The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-22
PETERSBURG MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Third Member OF Family to End
Life Within Six
Months.
TRY TWO WIFE-MuRDERERs
Six Colored Boys Arrested on
Charges OF House
Breaking.
TRY TWO WIFE-MURDERERs
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
100 North Sycamore Street,
petersburg, Va. April 81.


1os North Sycamore Street,
Petersburg, Va. April 81
Nathaniel p. Inge, aged about TWEEN"
tv.one years, an empioye OF the sea
hoard Air Line Railway. ended ms
life last night by drinking a quantity
of carbolic acid. The act was com
n1itted at the home of his sister. MIs
charles Wells, on Commerce street.
The poison was taken about c.oeN,
and Notwithstanding the fact that "a
r,hysician was promptly called to at
tend the suffering man. ana tha'
everything possible was done Tor fihi'
death resulted shortly after mldhishl'
Despondency is supposed to nave peen
INC cause OF the act On March :"
Charles Wells. hrother-in-laW Oh Nj
Inge. ended his life in the same man
ner. in the same house In octooei
last, his father committed suiciug ~
I,anyille by drowning. Young ING
n.as member of the Petersburg
Grays. ,.
Trial OF Two Alleged Wife-Murderers'
The Hustings Court met this morn
ing. disposed of several minor grimm
nal cases and adjourned over until 70
morrow. when the case OF the COM
lsinonwealth against Abraham Mason,
colored. indicted for the MURDER OF ms
wife, will be tried Mason IS alleseu
/. 70 nave killed his wife without provo
os+,nr bevond the fact that he de-
iiheratsly shot her because she wanted
10 nav more money than he seemed
,,.i,Iine to do as premiums on lnsur
wee noIicies on their lives. The locai
\ insurance agent was present "heil .!ie
/ shooting took place. The woman nm
4 eercd in the hospital for seFefal Gays
| before her death.
I On Tuesday next the iaH,ous 90,
If Junius a. Williamson, indicted LOT
I mo murder of his young wife, MIS-
I parmelia Williamson, on the 9th ~
I,ra az last wear, will be tried, WIN
80 law arm of Peck & Peck. OF klch-
nd as his counsel The indictment
charges Williamson with the murues
of his wife by the administrator y.
! noison in her food. the deienoa ~ :
i has already pleaded guilty 20 .ne
charge of bigamy for when sen'e, NJ
I has heen suspended until AFTER me
nardicf in the murder trial. William
sous first wife is living in Texas,
Dr Toylor. of Richmond, who anaiS2eu
/ tho yfscera of the. second VIE anu
fnund noison. will be an important
4 witness at the trlnl.
wanted in North Carolina.
r. NJ. Beckwith, an educated nesro
and a man of considerable properly q.
n. Va, j
this ,rorning by Detective Eames iol
tbn authorities of that state. He u
e .n with violation of the law II
sailing liouor In that dry territory
mis- occurred about six months ago
.nd Reckwith was put under $500 bone
for his appearance for trial
He jumped his bail and left the
state, ana ever since has been 1oliow'
mo- his trade of carpenter In Peters
/ o,,1. {,,sf
mere when arrested Becliwith is
nraduate or a Northern college. ant
4 wa. classmate Of Booker t. Wash
,nrton.H the great Southern coloref
leader.
Children In Crime.
SIX colored hoys, ranging IN age
from ton to fourteen years. were prls
oners in the Police Court this morn
ing charged with housebreaklnE an
robbery, to which they confessed. am
for which they were sent to the Hust
ING. Court for trial Their names a..
Rohert Lee, John Carpenter. Perc'
Coser arthur Miles, Bumpsey Mile
md Frark Cross. Last night BY mean
or a false key they entered store 0
Halirax and stole several dollars
worth OF cigarettes, some money an
other articles En- their possession wa
found a large bunch Of keys OF differ
ent sizes, which they used in enterin
houses. and they are suspected of othe
robberles.
BOYS OF both races have been al
rested so frequently recently fo
crimes that the courts hardly kno'
what 20 dowith them Some have bee
sent to the rerormatoriss and SON
nave been Jailed or whipped by the
"A parents, but the matter is troublln
: the courts, and that very seriously,
"a The Episcopal Convocatlon.
y The Central Convocation of the Pre-
= testant Episcopal Church Of the soutf
,'n| ern piocese of Virginia closed i
y three days session Tonight. with
"a missionary meeting at, which foreis
missions were discussed blythe Rev.
CLEVELAND Hall OF Danville; domest
missions, by the Rev, Martin lohnso
at Suhlett's, and diocesan missions
the Rev. Reuben Meredith. Of oil
Widdie.
sunday school worIs was consider
1.3lIAst night. with an ress !hx the Re