Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-03-05
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Thursday. February %.

at the meeting of the Rural Free De
livery Carriers Mutual Benefit $3.50
citation convention at Cincinnati. when
national organization was formed.
The discovery was made that
thieves had been plundering the Sew
enth regiment armory, in New York.
OF fixtures and decorations worth over
$4,000 Among the loot were two bronze
candelabra. each ten feet tall and
weighing n ton.
Visions Of fortune were shattered.
along with the interior OF kitchen.
in Roxbury Mass. when Charles Dia-
mOnd and Atkinson Sayles were seri-
ously injured In an explosion. result
ing from their attempts TO cook"
new washing powder of their own In
vention
Friday. February 25.
With anti-toXin prepared by the
army medical laboratory at Washing
ton. army surgeons in a series OF tests
are inoculsting officers and men
against typhoid fever at Fort wads-
worth. Staten Island
Jacob Bollinger and wife. prominent
residents of Campbelltown. Lebanon
four hours OF each other The wife
dieG OF pneumonia and the husband
expired from shock. They were sew
enty years OF age.
Word was received by the Washing
ton police that John Ward Sturgis.
formerly a bookkeeper IN the National
Savings and Trust company. OF that
city. who is wanted on the charge OF
forgery and grand larceny. has been
captured in New Orleans
Saturday, February 90.
Deputy Sheriff w. II. Luck. in an
effort 10 arrest a colored man. was
shot and instantly killed by the pris-
oner. who in turn was killed by two
other deputy sheriffs.
The largest American Gag. 100 BY so
feet, Is now used 20 cover the lilies
that are being raised in the Phipps
conservatory in Schenley park for the
Easter flower show at Pittsburg.
Wearing a wig and blue goggles.
George Capron. thirty-two years old
who is charged with absconding with
$4,000 OF the funds Of the United States
Express company. for whom he was
cashier az the EnElewood branch in
Chicago, was arrested in n hotel lobby
I'm that city
Monday. February %.
Henry Koch two years old. was ter.
ribly scalded az Danville. Pa. by the
accidental overturning OF a coffeepot
Antonio Mangano. who killed his
wife and three children last December.
was sentenced az Cleveland. O.. 10 be
electrocuted on July IS.
Accidentally turning on the gas in
room IN which his mother had locked
him, ten-year-old Patrick Guinness. of
Providence. r. l.. was found asphyx-
lated.
Thomas J. Quinn. fifty years old. a
prominent mining contractor and a
leading member OF the Eagles. Elks
and a o. H.. of Shenandoah. Pa. was
killed at the ElEangowan colliefy by a
fall OF coal
Tuesday, March I.
Andrew w Brakeman. seventy-four
years old. a Civil War veteran. died at
Utica. y. Y. and three hours later his
wife, aged seventy-two years died
Charles Bowser. of New York. col.
ored was electrocuted In Sing Sing
prison. at Ossining y. Y. for the muir.
der OF Eugene Hutchinson. also color.
ed. last April
Attacked I'm her home at Cleveland.
O.. by tramp who had forced his
way into the house. Ethel Bates. four.
teen years old, had her hair clipped
by her assailant. who escaped.
Fire destroyed one of two large
storage warehouses of the Seaboard
AIR line at Wilmington. n G. with
adjoining sheds containing a large
amount OF fertilizers. Loss. $3.50. 600.
Wednesday, March ?.
Davis Bell 1O5 years old. who was
friend of Davy Crockett. died al the
home Of his son at Tulsa. Okla Bell
was a veteran of the Mexican and the
Civil Wars.
J. \. la Toilette former treasurer
OF Guernsey county was sentenced at
Cambridge, o.. 10 five years az hard
labor and fine of $500 for embez-
cling county funds.
At Laurinsburg. n c.. Walter II.
Neal, Jr.. twenty-four years old. a son
Of former Judge Walter II. Neal. Of
Wilmington. \. c.. was killed by the
accidental discharge Of his gun.
In ut Of jealousy. Samuel Cochran
shot and instantly killed his wife al
Toms Creek, w. Va On returning TO
his home il is said he found Mrs.
Cochran in company with Thomas
Turner