The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-22
ESCAPES DROWNING
IN SWIFT CREEK
TRIO OF PETERSBURG YOUTHS
HAVE CLOSE CALL WHEN
BOAT oyERTURNs.
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HUSTlNGS COURT CASES
YOUNG MAN Is GIVEN TWO
YEARS FOR SIS FORGERY.
CoIORED CoNvICTs GET
SEWN FOR ASSAULT.
HUSTlNGS COURT CASES

Especial to The Richmond Virginian)
PETERSBURG, VA. Sept I'll
Three young men of this city. Harvey
Rogers, Homer Philpot and John Gull
lv. late this afternoon had narrow
escape from drowning when skin
In which they were rowing on SWIFT
creek, short distance below this
city, was capsized. Each of the three
youths are good swimmers. and to
this fact they attribute their escape.
Why the boat turned over they do not
know, but they think one Of them, IN
moving about, caused II TO Overhaul
ance. The three swan ashore. Other
than a thorough wetting and the loss
of a rifle and quantity OF fishing
tackle they suffered no damage.
Hastings Court Cases.
In the Hastings Court to-day George
Eainey, a young white man, charged
with forgery. pleaded guilty and was
sentenced 10 two years In the peni-
tertiary, Young Rainey forged an
order for IS on w. p. Temple. which
was cashed by William Grossman.
Dates for trials were set as fol-
lows. Isaiah Cooper. colored, murder
of his wife. Cissie Cooper. October ..
J. NJ. Hozier, white. attempted as
sault on Mrs. Frances E. Gibson. Sep
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Argument was heard in the cases
OF Carter X. Bishop and Charles Hail
Davis, Appomatrox Trust Company Of
fcials. charged with embezzlement OF
the banks funds and false entry and
false report of banks condition, but
no date was set for trial.
Seven Years for Hurst
Charles Hurst alias Charles Tyler.
colored, charged with assauiting CLAIR
c1t
axe, was found guilty and sentenced
to seven years in the penitentiary.
Both Hurst and Goldberg we're con-
victs working on the road when the
assault was committed.
Woman Killed by Train.
Early this morning the body OF a
colored woman. later found to have
been Lottie May johnson. an escaped
inmate OF the Central State Hospital
was found on the Seaboard Air Line
track, just south OF the Norfolk and
Western Belt Line crossing
The woman escaped from the hos
pital Wednesday afternoon and hos
pital attendants Immediately insti-
tuted a search for her. They search
ed all the afternoon and far into the
night without success, nur early in
the morning found the wornans dead
body
Or. W. H. Drewry. superintendent
of the hospital. Immediately notified
magistrate and coroners jury was
summoned. The jury entered a YER
dict to the effect that the woman
came to her death by being struck by
a train some time Wednesday night
or Thursday morning. and that neither
the railroad company nor the hospital
was in any way TO blame for the ac-
cident.
The woman was sent to the hoSpital
from Westmoreland county August II.
1910. and had been there ever since.
The funeral OF Miss Flossie May
Butler, who died yesterday afternoon
at her home in the West End. was
conducted this afternoon at 1 O'Clock
from, tho West Street Nj +. church.
Rev. Lloyd {. Moore. the pastor, Of
ficiated. The interment was In Bland
ford Cemetery, The pallbearers were
Edgar Thomas. Grover Payne, Ben
Pettus and Walter Fowler. Miss But
Ter was IT years OF age. and besides
her mother Is survived by two broth
ers, Russell and John Butler, both OF
this city. She had been IN III health
for several months
The funeral OF Mrs. r. L. Maile
of South Richmond. a former resi-
dent Of Petersburg, VINO died this
morning at FORD, Va, where she was
visiting her sister, Mrs, Louis Ash
ton, will be conducted at the grave In
Blandford Cemetery tomorrow after
noon at 1:30 o'clock. The body viii
be brought here from Ford to-mor-
row. Mrs. Male had been In III
health for several years. Berore her
marriage she was Miss Maggie Alley
In this city two sisters, Mrs. W. A
Totty and Mrs. Annie Andrews. and
one brother. Oscar L. Alley. survive
After an Illness of about ten days
Benjamin Arthur Daniels, aged l6
years. died yesterday afternoon at the
home of his sister, Mrs, William w
Andrews. on Hinton street. J The fu-
neral will be conducted tomorrow az
ternoon at O'Clock from Mrs. An
drewa' rextdapea