Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
CoIored Couple Suspected oil
Abducting White Child.
NO CLUE TO PARENTAGE
Workmen Unearth Skeletons In
Field While Flowing.
THOUGHT TO BE INDIAN BODIES
Fruit Farm Managers Prohibited
From Selling Cider-Cadets to
Take Long March.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The star
| WINCHESTER, Va, January II, 1910.
| AS the eastbound passenger train on
| the Baltimore and Ohio railroad pulled
| into Stephensons station. near here.
| Thursday morning, a negro man boarded
the train, and walking into the ladies car
deposited a bundle in the lap of a young
colored woman passenger who had
| boarded the train at winchester.
Supt. ]. E. Spurrier of the railroad,
! who observed the incident, engaged
| the woman in conversat ton. and she tod
him that the man had asked her If she
wanted baby. and replying that she
| did, he placed bundle in her lap,
which, upon investigation was found to
| contain a white male child about two
months old.
| The negro man left the train at
Charles Town. and the woman took
westbound train at Harpers Ferry.
of ) North Sheldon street Chi
cago, and it was later discovered
that arrangements had been made by
| unknown parties with the Winchester
ticket agent of the railroad to furnish the
Allen woman with round-trip ticket
from Winchester to Chicago 1t Is the
| belief of the police that the transfer OF
the infant was part OF a prearranged
1 pan between Cne negro man anu the
| woman to spirit the child away, no
| conversation took place between them
in the car. Detectives along the line of
the Baltimore and Ohio were warned to
look out for the woman, but she has dis
appeared. The identity of the child can
not be learned.
Skeletons Unearthed.
\ few days ago while j. NJ. Knick, a
farmer, was blowing in a field on his
| farm near Collierstown, Rockbridge
county. he turned UP several human bones
in furrow. Upon investigation he and
| his son unearthed d catacomb about
| eighteen inches below the surface of the
| ground, and removing the earth from a
space about two by three feet they dis
covered ten skeletons. all mi good
state of preservation. Each of the ten
skulls was weighted down by a heavy
| stone. Later and further investigation
resulted in finding in another underground
| compartment three more skeAetons, and
nearby was the skeleton of a dog. The
| bodies were found in an open field near
| a large spring. and as the spot had
never been a buryfng ground the skele-
| tos are supposed to be those of Indians
| who encamped near the spot. The find
occasioned considerable excitement in the
neighborhood, as a report was spread
| that murders committed years ago were
about to be solved. No disposition has
| as yet Deen maze OF the remains ana the
| authorities have taken no action.
| Charles c. Filler, farmer of SCOTS
| Ford, Shenandoah county, had d terrific
| battle with supposed mad dog this
week in which he was badly mangled and
| would have been killed if help had not ar
rived AS he entered the yard of Mr..
| Henry Shiff1ett, a neighbour, on business,
a strange dog suddenly sprang at Filters
! throat, buryng his teeth in the man S
| face, the cries of F'fer attracted atten-
/ lpl
had bitten part of the lower lip away
| and had torn large square from his
hip. besides biting linn in many other
places about the body. Fifer was partly
| unconscious when rescued and his con-
| dition is regarded serious.
| On a charge of vagrancy. Fl. NJ. Perry,
| a midget was arrested In Harrisonburg
| this week and placed in Jail. Later on
| his promise TO walk to Harpers Ferry, a
distance of over 100 miles. he was reeas-
| ed and escorted to the edge of town,
when he began his long tramp. The
last heard of him he was still trudging
in the deep snow toward Harpers Ferry
making good his promise.
Refused an Appeal.
The Virginia court of appeals has re-
fused appeal in the case of Rose
Cliff fruit farm of Waynesboro. Augusta
| county, against George H. johnson, may
or of Louisa, and others, which litiga-
ton involved the legality of a town re-
stricting the sale of cider. The town of
i Louisa passed an ordinance prohibiting
! the sale of cider. which the Rose Cliff
| fruit farm, through its agents, it is aleg-
ed, violated. the manufacturers claiming
/ the town ordinance to be unconStitu-
/ tiOnal. On appeal from a magistrate 5
| court to the county court this conten-
ton was upheld, but the town of Louisa
J then passed another ordinance recurring
cider TO be sold at places devoted o.
| clusively to this business and imposed
other restrictions. Under the latter or
dinance the cider company was again
fined, and this action has now been up
held by the supreme court.
ire OF uncertain origin totally de-
stToyed the home of Albert Smoot near ST
Luke, Shenandoah county shortly after
midnight Thursday. The flames spread SC
rapidly that the family had barely time Il.
escape In the bitter cold and snow in their
night clothing. Two young school teach
ers. Miss Leila kippS and Robert Glove err
were compelled to leave their belongings
behind. The loss is 81, 700, with no insur-
| ance.
The Valley Railway Company Of Vir-
glnla has been summoned to appear be-
fore the state corporation commission
| January 26 to show cause, If any why II
| should not be fined for failure 10 carry
out the previous order of the commission
| IN regard To the erection of adequate pas
| senGcr facilities at Harrisonburg. Some
time ago on protest of d number Of citi-
zens of that place and following an in
i spection b; the members of the commits
sion OF the passenger station owned by
the Valley railroad and used jointly by
the Bait more and Ohio and the South
| railroads, an order was entered directing
/ the road to erect a station in Harrison
burg, which it has SO far failed to do.