The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-26
News of South Richmond

old coIored women We're sitting out
side the open door, and within several
negroes were playing cards, one of
whom was Sommerville. When told
that Sommerville had been reported as
lying at the point of death the party
laughed and yelled for him to come
TO the door. The negro recited the
story of the quarrel. Allen stabbed
him because he was talking to coll
ored woman. lie said a doctor had
dressed the wound without the aid OF
stitches.
At the police station last night II
was learned that Sommerville had
only received a scratch The negro
halls from North Carolina. His as
sailant is still at large.
Stump Case Postponed.
The case of Ernest Stump, who on
Saturday night, June is, shot his wife
in the neck. was yesterday in Hust-
ings Court. No. 2. postponed until Sep
temoer. The reason is the indisposi.
ton of Harry NJ. Smith, Jr., Counsel
for the accused.
The case of Arthur Patterson
charged with misdemeanor, will come
UP for trail tomorrow.
Not u Crazy Nun.
The police station was crowded last
night with magistrates, deputies and
others. summoned as a commission ia
judge whether one Mitchell Wood. a
negro arrested for disorderly conduct
on street car, was a lunatic. II
seems. however, that there was a mis-
take of some nature. and that their
services were not needed The party
departed after some talk as why thew
should have been summoned for moth
ing. The negro slept in his cell, UNI
mindful of what was occurring.
Wood was arrested by officer Jones.
and is thought to be an escaped con-
vict from Petersburg.
Hard Lines, He Thinks,
The story OF It. ]. Hay. a white man,
who is in the police cell. deserves
mention. Charlie Hay his son, a
youth of nineteen years of age, was
arrested at Forest Hill Park Sunday
for disorderly conduct. All who heard
the story of the father last night be-
lieve that he has been wrongly treated
This is what he had to say:
MY boy was arrested at Forest Hill
Park Sunday for dlsorderly conduct:
drinking l think. Other and older men
were with him. yet he was the Only
one arrested. I at once went to get
him out of the trouble 1 saw Squire
Jacobs. and told him I would pay the
costs. He demanded his fee I gave
it without protest.
"Then witness fees were demanded.
I protested, and was fined $40 and
given five days in Jail for CONTEMPT
of court. This is the first time 1 have
ever been in jail, and l have q wife
at home i'll with typhoid fever. When
they told me that / would have to paw
81 and costs for the release Of nv
boy I was willing to pay it,"
General News Notes.
The Ladies' Aid and Womans So
n{att 1f nnyy n Do, tl,S ryt-.
gave a delightful entertainment at the
church last night Special music and
recitations We're enjoyed by ALL After
the conclusion OF the exercises re-
freshments We're served on tho church
lawn,
The recent entering of churches by
thieves has caused quite scare in
South Richmond. Several men We're
noticed proving. around the premises
OF the Presbyterian Church last night.
The police We're notified, but no trace
of them could be found
The Chester baseball team was de-
feated by Petersburg College Satur-
day afternoon in an eleven-inning con-
test by the score of II to S. Batteries:
Chester, Laws9n and d., Bruce Peters
Miss Mildred Pulliam, who has been
the guest of Miss Evelyn Pullam, re-
turned recently to her home in Forest
Hill
been visiting Miss Eta sampson. has
returned to West Point,
Mr. and Mrs, David P. Wake and
Mrs W, j. Carter and son are at Ocean
View for a fortnight.
tn Mrs Guest stv IF M aarY q ps%a
Mrs, 4, c, Harding left last week for
Mrs, 7, A. Davidson, Jr. and son
Broddus arc visiting relatives in Pc