. Sep
tember %, 1883; married Thomas New
man Eubank In 1910, and had issue:
Thomas, Margaret, John Lewis, Nancy
Hunter. Elias Newman and Powhatan
Ellis; Charles Richard and Elizabeth
Ellis (were twins); both died at The
Wilderness In Amherst county. August
Q. 1898. and buried in the family bury
ing-ground at that place"
Descendant" should enclose stamp
to F. E. Munford. 800 West franklin
Street. Richmond, Va. for copy OF the
"Ellis Family OF Virginia." giving data
from John Ellis, born 1861. the emf
grant from Wales to Virginia about
1853, and settled on Tuckahoe creek.
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Mr.. Dooey on the Presidents Activities BE PUNE

Copyright 1907 by H. H. Mcclure & Coz
"we. said Dooey, II be tn. -apers that
disgrace has fallen this nation see be tn pa
vry that disgrace has fallen tn
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In the register Of Farnl1am parish
Richmond county. standley, son 81
Francis and Ann Cover, born Novent-
Der "a, 1873. and his brother. Francis.
born April 15, 1882. Also. Francis, son
OF Francis and Easter Cover. born Feb
ruary 2. 1906. Catherine, daughter OF
Standby and Sarah Cover. born Sep
TENDER "a, 1920. John Cover died Sep
TENDER 26. 1875. Francis Cover died
January Z. 1926. Susan Cover died
December III, 1926 Wtnifred Cover
died May 20. 1927. Frances Cover
died September 10. 1923. About 1888
Mary Cover married John Randolph
Robertson, OF Brunswick county. who
Is said to have been brother OF Will
liam Robertson, some time secretary Of
the Virginia Council. @. q.
Richard Cover was In the colonial
militia from Brunswick county, 1853.
Very little can be found OF them.
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tNo. 1879
Ashton or Aston.

f Dear Sir: was much interested In
your Ashton and Aston article In 80.
cent issue Of The Times Dispatch.
VIII you kindly tell me to which
branch Sarah Ashton or Aston be-
longed, and who was the wife OF Philip
Alexander. first son of John. who emf
grated 1853. and settled in Stanford
county in 1860. and purchased How'll
sons patent Of land, extending from
Georgetown to Hunting Creek?
Philip Alexander and Sarah Ashton
had. first. Philip born 1904. died 1883.
married Sarah Hooe; second, Eliza;
third. Sarah. who married Thomas
Pierson. or Pearson. This Sarah
(Alexander> and Thomas Pierson,
had. first. Sally. who married
John West, the confidential friend
of William Penn; second, Simon
Pierson. married (who2). some say.
Hannah Alexander. and some. Hannah
Ball Travis. A DESCENDANT.
We gave in our Ashton article all
that can be gathered of the family.
Let some reader answer the above.
I
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BOOTH FAMIL Y
Us! ${t7IM{1n1lllE4 q; ! 1llI1R NYL

early colonial wars, we find the names
of Capt. Andrew Booth, who COM
nlanded company OF horse from
Nansemond county. 1880: and Capt.
Thomas Booth whose company WAS in
the Second Virginia Regiment. COM
n1anded by Col. William Byrd, 1868.
These officers were given land bounty
certificates ut williamsburg. 1850.
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eSo. 1928,

Dear sir-Either your paper or some
Baltimore paper published the gene
alosy of the Finch family some time
last February. so am Informed, but
I failed to see 1t. VIII you kindly re-
publish some time In the near future
in your Sundays issue and greatly
oblige AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
Box 4oS. Newport News, Va.
We published September II, 1905,
a short piece on Finch, and gave the
Fitch. or Fitz. family, with arms Feb
ruary rs, 1906.
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tNo. 1885,,

Dear Sir: Will you kindly give In
your Genealogical Column the Page
family? My grandfather. Edmond Page.
with two brothers. came from England
and settled in Nelson, Albemarle' and
Caroline. Edmond's wife was Miss
Wood. or Woods Give names OF
brothers and history OF family as near
as you can. and oblige,
DESCENDANTS
It would take some time to get out
a full genealogy OF the Page family OF
Virginia. Get "The Page Family" by
Dr.. r. NJ. G. Page. Of New York, which
will give the full history.
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(No. 1850

Dear Sir: Will you give some light
on the ancestry Of Capt. Abel Cover.
Tenn. about 1880? There was another
Abel Cover. who patented land south
Of the James. and lived early enough
to have been Captain Abel's father.
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tNo, lasi.a

Dear sir,-I helIeve you make spas;
cialty In information ON old familiess
In Virginia. I wish YOU would stats
what You can about Thomas Almsitt
and family who landed In Jamssto,EnS
In 1919. y. ~ ~
Sumter, S, G,
In Hotten's Llst Of EmiSrAnts ~
Jamestown. 1884, the name ot Almu11
does nut appear. nor II u found In 49,
work We have.
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Lexington, Ky.

Too High Now.
II want to elevate the stage" averred
Hamlet Fatt.
"You do, hey?" sneered Yoricls Hamm.
why, only. last night you were declaring
that you are over their heads as It Isl
Puck.
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WILLIAM r. HANDY,
4th Texas Inf, Hoods Brigade.
Austin. Texas.
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Copyright, 1907 by H. H Mcclure & Coz
"well. SIR said Mr.. Dooley TIL. pa that
reat disgrace has fallen this nation see be tn pa
ivry that disgrace has fallen tn ma
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Horrors OF rs Inquisition Revived in Warsaw.


He walked to the scene of the MUIR
der, saw couple of market women
there and arrested them. They were
taken 10 the town hall and questioned
about the pollceman's murder. Though
beaten with the india rubber whips
they declared they knew nothing about
1t. as they were not In the street at the
time.
WITNESSES" SECURED.
Nordviut vas shown them. and they
We're told TO Identify him as the boy
who committed the murder. They said
they did not know Nord vint, and again
declared they had not seen the MUIR
der. 1yanoff then ordered the two un-
fortunate women 10 be beaten again.
Their teeth were Knocked out and THEN
thumbs screwed TIN the nails dropped
from the flesh. Then they gave an
account of the murder and Identified
Nordvint as the murderer,
MILDLY REPRovED.
This atrocious torture would never
have come to light but Nordvlnt, at
his trial threw himself at the judges
feet and told him what had happened.
The two women, encouraged by his
example then told how they had been
driven by suffering To perJure them
selves And IVaEuff2 He was mildly
reproVed and ordered To release the
prisoners. He obcyed, but the women
We're rearrested before the day was
over ana have not been heard of since.
1t is whispered thut lyanon revenged
himself upon thom by touurng them
TO death.
HORRIBLE TORTuRhS.
A few days after%Ard "a man named
ferlmutter threw a bomb and Killed AN
oiiicial' lie managed 90 escape ana
the organ OF revolutionary society Of
when he was a member stated that
ne had left the country. But lvaunn
was bent upon making case Of u. So
he arrested another man ulmed stein,
ana began 10 torture him Not only
WAS he beaten; his hair WAS pulled out
by the roots, his teeth broken ana hl5
cars cut on. AT last the poor wretch,
who did not even know p0nmutter
confessed that he was perImuucr
ana had thrown the bomb. he n in
the prison hospital In bed ud Wf-
ferng from the terrible effects uf lyau-
offs munstrnus cruelty. His Trial foI
bomb throwing VIII come ON Hs soon
as he is able 10 walk. A man .vhu has
next Ia him In the hospital henri ih,
story from his own lips, and know thal
his name is stein and not Perlnltte
PUTS MACHINERY IN MoTlON.
When foreigners In Warsaw her %
these things they generally lauph u
credulously, They cannot believe tt.i
human beings are tortured In this nm
nor In the twentieth century, Vet n
true, and not only are political mi
oners treated IN this way, but persnr
suspected Of other crimes as well sim
llar atrocities are perpetrated thro,leh
out RUSSIA Attached TO every trib
unal in the land Is an inquisltion n,ds,.
II II he who puts the machinery n
motion that EFFORTS evidence fro,
prisoners. The principle which undnr
lies this system Ia that u man OF NO
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special Correspondence.

SDPEldl
~ Y,ARSAW, Poland, June 2o.-All
W s s:s's q e: ,:, sse:' s es:;
tised on Russian political
prisoners at Riga. The recent revela-
lions concerning them sent thrill OF
horror through civilization. But hardly
a whisper has reached the outside world
OF the atrocities perpetrated on pris-
oners here, although the fiendish sys-
tenn has been in operation for years.
Its application is not confined TO po-
lltical prisoners. Persons accused or
all sorts of crimes are subjected to 1t.
Neither sex nor age secures immunity
from 1t. Men and women, youths ana
maidens are numbered by hundreds
among the victims OF its inhuman par
barities. The question OF guilt or inno-
cence had little to do with IT. The OBJ
feet is 10 aXtort confession which VIII
secure a conviction OF somebody. the
cruelties Of the inquistion alone afford
a parallel to II. To escape from horri-
bic agony scores OF poor wretches nave
been driven to confess themselves gull
~ OF crimes which they never commit
ted or to accuse others OF ueeds OF
which they had no knowledge
The warsaw "Ratus2' or town hall,
an Imposing building. Is the scene or
these barbarities. on the second noor
ia n large room stretching right across
ths front OF the building. This is tho
torture chamber. Anybody Is liable TO
undergo the "thlrd degree here the
police hear OF a meeting IN square
ar A procession IN the street. They sur
round IL and the people who have tho
misfortune 10 be passing near II and
drive them en- masse 10 the town hall.
BEATEN BY SOLDIERS.
The big gate is opened and they arc
Kept for the time being In the court
yard beyond II. Then the gates are
shut, lest the public should pry al thelt
unfortunate fellow men, who are beaten
by the soldiers and mounted police as
soon as they get within tho precincts
OF the town hall Then they are driven
into room on the ground noor and
requested 10 give up their passports.
IL. after communicating with the police
I'm the district OF the town that they
i've In. the passports are found to De
quite satisfactory they may be set free,
But the process has taken the whole OK
the night and meanwhile the people
have been herded together IN one room,
without being able 10 sit down. without
food. drink or fresh air
DETAINED uNFoRTUNATEs,
Those who for any reason have fallen
under the suspicion OF the police are dee
tanned. they are driven 10 the torture
chamber and there admonlshed 10 an
swer ali questions that may be put ia
them This warning IL accompanied by
"A blow from rife butt, a slash from a
riding whip or long pieces OF india rub
ber tubing, which cause terrible pain
without leaving much trace behind. The
victims are beaten on the back. aRdo-
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They Are the Only Ones Who Go
In for Doing Things on
Big Scale.
EXCLUSIVE SOCIETY GOSSIP,
How Hostesscs From the Land of stars
And Stripes Are Setting Hot
Pace in Mayfair.
snocinl correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
ONDoN. June 19.-But for the
entertainments of American
hostesses the London season OF
1907 would not amount to much.
They are the only ones who continue
to go In for doing things on big
gorgeous and lavish scale. Engtsh
leaders of society have practically
ceased TO compete with American
dollars. The American annexation oil
London is we'll nigh complete.
The weeks of cold and inclement
weather, the absence of the queen, the
scarcity of money in aristocratic Brit
ish pockets. have all contributed to
Put a damper on festivities to which
only the exuberant American spirit.
sustained by big bank accounts. rises
superior. British hostesses seem to
have entirely abandoned to their
competitors from over the sea the
great receptions and huge dinner par
ties which they were wont to organize
In other days
Thus far the king has not been
present at any big social function. But
he is going to make an exception In
favor OF the Duchess of Roxburghe.
who IL to give him n great dinner
party at Stratford House which will be
quite the SWEETEST thing of the season.
This Is a great triumph for the Ameri-
can duchess But still greater tri-
lmph Is her capture Of the Princess
of Wales for the great ball which she
is also to give az Stratrord House, for
The princess, In social matters, Is far
more exclusive than the sovereign, be-
ing less hampered by considerations
of state and freer TO consult her own
personal preferences. Heretofore she
fns shown little Partially for Ameri-
can women,
ROPES OF PEARLS.
The Duchess of Roxburgho has
como TO the front with rush this
season. She is making the Goelet
millions count. Her activity In the
social world Is in striking contrast 10
tho seeming Indifference to IL which
she had previously displayed. She
goes everywhere. She wears ropes Of
pearls which. nm expert In jewels tells
me, are quite AZ fine as the Duchess
Of Marlboroughs renowned set. They
hlc peiI-Sndp'u. perfect IN color, ana
Il has taken great Partisan leweler
three years To collect and match thenf
am told thav are worth at least
sl25,O00 The Duchess has struck a
decidedly original note In dress this
year While nearly every other w0-
man wears gowns OF one color the
Duchess of RoSburghe favors two and
II seen a good deal in that charming
com binatOn OF mauye and blue so
dear 10 the heart OF the Parisians
She always has been distinctly pre-
yious' IN the matter of dress and "
now beginning TO be- regarded hs
leader of fashion.
There were six policemen In what
We call "colored dress" which sig
mites ordinary civilian attire al Mr.
Potter Palmers recent concert. There
need not be an atom of surprise ex-
pressed al this AS all the great host
aases now engage number of dctec-
lives To prowl about their rooms at
festive gatherings. Aud excellent rea-
sens they have for the precautions
Of that Mrs, Potter Palmer has had
arikiny proof Her rooms are sull OF
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men. legs, breast and soles OF the feet.
Often their shrieks can be heard In the
street outside and in the neighboring
houses, in spite OF the, double windows
and thick doors Of the torture chamber.
IVANoFFs METHODS.
After this first installnent OF torture
the questions begin. At one time--until
few months ago-two police officers
named Konstantinoff and Grun We're
the chief adopts in this terrible method
OF making the evidence fit the crime.
They were assisted by a lot of iusty
and callous attendants. But both these
monsters are dead, having been killed
by the friends of their victims. At pres
ent Ivan Pietrovitch Ivanoff is doing
their work, and in a way which proves
he has learned his lesson we'll. He
works under a public prosecutor, jr
procurator, Alexis Sergevitch AleXieif,
Both of them visit the scenes of polite
al outrages, as 1t Is their business to
collect materials In connection with the
trial which must Inevitably follow,
whether the guilty persons are caught
or not. If these first beatings have not
much effect Ivanoif uses more drastic
mea sures. IL does not matter that the
victims often know nothing about the
crime IN particular or revolutionary
societies In general IVanoff has got
hold OF them, and means TO make use
of them Not only that, but other pris-
oners are placed within earshot OF tho
torture ROOM, that they may hear the
shrieks, become unnerved ana confess
what they know-or don't know,
STRAPPED TO A TABLE.
The victim is strapped on 10 table.
face downward and beaten on the
spine. But not with an india rubber
A. A l.f.a L.
put on his-or her~-spine and beaten
with hammer. Those who have eN-
perlcnced 1t say that the agony thus
produced boggurs all description-the
more delcatoly the victim has been
nurtured the worse IL the pain. which
shoots through every nerve I'm the body
each time the hammer touches the lit
tie box When this form OF torture has
been applied for some time IVanoff
again repeats his questions Should the
answers stlll be unsatisfactory the rack
ls applied hair II torn out by the roots,
teeth broken and ears cut OF
II must not be forgotten that often
these victims are entirely Innocent OF
the crime lyanom accuses them of. that
he knows It and only fortunes them 10
get evidence FOR one OF his "eases' w
that he may get a reward and-ulti-
matcly-promotlon.
SAMPLE CASE.
The following cases have happened
within the last few weeks. A police
man was shot Ia the Dluga street and
the assassin or assassins escaped, That
Same day lyanoff came across a hoy
of II, named Nordylnt, arrested for
theft. Confess that you shot the po-
liceman. and you won't be imprisoned
for theft said fvanoff, and the stupid
boy, not thinking about the possible
punishment for shooting a policeman,
agreed IvHnoff wanted two witness
60 to bear out Nordylpts confession"
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"MoRAL' FORTUNE

lconNnuea pa page eIghLeenll
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airy movement began, but the system
is one OF very old standing.
1vANoFFs RECORD
Men like Ivan Pleuovltch Ivanofi
and Alexis Serhevitch Alexien. though
in modified form, are to be found
IN all large ceuters of justice. Alexis
Sergevitch. though not OF the same
family az the famous Alexieh % the
o-Japanese war, Is u man of good
birth. Having finished school, he
went through The "Ecoie des DrOits.
which Is the Russian equivalent for
the inner temple for Barrsters In
England. Then he was attached to
the nquisition court and soon became
procurator. Ivan Pletroyitch 1vanoit
is the son Of a sergeant in the Lithua-
niah guards regiment. He was
brought up in one of the military or
phanages and entered the police force
as a secret agent" or spy which
means that h was attached 10 an in
QUESTION court After doing brutal
work Tor the notorious Grun. who was
the most noted agent" in Russia.
and used to be sent for To Moscow and
Petersburg when some great criminal
Investigation took place. he became
his most trusted agent. When Grun
was assassinated IVanoff took his
place
INVENTS NEW TORTURES.
There are signs that Ivanoff will
outstrip his predecessor. He is said
tc be inventlng new ways of torturng
his victims. The small box Idea
originated with Grun who, however,
being an educated mamie was the
son Of a doctor with 4 good practise
preferred to inflict moral fortunes
upon his 'politicals. He once said
with cynical smile on his thin, keen
face, you can beat a peasant and he
win tell you everything, but get hold
OF a student ana you must torture his
mind rather than his body" Grun
acted up TO his theories. He would
leave no stone unturned that might
help him TO get UP his ease"
EVIDENCE TO ORDER
Sometime before his death ne was
on the track Of hand of men who
had made false banknotes which
were passed by jewish banker
named Landua. Grun pounced upon
the cashier OF the bank--a jew named
Simon Muttermilch had him brought
To the torture room. where the whips
were i'm readiness and said, II you
tell me the name of one OF the forgers
I'll let you 90. If not you shall be
boaton with these whips, your bones
will be broken on that rack. and you1i
be sent 10 Sib ria for 10 years"
pptN-sre- nJrrr tyI1,,rINT
i''' - w. i''"'
Muttormilch. who knew very little
about the matter. was 20 frightened
AZ the tn'sa's ana tur s,s,,l oJ lnu Iol,
nhotoaropber Stanislas Zieiinski
Who he thoupht had hclped to make
Inc notes "Wherc does he Uvee"
asltod Grun But Auttermilch did not
know. All he could say was that the
ls.t LAT .rfH
said he was uolur to funeral that
very afternoon. Grun looked over
Inc list Of funerals which the police
nubIisl, oach jay. and concluded that
II wottld most llkoly be that of "A man
oalIed Fn,,tnisl Zaud. Gruu went tn
thn funeral followed hy a convoy of
soldiers and took Muttcrmilch along
a. poInt on me photographer.
ARRESTED THEM Al'l-,
he could not remember which Was
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upon as guilty So, according to the
official view, the sooner the unhappy
person owns up the better. The num-
hers Of the suspects have, of course,
greatly increased since the revolution
airy movement began, but the system
is one OF very old standing.
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priceless objects of art, many OF
which lie about on shelves and tables
and so small that they might casily
be slipped into pocket. SHE has
lost several beautiful tribes 81 lats
which have never been traced, with
the result that she does not intend 70
part with any more If she can he'p IT.