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fore Judge Anderson, and for lack
Of evidence on the part OF the state
the case was brought to q sudden
and unexpected close By Prosecuting
Attorney w. E. Allen requesting that
Hall be acquitted. which was done.
Last July Hall and Miss Nicely
formed q mutual compact to COM
NIT suicide, and with q rope went
Into the woods for this purpose, but
Hall claimed on the witness stand
| that their hearts failed them, and
| he started home. When about SO
| yards from the girl he heard two
shots. He said he did not go back to
Investigate, but went home. He told
no one what happened and went to
bed Next morning the body of the
IgirI was found, Halls revolver beside
her, and he was arrested. Several
| Witnesses for the defense swore that
| the girl had told them that she was
going to kill herself. Both lived at
Clifton Forge They were each about
10 years old.
Norfolk. Notice was given in
court here by the Mclean Contract
ing Company, of Baltimore. that it
viii ask the United States Circuit
Court to assume control Of the Nor
folk Southern Railway properties
and resell them under decree of
court IL months ago. The notice
was given in connection with pend
ing suit against the railway by the
Trust Company of America. The
case grew out of the alleged failure
Of the road to comply with court
order that It pay $29,336, with In
terest for Is months, for the benefit
of the Baltimore concern. The Nor
folk Southern is claimed to have tied
up the money by paying the princi-
pal without the interest.
Roanoke. ~ John H. Jessie, once
convicted by jury Of the murder
Of David Franklin Marshall, was sac-
quilted, having been tried the sec
ond time under q ruling Of the Court
Of Appeals. The murder was COM
mitted in the Tip-Top Hotel. lodg-
ing house conducted by Jessie. on
October Is, 1910. Franklin was
beaten and kicked to death. There
was one eyewitness to the tragedy,
but this witness admitted that his
memory was faulty and that he had
been drinking heavily before the
crime was committed. Once he said
Jessie assaulted the man and then
that 1t was not Jessie.
Bristol. President w. H. Aston,
Of the Bristol-to- Washington High
way Association, which has for Its
purpose the construction of stone
highway across the State of Yir-
ginia between Bristol and Washing
ton as a continuation Of the Mem
phis-to- Bristol highway, has named
the executive committeeman Of the
association. This committee will
formulate plans for the construction
of the road, following the tour OF a
party of automobile scouts across the
State to Washington early in Octo-
bel.
Roanoke. Hoge Tyler, of Rad
ford, former Governor of Virginia,
was operated on here at the Jeffer-
son Hospital He stood the opera
ton we'll, in spite Of his Sc years.
Governor Tyler was accompanied
here by several members OF his fam
lily. His condition is serious and
the physicians say it is too early to
say whether he will survive the eff
fects of the operation.
fredericksburg The Daughters
OF the Confederacy, OF this city, have
conferred crosses of honor on B. F.
Price, A. A. Cannady, A. D. Jet and
L. A. Weaver, Confederate veterans,
and w. Key Howard, son of a vet
eran. The chapter elected Miss Eta
Barney and Mrs. G.. R. Swift dele
gates to the annual convention of
the United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy, which convenes in Roa-
noke.
Lynchburg.-An new lodge of Re-
bekahs has been formed at Fairview
Heights, to be known as Oak Leaf
Lodge, No. Is. The officers are:
Noble grand, Mrs. ). w. ellis; vice.
grand, Mrs. b. H. Cooling, recording
secretary, Miss Hattie Patterson; cor
responding secretary, Miss Pearl Blu
comb; treasurer, Miss Arrah Fergu-
son; warden, Miss Edna Ferguson;
conductor, Mrs. H. F.. Watts; inside
guardian, Mrs. R.. w. Callahan, ant
chaplain, Miss Edna Callahan.
Fredericksburg. The street COM
mittee of the City Council has award
ed J. H. Davis the contract for ma
cadamizing the roadway on the west
side Of Washington avenue and the
circles at Mercer Monument. The
contract price is $4,000.
Newport News.Judge Beverly
Randolph Wexford, aged 83 years,
who for 40 years served, as Judge
of the Circuit Court at Richmond,
and who had been prominent in the
Masonic affairs Of the State, died
at the home Of his son here.
Fredericksburg. The Wright-La-t
tame Camp Of Confederate Veterans
Of Essex County has elected John
M. Lewis, DIR. Warner Lewis, r. B.
Whitlock, william Campbell. J. w.
Phillips and Muscoe Garnet, IT..
delegates to the Grand Camp Of Con-
federate Veterans, which convenes at
Newport News October IT.
Fredericksburg. Rev. A. j.
Reamy and his son, who Is also a
minister, have accepted calls to Fair
port, Fairfield, SmithfieId and Coan
Baptist churches, in the Northern